How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular Auckland Premiere Tonight! Sat. Apr. 21 11.00 am show now SOLD OUT
18 April 2012
The cast of magnificent Dragons and actors recently enthralled Australian audiences with an astonishing visual and aural performance in what is being heralded as one of the most adventurous theatrical shows ever to be presented.
The Aussie critics raved;
Herald Sun
"These dragons will knock your socks off" / “Jaw Dropping”
The Age
"Visually astonishing" / "A dizzying triumph" / "A unique and entrancing spectacle"
Aussietheatre.co
“Nothing less than sensational” /”Incredible”
theatrepeople.com.au
“Seamless, clever and Inspiring” / “The most technically impressive I have ever seen”
Artshub.com.au
“By god the Dragons are breathtaking”
The New Zealand season of the How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular runs from April 18-22 at Vector Arena, for 10 performances only.
The How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular features the most technically sophisticated animatronic creatures yet seen. An engineering masterpiece in the form of a world-first, arena size aerial track that allows the Dragons to fly overhead up to 20km’s per hour! The projections on a screen9 times larger than a standard movie screen are unparalleled not to mention a cast of 24 actors who navigate the stage they share with the mammoth sized Dragons, performing stunts, acrobatics and fight scenes, all set to a stunning score featuring compositions by Icelandic singer-songwriter Jonsi from Sigur Ros.
The How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is an arena event of epic proportions, you’d be crazy to miss it!
Performance schedule:
Wednesday 18 April – 7 pm
Thursday 19 April – 3pm
Thursday 19 April – 7pm
Friday 20 April – 11am
Friday 20 April – 7pm
Saturday 21 April – 11am - SOLD OUT
Saturday 21 April 3pm
Saturday 21 April 7pm
Sunday 22 April – 11am
Sunday 22 April – 3pm
Ticket PricesPremium - $99.90
A-Reserve - $79.90
B-Reserve - $64.90
Concession and Group prices starting from $44.90 available on selected performances.
Bookings through Ticketmaster: Phone 0800-111-999 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – ARENA SPECTACULAR FUN FACTS
Number of Dragons:
24 Dragons
10 Different Species Represented
5 Large Dragons
Nadder – Height at shoulder 4m x 12m long & wingspan of 9m
Gronckle – Height at shoulder 3m x 7.5m long & wingspan of 5m
Nightmare - Height at shoulder 3.5m x 15.5m long & wingspan of 14m
Night Fury (Toothless) – Height at shoulder 2.5m X 8.5m long & wingspan of 10m
Red Death – Head and neck total length 12m+, head 5m wide and 6m long, tail is 20m long
7 Flying Dragons
3 x additional Night Furys (Toothless) – at various scales
2 x Gronckle – 3m long with 2m wing span
1 x Nightmare – 4m long x 6m wingspan
1 x Skrill - 4m long x 6m wingspan
Suits and Puppets
2 Skrills – 2.5m tall x 4.3m long+
4 Wrestling Dragons Suits - 2m long
2 Stinger suit puppets – 2m at hips tall x 4.5m long
1 Kite dragon – 2m wingspan
Multiple nesting dragons (Zipplebacks)
1 Egg Biter
Multiple shadow puppets
2 wrestling puppets
Each large dragon contains:
132 metres of hydraulic hose
90 square metres of fabric
12.2 cubic metres of foam
200 litres of paint
7 kilowatts of power from 16 truck batteries
1 kilometre of cabling in each body
24 microprocessors control movement along with 15 hydraulic rams and 6 hydraulic motors each
Each large dragon:
Weighs 1.6 tons (standard family car)
Takes 3 people to operate: 1 Driver and 2 Voodoo Puppeteers, one operates head and tail gross motion, one in charge of minor movements: mouth, blinking & roars
Trucks:
40 x 53 foot semis trailers (truck is 22.3m long with cabin) for the World Tour
The touring company is made up of:
80 ++ touring cast and crew
Media Contact: Bridget de Launay / de Launay Enterprises
Email: Bridget@delaunayenterprises.co.nz / Ph: (09) 361-6600 / Mobile: 021-630-622
www.dragonslive.co.nz
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