
A $12 million budget has helped designer Sonny Tilders wrought marvels, with 15 life-size dinosaurs brought to life through a sophisticated combination of puppetry and animatronics, convincingly re-creating everything from the illusion of rippling muscles beneath rugose hides to lashing tails and gleaming eyes.
This epic production is entertainment on a mammoth scale, and while the narrative occasionally bordered on annoying, being clearly written with children in mind, the dinosaurs themselves, coupled with a stunning lighting design, were more than enough to carry the show.
Unfortunately I had to leave at interval to go supervise a photoshoot for MCV, but it was still cool - I mean, there was a life-size Stegasaurus! Sadly I missed the T-Rex and the ptereosaur, but hey, you can't have everything...Walking with Dinosaurs – The Live Experience runs until April 4.
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