- Batman Live premiered in the UK on 19 July 2011 and has played 15 countries and 28 cities across Europe and South America, performed in 6 languages (English, German, French, Czech, Portuguese and Spanish) and been seen by over 600,000 people The production travels in twenty 53-foot semi-trailer trucks.
- It takes 2 days to build the production in each Arena (and only 5 hours to take it all out!)
- The show tours with 115 people on the road, comprising actors, acrobats, stunt performers, crew, caterers, merchandise staff and truck drivers.
- The stage for BATMAN LIVE features a 105’ wide video wall, which consists of 2 million LEDs. It weighs 33,000 lbs, has 415,750 pixels, 15 mm pitch and it can generate 4 trillion colors.
- The stage was designed specifically for this tour, and uses 14,800 magnets as part of the fixing system.
- There are 305 custom-made decks to make up the 60’ x 100’ stage.
- Hanging above the stage is a custom-made truss incorporating lighting and automation, weighing approx. 88,000 lbs. In total, there are 125,000 lbs of equipment in the production.
- 7,700 lbs of confetti cut in the shape of a bat has been supplied to the production for The Joker’s gun-shaped cannons.
- The process from receipt of the approved design for the Batmobile to delivery of the first car took approximately 16 weeks.
- The recording of the soundtrack took place at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London with a 92-piece orchestra.
- Backstage, the costume department takes 1 minute and 5 seconds to change Batman into Bruce Wayne; it takes 4 people to achieve this costume change.
- There are 490 costume elements in the show; the sculpting of the body for the Batman suit took over 100 hours.
