Shows at Peter Brown Centre Stage and the Science Theatre are paused until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Live Shows
Live Shows
November 4–Onward
10:20am, 10:40am: Live science show
12:20pm, 12:40pm: Live science show
1:20pm, 1:40pm: Van de Graaff Generator
2:20pm, 2:40pm: Live science show
4:19pm, 4:40pm: Live science show
The live science show will be either Air, Locomotion or Chemistry.
November 4–Onward
11:15am, 11:30am, 11:45am: Electricity
3:15pm, 3:30pm, 3:45pm: Electricity
November 4–Onward
The Ken Spencer Sciece Park is closed for the season. It will reopen March 2021.
Current Shows

Duration: 10 min
See the amazing ways that air can push as marshmallows, balloons, shaving cream and even cups of water try to resist the pressure of the air all around us.

Duration: 10 min
Learn the clues scientists look for when studying chemical reactions as you witness colour changes, disappearing water, and the flaming fireball finale.

Duration: 10 min
Explore energy, sound, and electromagnetism with the lightning-spewing Musical Tesla Coil.
Note: this show features loud sounds and periods of darkness that may not be suitable for younger or more sensitive viewers.

Duration: 10 min
Explore static electric charge with the hair raising Van de Graaff generator!

Duration: 10 min
Learn how objects slide, spin, and fall in this entertaining look at the science of motion. Highlights include the towering tablecloth pull, the upside down waiter’s tray and the Daring Drop of Doom.
Other Classic Shows

Duration: 25 min
Explore many ways to inflate and experiment with balloons—and then discover some spectacular ways to pop them. This show can get loud!

Duration: 25 min
Discover the elastic properties of soap bubbles as we create round bubbles, square bubbles, big bubbles, small bubbles, and even bubbles you can hold in your hand. Perfect for your little bubble-ologists!

Duration: 25 min
Discover the amazing ways our body uses digestion and circulation to distribute oxygen and energy while learning about blood, mucus, intestines, poop, and other impolite science of your insides. Starts September 17 as a Teacher's Choice Stage Show option.

Duration: 25 min
Learn the three things that every fire needs to survive as you witness coloured flames, giant fireballs and the spectacular fire tornado! This amazing live science show features spectacular science demonstrations and lots of audience interaction.

Duration: 25 min
Discover the ways heat energy can be generated and transferred from one object to another. Experience thermal energy from the chilly cold of solid dry ice to the blast of heat from a lycopodium fireball.

Duration: 25 min
Quick: what’s 255+347? Discover how to multiply as fast as a calculator, find strategies for games that you never lose, and bend your mind on confounding topological puzzles. This high-energy, interactive show explores patterns and proportions, estimation, and shortcuts to lightning calculation. You’ll be amazed by the world of Number Games!

Duration: 15 min
Boom! This show can’t be contained. Through the amazing live-science demonstrations, hosted outside in the Ken Spencer Science Park, you’ll learn what you can do with repurposed materials—from making a cloud in a pop bottle to building a newspaper tree and learning how to serve six cups of soda in under two seconds.

Duration: 25 min
This amazing live-science show features a selection of our most spectacular science demonstrations and lots of audience interaction.

Duration: 25 min
It’s all about the good vibrations! Through our demonstrations, you’ll learn how objects vibrate to produce sound and the different ways we can change the sound’s pitch and volume.