I went to the world famous circus that had the audience on the edge of their seats

The magic of the circus can only be described as the feeling you got running around the school playground when you were five.

Cirque du Soleil knows how to awaken your inner child and take this magic to the next level with world class athletes. I was lucky enough to experience this when I went to see Cirque du Soleil's show OVO as it premiered in Lille, France.

The show is set to arrive in Liverpool with five shows at the M&S Bank Arena from April 11-14 - and audiences are in for a treat. There's everything from contortion to acrobatics, trapeze, diabolo and hand balancing acts.

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OVO, meaning egg in Portuguese, tells the story of a day in the life of the insect world, from crickets catapulting off trampolines to aerial flying ants and a spider contorting inside its web. At the centre of the story is the romance between a new fly who catches the eye of a ladybird.

The eccentric fly carries an egg around with him, much to the curiosity of the other insects who try to steal it. The pantomime-esque acting might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it had me chuckling in my seat and made the show accessible to families.

At one point members of the audience were even invited onto the stage to take part in the act. The ability to weave a love story into what was an incredible acrobatic performance, using only insect sounds, was nothing short of impressive.

But it was the fearlessness and energy of the performers that left me on the edge of my seat, eagerly waiting to see what would happen next. One of my favourite acts was a pair of butterflies who flew in perfect unison across the stage, hand