Interactive family science show in which YouTuber and CBeebies presenter Maddie Moate demonstrates how everyday machines work, with demonstrations, games and audience interaction.
Maddie Moate brings her show How Does It Work? to the National Waterfront Museum on Friday 30 October, as part of the Swansea Science Festival 2026. If you've got kids around the house, you'll know her as the YouTuber and CBeebies presenter from Maddie's Do You Know? — this is her book brought straight to the live stage.
The whole thing is an interactive family science adventure that works its way through how everyday machines actually function. She covers the things we use without thinking twice about: fridges, fire engines, microwaves, and roundabouts. It's not just a talk, either — she gets through it with demonstrations, games, quizzes and plenty of audience interaction, so the kids get to be part of it rather than just sitting and watching. The performance runs between 45 and 60 minutes.
It's part of the Swansea Science Festival 2026, a weekend of making, exploring and discovering science run by Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales. The show is listed as suitable for ages 0-99, so it's one of those things you can take the whole family to regardless of how young the smallest one is.
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There are two shows on the day: 12:00pm, which is interpreted in British Sign Language, and 2:30pm. Tickets are £7.50 per person, and both adults and children need one.
