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The South of England's interactive, science and technology centre - featuring 100 hands-on exhibits and the largest standalone planetarium in the UK! Events for adults and families. Open 7 days a week. Keep in touch: Events Programme Mark Thompson's Spectacular Science afternoon show on 4 March 2017 on 4 March show afternoon Science Mark Thompson's Spectacular October 2016 - March 2017 WINCHESTER SCIENCE CENTRE AND PLANETARIUM Telegraph Way, off Alresford Road Tel: 01962 863 791 (switchboard) Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1HZ [email protected] Winchester6 Science Centre is an independent educational charity - Registered charity Nº 294582 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org Or call 01962 863 791 Friday 4 November Help is only Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 November 140 million miles away... Film Night 12A The Martian (2h10) Special Event Horrible Science Weekend with Nick Arnold Tickets £5 During a manned mission to Mars, astronaut Tickets Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead £1 in addition Nick Arnold is the author of Where after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. to General Entry the phenomenally successful In the Planetarium But Watney has survived and finds himself Ideal for children 6-14yr Horrible Science books. stranded and alone on the hostile planet. and their parents Schedule Be prepared for a fast, funny, furious (and often 7pm: doors open, With only meagre supplies, he must draw upon Where noisy) show! In his typically gruesome fashion, bar open for drinks his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a In the Space Marquee Nick will bring his books to life through amusing and snacks way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of activities, facts, readings and questions. 7.30pm: film begins miles away, a team of international scientists Schedule This wacky show celebrates the best bits of the (no trailers) work tirelessly to bring “the Martian” home... Shows at 11am multi-award winning Horrible Science series. 9.40pm: film ends and 2pm Please note this is a standard-format 2D film projected onto the Each show includes of a range of demonstrations, readings from the latest planetarium screen, rather than a fulldome film. books and quizzes. Also throughout the day Winchester Science Centre's Fully licensed bar Doors open 15 mins dedicated team of science experts will be delivering their own very horrible science demonstrations. available A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre before A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre Tickets for this event are Further film screenings also available to book: limited and booking in Gravity (3 Dec), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (20 Jan), advance is advised. Prometheus (17 Feb) and Apollo 13 (3 March). 2 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org Or call 01962 863 791 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org Or call 01962 863 791 3 Saturday 12 November Thursday 17 November “If Dr Phil were a medicine, you should swig him by the litre” The Times Film Night PG Close Encounters of Special Event Dr Phil Hammond's the Third Kind (2hr 15) Health Revolution Tickets £12 Tickets £15 £10 Concessions Screening of the classic science fiction film, Concessions £12 Dr Phil Hammond combines both of his This show is booked with 360° pre-show We are Stars. including seniors, 2016 sell-out Edinburgh fringe shows in one via Experience Film, unforgettable evening. Laugh, sort your life out, see website for details students and Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is a cableman, NHS staff stay sane, plan your death and save the NHS - all In the Planetarium content with his work, his wife and three kids. in only 99 minutes. But after investigating a mysterious sequence Where Dr Hammond works in chronic fatigue, is an investigative Schedule of power cuts, a growing obsession he can't In the Planetarium quite explain begins to erode his happy, chaotic journalist for Private Eye, a BBC Radio Bristol presenter, 7pm: doors open, comic and author of 'Staying Alive, How to Get the Best bar open for drinks family life. Along with single mother Ronnie Schedule from the NHS' and 'Sex, Sleep or Scrabble?' Phil has and snacks (Terri Garr), he's drawn to Devil's Tower in Shows starts at appeared on Have I Got News for You, Jack Dee's Helpdesk, 7pm: film begins Wyoming - what he sees will change 7.30pm The News Quiz, The Now Show, Question Time, Trust Me, I'm a Doctor, Long Live Britain, The One Show, and Countdown. (no late entry) humanity forever. Doors open at 7pm 9.40pm: film ends Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic is one of his most far-reaching works, A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre encompassing themes of mental collapse, the desire to protect your loved ones against overwhelming odds, and even transcendence of the