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This production is recommended for ages 5+.
Performance dates
26 July - 30 August 2026
Run time: 1hr (no interval)
No interval
22 reviews
The hit, Olivier Award-winning Best Family Show is coming to the West End for the 2026 school summer holidays.
Inspired by the iconic Brainiac TV series, this high-energy family science show mixes edutainment, comedy and jaw-dropping experiments designed to ignite curiosity in everyone.
Science’s greatest and most volatile live show will explode onto the stage of the Garrick Theatre in the heart of London’s West End, taking family audiences on a breathless ride through the wild world of the weird and wonderful.
With a great range of explosive experiments, join the Brainiacs in this all-action live show that’s set to blow your minds!
Brainiac Live! is playing at the West End’s Garrick Theatre from 26 July to 30 August 2026.

Brainiac Live! has just blasted its way onto the stage of London’s Garrick Theatre. The show has been touring and refining for years but opened in the West End this week. With twice a day matinees Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and one on Thursdays and Saturdays through the school holidays, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to catch this weird science show before it powers down. If that weren’t enough reason to grab tickets post-haste, we’ve compiled a list of 5 more reasons you really should go see Brainiac Live! at the Garrick Theatre this summer.
2 Aug, 2019 | By Sarah Gengenbach

Strap in and lower your safety goggles, Brainiac Live! is coming to the West End! Based on the cult-classic television series Brainiac: Science Abuse this show is coming to the Garrick Theatre this summer after touring the UK and the world.
3 May, 2019 | By Sarah Gengenbach