OVO is a "celebration of nature and co-existence" wrapped inside a "fun-filled family show", now undertaking its debut British arena tour.

Cirque du Soleil like to do shows on a big scale, drawing 50 performers from 17 countries to tale Ovo around the world, from Japan to Australia, Britain and beyond. It began life as a Big Top show in Montreal in 2009 and is now presented on a bigger scale, one that aims to top up the spectacle still more but leaves much of the Leeds audience rather too far away. Given that the set has a huge screen backdrop dedicated to insect imagery, it sacrifices the chance for close-ups that so benefit many concerts here.

Ovo, which means “egg” in Portuguese, is apparently a “headlong rush into a colourful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement”. Regrettably and bafflingly, however, Cirque du Soleil declined to provide a programme to assist in reviewing this show, whose "narrative" is alas in the hands of the comedy department, traditionally occupied by clowns, but here represented by a gawky insect and a ladybug. No buzz about them, they merely bugged your reviewer.

Far better are the speciality acts, such as Kyle Cragle's hand-balancing Dragonfly, Alanna Baker's gymnastic Black Spider and the madly bouncy trampo-wall-climbing Crickets, but that still doesn't make the rather soulless Ovo a cracking show.

Cirque du Soleil in Ovo, Leeds First Direct Arena, until Sunday. Box office: livenation.co.uk