TO LEAVE a theatre feeling you have been entertained, or even thrilled, is satisfying. To feel both and on top of that quite exhausted is very rare.
That is what audiences surely experience after Magic of the Dance, a fantastic journey through some of the history of Ireland, for feet can never be still to such powerful music and almost unbelievable energy and footwork from the cast.
With some of the oldest Celtic music to American street dance and all incorporating wonderful theatrical and staging effects – even pyrotechnics – it is little wonder the show is in its sixth season and has sold more than one million tickets to date.
Some of those have been taken up at the Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, where Magic of the Dance continues until Saturday, with performances at 7.45pm tomorrow and Saturday and a matinée at 2.30pm on Saturday.
Led by dance captain, Suzanne Cleary, a world dance champion, who was the youngest female lead in the fabulous Riverdance on Broadway, and twice world champion Dermot Cullen, the cast simply take the breath away.
The speed and power of the tapping is incredible to the story of the disastrous Irish famine of the 19th century and the exodus to America.
The voice of screen legend Christopher Lee explains the story of good and evil, centred on the love of a young couple who are separated when they leave for America and their efforts to find each other.
There is, of course a happy ending and a rousing finale that will long remain in the memory.
For tickets, call the box office on 01903 206206.
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