The Physics Show of the University of Bonn

Our “Physikshow” aims to educate kids and adults alike about physics while they experience a fun show. In our shows we present entertaining and educational experiments - and explain them in an easy to understand way. The explanations of the main shows in Bonn are drafted towards children around 12 years. The traveling particle physics show is aimed at a slightly older audience (14+). However, younger children also can have a lot of fun watching the experiments without understanding all of the explanations.

The “Physikshow” is lead by Prof. Herbert Dreiner and Timo Poller from the physics institute of the Bonn University. The students write, organize and perform the shows during their free time.

Our shows ¹

History of the Physics Show ²

The lecture hall is full when the show starts! © Barbara Frommann

The Rubens flame tube © Physikshow Uni Bonn

Jupi shows Life how planets are formed. © Physikshow Uni Bonn

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PLANETAMOS – The Physics Show Musical 2025

The world’s first physics show musical returns to the big stage on 27 March to 30 March, 2025. In two entertaining hours, the physics show musical offers the audience interesting facts about our blue planet with live music, live singing and lots of humor.

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Christmas Physics Show 2024⁶

Physics professor Scrooginger doesn't think highly of other people: Colleagues are ungrateful, PhD students are lazy and students are dumb. So what should Scrooginger think of all the ghosts who appear just before Christmas, along with physics experiments? The show “Eine physikalische Weihnachtsgeschichte” (“A Physics Christmas Carol”) will be performed on 19.12.2024 at 5 pm in the Wolfgang-Paul lecture hall.

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What’s (the) matter? 2024⁷

The internationally successful particle physics show “What's (the) matter?” will be performed in Bonn on September 14 and September 15! With magical umbrellas, the two main characters go on a journey through space and time: from the structure of atoms to particle accelerators and the detection of the Higgs particle.

Thursday Dec 19, 2024

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Christmas Physics Show “Eine physikalische Weihnachtsgeschichte”⁸

Kreuzbergweg 28, 53115 ...

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Physics professor Scrooginger doesn’t think highly of other people: Colleagues are ungrateful, PhD students are lazy and students are dumb. So what should ...

Sunday Sep 15, 2024

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What’s (the) matter?⁹

Wolfgang Paul lecture ...

11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

In two entertaining hours, the show follows the two main characters as they embark on a journey through time and space to experience the most important stages ...

Saturday Sep 14, 2024

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What’s (the) matter?¹⁰

Wolfgang Paul lecture ...

11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

In two entertaining hours, the show follows the two main characters as they embark on a journey through time and space to experience the most important stages ...