Beauty and the Beast plus Technology

Beauty and the Beast at the Palace theatre in Manchester is a stunning recreation of the Disney classic. The costumes are supurb, escpecially that of Luminere with his flaming candle hands, Now regular readers will know I am not a huge fan of special effects (shut it Aries) but the effects in this are very well done and not overdone. Middle Aged Mary was able to watch the show without her hands clamped firmly over her ears incase some stray bang should make her jump. There was also a stunning effect when the beast changed in to the prince and the effect of the little boy as a tea cup is very clever. The show started with video projected on the gauze curtain which slowly melted in to live action, A great way of getting kids in this TVcentric world into live theatre. This show had Flying, Special Effects, Magic and great tunes so obviously I didnt like it....AHEM. It was FAB. (just dont tell anyone I said that)