Lido Show Paris

The first and original the only thing borrowed about this show is its name. The Lido Show Paris is steeped in tradition from the golden era of late night entertainment and risqu?, daring shows. The action started at the Lido Show Paris in 1948 and still comes to life on the Champs-Elysee today drawing wide audiences from all over the world every night. Renowned for the high-quality traditions of the shows and the class and unbelievable talent with which the perfomers dance, it is obvious why this has become a world-wide phenomenon and why it continues to be centre stage of the Paris cabaret scene.

Lido di Venezia

The term Lido that gave its name to the Lido Show Paris has its roots in the region of Venice on the outlying archipelago where bathing was commonplace from the late 19th Century. In Italian meaning ‘beach’ but the term has come to take on mystery and connotations of sumptuous spectacles and black and white tourists in striped beachwear. With a reputation for relaxing the members of high society from May to September a little known film festival began on the island in 1932. The Venice Film Festival continues today and attracts the biggest names in Hollywood and the international film world. The inspiration for cultural productions do not stop there as this weirdly shaped island between Venice and the Adriatic Sea was also the setting for Thomas Mann’s 1912 novel Death in Venice. Over the last few hundred years Doges would head out to the Lido to make the offering of a ring into the water to offer thanks and show respect to the waters, a custom that may need to be rekindled today to save Venice from encroaching waters.

Lido Show Las Vegas

The show in Las Vegas is an integral part of the history of shows in this dry but ever-sizzling city, which had been taken directly from the Lido Show Paris. The Stardust hotel paved the way by staging an original show instead of an act whose name alone would draw in the fans and won the praise of the public and hotel owners across Las Vegas. The Lido Show Paris was copied from the streets of Paris to the desert of Nevada and was so popular other resorts followed suite and began to stage more outrageous and boisterous shows to rival the ones that had gone before. The show enjoyed a 31 year run and was replaced in 1991 after showing visitors to Las Vegas how to have a real good time. The presence of some European class to the star-filled programmes of yesteryear revolutionized the Vegas shows as we know (and love) them today.