After the success of “Amaluna” in 2013, Cirque du Soleil will return to Marymoor Park with its newest touring show, “Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities,” premiering under the iconic blue-and-yellow Big Top beginning Jan. 29, 2015 (the full run has not yet been announced). Tickets will be available for purchase to the general public beginning Sept. 26 by visiting cirquedusoleil.com/kurios or calling (800) 450-1480. Tickets range from $35 to $156.
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 19th 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 lay 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.
