{"id":254833,"date":"2026-07-29T18:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254833\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:38:14","slug":"cirque-du-soleil-holiday-show-to-return-to-philadelphia-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254833\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirque du Soleil Holiday Show To Return to Philadelphia in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you get when you combine acrobatics, holiday music, and aerial performances?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The answer: Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;Twas the Night Before&#8230;\u00a0holiday spectacular. This high-energy production will return to The Met Philadelphia for an 11-day run from Dec. 17 to 27.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/cirque-du-soleil-twas-the-night-before-philadelphia-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to a PhillyVoice report<\/a>, &#8216;Twas the Night Before&#8230;\u00a0blends Cirque-style acrobatics with storytelling inspired by Clement Clarke Moore&#8217;s famous work &#8220;A Visit from Saint Nicholas,&#8221; which follows the story of a young girl rediscovering holiday wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring 26 performers from around the world, the show includes aerial straps, hoop diving, hair suspension, dance, and other gravity-defying acts, set to a reimagined Christmas soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>As the PhillyVoice\u00a0noted, the show is designed as a family-friendly, holiday-specific production, distinct from Cirque&#8217;s touring arena shows.<\/p>\n<p>The Met Philadelphia is at 858 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What do you get when you combine acrobatics, holiday music, and aerial performances?\u00a0 The answer: Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;Twas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1756,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-254833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-events","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}