Love a night of jaw-dropping stunts and leisure? On the sting of your chair motion has arrive in Dubai Festival Bay this autumn with the debut of “Fontana” water circus, offered by HAT Entertainment in partnership with Cirque du Liban.
What is Fontana?
Roll up, roll up! Good old school household leisure underneath the large prime has arrived in Dubai!
Forget cliche animal acts, this modern circus present combines superb aerialists, thrilling tips, dancers and the centrepiece Dancing Musical Fountain to ship a panoramic aquatic masterpiece in reside leisure.
The two-hour present is held in a conventional circus tent in Festival City. A mix of choreography, artwork and know-how, Fontana is carried out on a custom-designed aquatic stage; anticipate daring acrobatics to remodel into mesmerising singing and thrilling tips from bike jumps to precision archery.
Although elements of the present are extra geared to youngsters (largely the clown acts), adults can nonetheless undoubtedly have an entertaining night too.
Loud, vibrant and entertaining, you’ll undoubtedly end up holding your breath because the worldwide forged of circus performers execute unimaginable stunts.
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When and the place are you able to catch the Fontana Show?
Fontana’s Dubai dwelling shall be at Dubai Festival City, the place a particular circus tent has been constructed adjoining to Lulu’s finish of the mall. Parking is accessible behind the tent, in addition to coated parking within the mall.
There shall be eight Fontana reveals per week of their preliminary schedule, with a performances to be held on:
- Wednesday & Thursday – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
- Friday and Saturday – 4:00 pm to six:00 pm & 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
- Sunday – 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to six:00 pm.
Doors open an hour earlier than however apart from the snack concession stand, there’s not a lot to do inside so we suggest you come 15-20 minutes earlier than present time to get snacks and bathroom breaks and take your seats (theatre doorways confide in half-hour earlier than the present begins).
The first act lasts about 1 hour, then a 15-minute intermission adopted by the ultimate 45 minutes of the present.
Presently tickets are on sale from 30 September to 30 October 2022.
How a lot is Fontana?
Tickets for Fontana are cut up into 5 ticket classes relying in your place throughout the area.
- Gold and Silver are your prime viewing spots ringside for 300AED and 250AED per particular person respectively, with tickets underneath 200 AED out there for the next grandstand seat (Red 180 AED, Blue 130 AED, Green 90 AED)
You will, in fact, get the most effective shut up views with Gold and Silver tickets, however your view is under no circumstances obscured within the “cheap seats” – so that you’ll be in for a deal with regardless of the place you select to sit down.
All attendees 2 years and above (infants not permitted) should maintain a legitimate ticket; there isn’t a differential pricing for youngsters’s tickets, its all organized by tiered seating, and seats are routinely allotted inside that pricing class.
Do you get moist throughout the present?
We know some little children love this while others hate it! From what we noticed, no, you shouldn’t get moist; the water from the present initiatives straight up, not out, and the entrance row will not be required to put on raincoats as we’ve seen in different water reveals; do remember they might get squirted by the clowns although.
Other key information you’ll need to learn about Fontana
- The minimal age to attend is 2 years+ (although we famous loads of infants within the viewers – do be aware load sounds and flashing lights if taking kids might scare them)
- No cameras or filming permitted throughout the present (but nobody is stopping you – everybody appeared to be filming and photographing throughout the premier)
- Face masks are not obligatory within the UAE, however you should still need to put on one in a crowd
- Only meals bought on the concessions could be introduced into the Grandstand
- The large prime is airconditioned to a cushty temperature, however understanding Dubai, deliver a wrap or cardigan to wrap up if it will get too chilly inside
For extra info and scenes from the present, tune into @cirqueduliban and @Fontanashow
Where to remain close to Fontana
What we love in regards to the location is the big selection of lodging and eating choices readily available at Festival City, so you can also make an actual night time of it with a present, dinner and keep, all inside very simple strolling distance.
A few nice resort selections to remain at Dubai Festival City embrace:
Undoubtedly an excellent addition to Dubai’s household leisure lineup this autumn/winter.
Make positive you might be nonetheless round Dubai Festival City after the present and catch one other gentle and sound spectacular IMAGINE, which takes place in Festival Bay each night time on the hour.
Vibes by the Bay is one other addition to the Dubai Festival City lineup for winter 2022/23; you’ll discover loads of out of doors stalls and leisure nightly from October 2022 to May 2023.
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Images provided by HAT leisure. We obtained complimentary media entry to the present.
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