Talks and shows

How to build a racing car

Join science presenter extraordinaire Fran Scott for a super speed theatre show exploring how to make a racing car.

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Image credit: Fran Scott

Gather round and buckle up as we race into the science behind How to Build a Racing Car. In this family-friendly, interactive stage show together we’ll delve into the processes and people it takes to build these feats of engineering with Ri favourite Fran Scott. Throughout the show, you- the audience- will have the power to choose how this car is made. Fuelled with fascinating demonstrations, we’ll look under the bonnet of cars; studying their shapes, monitoring their materials and examining their engines, making our perfect car (and an awful lot of mess) along the way. Are you ready to join the Formula 1 Amateur Racing Team?

Copies of Fran's latest book 'How to Build a Racing Car' will be available to purchase after the talk.

This event is particularly suitable for ages 7+. As with all our family theatre talks, this event is designed to be enjoyed by adults and children together. All young people under the age of 13 need to be accompanied by a paying adult and those aged 4 and above need a ticket to attend.

 

Event type

This is a theatre only event where the speakers and audience are together in our Theatre.

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For any queries regarding this event please get in touch by phone 020 7409 2992 or email events@ri.ac.uk.

Timing

The doors will open at approximately 1.30pm, with a prompt start at 2.00pm.

Latecomers will be admitted into the gallery.

About Fran Scott

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You may know Fran from her fiery demonstrations on CBBC’s Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom, or more recently as the Engineering judge on Channel 4’s Lego Masters or perhaps as an expert on Abandoned Engineering.



Either way, as well as being a well-known face when it comes to Science demonstrations on television, Fran is also a pyrotechnician and was recently Science Content Producer here at the Royal Institution.



A neuroscientist by education but an engineer at heart, Fran uses her knowledge to entertain and excite audiences of stage and screen, using high impact demonstrations to prove her scientific point.

Covid guidelines

Face masks are no longer mandatory and wearing one in our Theatre and at other Ri events is at your discretion, however please do not attend the Ri if you are displaying Covid symptoms or, if you have tested, the result remains positive. Thank you for respecting other people and their choices, and for helping us keep all of our visitors and staff safe and well.

Accessibility

The event will take place on the first floor and there is step-free access from the street via lift.

The closest underground station is Green Park, which is step-free.

There is space at floor level in the theatre for wheelchair users.

Seating is usually unreserved for our events. If you and your group require seating reservations, please do let us know by emailing us at events@ri.ac.uk, and we’ll be more than happy to help.

Carers can receive a free ticket to an event by emailing events@ri.ac.uk.

Our theatre is equipped with an Audio Induction Loop. 

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