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Interview with Derek Brown - Science Theatre Technical Manager

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BS: In the Science Theatre you mentioned that there's an age group it doesn't work for.

DB: I think it works for them, the big - the only difficulty - I think it works fine for them they're quite happy to sit there and watch other people doing things. It's very difficult for them to get up and come down the front in front of all their friends or people from another school. Sometimes, if they're all from the same school it's not so bad. And sometimes you'll only get one person who's a school - I don't know - quite extrovert and he's quite happy to come down and do everything. Like I did a sports talk and this one kid, he was the only one who volunteered and he came down and he did everything. And even when I said "look is there is anybody else who would like to come down?" he came down and he did everything. And they do get a lot out of it - I'm not saying they don't, it doesn't work for them what I'm saying is it's more difficult to get, because of the age range and - the what they think their friends are going to think about them if they come down they have to make a fool of themselves. More than what they're actually getting out of it, you know. Because I think they can get an awful lot out of it. And one of the teachers said "OK you've done a whole" you know "term's work in 45 minutes." You know. So, it's doing a lot, it does a lot for them. But I think from the age range of actually getting them down to get them to take part, it's more to do with their image, in that- rather - you know their self-image rather - and what their friends are going to say to them - rather than the fact that they're enjoying it or not enjoying it. Because they still enjoy it - it's the fact they don't want to come down and actually do anything on stage in front of people.