Flora C

Review of Luxor Theater

My family went there after the WWII memorial event...

My family went there after the WWII memorial event on War Memorial Day. We got there by bike and only found a few bike parking spots opposite (NOT nearby) the theater entrance and we had to walk the bike across the road. The small bike parking area next to the Wilhelminaplein Metro station was full, so we headed further down the road and that was not convenient when travelling with kids. For car parking, you would have to pay quite a lot. Perhaps if you plan to spend hours at the theater, you can consider buy the parking exit ticket at the theater or park further away for free and walk 6-8 minutes to the theater.

The theater building itself is spacious with a very modern design. You expect to walk a lot of long stairs (with or without wide steps) up and down and to get to different levels. Nice view to look out through tall glass window panels! The food counters were not all open wherever the crowd was, and we found beverages were pricey at the bar indeed. Inside the seating hall, which is beautiful and enough legroom for tall people too, can accommodate plenty of audiences (even with seats on upper levels), but I find it uneasy to get in and out of the long seat rows.

Audiences in the first show were told to get their electronic mobile devices logged into the designated theater network and that was actually the entire performance. To me, that was not too impressive, maybe for kids! The second performance, which was about the life story of two young persons from eastern Europe (old time of Yugoslavia) before, in and after the war. The performancers seemed to do a good job, but the long story with loud sound effects made me feel dizzy and a bit overwhelming!

Perhaps I will have a different experience with different kinds of performance in my future visit.