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  • In general, I am a cirque-liker, not a cirque-lover, and I feel the same way about Zarkana: liked it, didn't love it. First of all, it's true, there is no story line, but if you could find ANY story line in Mystere or Zumanity or Love, then you are way more insightful than me. Ka was the only one that had a discernible plot to me, and even that was very wishy-washy and 'interpretive.' Zarkana is more like a true circus: one act comes on, then the ringmaster comes out and introduces (in gibberish) the next one. Not necessarily bad, just something to know. Second, the theatre and the sets are beautiful and well-constructed. They use projections to make the already-deep stage seem even deeper and that gives it a cool feel. The main negative, in my opinion, was the recycled acts from other shows. The girl on the springy board was in Mystere (I think), the guys running in the rotating hoops were in Ka, and the couple/single on the twisting harness have been in several shows. There were some unique acts, especially, as others have mentioned, the juggling, sand artist, and the people in silver hoops. Actually, I thought they could have used a little more of the silver hoops routine - something to make it totally crazy. I did enjoy the tightrope, the trapeze, and the cheerleader gymnastics routines for their sheer athleticism, but they weren't especially creative or unique. The second negative (for me) was the clown 'comedy' acts in between circus acts. I get that this is traditional cirque stuff and that they also need something to fill the time (thankfully the show was only ~90 minutes), but enough with these clowns! Their antics are 3 stooges-esque and although a surprising amount of people were chuckling at the fart jokes, the only person I heard really laughing was a kid sitting behind us. Overall, if it's your first CdS show, you will enjoy Zarkana, but you might as well spend half the money and go see Mystere for the same wow-factor. If you've been to a couple other shows already, I wouldn't bother with Zarkana. Note: I got the locals discount ($150 for 2 tix) and even though our seats were all the way to the side, the view was still excellent. Note 2: of the CdS shows I've seen, I liked them in this order: Zumanity, Love, Mystere, Ka, Zarkana.
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