David Lampard - Science Geek
Known for his passionate interest in science and all things related - determined to change the world for the better
Susi D - Rock Chick
Really just wants to play rock music for her entire life and keep The Geek in line, won't admit she likes science but deep down she's quite intrigued
Jarrad Payne - Drummer
The rhythm master - dedicated to keeping everything in time including his van which forever overheats and loses timing
Influences
Penguin poo - Fish farts - Silly string - Air doughnuts - Fizzy drink fountains -Rockets - Hydrogen balloons (exploding) - Strange noises - Farting in general - Cool stories - Wings on strings.........
Penguin Poo - Live
Hot rock meets cool science when Rock Chick & Science Geek join forces to entertain and educate. You’ll be amazed by awesome experiments and inspired by wicked rock songs.
An unlikely duo, but a perfect partnership, Rock Chick and “The Geek” perform side by side in a series of exciting scientific rock concerts where science inspires song and song inspires science. Balloons burst into balls of flame, kids are swallowed by bubbles, and smoky air doughnuts sail through the air backed by a catchy collection of original pop-rock songs. Rock Chick & Science Geek is entertaining, engaging and educational.
Participation and interaction are key elements that keep Rock Chick & Science Geek shows fresh and exciting. Audience members sing, dance and actively take part in many songs and experiments creating a memorable experience children want to repeat again and again.
Taking part in a Mexican wave helps demonstrate how sound waves travel.
Dancing like a penguin introduces everyone to a very strange bit of avian biology
…and EVERYONE wants to be “the boy in the bubble”!
REVIEWS
“David and Susi are brilliant entertainers who relate to children on an amazing level and hold their audience in spellbound wonder throughout their shows. A science lesson? Never! It’s clever entertainment for kids.”
Jen Watts
Creator, The Fairies
“David and Susi have a great rapport with the audience (there is no shortage of children wanting to be volunteers on stage) and the show is interesting and fun from start to finish with no weak spots… A great mix of educational, musical and just sheer fun content.”
Antoinette Brown
Something On Saturday, Adelaide Festival Centre
“It was absolutely and amazingly brilliant... each and every kid had a ball and got into the production BIG TIME. It was a treat and experience to see the kids involved and engaged during every second of the interactive performance.”
BHP Billiton Staff Member,
After his family attended a BHP Billiton Youth Arts sponsored event
“It’s funny without resorting to cheap humor; it’s educational without being stuffy; and it’s clever without being manipulative. Most importantly, it really does rock… It certainly isn’t rocket science; it’s much more fun than that.”
Stephen Davenport,
Adelaide Theatre Guide
Rock Chick & Science Geek in…
SCIENCE ROCKS!
Science Rocks is a spectacular, high energy rock concert where bubbles swallow audience members whole, air doughnuts sail across the theatre and everyone is encouraged to dance like a penguin (for very scientific reasons!). Plus you'll get the chance to take part in a punked-up version of everyone’s favourite nursery rhyme! It’s an interactive, scientific rock concert!
Rock Chick & Science Geek in…
IT’S ROCKET SCIENCE
Take off with Rock Chick & Science Geek on a buoyant journey that explores the science of flight. You’ll discover the secrets behind hot air ballooning, create a tea bag rocket and see a beach ball float in mid-air. Rock songs and rockets join forces to educate, inspire and entertain in this brilliant scientific rock concert that’s guaranteed to get your toes tapping and your brain spinning. It’s rock, it’s science… It’s Rocket Science!
ABOUT THE CREATORS / PERFORMERS
David Lampard BSc, Grad Dip Sci Comm
Science Geek, Co-creator and Writer
David is a widely praised and acclaimed science communicator. He is best known as the science host of the Channel 9 children’s program Y?, but has also written and presented for a number of other television programs. David has presented science shows in every state and territory of Australia. He also established the Adelaide-based science communication company, That Science Gang. He has appeared in a number of professional musicals.
Susi D
Rock Chick, Co-creator and Songwriter
Susi D and her band Salty have toured nationally supporting artists such as Sophie B Hawkins, Marie Wilson and Katie Noonan as well as many independent musicians around Australia. Touring nationally they have played at many festivals and headlined regional festivals including the Beachport Festival By The Sea and Port MacDonnell Bayside Festival. Susi has toured internationally with Patch Theatre Company performing as part of Sharon Keep Your Hair On. She also helped create Hickory Dickory Dock for the same company.
Hello! Thanks 4 being a Great Friend to the Pop Rockets! We love making music for kids and their grown ups! Feel free to swing by and take a listen to our new Tunes! Much love- The Pop Rockets!
it makes me smile every time I listen to your music. I want to get one of my friends to perform one of your songs with me at our school's open mic. It would be sooo much fun!
Quixotic- –adjective 1. (sometimes initial capital letter) resembling or befitting Don Quixote. 2. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. 3. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
Hey Rock Chick & Science Geek! Thanks for listening to my tunes. I love your profile! Great videos of you, anyone who has a penguin reference in their song is a friend of mine! Keep in touch, love Maria : )
thanksrock chick and science geek. let me know if you need a guest spot on the science geek show! cos i'm now an official science geek, i have the paper to back that up. no wait, that's a_parchment_ to back that up;)
Why thank you. I'm a little penguin obsessed. Penguin pajama pants, penguin socks, I even have a stuffed animal penguin. Shhhh! Don't tell anyone >_><_< Oh btw, my friend was in a down mood today so I taught him the penguin poo dance and he almost fell over laughing. You guys saved the day! You're like super heros lol.
Any news? Send me your update. I'm jealous that you get to sing about fish farts, they don't use the word fart too often in RnB so I can't see it working for me......
