Review: BLUE MAN GROUP

Rope in a couple of daring audience participants. Throw in a few PVC pipes repurposed as drums, a splash of paint and some spurting squished banana. Top it all off with eight giant beach balls tossed into the crowd and endless streams of toilet paper.

And there you have it – the recipe for 95 minutes of visually spectacular entertainment.

The brain child of Americans Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton, the Blue Man Group has been playing around the world for the past 25 years. And you can tell. The performance is polished and seamless. The tricks go ahead without a glitch.

Take this mind blowing feat for example: one Blue Man catches 25 marshmallows in his mouth one after the other only to spit the entire mound out onto a canvas and present to the audience as a sculpture of sorts. You’re no doubt thinking, firstly, that’s disgusting and secondly, throwing and catching marshmallows – why?

No reason. There’s absolutely no storyline to this performance. It’s simply entertaining. In the words of the team behind the spectacle, the Blue Man Group aims to “redefine the concept of live entertainment”.

As the lights came on, I look down at my new outfit. I’m partly mummified with toilet paper. Uncoiling the paper, I ponder this mission. “Redefine” – I’m not sure. Loud music, innovative music and colourful lights have been done and will be done again.

“Entertainment” on the other hand – the Blue Man Group has nailed it.

Gemma was a guest of the Blue Man Group.