New Horizons with Brian Cox

Arts & Entertainment Events Scene

Rita Bratovich
September 4, 2022

Image: Prof Brian Cox presents Horizons. Image: Lateral Event Management: Facebook

In the sphere of science education, Professor Brian Cox is a supernova. His shows have broken records for number and speed of tickets sold. He is a champion of Earth and an ambassador for the galaxy and above all else, he makes science easy to understand.

Horizons is Prof. Cox’s incredible new show, a cinematic presentation using enormous LED screens that catapult audiences through space. The high quality display features stunning images of spinning galaxies, treacherous black holes, luminous stars and planets, splitting cells – pictures that explore time, space, where we have come from and where we are going.

Joining Cox on stage will be his irreverent but hilarious co-host of popular podcast, The Infinite Monkey Cage, Robin Ince.

Producer of Horizons, CEO of Lateral Events Simon Baggs describes the show as the most ambitious and spectacular yet.

“Ever since our first tour with Brian in 2013, the aim has been to invest in technology and live stage techniques to communicate science in better ways, to broader audiences… [I think it ] will have audiences hooked on science more than ever.”

Prof. Cox CBE has an extraordinary resume, beginning with being keyboard player for pop bands D:Ream and Dare then going on to be Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has presented a number of highly acclaimed science programmes for the BBC including Wonders of the Solar System, Forces of Nature, Stargazing Live and, in 2019, The Planets.

Cox has authored several best-selling books including the widely acclaimed Human Universe. His presentations are enlightening and entertaining, and he is invested in making them even better.

“I loved the 2019 arena tour because it gave me the opportunity to discuss the most profound ideas, with tens of thousands of people in front of the most spectacular images of the Universe. When the tour was over, I immediately started thinking about how I could delve deeper, tell an even more profound story and make the show even more spectacular.

“I’m very excited about what has emerged! I hope the evening will make people think about how fortunate and precious we are, how strange and wonderful our Universe is, and the limitless future we have to look forward to if we make the right choices over the coming decades.”

Things can only get better!