The Anvil,
Friday 12 September 2025,
7:30pm,
Tickets: £40.50 (includes £4 booking fee).

British astronaut Tim Peake will bring the awe and wonder of space travel past, present and future to Basingstoke when his latest tour blasts off across the country.

 Astronauts: The Quest To Explore Space sees Tim sharing extraordinary archive footage bringing to life the adventures of astronauts in a celebration of the historic human endeavour of space exploration.

 With fewer than 650 people having reached Earth's orbit, nobody is more qualified than Tim Peake to celebrate the historic achievements and human endeavours of space exploration. Up until now, he has brought his own incredible journey to life through unparalleled storytelling and extraordinary archive footage. In this new production, Tim will share the remarkable stories of some of his fellow astronauts and explore the spectacular evolution of space travel.

 From the first forays into space in the 1950s, to the first human missions destined for Mars, Tim will traverse the final frontier. As he recounts the awe-inspiring endeavours of astronauts across the ages, he will reveal what spaceflight is truly like: from the wondrous view of Earth, living in weightlessness, the dangers and unexpected moments of humour, to the years of training and psychological and physical pressures that an astronaut has to take on. 

Tim Peake joined the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2009, after an 18-year career in the Army – making history in December 2015 as the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. He retired from the ESA in 2023 but has continued to work with them and the UK Space Agency as an ambassador for space to inspire young people to follow careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Contact the Anvil Arts box office or visit https://www.anvilarts.org.uk/events/tim-peake-astronauts.