Sydney is about to get a spectacular glimpse of life on Earth millions of years ago. Based on Apple TV’s acclaimed natural history series, Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs is a 360° immersive experience that puts some of the planet’s most incredible prehistoric creatures right before your eyes. Created by Lightroom in collaboration with Apple TV and BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the show will transport you into ancient landscapes, where life-size dinosaurs roam across vast deserts, soar through prehistoric skies and move beneath the ocean’s surface. And there’s a fitting home for this larger-than-life adventure: Carriageworks, the iconic arts and cultural precinct in Sydney’s inner city. Expect towering creatures, breathtaking visuals and cinematic storytelling that puts you right in the middle of the prehistoric world.
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Narrated by Homeland and Band of Brothers star Damian Lewis, Prehistoric Planet takes visitors through six chapters, each revealing a different side of prehistoric life. In Raising The Young, you’ll see how dinosaur mothers cared for their offspring, from hatchlings making a dangerous journey to safety to a group protecting a mother from an underwater predator. Tree of Life explores the evolutionary connections between species, including the fascinating link between dinosaurs and modern-day birds, while The Age of Giants brings enormous creatures like the Dreadnoughtus into focus. There’s even an opportunity to compare your own height against these prehistoric giants at life-size scale.
The journey continues into the stories and science surrounding these ancient creatures. Monsters in the Mind looks at how fossil discoveries have shaped myths and legends, Unearthing the Past follows the process of fossilisation, and Patterns in Evolution explores survival strategies, environmental adaptations and the development of flight, with an exhilarating cliff-edge encounter between pterosaurs and velociraptors.
Throughout the experience, Lightroom’s state-of-the-art 360° projections bring these scenes to life, including exclusive CGI sequences and detailed illustrations that allow visitors to see prehistoric creatures on an extraordinary scale. The production has been developed alongside BBC Studios’ Mike Gunton and palaeontologist Darren Naish to ensure scientific accuracy, while an original score by multiple Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer, alongside Anže Rozman and Kara Talve, adds another cinematic dimension.
With six chapters covering millions of years of natural history, Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs is shaping up to be a standout addition to the family summer-holiday calendar. Kids can come face to face with creatures they’ve only ever seen in books and documentaries, while grown-ups can appreciate the incredible detail, storytelling and science behind the production. The experience has already earned five-star reviews from the Mail on Sunday, alongside incredible ratings from The Times and Time Out during its London run. Get your name on the waitlist now and score 20% off presale tickets!
Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs – Waitlist
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