Audiences in India will very soon experience the magnificence of the world’s biggest live-entertainment phenomena, Cirque du Soleil.
The shows will start November 2018 finding their way home in Mumbai from 15th November 2018 and Delhi from 25th December 2018 before moving to other markets.
BookMyShow’s long-term association with Cirque du Soleil is aimed at establishing India as a key market to open avenues for global entertainment. Cirque Du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 190 million spectators in over 450 cities on six continents.
Unlike any other entertainment company, Cirque du Soleil will not just visit Mumbai and Delhi but will infuse in the city’s culture with the set up of The Big Top, the main tent, where the performances will take place. The Big Top itself is a wonder that is set up over a period of six days and stands tall at 19 meters (62 feet) high and is 41 meters (135 feet) in diameter accommodating 1500 people at once.
A cast and crew of 62 people will be travelling to India from over 13 different countries and close to 700 tonnes of equipment will be carried via 25 sea containers. The show will feature a range of acrobatic marvelsranging from teeterboard, portage, acrobatic bike, contortion, duo roller skate, duo trapeze, aerial rope, slackline and live music with one singer and two musicians on stage. With performances pairingimagination and impressive scenography, unique characters, remarkable aesthetics and acrobatic feats; Bazzarwill feature key Cirque du Soleilelements.The tickets for thenearly two-hourspectacularwill beavailable starting today exclusively on BookMyShow with prices starting just at INR 1,250 (different for both cities).
Written and Directed by Susan Gaudreau, Cirque du Soleil –Bazzarwill perfectly capture the high-energy excitement, collision of sounds and colours, and showcase a meeting place of diverse characters recreating a traditional Indian ‘bazaar’. Lead by their maestro in the show, the troupe comes together to invent a whimsical one-of-a-kind universe in a place where the unexpected is expected, the colourful group reimagines, rebuilds and reinvents vibrant scenes in an artistic, acrobatic game of order and disorder.
"Cirque du Soleil has been looking at India as a potential market for quite a while now. We wanted to do things right and introduce the brand appropriately to this new audience that was never exposed to Cirque du Soleil before,” said Daniel Lamarre, President and CEO, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group. “It is for this very reason that we put our trust in BookMyShow, who’s deep knowledge and understanding of the Indian market isessential for our successful presencein this country.With their help, our long-term objective is to establish a strong and lasting presence in India and to share our creativity with as many people as possible.”
“Designing a show specifically to introduce Cirque du Soleil to a totally new audience was an exciting creative challenge,” explained Susan Gaudreau, Show Director. “It pushed the creators to find the essence of what we are and articulate it in a way that is universally understandable. With its story centered on the creative process and the energy found in the unexpected, Bazzar shines a light on what is uniquely Cirque du Soleil. I am very honoured to be in India today to introduce Bazzar to the Indian people and am very much looking forward to its premiere!”
Bazzar creative team comprises 11 creators under the artistic guidance of Daniel Fortin- Susan Gaudreau (Writer and Director), Marie-Hélène Delage (Director of Creation), Simon Guilbault (Set Designer), James Lavoie (Costume Designer), Simon Carpentier (Composer and Musical Director), Samuel Chouinard (Choreographer), Jean Laurin (Lighting Designer), Jean-Michel Caron (Sound Designer), Pierre Masse (Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging Designer), Maryse Gosselin (Make up Designer), Alexandre Brunet (Technical Director)
Come and claim your place amidst this marketplace of merriment and creative camaraderie
To book tickets: http://bookmy.show/cirque