The World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater is playing in the afternoons at the V Theatre inside the Desert Passage Mall at the Aladdin. It is a unique and hilarious show that features 15 cats and 8 amazing dogs. The Comedy Pet Theatre is an Extravaganza of Juggling, European-style comedy and a furry entourage of performing cats and dogs. The ring-leader is Moscow Circus Superstar and Master Juggler Gregory Popovich. It is, in fact, his wife and his daughter, along with a couple of other assistants that perform in the show. A family of performers, along with a great tradition of Russian Circus Arts, is presented with the animals. The animals, though, are truly not the main focus of the entertainment. It is about this family and their performance. It is a fun show to amuse the family in the afternoons.

Seeing the show is being able to see a lot of elements from a great circus tradition. It is a highly skilled family of performers that delight the audience with a full array of circus arts---some of these include: clowning, juggling, hula-hoop, free-standing ladder, quick change, jump rope, and others. Added into this mix are, of course, the animals. The animals sell the show, and you’d expect to see more of their talents, but what we do see, we love. We get to see all manners of dogs and cats performing within this small troupe.

It is a show that will surely delight people of all ages. Popovich has a list of credits that most performers would envy. He has appeared on every major talk show and has performed all over the world. The credits are so good in fact that one wonders why he is here performing in the afternoons...but with that question aside---go and see him. It is a chance to see a world class act.

It is admirable to note that all of the animals were rescued from animal shelters. It has certainly taken a lot of time and effort to train these pets. There has to be an incredible talent to do this---especially with the cats. The most prominent question on the minds of the audience members after the show was, "How do you train a cat?" Which is understandable, because I have never had any luck teaching my cats to do anything?

This production is so much more than just a pet theatre. It is first, and foremost, a circus arts production that has the addition of pets, but pets are not the main focus as the title would suggest. Given the expectation of the title, I would have though to see much more of them and less of the circus arts. I truly enjoyed each of the acts, but it just wasn’t what I had anticipated seeing.

The V theatre is a decent venue for this show. The seating is flat, so being a few rows back might be a problem as sightlines get obscured. I hope that it benefits from the mall’s foot traffic and brings in lots of people. There are coupons for discounts on the show, so be sure to look for those. It is a fun and nice show for the entire family. This Russian family of circus performers is very talented.


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