Mystere - Cirque du Soleil mastery
By Andy Denton on Monday, December 10, 2007 - 7:33 pm
This year’s Pubcon came with a few perks. Just a few days prior to the event, Joe Morin leaked that in partnership with a few venues in Las Vegas, a few shows were leveraging the power of bloggers to promote their shows and host venues. So, basically the casinos gave a few select Pubcon attendees free tickets to their show in the hopes that we would say a few nice things about them online. I was one of the lucky ones! 
So, let it be know. Free tickets, or not, Mystere was an incredible show. Pure entertainment from the get go, and you left with a big, wide grin on your face. If you are lucky to attend a show in Vegas, you can’t go wrong with Mystere.
To be totally honest with you, all I knew about Cirque du Soleil perfomances is from what I’ve seen on TV and heard by word of mouth. I figured there would be some acrobatics involved and that was about it. Due to my getting settled into town a little late, I wasn’t able to get to Treasure Island early enough to check out the hotel’s shops or casino. But, from the little I did see, there was a lot to do, plenty of nicely dressed people, and the decor was impressive. Nonetheless, acknowledging my lack of preparation and tardiness, I was ready to be entertained.
From what I could infer from the show, Mystere is a peak inside children’s dreams. While you are being seated, two strollers are centered on stage under a glowing light. As the crowd is settling in, you randomly hear crying. I couldn’t figure out what it was at first, but it was obvious that the crying was coming from the strollers.
The performance itself is all about misdirection. While one performer is drawing your attention in one direction, suddenly another set of performers exit or enter the stage and begin their performance seemlessly. At this show, your eyes will never be bored.
As the last ticket holders entered the performance hall, an older man with crazy hair would take a couples tickets. He would act as if he was leading them to their seats, but after about 10 stumbling minutes of looking for the seats and walking through aisle after aisle and bumping over people’s knees, the couple realize there were in on the act. This happened about 3 or 4 times, along with some circus clown antics with popcorn. Then suddenly the show started.
You are immediately introduced to a big baby on stage with a huge orange ball. He quickly is attracted to one of the audience members and starts callin him “Pappa”!
Then the real fun begins. The music chimes in (all performed live by the way! the musicians and singers are all dressed in costume and perform live in the balconies above the stage) and then the acrobatics begin, and seemingly they never stop until the very end of the show. The show consisted of men climbing up poles, multiple trapeze and swing artists, jumping routines, crowd interaction, drum performances, stilt walkers, and all tied in with an incredible stage filled with lots of dry ice smoke and a continually fluxuating stage which would open up and close throughout the performance.
I was thouroughly entertained, and I really feel like I need to go again because there was just so much to see and to take in. I only wish next time that I can bring a few of my friends and family, because this truly was an event to remember.
Thanks, Joe! Thanks, Pubcon!
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