Live science show created by BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates, with explosive experiments, audience interaction and edible samples.
Rude Science 2 comes to the Congress Theatre on Thursday 1 April 2027, with the show starting at 11:00 am. It's a live science show created by award-winning BBC Gastronaut Stefan Gates, and this run is billed as bigger, messier and cheekier than ever. The whole thing is built around explosive experiments, outrageous laughter and the world's weirdest whoopee cushions, with plenty of audience interaction throughout.
Despite the noise and the whoopee cushions, it's all grounded in real biology, chemistry and physics. The show has inspired hundreds of thousands of children to discover that science is more exciting when it's funny, so it's as much about the laughs as it is about the learning. If you're taking kids, it's the kind of thing that makes the subject feel less like a classroom and more like a bit of a riot.
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As for what to actually expect on the day, it's a sensory one: loud bangs, audience participation, latex balloons, stage fog and edible samples. It's a high-energy, hands-on kind of show, so it's best suited to families and anyone who doesn't mind a bit of chaos in the theatre. Tickets start from £22.50, and the 11:00 am start makes it an easy one to fit into a morning.
