TOP FLIGHT
English summary
Nu mber 11 /120/ November 2019
AQUA
BENIDORM
W H AT ’ S N E A R :
ABOUT A FIFTEEN
MINUTE WALK FROM
T H E PA L AC E YO U C A N
FIND MUNDOMAR,
A PA R K O F M A R I N E
ANIMALS AND EXOTIC
D e c a d e s a g o, B e n i d o r m g a i n e d f a m e
a s a f a n t a s t i c re s o r t f o r p e n s i o n e r s ,
a n d i t i s l i ke l y t h a t v a r i e t y s h o w s
w e re f i r s t p e r f o r m e d i n t h e B e n i d o r m
P a l a c e c o n c e r t h a l l , b u i l t b a c k i n 1 9 7 7,
i n o rd e r t o re v i t a l i z e t h e t o w n .
BIRDS AND ONE OF
THE LARGEST OF ITS
K I N D I N S PA I N . YO U
C AN ENJ OY E XCITIN G
SHOWS SUCH AS THE
UNIQUE DOLPHIN
BALLET WITH THE
PA R T I C I PAT I O N O F
The idea was a success, and al-
though older tourists still pre-
dominate here in the low sea-
son, the high season brings
enough cabaret lovers to fi ll
the hall with 1,000 people, and
in September they celebrated
the 16 millionth audience mem-
ber, although this includes not
only spectators of the caba-
ret programs, but also concerts
performed on this stage. The
new Aqua show program was
launched in May of this year.
During the show forty perform-
ers go on an adventurous cruise
across the most famous water-
ways on the planet — setting off
from Spain (where would we be
without fl amenco!), the team
sails to Venice along the Grand
Canal, from where it continues
on to the Egyptian Nile and dis-
covers the famous pyramids of
Giza, and then magically cross-
es the Atlantic and ends up in
New York Central Park. The play
is accompanied by famous hits
that are also dedicated to water:
Prince Rain by Prince, Singing
in the Rain by Gene Kelly, Um-
brella by Rihanna, It’s Raining
Men by The Weather Girls and
others. Popular music genres
are combined with circus per-
formances: Nefertiti appears
as an aerial gymnast, the cap-
tain of the ship arranges magic
shows, and in the intervals be-
tween the performances, danc-
ers disguised as waiters arrange
interludes in which the specta-
tors at the front are personal-
ly involved.
The dinner+show concept
operates here according to the
Moulin Rouge principle: you can
buy a ticket that includes both
dinner and the performance,
or you can limit yourself to just
drinks, or you can get a balcony
ticket, where there are no tables,
and just watch the show.
AT H L E T E S F R O M T H E
S P A N I S H O LY M P I C
TEAM, AND ALSO
PENGUIN AND
M E E R K AT S H O W S .