Cirque du Soleil Returns To Santa Monica, Premieres 10/16
Cirque du Soleil is proud to return to Santa Monica with its critically acclaimed big top production KOOZA. Proudly presented by iShares, KOOZA will premiere on October 16, for a limited engagement under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (big top) at the Santa Monica Pier. Tickets are now available online at www.cirquedusoleil.com/kooza or by phone at 1 800 450-1480.
Following the Santa Monica run, KOOZA will perform in Orange County starting January 8, 2010 at a new location, Orange County Great Park in Irvine.
KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions - acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor."KOOZA is about human connection and the world of duality, good and bad", says the show's writer and director David Shiner. "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".
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.
Santa Monica Performance Schedule
• Tuesdays thru Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.
• Fridays and Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
• Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• No performances on Mondays
Ticket Prices
• Adults: $60 to $135
• Children (ages 2-12): $42 to $94.50
• Students and Seniors: $54 to $112.50
A VIP Tapis Rouge (French for "red carpet") package is available and includes one of the best seats in the house, and access to the VIP suite one hour before the show and during intermission. Adults: $250 / Children (ages 2-12): $175. Prices include taxes.
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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Come From Away Rubicon Theatre (10/27-11/21) |