IFEMA bet on Christmas for leisure and culture with 11 shows: Wah, Circlassica and more

By : ujikiu / On : 12/06/2022

The Madrid Fair Institution has opted for leisure, shows and culture as a business option, especially after the restrictions of the pandemic and the decrease of activity in other sectors such as congresses and professional meetings.Hence, the pavilions, the Palace of Congresses and even the parking lots of IFEMA crowd throughout Christmas up to 11 different montages and samples.The range of possibilities goes from those dedicated directly to the little ones to those destined for adults, with dinner, live performances and even recreations of pubs and discos.

Ifema sources-the second engine of the Madrid economy after the Adolfo Suárez-Barajas airport-recognize that it is a business model that is increasingly booming and that its potential clients value parking facilities, the varied offer and theAvoid the big jams that are recorded in the center of the city, especially on dates as specific as Christmas.

This is a review of the 11 shows to which you can go these days at the IFEMA facilities.

Wah

Es la joya de la corona de todo el abanico de posibilidades. Esta mezcla de espectáculo musical y gastronómico busca representar los estilos de Las Vegas y Broadway a lo largo de cuatro horas. En él se mezclan voces destacadas como los ganadores del programa televisivo La Voz con cantantes y bailarines de musicales como El Rey León o El fantasma de la ópera. A ellos se unen tenores y sopranos de diversas partes del planeta que han participado en festivales de rock y música electrónica como Tomorrowland o Ushuaia Ibiza. El repertorio musical es tan variado que va de Puccini a Lady Gaga, pasando por Paco de Lucía, Guns & Roses o David Guetta.

The viewer can enter the pavilion almost an hour before and enjoy 12 gastronomic stations before the show.These range from gourmet burgers, Asian food and vegan dishes.Then, the musical reproduces the struggle of the Omega nation against repression through music.Thanks to the issues rescued by Wah members they will achieve their purpose.After finishing, you can go to have a drink or a cocktail in the style of New York clubs.The night show is for over 18 years.

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Pavilion 2. Until March 16.From Thursday to Sunday, at 20.00.Morning session, at 13.00.Tickets: from 30 to 74 euros, consumption separately.

Hangar 52 Revolution

It has become its second edition in the great commitment to magic, illusionism and the great assemblies of the world champion El Magico Yunke.The 5,000 meters of Pavilion 1 host a monumental production in the purest style of Las Vegas, in which more than 20 shows meet in which technology, innovation, music and rhythm are mixed.Next to Yunke is the invention world champion, Gonzalo Gallardo, who has been in charge of the special effects.

The protagonist shows for 105 minutes numbers in which he challenges the law of gravity or in which he develops NASA teleportation experiments, rituals of the warriors of the Great Chinese wall or weapons of destruction and surprising last generation illusions.The main course will be the illusion with which Yunke won the World Magic Championship in Korea.Inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci, the man of Vitruvio, 800 kilos and more than two meters high.

Pavilion 1. until January 9.Sessions, at 16.30 or at 19.30, depending on the day.Tickets: 18 to 85 euros.Some functions have discounts.

Circlassica, Miliki's dream

Ifema apuesta en Navidad por el ocio y la cultura con 11 espectáculos: Wah, Circlassica y más

A huge tent located in one of the lateral parking lots of the fair enclosures hosts this assembly of Emilio Aragón until January 16.This show "unpublished, endearing and emotional", according to its organizers, tells Miliki's story, a seven -year -old boy who dreams of being a clown.One night he writes his desire in the book of all trips, after which he falls asleep.Him's desire is so strong that acrobats, juggers, musicians and trapez artists flood his universe.Don Pepito and Don José will guide the little one on his trip and protect him from Astracán, the prince of anti comedy.The function has 30 artists from Mongolia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Chile, among other points.The Circlassic Orchestra will perform songs known by the public.

External tent in the parking lot.Until January 16.Functions: 12.00, 16.30 and 19.30.Tickets: 25 to 80 euros.Discounts according to the day.

Bacchanalia

If the previous proposal was addressed to the whole family, in this option the circus becomes an adult show in which the most basic instincts of the human being are mixed.The director Suso Silva has created a great dinner on the stage where the avant -garde theater, the contemporary circus and the cabaré is merged.Legend has it that every 100 years, Lucifer offers people a night of excesses, lust and pleasure in exchange for their souls.After night, everything ends.On a long table, the protagonist receives his guests.During the evening and before the rooster sing, a great orgy of flavors, smells and colors, of aphrodisiac foods and erotic games is celebrated.They highlight lighting, strong music with live voices and dance.For people over 16 years old.

Tent outside the fair enclosures.Until January 9.Functions: 17.00, 18.45, 20.00 and 20.30, according to the day.Tickets: from 20 to 65 euros.There are discounts.

SUPERTHINGS Live!

With almost exhausted tickets for the two functions, the Municipal Palace of Ifema Madrid will become on December 28 the stage for these toy characters.Assembly with music, shocking images and a striking costume is intended for the little ones.The assembly is based on the YouTube series and the different songs of each of the main characters.These accumulate in just one month up to one million views.Created by the Spanish toys Magic Box Toys, these tiny collectible dolls represent everyday objects that transforms into superheroes through a process created by a crazy scientist.

