According to Jacob Zimmer’s Grade 8 teacher, seven scientific revolutions altered the course of human history. From Gutenberg’s printing press to Al Gore’s Internet, with a dash of Newton, Darwin and nuclear physics in between, Zimmer gathered an intrepid half-dozen performers to ask the question: do scientific discoveries equal progress?

Armed with tin-can telephones, a Jenga set, a ukelele, whiteboard markers and absolutely no background in science, Small Wooden Shoe uses songs, improvisation, long-division and jump rope to explore the building blocks of modern life.