There are many superb Christmas nights out and reveals to discover however one on a current Christmas market break was an enormous spotlight for me.
The women I travelled with and I (third to the appropriate) actually loved the present (Picture: Sophie Leonard) This text accommodates affiliate hyperlinks, we are going to obtain a fee on any gross sales we generate from it. Be taught extra
Relating to Christmas markets there are heaps of beautiful spots throughout Europe, and I just lately determined to tick a few of the greatest off the bucket checklist with a visit to Berlin for some festive enjoyable. I wasn’t disenchanted by the abundane of stalls, mulled wine, Christmas music and usually festive environment, however there was one present on the itinerary that I undoubtedly will not be forgetting for some time.
A brand new Cirque de Soleil present has taken up a everlasting residence on the Theater am Potsdamer Platz. Unique to Berlin, Cirque de Soleil ALIZE fuses nerve-wrecking acrobatics with magical results – and I used to be fortunate sufficient to see it. Should you’re planning a visit to Berlin, whether or not it’s at Christmastime or within the hotter months, Cirque de Soleil ALIZE is most undoubtedly price watching.
Cirque de Soleil ALIZE is an outstanding present (Picture: Cirque de Soleil ALIZE)
Designed for a world viewers in thoughts, there is not any phrases to decipher as your consideration is engaged due to the mind-bending visuals; the stage manufacturing is actually unimaginable.
Along with the particular results, which created a way of awe, there was one act that took my breath away. As a real romantic, I used to be notably keen on the gorgeous efficiency between Ariel and Céleste – two lovers who had been looking for one another.
The besotted couple, who had been separated by a twister, had been shifting in the direction of one another in an deliberately sluggish and magnetic choreography of hand-to-hand acrobatics. Leaning on each other for assist, showcasing power and charm, the pair had been lastly in a position to reconnect in a young embrace.
Whereas there have been stand-out moments all through the whole thing of the present, I need to admit that the story arc, for me, acquired a bit bit misplaced. There was, nonetheless, sufficient happening to maintain me absorbed within the circus present at each flip. And, really, even the moments once I noticed a performer wobble and fail at perfection, it jogged my memory that these are actual individuals performing eye-opening stunts; there is a danger that one thing might go spectacularly flawed – and it stored me on the sting of my seat.
If I might sum up the expertise in a single phrase it will be, wow! And I wasn’t the one one to assume that as individuals leaped to their ft to offer a standing ovation.
The present runs for one hour and 40 minutes, together with one interval, and tickets begin from €44.90.
If you wish to flip up a bit sooner than wants be for the present, there is a very cute (but small) Christmas market that’s simply outdoors of Theater am Potsdamer Platz. It is price getting there about half hour earlier than you deliberate to to be able to peruse the Christmassy stalls and luxuriate in a heat tipple.
As soon as contained in the lobby of the Theater am Potsdamer Platz, you should buy drinks, however these have to be completed earlier than the beginning of the present as you can not take the drinks into the theatre with you.
Guide the journey
easyJet holidays presents three nights on the five-star Hilton Berlin on a room-only foundation for £236 per individual, together with flights from Southend Airport on February 6, 2026.
The Hilton Lodge, Berlin, is situated subsequent to the Stadmitte U-Bahn (underground), which on the U2 line is only one cease away from Potsdamer Platz station the place Cirque de Soleil ALIZE is carried out: on Wednesdays, 6.30pm; Thursdays at 7.30pm; Friday and Saturdays at 4pm and 8pm; and Sundays at 1pm and 5pm.
Alternatively, you may stroll from the Hilton Lodge by town centre to the Theater am Potsdamer Platz, which is a couple of 10 to 15-minute stroll.
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