Science Reactors at Athens Science Festival 2024

2014-2024: Ten Years of Science on the «stage»! Science … otherwise

The Science Reactors at the Athens Science Festival on 19, 20 & 21 April

The Science Reactors take part in the Athens Science Festival, the great celebration of science that this year marks 10 years of important and innovative science events.

In 2024 Science Reactors also complete their own 10-year journey in the field of science communication.

So they return to the Technopolis and to the Athens Science Festival, the place from which they essentially «sprang». There they gave their first performances, there they presented another «face» of science, there they made their many friends, who laughed with them, «conversed» with them, pondered and heard scientific topics of our everyday life told with vividness and humour.

As their own «birthday» coincides with the corresponding anniversary celebration of the Athens Science Festival, their presence there will be dynamic and unconventional, taking part with all three of their events:

🟢 Stand up Science (19/4): titled: ‘Science Rap’ How does science get a broad smile?

🟢 Science on stage (20/4): theatre performance CSI Science: Crime in the Laboratory! How does science become theatre and take to the stage?

It will be preceded by the interesting event from a team of the Institut Pasteur; «Astronauts in the Laboratory», see our previous event here

🟢 Stand up Science kids (21/4): a stand up also for people aged 10+

In this way they will have a broad but also different scientific dialogue with all ages, they will combine Art with Science, showing another face of science with one single goal: the spread of knowledge in a simple, enjoyable, subversive and humorous way, yet without humour becoming an end in itself!!!

So can they overturn the myth that scientists have no sense of humour?

They will prove it from the stage.

Stand up Science: ‘Science Rap’

Stand up Science kids

The line-up: Chara Afaloniáti, Antonia Karamolegkou, Chrysanthi Saliagkopoulou, Ermis Zacharopoulos, Alexandros Sourtzis, Thomas Pappas, Nikos Papadimitriou and Dimitris Ragiadakos. With their well-known mocking and unconventional style they will present scientific topics from our everyday life.

The host of the evening, Konstantinos Antonaropoulos, will desperately try to keep them all in order.

The performance holds more surprises in store.

For their 10th birthday the Science Reactors will give gifts to some lucky people (by raffle).

Sponsors: organisations that collaborated with them in various of their events!!

Stand up Science kids

The Science Reactors meet their young friends at the Athens Science Festival and talk with them about Science… in their own characteristic way, Stand up Science kids, to prove that:

• Knowledge can also be enjoyable,
• It can easily reach children, spark their curiosity, thrill them and above all charm them?
• Difficult scientific concepts can become accessible to children.

But why Stand up Science kids? During the pandemic they also entered the digital era, adapting, for the first time, texts addressed to children, Stand up Science kids, thus making knowledge more attractive and accessible. They then took part (live) in many events: at the three Kastellorizo Riddle Festivals, in Rhodes at ATRAKTO and others, with a particular impact on young audiences. For this reason they decided to include it in their activities.

At the festival, Chara Afaloniáti, Antonia Karamolegkou, Chrysanthi Saliagkopoulou, Christina-Anthi Charisidou and Giorgos Galanopoulos will present interesting scientific topics, in a simple way and with a broad smile, aiming to win over their young — and not only young — audience.

Looking back...

The Athens Science Festival has closed its curtain. A big event with equally big success. Let's wish it long life while keeping its liveliness and freshness!!! The Science Reactors moved with the same spirit to the rhythm of rap in all three of their separate actions.

Alexandros, Nikos, Chara, Thomas, Chrysanthi, Antonia and Ermis once again presented a subversive Stand up.

Dimitris' sudden absence from the Science rap unsettled them, but as Reactors they reacted immediately.

Antonia replaced him worthily and indeed in record time.

Together with Konstantinos they made a delightful duo.

The Quiz with the lottery that followed was a special surprise!!

... some photos from Friday's Stand up.