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Doktor Kaboom (aka performer David Epley) is your quintessential mad scientist: steampunk goggles, canary yellow hair, fire painted onto his boots, crazy accent. But he also has the goods with which to back up his larger-than-life stage persona. 

There’s an element of chance to this show, based around a Wheel Of Fortune set-up, where each spin results in an experiment. At this show, we were treated to demonstrations of electron-proton attraction using giant zorb-style bodysuits; a hovercraft made from a poker table and leaf blower; and a pickle lightbulb. 

It’s all wild and wacky enough to make kids’ eyes pop, while also being meticulously, carefully explained in a way that empowers children to know that they too can become scientists, with nothing more than an inquisitive mind. Like a magic show, but all the better for the mind-bending explanations behind the magic. 

Pleasance Courtyard, until 21 August, noon.