CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

Kooza - Director

KOOZA tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world. 
KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It 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.

The Innocent's journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster and the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.

Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.

KOOZA currently is CIRQUE DU SOLEILs longest touring show and has been enchanting audiences worldwide since 2007. It made history in the records as the best selling show in Montreal, Canada since its relaunch.

‘Kooza’ is Cirque du Soleil distilled to its essence with signature risks and humour

Karen Fricker Theatre Critic, The Star

“The skill and care with comic elements in the show reflects the background of its writer/director, American clown David Shiner.”

“David Shiner, the well-known American clown, is the writer and director of Kooza, which accounts for the elegance in concept and execution of its overall arc.”

J. Kelly Nestruck, The Globe and Mail