'Walking With Dinosaurs' an amazing show
The dino show 'Walking with Dinosaurs' is mind-blowing and anyone with an interest in dinosaurs, drama and entertainment will love it. Words do not do this show justice.
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The eight meters high T. Rex and its kitten.
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By Steen Laursen,
Published: October 21, 2009
Sound and light effects are dramatic on the large scene as the dinosaur show unfolds. This is simply one and a half hours with dinosaurs of the big and violent kind, and it is not a digital show on a large screen. This is theatre.
Eight terrifying meters
After a Tyrannosaurus Rex kitten has been annoying a much lager and otherwise peaceful Ankylosaurus for some time, the kitten is cornered by the Ankylosaurus. But then the kitten calls for its mother and in comes the main character of the show. Mother T. Rex is eight meters high and looks terrifyingly much larger than that as she thunders her way on to the stage.
Apparently, the Ankylosaurus notices this, so it gives us a brilliant show of how an armoured animal with a club on the tail can defend itself against a huge gab with large teeth. After the Ankylosaurus has escaped, it is time for the two T. Rexes to rejoice. It seems that adult dinosaurs cared for their youngsters.
Eminent story
As the only miniature character on stage a palaeontologist moves around between the giants while telling the audience about them. Although the dinosaurs are the main attraction, the people behind the show wish to provide their audience with a bit of knowledge.
During the show the miniature palaeontologist tells about continental drift, climate and plants and explains how important these things are to the evolution of dinosaurs. He also manages to include the importance of both fossil bones and fossil footprints and he does this with admirably few words. He chooses his words with eminent understanding of the concept of evolution, and his points are beautifully underlined by the giants of the show.
They are alive
The dinosaurs on stage are not just a collection of bones wrapped in plastic. The animals move lively around the scene with a speed that seems appropriate to their size. The small predators are the liveliest ones; they are actors in costumes. The giants, however, are robots with gracious movements, thundering feet, roaring voices and a deep interest in what they eat. Sometimes they eat plants; sometimes they eat each other.
The animals engage in little dramas as when two triceratops fight about a harem, when a long-necked dinosaur puppet escapes a carnivore and when a pterodactyl takes to the sky and flies over landscapes and oceans. This is possible only by the help of large screens, projectors, light and unique skills.
Flashes in life and death
After only an hour and a half the T. Rexes become extinct in a flash of light, and the palaeontologist ends the show by comforting his audience: the dinosaurs have not really perished. They have grown wings and become birds. It is disappointing that the real dinosaurs have become extinct; however, it is also reassuring.
'Walking with dinosaurs' is a fantastic show.
The Live Experience was originally produced in Australia by Gerry Ryan, Malcolm Cooke and Jill Bryant and is brought to Denmark by The Creature Production Company.
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