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| - The title is a pun (for lack of a more academic term) on the French "eau," or water, which is the centerpiece of this magnificent production, performed on a massive moving stage/tank of water. Though it also might refer to its opera house evocative setting. Two clown sailors provide both comic relief and a thematic thru-line between a variety of aqua-centered acts drawing on a world of cultural touchstones and archetypes. Synchronized water dances, magnificent dives, trapeze artists, shadow play, fire play, drummers, floating islands moved by swimmers, all in an exquisite color palette and buoyed by a seamless cross cultural musical score. What seems like a cast of hundreds (okay, maybe only dozens) Truly a marvel of imagination, engineering, coordination and execution. Plus, it draws a well-dressed, great looking audience (not to mention the Richard Macdonald sculpture exhibit in the lobby).
Take someone who you want to always remember that you took them ;-)
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