ITV BGT's Diversity at Opera House Manchester Review: A perfect lesson in the power of technology and Black Lives Matter

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Last weekend, ITV Britain's Got Talent dance troupe Diversity headed to Manchester for a four-show stint at the Opera House. The tour promised to centre around the world of social media, the internet, and the digital era we now live in, and how this connects us all.

To be honest, I wasn't exactly sure how the group would manage to do this and keep it entertaining for hours, but of course, they did that and more. Thanks to a series of perfectly choreographed dance sequences, eye-catching visuals, enticing props, drones, and an array of different costumes, the audience was kept entertained from start to finish.

I was admittedly a little disappointed with where I was sat. My seats were in the gallery of the theatre, and it was quite difficult to properly enjoy the whole experience from that angle. If you're going to see a dance troupe, you do really need to be at eye level, because watching the top of their heads won't give you the full experience.

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That aside, the show was perfectly catered towards both kids and adults. At some points it was a little too childlike for me, but that's to be expected of somebody who doesn't have kids.

It didn't really impact my enjoyment, either (who doesn't want to see Perri Kiely in a pink tutu and Jordan Banjo dressed as a big cuddly teddy bear, let's be honest).

The highlight of the show, and the very reason I wanted to attend, was to see the famous dance which Diversity had put together to draw attention to the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement. The group had originally created the dance, which was inspired by the late George Floyd - an innocent Black man who was murdered by a police