The OC Fair & Event Center is excited to welcome back Cirque Du Soleil with its newest touring production: KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities™ performing under the iconic blue-and-yellow Big Top opening October 15.

KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities™ premiered to the world in Montréal in April 2014 and is Cirque du Soleil’s 35th production. Written and directed by Michel Laprise, KURIOS is a tale in which time comes to a complete stop, transporting the audience inside a fantasy world where everything is possible.

Designed with a steampunk feeling, KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities is set in the latter half of the nineteenth century with a cast of humble and strange characters inhabiting the Seeker’s Cabinet of Curiosities. As the Seeker searches for proof of a hidden, invisible world where his craziest ideas and grandest dreams await him, he meets a collection of otherworldly characters who turn his world upside down with poetry and humor, igniting his imagination.

Since its debut, the critics have been raving: KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities is “a dazzling, hyper-detailed, potent, quixotic and generally fantastic show that reveals this extraordinary artistic company's singular capacity for exploration and metamorphosis … quite different from any other Cirque show -- an exquisitely detailed affair, evocative of a Victorian carnival or a collection of sideshow entertainments with a steampunk vibe.” (Chicago Tribune)  “Cirque du Soleil’s KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities, the 35th production in this megatheater’s history, might very well be its most extraordinary, exquisitely wrought show to date.” (Chicago Sun Times)  “KURIOS is Cirque du Soleil's strongest act in years…one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen on a stage” (Toronto Star).  And "KURIOS is the best Cirque du Soleil show in a long time.” (San Francisco Chronicle).