I nearly fell asleep at St George's Hall but was quickly woken by what I saw

St George's Hall is one of the finest buildings in Liverpool, but until last weekend, I'd never set foot inside it. At my auntie's suggestion, we booked three tickets - one for me, one for her and one for my other auntie - to see Enlightenment Liverpool, a 30 minute music and light show designed to showcase the splendour of the hall.

At 1.45pm we started queueing outside for our 2pm slot and shuffled inside with dozens of other visitors. On the floor of the hall were hundreds of beanbags laid out for us to lie on to enjoy the show. I flopped down on the beanbag and stared up at the ceiling, fighting the urge for a nap (we'd not long eaten).

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At 2pm sharp, the show began, and I snapped out of my stupor. The hall was suddenly filled with a spectacular display of light and colour, accompanied the strains of Vivaldi's Four Seasons (and not, as my auntie's disappointed friend was expecting, the music of Frankie Valli).

As the name suggests, each movement of Vivaldi's concerto is a musical expression of a season, and as it moved from winter to spring to summer and autumn, the colours and imagery projected on the ceiling changed.

For some, the 'spring' movement of the Four Seasons should come with a trigger warning. In 2020, the Department for Work and Pensions had to ditch the music on its telephone helplines after users complained its repetitive strings were "anxiety inducing".

In St George's Hall, though, everybody seemed perfectly relaxed, and once I got past the fundamental strangeness of lolling around on a beanbag surrounded by strangers, I thought the show was great. It was entrancing and immersive, and probably the closest thing a square like me will ever get to a psychedelic experience.

My aunties loved the show too. The only problem was getting up at the end of it. One of them had to roll off the beanbag onto her knees and stagger up off the floor.

There were quite a few kids in the hall when we were there, and they were remarkably quiet throughout. At the end, I spoke to Emily Ballard, 4, from Irby, who was so relaxed, she didn't want to get up off her beanbag. Emily particularly liked the birds and rainbows projected on the ceiling, and her mum, Stephanie, said: "Emily was so chilled, she fell asleep".

As we left St George's Hall, I saw lots of happy faces, and most people seemed just as impressed as we were. My colleague Rebecca also enjoyed the experience, but made an interesting observation about the current limits of the light show medium and how spectacles like this might evolve in the future. She had this to say: "I have been to a few of these spectacles now, and they are an incredible way to explore some of our most iconic and historic buildings. Lights dancing as if etched into the very framework of the magnificent structures. And the Vivaldi-inspired spectacular is no different.

"However, without knowing the sheer amount of work and tech that goes into dazzling shows such as this, I can't help but watch and think that this is akin to how 3D films first evolved. That we are at the beginning of this incredible science and art explosion and that the colours can only get brighter, the pixels sharper and the visual effects more life-like and accurate.

"That is not to say the experience is any less impressive, just that I think because of these pioneers, we will look back on these shows in 10 years much like we do the 3D movies of the 50s and 60s, with fondness and gratefulness that they shone the way forward for these immersive works of art to become even more brilliant. So who wouldn't want to see the birth of another stunning form of expression? That's why you should go."

If you do want to go to see Enlightenment Liverpool, you'll have to be quick. It runs until the end of this month, with the last show taking place on Sunday, September 29. Tickets cost £15 for adults and £10 for children, with group bundles available.