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About The Show

Fact Sheet

20 Dinosaurs in the UK & 17 Dinosaurs in the US
10 Separate Species Represented

10 large dinosaurs
Plateosaurus - 10 ft tall x 31 ft long
Stegosaurus - 18.5 ft tall x 36 ft long
Allosaurus - 14.5 ft tall x 43 ft long
Brachiosaurus - adult 36 ft tall x 56 ft long and young 29.5 ft tall x 48 ft long
Ornithocheirus - Wing Span 38 ft
Ankylosaurus - 12 ft tall x 34 ft long
Torosaurus (2) - 13 ft tall x 30 ft long
Tyrannosaurus Rex (2) (one spare) 23 feet tall x 42 feet long

5 suit dinosaurs
3 Utahraptors - 8 ft tall x 14 ft long
1 Baby T-Rex (one spare) 7 ft tall x 14 long
1 Liliensternus - 7.5 ft tall x 16 ft long

2 baby dinosaur puppets

Each large dinosaur contains: (based upon the construction of a Torosaur)

• 433 feet of hydraulic hose
• 971 feet of fabric
• 433 feet of foam
• 53 gallons of paint
• 7 kilowatts of power from 12 truck batteries
• 1094 yards of cabling in each body
• 24 microprocessors control movement along with 15 hydraulic rams and 6 hydraulic motors each

Each large dinosaur

weighs 1.6 tons a piece (standard family car) 
 runs on 6 roller blade wheels

To operate one dinosaur, it takes: 
A Team of 3 people: 
1 Driver,
2 Voodoo Puppeteers - 
one operates  head and tail gross motion, 
one in charge of minor movements: mouth, blinking and roars

The actors who portray ‘Huxley’ are played by different people in each country

Trucks
27 – 53 foot semis (truck is 73 feet long with cabin) 

US Touring Company
65 including performers and voodoo operators
15 Cast - includes 6 suit performers, 2 actors and 7 puppeteers
45 Crew includes 9 dino drivers, 3 person skins/dressing staff, and multiple engineers, lighting and sound personnel, carpenters, riggers and workers in AV/automation

Tour 

The UK Tour
Began on 1 July 2009 – 31st August 2009
taking in 8 regional cities across 9 venues and 91 performances
Played  for over 500,000 people
£16 million in ticket sales

North American Tour
Began in July 2007
Ongoing Tour
North America (Canada, Mexico and US)
97 cities, over 750 performances by Oct 2009
More than 3.1 million people have seen the show in North America (Oct 2009)
$136 million in ticket sales

Website
www.dinosaurlive.com

Audience
300,000 people saw the show in Australia in early 2007
More than 3.1 Million people have seen the show in North America (Oct 2009)
More than 4.4 Million people have seen the show Worldwide (Oct 2009)

 

updated 10/15/09