Quite possibly one of the most entertaining and 'spine tingling' concerts i've ever attended ! On first thoughts I imagined Katherine's concert to be very basic , perhaps the occasional light display but boy, was i wrong ! - The show opened on a dark woods setting with a fallen tree , with a large majority of light resinating from a huge clock (later scene to be a common link to all the different scenes). The show has full sets, moveable LCD screen , dancers , costunes and even acrobatics. Highlights include Katherine's performance of 'Angel' in which she participates in the aerial acrobatics - soaring above the stage with this soaring beautiful balled is a real 'draw-dropping' moment. Futhermore, as mentioned above, there are full performances of each song many with a distinct set - praise goes out to the Carmen suite (featuring a flawless rendition of Habanera), Katherine was stunning and her ensembles' tambourine ('nine-esque') and flamenco segment was highly entertaining and really gave it a spanish feel ! In addition, the audeince of this tour will be privledged to hear Katherine perform the title track from the new Webber musical - Love Never Dies (to be released on her re-sell of 'believe' later this month) , performed very simplisticly, simply Katherine's beautiful voice and control of the song emanating across the arena , equally moving is her performance of fear of falling (which even got me weepy :P). Finally, id just like to mention the two even more effective performances of the evening, that of 'Who wants to live forever' and 'Bring Me To Life.' Katherine's performance of who wants to live forever included aerial battling roman gladiators and Katherine herself donning a roman toga, accending a vine drapped stairwell - an image of a goddess I tell you !- I was utterly speechless !
To finish I will mention bring me to life, this performance is pretty much identicle to that of which she did on the royal variety performance early this year - katherine is transformed in front of our eyes from a dark crow like diva to a beautiful butterfly with pink wings spanning the auditorium as she is raised higher and higher - MAGICAL !!!
Katherine Jenkins was simply divine - highly talented, beautiful and engaging, all that for the price of a ticket ! Without a doubt I will see her again, she is truely a gem of the music industry. Thanks