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Walking with Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs once again roam the earth in a spectacular theatrical arena show, which hits Sheffield Arena for 9 amazing shows between the 22nd and 26th of July 2009. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Arena Spectacular, based on the award-winning BBC Television series, will see real size dinosaurs come to life in what promises to be one of the most exciting and groundbreaking shows to arrive in the UK.

Tickets for Walking With Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular go on general sale at 9am on Monday 17th November and are priced at £35, £30 & £20 (subject to booking fee).

he BBC series Walking With Dinosaurs was a brilliant blend of special effects, escapism, excitement and information. This show has all of that – and it’s live!

In this show, 15 roaring, snarling “live” dinosaurs mesmerize the audience – and are as awe-inspiring as when they first walked on earth.

Ten species are represented from the entire 200 million year reign of the dinosaurs. The show includes the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the terror of the ancient terrain, as well as the Plateosaurus and Liliensternus from the Triassic period, the Stegosaurus and Allosaurus from the Jurassic period and Torosaurus and Utahraptor from the awesome Cretaceous. The largest of them, the Brachiosaurus is 36 feet tall, and 56 feet 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 original production.

The show depicts the dinosaurs’ evolution, complete with the climatic and tectonic changes that took place, which led to the demise of many species. With almost cinematic realism, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS has scenes of the interactions between dinosaurs, and the audience sees how carnivorous dinosaurs evolved to walk on two legs, and how the herbivores fended off their more agile predators.

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 over 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 US entertainment magazine Variety said, "The dinosaurs are stunning, life-size and faultlessly nimble. In act one, the beasts parade into the arena gnashing and cavorting as a safari-suited paleontologist describes their attributes ... in the second half, the action cranks up, culminating in a spectacular clash as a T-Rex mom defends her baby from predators. Sonny Tilders' triumphant creature design ensures ‘WALKING WITH DINOSAURS' is a truly spectacular spectacular. It is everything a dino-phile could want."

For all the information on the show visit the official web site at www.dinosaurlive.co.uk.