Marvel families unite!
For the first time ever, iconic Marvel Super Heroes and villains has been brought to life in a spectacular live action family arena show and we were invited to watch it at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham.
We went from singing and dancing along to Disney On Ice Frozen the day before to whooping and cheering for our favourite superheroes the next day at Marvel Superheroes Live.
It was really like they had stepped out of the silver screen onto the stage. Our favourite Marvel Super Heroes were all there, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and more, as they battle Loki and Marvel’s most sinister villains in a live, action-packed arena performance for the whole family.
The story begins with bang and Thor arriving in style with pyrotechnics and smoke before we are introduced to his evil brother Loki who plans to take over the world. Meanwhile, Tony Stark is bored and phoning all his superhero friends to find out what they are doing.
The superheroes get wind of Loki’s plans to rule the world with a Cosmic Cube after he kidnaps X-Men Storm, Cyclops and Wolverine, followed by Nick Fury and they come together to rescue them, piece together their own Cosmic Cube that had been destroyed by Thor and scattered all over the world and defeat him.
Of course, things don’t always go to plan and some of our favourite baddies had got hold of pieces of the Cosmic Cube, including Green Goblin, Madam Hydra, the Sinister Six, Lizard, Rhino, Red Skull, Electro, Dr Octopus and more.
It has been hailed as the most technically advanced live show ever, and I can see why with cutting-edge special effects, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, martial arts, motorcycles and more.
The set includes innovative lighting design, transformative 3D projection, 21 projectors, the largest flying system ever used for a live arena tour which saw characters flying, swinging and appearing from nowhere and the debut of a new Spotlight Tracking System which keeps your focused on the action at all times.
It was a rip-roaring ride which the kids (and Hubby) adored. If you have a Marvel loving family, or kids that love live action, then this is the show for you.
The tour is heading off to Europe soon, but still has dates in the UK in December and January at Birmingham, Belfast, Manchester and Glasgow, see www.marveluniverselive.com/uk/tours-tickets for tickets.
It looks so good. I’m pretty sure I bought tickets for this for January and just cannot find them. Argh! Going to have to turn the house upside down soon!
We are a big Marvel family and would love to see this it looks amazing. I shall have to see when it is coming to am arena near us.
The boys love Marvel. I’ve got some friends that have been and they said it was an amazing day out. Glad you all had a good time.
I didn’t even know there was a live show. I happen to know a few kids that would love this!
Wow the lighting looks absolutely amazing! I didn’t know there was a live show of this!
This looks amazing! Tigger would love this, I must see if there are any shows next year
This looks so much fun. Glad that you all enjoyed it
I think my husband would enjoy this never mind the kids ha ha
We’d been to see frozen earlier in the year and saw the advert for this coming soon. And it did look amazing. Even though our girls haven;t really bit into the super hero thing. I’m sure dragging them along would be worth it to hide an excited dad!
Looks fantastic. Love the pic of spiderman that you’ve captured
Oh WOW! I would so love to take my boys to see this – they are both Marvel crazy! Kaz x
We really wanted to go and watch this but I couldn’t afford this year! It looks awesome x
We saw this in Nottingham and it was amazing. The stunts are awesome and we were mesmerised!
It’s so nice to hear of something that will appeal to boys as well as girls. There are too many girly fairy things about when it comes to big shows like this, and I often feel sorry for my 9 year old as he isn’t really interested! I know he would love this though! 😀