Disney on Ice
TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, May 15
Standing in a queue at the TSB Bank Arena for ice creams before opening night for Disney on Ice I overheard a frazzled-looking gentleman in front of me joke out loud in desperation: ‘‘I’ll have six beers please’’.
It summed up the contrast between many of the children – unrestrained excitement, some of the girls in Disney princess costumes – and foreboding by parents that it would be another show where they would be bored and try to surreptitiously browse the internet on their smart phones until it was over.
My expectation was that, this being Disney, the show would be professional, slick and with the highest production values, but offer little to me.
But by Jiminy Cricket, I was wrong. Disney on Ice effortlessly combined the skill of ice skating and choreography – including some impressive and unexpected acrobatics –
