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The Ugly Animal Preservation Society
Type:Dippy on Tour
Touchstones Rochdale, The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AQ
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Suitable for: children aged 7+.
Price: FREE.
Booking: yes. Please use the link below to book your place.
This funny and engaging show features videos, demonstrations and lots and lots of audience participation.
Simon Watt is President for Life of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. At the Ugly Animal Preservation Society they celebrate and explore the incredible biology of the animal kingdom's most monstrous. What adaptations make them amazing? How did such hideous creatures evolve in the first place?
Simon Watt is a biologist, writer, science communicator, comedian and TV presenter. He runs “Ready Steady Science”, a science communication company committed to making information interesting and takes science based performances into schools, museums, theatres and festivals.
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