Cirque du Soleil establishes Asia Pacific Regional Office in Macau

Cirque du Soleil, which recently confirmed its first permanent production, ZAIA, in Macau, has opened an Asia Pacific Regional Office in Zhu Kuan Building, NAPE, Macau. The new office joins the company’s other offices in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Melbourne and the International Headquarters in Montreal. BASE Entertainment Asia shares the new Cirque du Soleil Macau office space.

“We are extremely pleased to establish a base in Macau and bring our first permanent production into Asia,” said Daniel Lamarre, President and CEO of Cirque du Soleil. “The Asia Pacific Regional Office will represent Cirque du Soleil throughout the region, including our permanent show in Macau and Tokyo, Japan as well as touring shows in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China.”

Cirque du Soleil Asia Pacific Regional Office is led by Alan Hills, Vice President and Managing Director and Milan Rokic, Vice President Marketing Asia Pacific. The office currently has 25 staff managing over 400 show employees representing more than 22 nationalities, including Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Hong Kong, Italy, Russia, Macau, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

Cirque du Soleil has to date successfully toured to 13 cities in Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei and Shanghai with Big Top productions but ZAIA will be the first production to be housed within a permanent theatre in the region.

ZAIA will be presented in a custom-built 1,800 seat theatre at the Venetian Macau-Hotel-Resort. The combined cost of show creation and the custom-built theatre for ZAIA is believed to be in excess of US$150 million.

Preview performances begin July 26, 2008 and the Gala Premiere will be held Thursday, August 28, 2008.

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