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LN to co-produce Cirque du Soleil Berlin residency
Cirque du Soleil is premiering its first-ever European resident show, in conjunction with Live Nation GSA, in Germany next year
By Anna Grace on 14 Oct 2019
(L to R) Cirque du Soleil Entertainment's Finn Taylor and Live Nation GSA CEO Marek Lieberberg
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has announced its first European resident show, which is to take place at the Potsdamer Platz theatre in Berlin in a co-production with Live Nation.
The new production will make its debut in the winter of 2020, with an expected annual attendance of approximately 400,000.
Cirque du Soleil is responsible for the artistic content of the new show, which is inspired by the German capital. Live Nation, the operator of the 1,800-seat Theater am Potsdamer Platz, will co-produce the show.
“We are excited about this world premiere as we all share the same fantastic vision of inspiring audiences with outstanding events”
“This is a beautiful way of celebrating [our] 25-year relationship with the city,” comments Cirque de Soleil Entertainment president and CEO, Daniel Lamarre. “This new and exciting production is most certainly the best way to highlight the privileged bond we have with Berlin.”
“We are excited about this world premiere as we all share the same fantastic vision of inspiring audiences with outstanding events,” says Marek Lieberberg, CEO of Live Nation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
“That’s exactly what the new original Cirque du Soleil show at Theater am Potsdamer Platz will achieve. My special gratitude to our partners for the trust they have placed in us.”
Tickets for Cirque du Soleil’s Berlin residency go on sale at the end of November 2019. More information can be found here.
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