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Komay Road / Comaille Road , Siem Reap (behind Angkor National Museum in front of Angkor Century Hotel)
☎ +855 15 499 480 or +855 92 225 320
Nightly shows at 19:30
Prices: Standard (free) seating USD15/adults, USD8/child, Free/under 5 years
VIP seating USD35/adults, USD18/child
Features:
The performers are all young people from the streets, orphanages and struggling families in the community who are offered the opportunity to be trained by the arts association Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS) so that they can develop a skill to earn a living for themselves.
Comments:
The venue is not that big so the VIP seating I think is really not that necessary. We bought the standard free seating tickets and arrived at 7pm (staff at the ticket office advised to arrive 7:10pm when they open up for entrance) and were the first in the queue to enter so we were able to get the centre seats in the second row (i.e the row behind the first VIP row). We noticed though that the VIPs were offered complimentary bottled water and then a goodies bag at the end of the show.
At the end of the show, a staff member came out to give a short speech on the background of the Phare circus and brought out a couple of baskets for the audience who wished to make any donations to help out the performers. The audience was also welcome to take photos with them as well.
Although the whole show production was not comparable to the bigger scale international circuses, it was still a very enjoyable and entertaining intimate performance where you could see young locals with great acrobatic skills that are equally as professional as any international acrobats.
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