Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil announced today that its new touring show, Amaluna, will be performed at the Grand Chapiteau in Toronto’s Port Lands from September 5-30, 2012. In her first show with Cirque du Soleil, American Repertory Theatre’s Diane Paulus will direct Amaluna, a female-inspired adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. In the Cirque performance, it is Queen Prospera who rules over the island and manufactures the storm that causes the arrival of the young men, one of whom falls in love with the Queen’s coming-of-age daughter. Presale tickets for the Toronto dates for Amaluna are now on sale for Cirque Club members (free to join). Tickets are adults $50, $65, $95, $105, $145 and $270; children (2-12) $35, $45.50, $66.50, $73.50, $101.50 an d$189 and seniors/students/military $45, $58.50, $85.50, $94.50 and $130.50.
