Are You Invited?

I've been involved with the Victorian Science Drama Awards for about 15 years. Students across Victoria write short pieces of theatre inspired by science. Sometimes this is a scientific phenomenon, sometimes a piece of science history, sometimes an exploration of the relevance to day-to-day life of a specific piece of research or technology.

Some years ago there was a piece about the elements. The script was centred about the planning for a party. The persona of each character was inspired by a chemical element. There was some debate among the judging panel about whether the piece sufficiently explained the scientific theory, although clearly the students who wrote the piece understood the theory very well. In the end we agreed that the Awards were not about teaching the audience anything in particular, but should be judged in equal part on the accuracy of the scientific information contained in them and the theatrical skill and creativity employed in the development of the piece.

From memory it was quite a fun piece, but the reason I mention it now is because I've discovered something similar (and equally fun) on YouTube. Here it is - enjoy!