Blue Men everywhere
Oct. 6th, 2011 07:59Yesterday, our language class had organized an evening out for us and the class visited the Blue Man Group performance in Berlin. If one has been to Berlin any time the last years, it's been nigh impossible to miss the ads for this show. However, since it's a) pretty expensive and b) I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy it, I've never gone. Good thinking, since I could now go for free!
It was a very loud (sometimes a bit too loud) and colorful show. There were skits I greatly enjoyed, especially the awkward dinner scene, when they began climbing into the audience and the animation/cyber-café parts - the visual trick with the stick-figure that "becomes 3D" was excellent! The late-comers-song made me lulz, and in the skit where one Blue Man has caught a lot of paper tissues (I first thought it was marshmallows!) with his mouth and then puts them on a tray in a, ahem, suggestive shape, I looked to my classmate next to me and with one voice, we declared it Dirrrty! (or rather, Snusk, a Swedish word we are slowly spreading throughout the ERASMUS students in town.
The incessant drumming bored me a bit, and I wish our school could have informed us about just how much strobe-lightning would be used. I guess if you buy a ticket for a show like this, it's on you to be reformed, but when you don't speak the language and are handed a free ticket, it might pass you by. There were warning signs in the theatre, but I'd be quite bummed off if I had come so far and then had to go home again. They might also have suggested earplugs - the show if quite child-friendly, but loud!
Anyway, a very enjoyable experience, absolutely the best excursion arranged by the school and I'm glad I've seen it!
The evening ended at Que Pasa! by Görlitzer Bhf, since it's cheap and decent and we were all starving (nothing by Potsdamer Platz is cheap, btw, though many restaurants are decent. Except McDonald's, which is neither, considering what you get for your money). After a good meal and an excellent cocktail, we turned to the matter of dividing the bill @_@ Oh dear, I think we advanced straight up to advanced levels of Bistromatic maths...
It was a very loud (sometimes a bit too loud) and colorful show. There were skits I greatly enjoyed, especially the awkward dinner scene, when they began climbing into the audience and the animation/cyber-café parts - the visual trick with the stick-figure that "becomes 3D" was excellent! The late-comers-song made me lulz, and in the skit where one Blue Man has caught a lot of paper tissues (I first thought it was marshmallows!) with his mouth and then puts them on a tray in a, ahem, suggestive shape, I looked to my classmate next to me and with one voice, we declared it Dirrrty! (or rather, Snusk, a Swedish word we are slowly spreading throughout the ERASMUS students in town.
The incessant drumming bored me a bit, and I wish our school could have informed us about just how much strobe-lightning would be used. I guess if you buy a ticket for a show like this, it's on you to be reformed, but when you don't speak the language and are handed a free ticket, it might pass you by. There were warning signs in the theatre, but I'd be quite bummed off if I had come so far and then had to go home again. They might also have suggested earplugs - the show if quite child-friendly, but loud!
Anyway, a very enjoyable experience, absolutely the best excursion arranged by the school and I'm glad I've seen it!
The evening ended at Que Pasa! by Görlitzer Bhf, since it's cheap and decent and we were all starving (nothing by Potsdamer Platz is cheap, btw, though many restaurants are decent. Except McDonald's, which is neither, considering what you get for your money). After a good meal and an excellent cocktail, we turned to the matter of dividing the bill @_@ Oh dear, I think we advanced straight up to advanced levels of Bistromatic maths...
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