What we liked about the show we absolutely loved, and what we didn't care for we really didn't care for.
The Amazing:
The circus performers and two supporting dancers were incredible. We loved the aerialists, juggler, balancing act, contortionist and others. Every second of these acts were amazing and made the show worth while.
The production design, artificial snow, lights, sound and atmosphere were all great.
The man who played the part of Twinkle was incredibly entertaining as well. We really enjoyed his stage presence and charisma.
The Not So Amazing:
We did not care for the Princess (lead actress) or her male co-star one bit. The Princess's voice was high pitched and grating, and she kept sliding to find her notes when singing. The humour and camp was a miss for us. There was a lot of "over acting"which detracted and while their roles were required in order to fill the time between circus acts, because of the songs with lacklustre vocals it felt like this went on forever.
The "story"was forgettable. Although to be fair it was really just there to support the circus performances which, again, where great.
There were to many applause queues. We quickly grew tired of applauding despite enjoying the circus performances. It felt like every other "beat"there was a pause and request for admiration. It started to come across as try-hard.
At the beginning of the show the intro video was full of advertisements for TCG Entertainment followed by a movie trailer and this set a really bad tone for the show. I can't think of a single other live performance we've been to where we were advertised to during the intro video. It was in very poor taste.
Because the movie trailer during the intro was for a film about the story of Jesus, when the performance by the Princess and her male co-star began it made me feel like I was watching one of those cringe & try hard church musicals with high production value but ridiculous performances trying to make religion cool for kids. To be fair, the show itself was not religious, I only felt this way because of the trailer for a religious film. It made a bad first impression which set equally bad expectations for the show that it would otherwise not have.