Robin Cousins' ICE 8th -12th April 2104 Milton Keynes Theatre

It's scary to think that Robin Cousins has been working "on ice" for nearly 50 years.  From little acorns great oaks grow...and that is so true of Cousins.

Starting from a local ice skating club as a youngster to go on to become the men's figure skating Olympic gold medal winner in 1980 and European Champion in the same year - you'd expect anything with Cousins name attached to it to be out of this world...and ICE is right up there.

Robin has said "skaters can move like no one else can, they can be motionless, yet travel at great speed.  We can soar across a frozen stage in ways a dancer can only dream of doing..."

To get this ice spectacular to the stage takes an amazing feat of engineering.  To produce the flawless platform for the ice skaters to perform, the Milton Keynes stage has to be totally transformed.

It's done with over 15km of pipework, filled with coolant which then spills over on to a matrix of rubber pipe that carries the fluid through the refrigeration units (and acts like a giant freezer) Water is then sprayed over the top of this mesh work and "hey presto" the perfect icy stage.  The whole process takes over 24 hours (non stop) to produce the finished product.

The music choice and Cousins' choreography works in perfect synergy and is absolutely spellbinding.  You will see some very talented figure skaters perform some of the most difficult moves on ice in such a restricted area, it's hard to believe how they do it! It will take your breath away, quite literally.

This production is slick, quick and totally fantastic - the whole cast of skaters are just amazing and this show is a spectacle not to be missed.

Enjoy!

Lily B X