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Canada.com: Cirque plans permanent theatre in Japan
The Cirque du soleil is taking advantage of its popularity in Japan to establish a permanent theatre at the Walt Disney Resort in the suburbs of Tokyo...The $140-million project is to include a theatre for 2,000 spectators. Oriental Land is providing $115 million to build an earthquake-proof building, with the remainder coming from the Cirque, Daniel Lamarre, president and chief of operations, said during a conference call from Japan. An original show is scheduled to premiere in August 2008...The most Cirque du soleil tickets in the world are sold in Tokyo.

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AFP: Cirque du Soleil unveils tarot-inspired show at Tokyo Disney

Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian-based circus and entertainment troupe, on Tuesday unveiled part of a tarot-inspired permanent show at Tokyo Disney Resort as it tries to expand in Asia. Cirque, which has found global success with its blend of traditional circus, theatre, music and special effects, is to open the custom-made show, Zed, to the public on October 1 at the Disney resort's Theatre Tokyo. It will be the second permanent show in Asia following one that opens in August in Macau...Theatre Tokyo was built at a cost of 10 billion yen (97 million dollars), with another four billion yen spent to produce the show, Cirque du Soleil president and chief executive Daniel Lamarre said. The theatre has 2,170 seats, more than any of the six existing Cirque du Soleil theatres -- one in Disney World in Orlando, Florida and five in Las Vegas. Yoshiro Fukushima, president of Oriental Land Co., which operates the Disney resort in Japan, said he expected a permanent Cirque would help bring a new art-minded set of visitors to the sprawling complex on Tokyo's outskirts. It will be the second stand-alone theatre of Cirque du Soleil -- which translates as Circus of the Sun -- after the one in Orlando. The others are housed in hotels...more...