Drama Characters

Jones the Bones

The Science Museum has a daily programme of drama performances that are suitable for young and old alike, whether you are visiting as an individual, with friends, as a family or with a school.

 

Drama Characters

Jones the Bones

Meet Jones the Bones the surgeon and his Skeleton sidekick.

 
Sir Isaac Newton drama event

Our drama characters quite literally bring science and technology to life.

 
Actor playing Albert Einstein

Join the one-and-only Albert Einstein for a mystery mind tour of the science behind time, space and the weighty issue of gravity.

 

Confused by computers? Mixed up by maths? Come and meet Ada the number-crunching queen.

 
Michael Faraday

Come and meet Michael Faraday and let him tell you all about his cutting-edge electric experiments.

 
Actor playing Isaac Newton

Meet everyone’s favourite scientist... and his skateboard!

 
Mary Seacole drama character performing

Hear the story of brave nurse and heroine of the Crimean War Mary Seacole.

 

A “Woman’s work is never done!”. Come and see Florrie the Edwardian Maid as she goes about her daily chores

 
Actor playing Gene Cernan in the Science Museum's Space Gallery

What would you like to ask Gene Cernan, the last man to step on the Moon in 1972?

 
Water bottle

Encounter Nancy the Waterseller as she tells you her story of why she has to sell water to the people of London during the early 1900s.

 
Actor playing Bob the Mechanic

Hold onto your hats and get ready for adventure as Bob the mechanic tells you his amazing cloud-busting tales of magnificent men and women and their flying machines.

 
Amy Johnson drama character performing for a school group

In 1930 flying sensation Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Find out about her life and see the actual plane she used to make her epic flight.

 

Fashion lovers everywhere get ready for the hottest gossip on the catwalk... Mauve is the new black!

 
Actor playing Isambard Kingdon Brunel

Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel at your service... Meet the famous British engineer who designed one of the finest ships, the Great Eastern.