cirque du soleil

It all started in Baie-Saint-Paul, a small town near Quebec City, in Canada. There, in the early eighties, a band of colourful characters roamed the streets, striding on stilts, juggling, dancing, breathing fire, and playing music. Already, the townsfolk were impressed and intrigued by the young performers – who included one Guy Laliberté who became founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil. Now more than 20 years later it has become one of the world's most spectacular performances, playing to packed houses across the globe.

The Cirque du Soleil, French for the "Circus of the Sun," mixes circus arts and street theatre and features original music, special effects and spectacular costumes. It emphasizes acts of human skill and daring, but unlike traditional circuses it does not include animals. Each Cirque du Soleil production centres around a unique theme and features spectacular theatrical effects by performers that are masters of clowning, stilt-walking, trapeze and other acrobatics, juggling, contortionism, mime, and other traditional circus arts.

Tonight I’m taking the ferry across to Macau to see this spectacle with my own eyes and I can’t wait!