{"id":27009,"date":"2013-08-26T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/?p=27009"},"modified":"2015-03-12T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T00:21:51","slug":"review-blue-man-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/vc\/blog\/review-blue-man-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: BLUE MAN GROUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div class=\"pinkLinks\">Take three men painted blue. Add zero words. Combine with an eclectic array of drumming, thumping music, impressive projections, mime and humour.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"pinkLinks\"><!--more-->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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27013\" style=\"width: 1324px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BLUE-MAN-GROUP-Euphoria-Inspiration-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27013\" class=\"wp-image-27013 size-full\" title=\"Image credit: James Morgan\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/BLUE-MAN-GROUP-Euphoria-Inspiration-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"   \" width=\"1314\" height=\"1478\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And there you have it \u2013 the recipe for 95 minutes of visually spectacular entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The brain child of Americans Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueman.com\/?cid=lmau_blog_post\">Blue Man Group<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27016\" style=\"width: 1681px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Photo-Credit-JAMES-MORGAN-1662.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27016\" class=\"wp-image-27016 size-full\" title=\"Image credit: James Morgan\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Photo-Credit-JAMES-MORGAN-1662.jpg\" alt=\"    \" width=\"1671\" height=\"1046\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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\u2019re no doubt thinking, firstly, that\u2019s disgusting and secondly, throwing and catching marshmallows \u2013 why?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27034\" style=\"width: 1184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Photo-credit-JAMES-MORGAN-8721-edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27034\" class=\"wp-image-27034 size-full\" title=\"Image credit: James Morgan\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Photo-credit-JAMES-MORGAN-8721-edit.jpg\" alt=\"   \" width=\"1174\" height=\"1416\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No reason. There\u2019s absolutely no storyline to this performance. It\u2019s simply entertaining. In the words of the team behind the spectacle, the Blue Man Group aims to \u201credefine the concept of live entertainment\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27020\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Day3_Live_9pm_0347_lowres-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27020\" class=\"wp-image-27020 size-full\" title=\"Image credit: James Morgan\" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Day3_Live_9pm_0347_lowres-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the lights came on, I look down at my new outfit. I\u2019m partly mummified with toilet paper. Uncoiling the paper, I ponder this mission. \u201cRedefine\u201d \u2013 I\u2019m not sure. Loud music, innovative music and colourful lights have been done and will be done again.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blue-man-group-gc.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27027 size-full\" title=\"   \" src=\"https:\/\/images.trvl-media.com\/media\/content\/expaus\/images\/last-minute\/blog\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blue-man-group-gc.jpeg\" alt=\"   \" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEntertainment\u201d on the other hand \u2013 the Blue Man Group has nailed it.<\/p>\n<p><i>Gemma was a guest of the Blue Man Group.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"pageLinksCont\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastminute.godo.com.au\/activities-in-sydney?cid=lmau_blog_post\">Activities in Sydney<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/domestic-flights\/cheap-airfares-to-sydney?cid=lmau_blog_post\">Flights to Sydney<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.com.au\/accommodation\/australia\/sydney?cid=lmau_blog_post\">Hotels in Sydney<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take three men painted blue. 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