Vector Arena has already been taken over by dinosaurs this year when Walking with Dinosaurs came to town, but 2012 will be the year of the dragon.
How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is based on Cressida Cowell’s nine novel series, which was made into a feature film last year.
The show features 24 dragons including Red Death, the largest dragon and single largest animatronic creature ever made by the Creature Technology Company. Red Death looks set to make Vector Arena his own with a 20m long tail and a 12m long head and neck.
The How to Train Your Dragon movie, which brought in $500 million at the international box office, details the struggles of a Viking village plagued by dragons which steal their livestock and attack their homes.
The son of the village chieftain Hiccup shoots and injures a rare breed of dragon and, unable to kill it, decides to care for and raise it himself.
The stage adaptation has a cast and crew of 80 and requires 40 trucks to transport.
How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular will play a season at Vector Arena in April 2012.
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