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| - Plan on being in your seat at least 15 minutes before the show starts, because the preshow does a lot for setting not only the mood of the show, but also introducing two major characters and their henchmen. So many people here complain that the show's storyline was difficult to follow, but my friend and I (admittedly a couple of theater geeks) had no trouble understanding what was going on. It's basically like a condensed version of Avatar the Last Airbender, except with twins instead of one central hero. Everything is going great, but then the "Fire Nation" attacks, and everyone except our two heroes and their closest friends survive. They get separated and go on their own journeys in which they find love, grow as warriors, and then reunite kick some ass. The end.
Anyway, this show will light a fire under your ass and make you believe that anything is possible. The focus here is less on a constant barrage of acrobatics, and more on creating beautiful, jaw-dropping imagery and killing the audience through imagination rather than flash. I've heard the criticism that the stage is the real star of the production, but by itself the stage is nothing more than a technologically impressive rectangular slab. It only truly comes alive through the performers' interactions with/on top/along the sides/dangling for dear life on the edges of it. There is one scene in which the performers engage in what I can only describe as "Human Plinko" as dozens of arrows are fired at the now completely vertical stage, and it was one of the most thrilling live sequences I have ever witnessed. Yes, the stage was essential to making that happen, but if the performers were not technically proficient enough to survive such a scene whilst selling the hell out of it, that entire scenario could have been one deadly dud.
If you are on the fence about the show because of complaints about the pacing or the story, just go see it. When you know what's going on, the show's pacing feels spot on. In order to tell the story, the need to give the audience time to breathe -- moments to relax in between the high action/intense ones. The comic relief portions might not be for everyone, but that's just kind of a Cirque thing, isn't it?
I can't recommend this show enough. Go see it, and if you can, try to splurge on some nicer tickets. My best friend and I were seated in row K, and everything looked phenomenal.
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