MGM Grand
Las Vegas, NV
Ka Website
Schedule: 7:30 and 10:30 PM Friday through Tuesday, check their website for occasional other days off
Age Restrictions: Children under 5 are not permitted, and anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult
Ticket Prices: Include tax, but not booking fees
- $150.00 - Lower section center and front, center front upper section
- $125.00 - Right and left back of lower section, Right and left front and center back of upper section
- $99.00 - Left and right back, upper section
- $69.00 -
Save the e-ticketing fee and pick your tickets up at the box office. Be sure to bring your ID.
- Online (with their associated fees)
- By Telephone: Toll free (877) 264-1844 or (702) 796-9999
- In Person: At the MGM Grand Ticket Office, also at the box offices in the Bellagio, New York-New York, Mirage and Treasure Island. Try here for last-minute standby tickets.
- Ticket Reseller: If you really want to see Ka and find it sold out, a ticket reseller such as TicketsNow may have what you're looking for. Of course, you'll pay a premium price.
Ka Review
A new chapter in the history of the American stage begins with Cirque du Soleil's Ka. Attempts to compare this production to any other form of performance diminish the genius of Robert LaPage's masterpiece, but in the interest of giving some idea of what it's like, I'll try nevertheless. Ka is a story told in movement but not in words, but so different from traditional ballet that it could easily be classified as a new genre of performance art altogether.The title Ka is inspired by the ancient Egyptian concept of the "ka," an invisible spiritual duplicate of the body that accompanies every human being through this life and into the next. In this show, the Imperial Twins and their accompanying ka go on an epic journey, surviving ocean storms, meeting fantastic creatures and conquering evil opponents, and are finally reunited.
Good Side of Ka
Ka bears the hallmarks of Cirque du Soleil: impeccable attention to detail, design and audience experience paired with performances by talented acrobats and trapeze artists, but transformed and integrated so that everything serves the story of the Imperial Twins, separated by war.
Ka is one of the most innovative stage productions ever mounted, and it's impossible to separate Ka the show from Ka the theater, for one would be useless without the other. The multi-million-dollar facility was built for the production, and the set designers' innovative thinking creates radical stage elements and special effects that include flying warriors, huts transformed into birds and battles viewed from above.
Bad Side of Ka
Tickets to Ka are among the most expensive in the country, fifty percent more than a Broadway show at full price.
As part of the Ka theater's design, your fellow patrons' noise is muffled. It's great when they're whispering during the show, but it sometimes leaves one feeling like they're laughing alone at a starfish stealing a red hat. Don't worry about it, just go ahead and have a good laugh-out-loud whenever you want to.
Ka is a production like none you've seen before, and most people will enjoy it. However, if you're focused on seeing a Cirque du Soleil show that's like the ones you may have seen on television or a traveling show you saw in person, you may prefer Mystere or O.
The Bottom Line
This is a landmark production, but because of the cost of its unique facility, it will most likely never appear anywhere else. If you can afford the tickets, see it. Arrive as early as you can to enjoy the theater design to the fullest.
