Half-term hijinks with Exciting Science

How did Exciting Science come about?

It all started when our five-year-old son came home from school and said he’d decided he’d like a “Science Party” for his birthday. After looking around at various science-themed parties, we decided we’d create our own.

The kids loved our film canister rockets, our vacuum cleaner missile launcher and and our smoke ring dustbins so much, that we decided to go even further and turn it into a stage show. Which is great, because in a theatre there’s more space to create even more mess, which is easier to clean than our lounge was at the end of our son’s birthday party!

So, you combine science experiments with theatre – to create a fun show for kids?

Exactly. Experiments carried out live on stage is the perfect way to engage an audience, and fuel their interest in science.

Tell me about the hosts – Mad Mike, Dangerous Dean, Krazy Kelly and Fabulous Faye? Are you all secretly (or not so secretly) mad scientists?

Well Mad Mike is the inventor of the group. Handy with a roll of gaffer tape and a set of pliers, he can turn anything into a new science experiment.

Then there’s Dangerous Dean – he’s like our very own crash test dummy. If there’s anything the rest of us are unsure of doing, we make Dean do it first.

Krazy Kelly – don’t be fooled by the big smile and flashing eyes, she’s a master of destruction – our very own demolition expert (and it’s not always intentional).

And finally, there’s Fabulous Faye – she knows her facts, she knows her science,  she’s just… well, fabulous.