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Brainiac Live

Tue 7 Apr 2026 at 1:30pm
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Main Auditorium
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Tue 7 Apr 2026
1:30pm
Tickets

  • Show times are subject to change and published where available. 

Strap on your safety goggles. Brainiac Live is back for 2026!

Due to popular demand and following its 2025 Olivier Award for Best Family Show, Science’s greatest and most volatile live show is back with a vengeance and coming to Nottingham in 2026.

More mischievous than ever before Brainiac Live! the UK’s Original and Favourite family science show explodes on stage and will take you on a breathless ride through the wild world of the weird and wonderful.

Watch from the safety of your seat as the Brainiacs delve fearlessly into the mysteries of science and do all those things on stage that you’re too scared to do at home!

With a great range of explosive experiments join the Brainiacs in this all-action live show that’s set to blow your minds!

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Age Guidance: 3+

Under 14s should be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over

Running time: TBC. Doors open 12.30pm

Show warnings: This production contains loud bangs, flashing lights, smoke and haze effects are used during the performance of Brainiac.

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Four people in white lab coats look over a metal pot of dry ice. Zoom in A person sits in an office chair with two rockets on the side. Zoom in Three people wearing ear defenders press a giant TNT plunger. Zoom in Two people look over an experiment. Zoom in Three people look over a giant fireball. Zoom in An audience watch an experiment on stage. Zoom in Two people pour dry ice over a large yellow table. Zoom in
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‘Silly, noisy, anarchic fun, and leaves young audiences with ringing ears and wide smiles. bubbles over with kinetic energy’
City AM
‘Excellent –Science Museum meets Top Gear’
The Guardian
‘Explosive (school holiday) fun’
★★★★
The Stage
'Show time, with the excellent Brainiacs'
The Times
'The Best Family Shows to catch this Summer'
The Telegraph
‘Silly, noisy, anarchic fun, and leaves young audiences with ringing ears and wide smiles. bubbles over with kinetic energy’
City AM
‘Excellent –Science Museum meets Top Gear’
The Guardian
‘Explosive (school holiday) fun’
★★★★
The Stage
'Show time, with the excellent Brainiacs'
The Times
'The Best Family Shows to catch this Summer'
The Telegraph

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