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8 years ago
The annual visit from Immersive Theatres is always highly anticipated in our school by staff and children alike. We started many years ago, using the dome to supplement our topic on Space with our Year 5 pupils. These sessions are fantastic. Mario starts with a unique, relevant introduction to the night's sky. He is adaptive and knowledgeable; when a child asks a question he brings up visuals and explains the Science or History in appropriate detail before seamlessly linking back to the previous topic. In the past two years we have developed the programme brought to our school; including Reception aged children, GCSE pupils and even staff. Mario has proved himself capable of adapting his talk to be relevant to the age of the participants and answering questions on a level they will understand. Our Reception girls enjoyed an overview of the night's sky, visited the International Space Station and learned about shapes and distances in space. My daughter was one of the participants and came home thoroughly enthused and full of wonder. From a child who normally tells me school is 'fine' and tells me more about the food she ate than her lessons it was wonderful to hear about the favorite room of the astronauts and the description of how astronauts sleep in space. Our Year 5 girls were excited to enter the dome, exclaimed in wonder as the 'roof' of the planetarium opened, gasped as the size of the ISS and giggled when we discussed toileting in space. Mario even managed to explain star death and black holes in enough detail to satisfy our inquisitive girls without overburdening them with technical language. They loved going through the black hole at the end too! GCSE Dance is probably not a group you would associate with enjoying a curriculum linked session in a planetarium but our girls are studying Fractals as part of their GCSE Dance coursework. They were able to enjoy 30 minutes of 360 degree fractals accompanied by a descriptive overview, explaining fractals. The girls found the session very inspiring and relevant to their course. As for the staff... we have to drag them out of the dome at the end of their sessions! Mario kindly suggested putting on a 'relaxation' session during the staff lunch hour. This allows us to take half an hour 'for us'. With the body and spirit rejuvenated after the session it certainly makes teaching that afternoon a little bit easier! Our Staff Wellbeing Committee was thrilled by the feedback from those who attended and have requested more sessions like this on Mario's future visits. As you can see, we made the most of our Immersive Theatre visits. I hope you do too. read more
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Mario D.
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Thank you very much for your comprehensive and generous review! Mario…
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Birmingham B31 9EH
United Kingdom
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0800 955 1360
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http://www.Immersive-Theatres.com
Hours
What time does Immersive Theatres open?
Immersive Theatres opens at 7:00 AM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
What time does Immersive Theatres close?
Immersive Theatres closes at 11:30 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Mon-Sun 7:00 AM - 11:30 PM
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Does Immersive Theatres have free WiFi?
Yes, Immersive Theatres has free WiFi.
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Specialties
Immersive Theatres is a mobile digital planetariums service for all ages specialising in cross-curricular learning, new media art, entertainment and exploration of the new 360 digital medium. We offer the largest catalogue of digital planetarium (fulldome) shows in the world, as well as presenter-led astronomy shows delivered by a team of engaging and experienced science communicators. Immersive Theatres utilises the very latest fulldome 360 projection technology, yet our prices are the most competative in the UK, and often lower than those of our competition eg. a school visit with our 7m dome works out to only £1.35 per student. We cover the entire UK and operate 24 hours a day, thanks to our dedicate presenters located all across the country who operate our five mobile digital planetariums.
History
Established in 2011.
Immersive Theatres was established in 2011 as the UK's best value mobile planetarium service. Its founders are amongst the most experienced and prolific planetarium professionals in the UK, with well over 10 years experience. Boosting the worlds largest planetarium catalogue, schools and businesses are spoilt for choice. Our curriculum-link schools shows are amongst the best currently on offer by any outreach service in the UK
Meet the Business Owner: Mario D.
Mario Di Maggio (owner & director) has 20 years experience with digital domes and planetariums, both fixed and mobile. He launched and for eight years managed the UK`s first purpose-built digital planetarium (Thinktank Science Museum, Birmingham, 2005), as well as launched and for three years managed the UK`s most expensive planetarium (Glasgow Science Centre, 2001). Mario has also worked as a consultant for the Macao Planetarium (China, 2004-2008) and the Peter Harrison Planetarium (London, 2005).












