DINOSAURS will once again roam international soil when the globally-acclaimed production, Walking with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular, returns to the UK.
Based on the award-winning BBC Television Series, the $20 million production features new, state of the art technology and stars Michaela Strachan as ‘Huxley’ the paleontologist.
Carmen Pavlovic, CEO, said: “I am thrilled that Walking With Dinosaurs is embarking on an international tour.
"A new generation is ready to experience these life–size beasts in this awe-inspiring spectacle, which has still not been matched in terms of scale and quality.
"Many of our creatures have 'evolved' since the last tour, now featuring distinctive display feathers, head crests and tail fans, reflecting recent discoveries about the physical nature of these massive creatures."
The one-hour, 40-minute show depicts the dinosaurs’ evolution and has scenes highlighting the interactions between dinosaurs, how carnivorous dinosaurs evolved to walk on two legs, and how the herbivores fended off their more agile predators.
Nine species are represented from the entire 200 million year reign of the dinosaurs including the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Plateosaurus and Liliensternus from the Triassic period, the Stegosaurus and Allosaurus from the Jurassic period and Torosaurus and Utahraptor from the Cretaceous period.
The largest of them, the Brachiosaurus, is 11 metres tall and 17 metres from nose to tail.
It took a team of 50 - including engineers, fabricators, skin makers, artists and painters, and animatronic experts - a year to build the production.
The history of the world is played out with the splitting of the Earth’s continents and the transition from the arid desert of the Triassic period is given to the lush green prairies and forces of the later Jurassic.
Oceans form, volcanoes erupt, a forest catches fire -- all leading to the impact of the massive comet, which struck the earth, and forced the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The show originated in Australia in January 2007 before garnering record-breaking audiences around the world.
The latest show will be at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on July 31 at 7pm and August 1 at 11am, 3pm and 7pm.
Family of fours can get the fourth ticket free during the 7pm shows but the group must include at least one adult.
This deal is only valid for £39 tickets.
Tickets are available here from 10am on Friday.
The tour will also be at the Manchester Arena on August 3 and 4.
There will be a 7pm show on the Friday followed by shows at 11am, 3pm and 7pm on the Saturday.
Tickets cost from £29.
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