Batman Live Flies to Liverpool, 7 Sept
which brings the Caped Crusader to the stage for the first time,
returns to Liverpool next month, following its World Premiere at Manchester’s MEN Arena on 19 July 2011.
The plot, written by Allan Heinberg
and based on an original story by comic book legends Stan Berkowitz and
Alan Burnett, will focus on the life of Batman’s sidekick Robin, a
circus performer called Dick Grayson who loses his parents to organised
crime.
Adapted from the DC Comics, Batman Live
faithfully tells the comic books’ stories of Robin’s search for
justice. The quest leads him to follow in the footsteps of his hero, the
mysterious vigilante known as the Batman – much to the dismay of his
protective guardian, millionaire Bruce Wayne – who secretly happens to
be Dark Knight himself.
The live show features a
number of familiar DC Comics characters including Police Commissioner
James Gordon and Bruce’s trusted butler Alfred Pennyworth facing off
against villains including the Joker, the Penguin, Catwoman, the
Riddler, Two-Face, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. The story will take
place in several settings which will be familiar to comic book fans,
including Gotham City, Wayne Manor, the Batcave and Arkham Asylum, all
brought to life with “impressive stunts, pyrotechnics, illusions and
video screen sequences.”
Batman Live has circus sequences created in association with Circus Space,
the UK’s National Centre for the Circus Arts, with aerialists Juliette Hardy-Donaldson and Bryan Donaldson acting as circus consultants.
The show is produced by Warner Bros Consumer Products, DC Entertainment and Nick Grace of Water Lane Productions. Batman Live has set design by Es Devlin, music composed by James Brett, sound design by Simon Baker, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, video direction by Sam Pattinson, costume design by Jack Galloway.
Batman Live is at the Liverpool Echo Arena from 7 – 11 September.
