Science Shows for Schools and Festivals
Loud, fun, real science, live in your school hall or festival tent. Mark has spent more than ten years touring his award-winning Spectacular Science show to theatres across the country, and now brings it, and his talks on space and sleep, to schools, science festivals, family festivals and dark sky events.
Every show is pitched precisely for the audience in the room, from a single class of five-year-olds to a festival crowd of grown-ups.
School Visits
Engaging shows that bring science to life.
Science and Family Festivals
Award-winning science shows for families and grown-ups.
Dark Sky Events
Space talks and guided stargazing.
For Schools…
Spectacular Science
Primary, KS1–KS2
The award-winning show, made for schools. Fire tornadoes, elephant’s toothpaste, exploding hydrogen balloons and giant vortex rings, with plenty of audience participation. Covers materials, forces, states of matter and working scientifically.
Space : The Ultimate adventure
Primary and secondary, KS2–KS4
From our Moon to the edge of the observable universe with the presenter of Stargazing Live. Big questions for primary; real physics and new discoveries for secondary. Covers Earth and space, light and gravity.
The Science of Sleep
Secondary, KS3–KS5
Mark once lectured for almost six days on barely any sleep. What sleep does for memory, mood and learning, and why teenage body clocks run late. Ideal for biology and PSHE, and also available for staff and parent evenings.
Each session runs 45–60 minutes.
Prices
| Package | Price |
| One Show | £400 |
| Two Shows, same day | £700 |
| Science Day: three shows, same day | £950 |
Add £50 for each Spectacular Science show to cover consumables. Mix and match any shows within a package, and two nearby schools can share a package. Travel expenses may apply for schools more than 150 miles from South Norfolk.
Practical details
* Talks: 30 minutes to set up, and a projector and screen or a large TV
* Spectacular Science: 1½ hours to set up and 1 hour to clear away, at least 30 minutes between shows, and the hall’s smoke detection turned off
* All sessions: a standard power socket; every demonstration fully risk assessed, with the assessment supplied on booking
For Science and Family Festivals…
Two shows from one set-up: a family show by day and a show for grown-ups by night.
Spectacular Science
Families · 60 minutes · All ages
The award-winning family show (Edinburgh Fringe Best Children’s Show 2019). Fire tornadoes, elephant’s toothpaste, exploding hydrogen balloons and giant vortex rings, with plenty of audience participation. Loud, fun and full of real science.
Science after dark
Adults · 60 minutes · Ages 16+
It starts like any other science show. Then, experiment by experiment, it heads somewhere a family audience never goes. Science After Dark is a journey into what science looks like when the children have gone home, ending with the darkest, most horrible true stories from the history of science.
Technical details
* 1½ hours to set up and 1 hour to clear away, with at least 30 minutes between back to back shows
* A stage, tent or hall with standard power sockets
* Smoke detection turned off during the show
* Every demonstration fully risk assessed, with the assessment supplied on booking
Prices
Fees on request, for single shows or a family-and-adult double bill.
For Dark Sky Events and Festivals…
Two shows from one set-up: a family show by day and a show for grown-ups by night.
space : The ultimate adventure
Families · 60 minutes · All ages
A tour of the universe from someone who has spent thirty years explaining it on stage and on screen. Mark takes the audience from the familiar sights of the night sky to black holes, distant galaxies and the latest discoveries, with plenty of humour and no jargon. It ends with a guide to what to look for overhead that night, the perfect warm-up before festival stargazing.
Also available; a naked eye guided tour of the night sky after the talk, weather permitting.
Technical details
30 minutes to set up, a projector and screen or a large TV, and a standard power socket. Works in a hall, marquee or visitor centre.
Fees on request, for the talk alone or with guided stargazing.
How to book
Get in touch with your preferred dates, the show you’re interested in and roughly how many people will be watching, and we will come back to you with availability.
Testimonials
This section briefly client feedback and experiences.
Since Mark visited our school there has been a real buzz about science among pupils (and teachers)
John
Primary School Teacher, Dorset
Having Mark guide us around the night sky with a laser pointer was a really magical experience
Caroline and David (aged 10)
Norfolk
We had such fun at Mark’s talk about space. He is wonderful at simplifying the complicated bits without talking down to us. Loved it
Geoff
Yorkshire