Cirque du Soleil Extends KURIOS - CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Due to overwhelming advance ticket sales, Cirque du Soleil announced today that additional performances for the U.S. premiere of Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities in San Francisco are available for pre-sale to Cirque Club members starting today. General public tickets for the added performances will be available beginning Monday, October 6. Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities will be performing under the iconic blue-and-yellow Big Top at AT&T Park November 14, 2014 through January 18, 2015.

Tickets for Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities range in price from $53 - $135. To purchase pre-sale tickets, existing Cirque Club members can visit cirquedusoleil.com/kurios or call 1-800-450-1480. Tickets to the general public are available beginning Monday, October 6 by visiting cirquedusoleil.com/kurios or calling 1-800-450-1480. In order to guarantee the best seats, patrons are encouraged to purchase their tickets early.

General public wishing to take advantage of the pre-sale offer can visit cirquedusoleil.com/cirqueclub to sign up for complimentary Cirque Club membership; giving members advance access to the best seats under the Big Top, deals and discounts for tickets, promotions with our partners and a chance to experience never before seen exclusive Cirque du Soleil content.

Written and directed by Michel Laprise, Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities is a tale in which time comes to a complete stop, transporting the audience inside a fantasy world where everything is possible. In this realm set in the latter half of the nineteenth century, reality is quite relative indeed as our perception of it is utterly transformed. The name of the show refers to the humble and strange characters that inhabit the Seeker's Cabinet of Curiosities.

In an alternate yet familiar past, in a place where wonders abound for those who trust their imagination, a Seeker discovers that in order to glimpse the marvels that lie just below the surface, we must first learn to close our eyes. In his larger-than-life curio cabinet, the Seeker is convinced that there exists a hidden, invisible world - a place where the craziest ideas and the grandest dreams lie waiting. A collection of otherworldly characters suddenly steps into his makeshift mechanical world. When the outlandish, benevolent characters turn his world upside down with a touch of poetry and humor in an attempt to ignite the Seeker's imagination, his curios jump to life one by one before his very eyes.

What if by engaging our imagination and opening our minds we could unlock the door to a world of wonders?

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