Cirque du Soleil will return to Vancouver more than a year from now with LUZIA in celebration of the production's 10th anniversary, the Montreal-based company announced this week.
The circus show, billed as "a waking dream of Mexico," incorporates "rain" into acrobatic and artistic scenes — a first for a Cirque du Soleil touring production. Cyr Wheel artists roll and spin under the falling water, and an aerialist suspended from a trapeze flies and twirls through showers.
Throughout, visual surprises and amazing acrobatic performances are promised during the 2026 run in Vancouver, Nov. 4 to Dec. 15.
The show title riffs on light (‘luz’ in Spanish) and rain (‘lluvia’).
"LUZIA takes audiences on a surrealistic journey through a vibrant world filled with wonders, playfulness and striking artistry," says a show advisory. "Smoothly passing from an old movie set to the ocean to a smoky dance hall or an arid desert, LUZIA cleverly brings to the stage multiple places, faces and sounds of Mexico taken from both tradition and modernity."
Show highlights include a male contortionist, an aerial straps specialist at the centre of a cenote (natural sinkhole), a juggler tossing seven pins at high speed, and two soccer freestylers mixing street dance with impressive manipulation.
Ticket sales start Oct. 14 on cirquedusoleil.com/luzia (for $59 a seat and up), or immediately for Club Cirque members.
