ADDING an extra touch of live interaction to the Our Dynamic Earth experience, this hour-long piece of theatre from the Science Festival is aimed firmly at those who are a little too young to fully comprehend all the science of the main event.
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formed in a marquee just outside the iconic canopy of the attraction itself, Good Vibrations is an hour-long adventure into the world of sound.
The Maestro, a lanky man in full evening dress, is intent of explaining just what sound is – and how it travels to the ear. He has a groovy assistant, the diminutive Bella, to help along the way.
Bella is constantly asking awkward questions – precisely of the kind a keen young mind in the audience might be thinking. While the pair rely heavily on their audience to come up on stage and help their demonstrations.
Where this scores heavily is in its playful immediacy. The volunteers have great fun as they wiggle about on stage being particles through which sound travels – and there are some nice surprises even for those who know all the physics already.
This might not be great theatre in the conventional manner, and the Maestro could afford to be a little more theatrical, but within the context of a visit to the slick and sometimes just a little too sensational Our Dynamic Earth, it makes the science of sound easy – and entertaining – to understand.
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