Fully licensed bar Fully licensed bar human spirit. It's both funny and tender; there are moments of palpable available available threat and overwhelming joy. It's an epic in every sense of the word, and it needs to be seen on the big screen to do it justice. Tickets for this event are limited “One of the most entertainingly subversive people A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre and booking in advance is advised. on the planet.” The Guardian 4 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org Or call 01962 863 791 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org Or call 01962 863 791 5 Friday 25 November Saturday 3 - Sunday 23 December Blast off into space and help save Christmas! Special Event Alex Bellos: Special Event Space Mission for Santa Alex in Numberland Tickets £10 Tickets This interactive, presenter-led show explores Suitable for ages 11yr+ Bestselling maths author Alex Bellos will £3.80 in addition the solar system while helping Santa ensure delight and amaze with material from his new to General Entry Christmas can go ahead as planned. Where puzzle book "Can You Solve My Problems?", £7.50 standalone In the Planetarium his maths colouring book "Snowflake Seashell Best for up to 10yr Fly through space, find out a little about some Star", and his previous books "Alex’s Adventures of our neighbouring worlds, and keep your Doors open at 7pm in Numberland" and "Alex Through The Where eyes peeled! Children are encouraged to point Looking Glass". In the Planetarium and call out to help make sure the mission Schedule is a success. 7.30pm start A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre Schedule 45 min show Check website The show lasts 30 minutes. Showings every Saturday & followed by Q&A Sunday from 3 - 14 December, and weekdays 15 - 23 Every show is a Chatterbox December. show due to the audience participation. Please note that although the children do see Santa, Group bookings available. he will not present in the Science Centre to meet them in person. A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre 6 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org Or call 01962 863 791 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org Or call 01962 863 791 7 Saturday 3 December Friday 16 December Male Singer of the Year Spiral Earth Awards 2014 Jim Causley and his fellow folk musicians bring it to life with real zest, his deep baritone voice soaring as he sings The Telegraph Film Night 12A Gravity (1h30) Music Night Live Music Under the Stars: Jim Causley Tickets £5 Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock and Tickets George Clooney star in Gravity, a heart-pounding £12 in advance Since the release of his debut album in 2005, Where thriller that pulls you into the infinite and £14 on the door Jim Causley’s unique voice and persona have In the Planetarium unforgiving realm of deep space. Suitable for ages 11yr+ helped him become one of the most well-loved and respected figures of today’s contemporary Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant engineer on her Doors open at 7pm first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski. Where roots and folk music scene. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. In the Planetarium Schedule The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski A prolific collaborator, Causley is hugely admired for his 7.30pm: film begins completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other Doors open at 7pm work with iconic groups The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin: Causley as well as playing, touring and recording along- (no trailers) and spiraling out into the blackness. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. side Waterson:Carthy, John McCusker, Eddie Reader, 9pm: film ends But the only way home may be to go further out into the Schedule Graham Coxson, Shirley Collins, Michael Morpurgo, terrifying expanse of space. Shows starts at Show of Hands, Kate Rusby, David Rotheray of Beautiful Fully licensed bar 7.30pm South fame and many more. Please note this is a standard-format 2D film projected onto the available planetarium screen, rather than a fulldome film. During the past decade Causley has been nominated for no less than five Fully licensed bar BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, won the Spiral Earth Singer of the Year award in A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre available 2014, presented his own folk music show on BBC Radio Devon and in 2015 he worked with BBC TV historian Dr Sam Willis to create the music for his show 'Highwaymen, Outlaws and Villains' and was asked to perform his Further film screenings also available to book: song 'Pride of the Moor' on BBC TV's Countryfile - Dartmoor Special. The Martian (4 Nov), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (20 Jan), Prometheus (17 Feb) and Apollo 13 (3 March). A fundraising event for Winchester Science Centre 8 Book online winchestersciencecentre.org