Riverdance the 25th Anniversary Tour
b'From the moment John McColgan steps onto the Riverdance stage to announce that this 25th Anniversary performance will be the first since lockdown was enforced, it is clear that this spectacle will be something very special. The delighted cheers from the expectant audience demonstrate just what a following Riverdance has amassed since its conception for the 1994 Eurovision song contest. Now in its 27th year, this quarter-century celebration is somewhat (and inevitably) delayed but that has just built the anticipation as McColgan goes on to tell the audience of the excitement backstage with the performers so eager to get back onto the stage after a long, long wait. And so Riverdance returns\\u2026 The drums and the historical video footage capturing the spirit of the dance build the anticipation as dry ice creeps onto the stage framing a haunting acapella. The voiceover informs that \\u201cout of the dark they came\\u201d, and so they do, the disciplined, passionate, dedicated, graceful and energetic Irish dancers, ready to entertain and enthral; there really is something quite spectacular in the uniformed movements as every leap is timed to perfection, every step is synchronised and even the facial expressions of concentration, joy and a little seduction, are mirror images. The senses are absolutely bombarded as the audience is transported back to an ethereal world of primitive splendour. There really is too much for the eyes and ears to take in. Blink, and the shape of the stage will have changed, such is the pace of this exhibition.'