What's On | The Night Sky Show

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The Night Sky Show

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Bringing his successful sell out and highly praised show, astronomer and author Adrian West (aka VirtualAstro) presents a glorious visual and thought-provoking experience for everyone that looks up and wonders.

Using amazing visual effects. The Night Sky Show will take you on a fantastic and epic journey across the cosmos from our celestial back yard. A night for anyone who wants to laugh, learn and enjoy. A fun, entertaining and memorable performance, which will help you understand and enjoy the heavens above and beyond. A show for all without any heavy going science. Science fiction and science fact are combined and presented in an entertaining, easy way.

If you look up and wonder, The Night Sky Show is for you.

Presented by Adrian West – A passionate and experienced astronomer, presenter and author. Better known as VirtualAstro on social media. He has one of the largest independent astronomy and space accounts on Twitter.

Adrian has written astronomy and space related articles for popular online science magazines and more recently, his new book – The Secret World of Stargazing. He has also written guides and articles for the BBC, Met Office and National Trust to name a few.

Northcott Theatre

Family, Talk

Running time: 135 minutes, no interval

Members Discount

presented by VirtualAstro

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An entertaining evening for those who look up and wonder… for one night only – the universe has never been so much fun!

The Night Sky Show will take you on an epic journey from our celestial back yard and across the cosmos. A light-hearted evening of astronomy, space and so much more. And above all, an evening for anyone with a slight interest in space and the night sky. A night indeed for anyone who wants to laugh, learn, be inspired and enjoy.

We’ll skip the heavy-going science and hard to follow explanations, this won’t be a boring astronomy talk. The Night Sky Show is a live performance anyone can enjoy! Learn about constellations, stars, planets and the deeper cosmos; space exploration and the sheer scale of the universe; the mythology and stories of the night sky.

Presented by Adrian West – A passionate and experienced astronomer. Better known as VirtualAstro on Twitter and Facebook, he holds one of the largest independent astronomy and space accounts on social media. He’s passionate about the night sky and inspiring people to look up. His success is due to being interesting, down-to-earth and fun! Writer of numerous astronomy and space-related articles for various popular online science magazines, he has also written guides and articles for the BBC, Met Office and National Trust to name a few.

If you look up and wonder, The Night Sky Show is for you.

Northcott Theatre

Talk

Running time: 120 minutes, no interval

Members Discount, Group Discount (10+)