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Cirque du Soleil brings KOOZA to London's Royal Albert Hall - Tickets on sale now

Written and directed by David Shiner

 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL BRINGS
KOOZA
TO THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL


TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

World famous troupe Cirque du Soleil is set to return to London with KOOZA in January 2013. KOOZA highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humour.

KOOZA will captivate the crowds at the breathtaking Royal Albert Hall from 5th January for a limited time only. London is the first destination of the 2013 KOOZA European tour. To date, KOOZA has wowed more than 4 million people in North America and Japan since its world premiere in 2007.

About KOOZA
Written and directed by David Shiner, KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning.

The name KOOZA is inspired by the Sanskrit word “koza,” which means “box,” “chest” or “treasure,” and was chosen because one of the underlying concepts of the production is the idea of a “circus in a box.”

KOOZA is about human connection and the world of duality, good and bad,” Shiner said. “The tone is fun and funny, light and open. The show doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it’s very much about ideas, too. As it evolves we are exploring concepts such as fear, identity, recognition and power.”

The show starts with The Trickster bursting onto the scene like a jack-in-a-box right in front of The Innocent, and that is just the first of many surprises to follow. The Innocent’s journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Heimloss, the Pickpocket, the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.

Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.

Tickets
Tickets are on sale now for shows from January 5th onwards at: cirquedusoleil.com/kooza.

Sponsors
Infiniti, CGI and Xerox are the official sponsors of the KOOZA 2013 European Tour.

Cirque du Soleil
From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil is a major Québec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company has 5,000 employees, including more than 1,300 artists from more than 50 different countries.

Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 100 million spectators in more than 300 cities in over forty countries on six continents.

For more information about Cirque du Soleil, visit cirquedusoleil.com or
our Twitter account @cirque.

Please visit the KOOZA on Facebook
Hashtag for twitter: #kooza

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