London’s newest show is best thing I’ve seen all year – review of Come Alive! The Greatest Showman circus spectacular

LONDON is 1 of the champion cities successful the satellite for theatre - but each present and again a amusement comes on that blows you retired of the water. 

For maine this year, that’s Come Alive! The new philharmonic circus spectacular inspired by The Greatest Showman. 

The show takes portion successful a large top, pursuing a young miss called Max who discovers her imaginable arsenic a showman. 

But portion the crippled is beauteous weak, the large fund opus and creation spectacles and the circus exhibitions that spell alongside them are genuinely brilliant.

You’ve ne'er seen a circus amusement similar this earlier - the large songs, recognisable from the blockbuster movie that inspired it - consciousness similar Hollywood-style performances. 

And the acts are apical tier. We watched strongmen bounce each different into the sky, an acrobat rotation 40ft precocious by her hairsbreadth and an unthinkable occurrence show that saw a pistillate acceptable occurrence to her body… connected purpose. 

This is Cirque Du Soleil in a sparkly jumpsuit with a megawatt smile. 

But what made it other peculiar was the walk-through astatine the start. 

While this is acold from London's West End - successful a ample venue adjacent to West Brompton conduit presumption successful the westbound of the capital, the abstraction this buys mean the creators dreamt up an other pre-show experience.

The venue opens an hr earlier the show, for guests to locomotion done “The Empress Museum”.

This is an attraction that genuinely deserves the “immersive” tag that seems to travel everything these days. 

Gypsy caravans and mini-showtents enactment the path, arsenic good arsenic jugglers and different performers. 

We were encouraged to duck into the assorted tents, wherever we witnessed everything from spoon bending and unthinkable bubble-blowing, to luck telling and trampolining acrobats. 

There was besides accelerated nutrient available, on with a decent scope of drinks that included posh cocktails similar margaritas and bloody marys. 

Yes, the amusement isn't inexpensive - tickets commencement from £45 but the pre-show is an lawsuit successful itself and fixed the snug size of the main circus tent, each of the seats are decent. 

Rare for immoderate benignant of amusement to achieve,  my 5 twelvemonth aged and I some enjoyed the show successful adjacent measure, and the 70 twelvemonth aged I sat adjacent to seemed to beryllium loving it conscionable arsenic much.  

Tickets for Come Alive start astatine £45. To find retired more, caput to comealiveshow.com