It’s Really, Really Nice Out—You Rule, Global Warming!—and You Probably Already Know How You’re Going to Spend Your Evening…
…but just in case you’re casting around for ideas, Amy Kate Horn suggests the new Cirque de Soleil show Varekai:
Varekai is a bright and beautiful spectacle. The dreamscape conjures both tropical forest and coral reef. A gilt contortionist bends herself in half while standing on one hand. The crowd-favorite Russian swings are back, with flame-colored acrobats flying between them. Plus juggling, magic, popcorn, and everything else you’d expect to find under Cirque du Soleil’s sophisticated big top.
The show is at Marymoor Park in Redmond. Tues—Wed 8 pm, Thurs—Sat 4 and 8 pm, Sun 1 and 5 pm; $35—$185, plus $10 parking. Tickets at 1-800-678-5440 or Ticketmaster.
We saw Varekai this past weekend. In case you were wondering, this is the Cirque du Soleil show with the acrobats, and the sort of semi-pseudo-clown people in the brightly colored costumes, with big long noses and large bulbous thighs, and the sort of not-quite-a-plot thing going where the same people continue to come out between the acts so you wonder whether or not you're supposed to understand what's going on, and everybody either talks or sings in some nonsensical made-up language to an indistinct world-music/new age blend soundtrack played by a rock orchestra. As opposed to that other Cirque du Soleil show, with the, um... acrobats, and the... uh... pseudo-clowns, and...
Not to say that I didn't enjoy it, or that I won't go back and see CdS next time they come through town, it's just that it's kind of hard to describe the difference between this and the last time they were here.