In total 15 dinosaurs will be part of the performance, taking audiences from the Triassic period, through the Jurassic and on to the Cretaceous, the time of T rex (despite its appearance in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park - the director also increased the size of his velociraptors to make them scarier). After tours in Australia and the US, the much-praised show finally comes to the UK this summer for what the producers say will be the most impressive version yet. The undeniably impressive moving, blinking and roaring animatronic T rex was joined by a baby version to herald the announcement of an arena tour of the BBC TV series Walking With Dinosaurs. A sort of collective, more expressive version of 'goodness me'.
And probably in better shape.Ī curtain opened and a seven-metre (23ft) Tyrannosaurus rex trotted in before an invited audience at the former Millennium Dome and there was only one reaction from the assembled crowd.
This wasn't the first time dinosaurs have performed in front of an audience at the O2 Arena - who can forget the return of Led Zeppelin? - but the ones strutting their stuff yesterday were a touch more alarming.
John Plunkett reports on the live action dinosaur models invading London this August .uk
