One thing that seems to hold true for every Cirque Du Soleil
show I have attended: from the moment
you walk into the room, you know something spectacular is going to happen. The Mystere theatre at Treasure Island in Las
Vegas, NV is no different and the show certainly holds up to the initial
impression.
The show starts before the show starts so make sure to keep
your eyes moving around the room. Then
the lights dim, and the journey begins.
The story of life is told through acrobatics, seemingly inhuman
balancing, jumping, tumbling, swinging, dance and comedy, all driven by
beautiful music and vocals. As soon as
you leave, you’ll want to head across the aisle to the Mystere store and pick
up a copy of the soundtrack, but we’ll get to that in a moment.
The lighting throughout the show sets the perfect mood as
you go through the story and you can feel how hard these people have worked to
make every act play out beautifully and every song the perfect
accompaniment. You’ll be amazed at how
quickly time has passed when you are introduced to the famous Alice, the Snail.
A note on the soundtrack – The available soundtrack is a
live show captured some years ago. Since then, the show has gone through some
changes. There is also an early studio
soundtrack that you can sometimes find on Ebay.
Personally, I think it is worth hearing both versions.
I have always found the best to be in the front two or three
rows in the upper section, near the audio engineer. You can see pretty much everything from there
as the show does have things going on outside of the stage area from time to
time (or well above it). I was surprised
to find that sitting right by the stage was also a great place to be. I would have thought much would be missed
from there but I was wrong.
Go to their website www.cirqueDuSoleil.com
and join the Cirque Club for free and you will be eligible for discount ticket
pricing. Treasure Island is no longer
part of the MGM properties and so parking is currently free at the hotel.
On a personal note, this was the first Cirque show I
attended and it had a huge impact on me.
It was the beginning of the inspiration for my album Kamu Vole’.
When you come to town, make sure this one is on your list of
must see items!
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