Cirque du Soleil - Varekai

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Cirque du Soleil was a phenomenon when it burst onto the UK scene in 1996 and it is a testament to the performers' high-flying shenanigans, original sequences and risky stunts that it still elicits impressed murmurs from adults and wide-eyed wonder from children. The famous French-Canadian circus-theatre troupe returns to the Albert Hall with Varekai, the show inspired by the Romany word 'wherever' which made its London premiere here two years ago. Of course, it's also a well-oiled machine by now, making the knife-edge balancing acts and aerial acrobatics look feather-light in their execution. And Varekai promises everything we have come to expect from this ineffable modern circus. What little storyline there is emerges from a world into which a young man falls from the sky. But the spirit of 'wherever' gives the performers permission to launch themselves and the audience into the otherworldliness of the circus; spectacular sets and costumes merge with the swooping, twirling bodies in a kaleidoscopic adventure.