Spring-Time in Venice

It’s spring-time in Venice, so why not go to see a show in English? A visit to the theatre is the perfect way to spend an evening in Venice. The only English-language theatre event in the city – audio translated into seven languages including Italian – is Carnival The Show which blends theatre, music and multimedia to tell the thrilling story of Venice using a sense-stimulating approach.

Six “live” actors perform in English, interacting with 11 concealed projectors in a maelstrom of images, sounds and colours that will plunge the audience deep into the dazzling history of the Most Serene Republic:

The year is 1913, war is looming on the horizon and we are on the eve of the last Carnival, which will be suspended for the next 75 years, partly because of the intervening world wars. We are in a celebrated costume-maker’s workshop, run for centuries by a Venetian family who are caught up in the whirlwind of preparations for the last great masked ball of the Carnival. Every costume, fabric and colour evokes a moment in the history of the Most Serene Republic: the first settlements in the lagoon, the theft of the body of St Mark, the glory of the Merchant Empire, Marco Polo’s journey to the East, the plaghe, the Battle of Lepanto, the birth of the Carnival, the Commedia dell’Arte, Casanova’s daring prison break…

Pictured above, Venice by Florin Florea.

The show is preceded by a delicious buffet where the audience can mingle with the actors.

Carnival The Show plays from April 21 to May 31:

4.30 pm – Show only; 45 euros per person

7.30 pm – Dinner & Show;  65 euros per person (instead of 79 euros!)

Children from 0 to 6 free, Student discount 59 euros

8 pm- Show only; 49 euros per person

For more information, contact Teatro San Gallo or head over to http://www.venice-carnival-show.com/ where you can read more about the show.

If you prefer to enjoy a performance in London rather than Venice, do check out London theatre breaks.