Liverpool Empire Lime Street  Events for February - South Pacific - Lord of the Dance

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Lord of the Dance

Michael Flatley, creator and director of this award-winning international dance phenomenon, proved his vision that hearts and minds, united through music and dance, cross all traditional boundaries. His Lord of the Dance continues to shatter box office records all over the world, leaving audiences breathless and clamoring for more.

Described by the Los Angeles Times as a 'show piece extravaganza' Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance is a magical adventure of sight and sound that transports its audience to a mythical time and place, lifting the spirits and capturing the hearts of all who experience it.

From the moment the lights go down to the last encore, audiences are spellbound by a masterfully orchestrated combination of precision dancing, state of the art lighting and pyrotechnics. The musical score leaves no soul untouched.

Based on Irish folklore, this classic tale of Good vs. Evil, expressed through the universal language of dance, has thrilled audiences worldwide and catapulted Irish dance to a new dimension and unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

As the story unfolds, the Little Spirit travels through time to help the Lord of the Dance protect his people from the challenge of Don Dorcha, the Dark Lord. As this evil dark power challenges the hero, the incredible adventure continues, drawing its audience into a mythical universe of love, danger, and desire.

Michael Flatley's timeless production has barely been out of the best sellers list, and for the last 11 years has continually established itself as the No. 1 dance spectacular.

As Michael says 'It's absolutely fantastic being No. 1 and we intend to stay that way.' Michael is committed to his art and to giving his audiences 'The World's Greatest Dance Show.'

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South Pacific

Lincoln Center Theater production of
Rodgers and Hammerstein's
South Pacific
Directed by Bartlett Sher

Winner of 7 Tony Awards

This breathtaking and lavish Lincoln Center Theater production reinvented Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical. Sweeping the 2008 Tony Awards, playing for two years to sold-out houses on Broadway and televised across America, this smash hit has enchanted London audiences, selling out at London's Barbican in the summer and receiving huge critical acclaim.

With a cast and a live orchestra of 50, this international landmark production, brought to you by the producers of West Side Story and Guys & Dolls goes on tour for a strictly limited time.

Metropolitan Opera Director and Winner of the Tony Award for Best Director, Bartlett Sher, directs a stellar cast which includes two of the original Broadway stars: Internationally renowned Welsh baritone Jason Howard, alongside Tony Award nominated Loretta Ables Sayre as 'Bloody Mary'.

Considered one of the finest musicals ever written, the score includes Some Enchanted Evening, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair and There Is Nothin' Like a Dame. Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to witness this stunning production of one of the greatest musicals of all time

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