Ifema Madrid Municipal Palace.Sunday 26, at 12.30 and at 16.30.Duration: 75 minutes.Tickets: 16 to 28 euros.

Joy To The World

This title hosts two parallel assemblies for a child and family audience.On the one hand, IFEMA Pavilion 3 dedicates its 20,000 square meters to the Christmas town.The little ones will be able to participate in globeflexia workshops, painting of the faces, coloring drawings or singing in the magical theater.There is also a classic carousel, a train with Christmas characters, foam pool and a mailbox in which to deliver the letters to Pope Noel or the Magi.One of the most striking attractions is a giant slide, followed by a synthetic ice rink and a benet of 75 square meters.Meanwhile, adults have small food booths in which a snack can be taken.At the entrance, non -perishable foods can be left for messengers of peace in a large advent calendar.

The second part of the activity is a car tour over a kilometer in the blue parking lot of Ifema.There are ten different scenes and highlights a huge Christmas tree 35 meters high in the center of the itinerary.It takes to travel about 15 minutes and stops can be made.Thanks to a mobile application you can see shares of augmented reality and audiocounts.For those who do not have a car, Seat yields a driver vehicle.

Pavilion 3 and IFEMA blue parking.Until January 5.Paseo de las Luces, from 18.00 to 00.00.Tickets: from 15.85 euros.

The mutant dog of the Hortelano

Actress Emma Lobo under the direction of Madga Labarga gives life to a new version of Lope de Vega's work.It is a single performance on December 28.The assembly aims to bring the public to the motivations, thoughts and feelings of the Golden Age, but approached to today's world.Humor predominates and moves away from classical representations to give a more modern touch.

Rare space, in Ifema.Tuesday, December 28, at 8:00 p.m.Tickets: 15 euros.

Cruz de Navajas, Mecano Musical Experience

The co -producer of great musicals like Billy Elliot or Priscila El Musical, Gonzalo Pérez Pastor, has opted from September to February 27 with a show in which the music and lyrics of the mythical Mecano group make a conductive thread for all thenumbers.With a concert format and live music, the assembly contains the multiple stories that were already in each of the songs.The cast consists of 29 artists who include musicians, dancers and singers.The audiovisual commitment and the original staging stand out to recall issues that have become the original soundtrack of several generations.The musical direction falls to Isaac Ordóñez, who has worked with artists such as Alejandro Sanz or Phil Collins, and the technique in Eduardo Moreno, awarded with a Max.

Rare space.IFEMA.Until February 27th.From Thursday to Sunday, at 6:00 p.m. and 20.30, according to the day.Tickets: from 24 to 180 euros.

Dino World

Ifema's space 5.1 is the place chosen to locate an exhibition as a result of the Spanish producer Sold Out and the Belgian MB present.The visitor can travel to the Jurassic period with large -scale dinosaurs recreated in natural environments and spaces.Dedicated to the whole family, the sample takes place in 2,500 square meters in which the playful part with educational is mixed.Everything happens in the Mesozoic era.You can hear the roars of specimens such as triceratops, brachiosour or the rex tyrannosaurus archinombrado, in addition to seeing the huge size of the teranodon or comparing the visitor's footprints with those of a young diplodocus.In the virtual reality space, the option of flying to the loins of a dinosaur, getting fully into prehistoric life in the ocean or feeling the tremors under the feet.An audio guide for smartphones illustrates the visitor.

Space 5.1.Until January 9.From Thursday, December 23 to Friday, January 7, from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 9 pm.Special schedules on December 24, 25 and 31 and January 1.Tickets: 12 euros adults;10 euros under 3 to 11 years.Virtual reality: 3 or 4 euros.

Body Worlds.The rhythm of life

The union of the ideas of the creator of the plastination technique -proceed to preserve the biological material that consists in extracting body fluids and replacing them with a combination of resins -Gunther von Hagens, and the creative designer Angelina Whalley emerges this exhibition withhuge bodies in which human anatomy is discovered.Throughout 1,400 square meters there are 200 specimens, including about twenty complete human bodies, in addition to vital organs and translucent anatomical sections or cuts.Interactive elements, screens in three dimensions and multimedia proposals are also available.

The sample also addresses preventive medicine, self -care and education for health, overweight and obesity, the rebound of sexually transmitted diseases and the importance of physical activity and ergonomics for bone and muscular well -being, among other aspects.Since its inception in 1995, the Body Worlds exhibitions have been touring around the world, visiting more than 140 cities from 36 countries from the five continents.More than 50 million people have visited some of the successive proposals orchestrated by Dr. Whalley, more than 22 million only in Europe.Under the name of the rhythm of life, it is sought that the public that reconsider the frantic rhythm of modern life and the effects it produces on the body and mind.

Space 5.1.IFEMA.Until April 17.From Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 20.00.Tickets: 18.50 euros;children from 3 to 12 years old, 11.50.

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