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Cirque du Soleil launches video game to diversify, seek younger customers
Cirque du Soleil is partnering with U.S. developer Gamefam Inc. to release the video game Cirque du Soleil Tycoon.
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Where to find Cirque du Soleil in Canada in 2023 (hint: not Ontario Place)
Kelly Nestruck
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Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios is still a steampunk sensation - but its clown routines belong on the junk heap
Contortionists perform during the opening night of "KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities", Cirque du Soleil's new production, in Toronto, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. The show marks Cirque's return after a two-year global hiatus of live events, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Cirque du Soleil may have moved on, but most Canadian culture-goers still want masks
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Inside the year that nearly killed Cirque du Soleil and its plan to return to the stage
O was one of Cirque’s first resident shows in Las Vegas, and it’ll be among the first to restart post-pandemic
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Cirque du Soleil facing its most challenging feat yet with relaunch
Performers train for the Cirque du Soleil "The Land of Fantasy" show in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China July 8, 2020. Picture taken July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Nestruck on Theatre: When will Cirque du Soleil bring its big top back to Canadian cities?
Kelly Nestruck
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Cirque du Soleil hit with bruising debt rating, hurting outlook after COVID-19 collapse
Mathieu Guerin, director sites operation at Cirque de Soleil checks the lines on the tent at the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Cirque du Soleil hopes to restart live shows next spring after emerging from bankruptcy
A man and woman walk by the Cirque du Soleil Big Top in Montreal's Old Port, Saturday, March 21, 2020, as COVID-19 cases rise in Canada and around the world. Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group says it has completed the sale company to a group of its creditors led by Catalyst Capital Group. The company announced the closing of the transaction with its secured lenders and its emergence from court protection from creditors today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Companies turn to legal strategies to stave off messy bankruptcies
Mathieu Guerin, director of operations at Cirque de Soleil checks the lights in the big top at the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Cirque du Soleil’s new owners eye next leap: the home audience
Performers train for the Cirque du Soleil "The Land of Fantasy" show in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China July 8, 2020. Picture taken July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/Files
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Cirque du Soleil creditors win control of company after higher bids fail to materialize
A man and woman walk by the Cirque du Soleil Big Top in Montreal's Old Port, on March 21, 2020.
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Caisse CEO takes heat for doubling its investment in Cirque prior to COVID-19 pandemic
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec president and CEO Charles Emond comments the pension fund's annual results in Montreal on Thursday, February 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Quebec judge sets stage for potential Cirque du Soleil auction
A man and woman walk by the Cirque du Soleil Big Top in Montreal's Old Port on March 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Streetwise newsletter: Gateway Casinos sale collapses as potential buyer pulls plug
London, Ontario ---2020-01-07--- Workers remove a holiday display from the roof of the Western Fair District Gateway Casino in London, Ontario on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 GEOFF ROBINS/ The Globe and Mail
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Cirque du Soleil backs restructuring plan from creditors
A performer trains for the Cirque du Soleil 'The Land of Fantasy' show in Hangzhou, China, following the COVID-19 outbreak, on July 8, 2020.
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CEO of Shopify Tobias Lutke photographed in their Ottawa HQ, June 2019
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Cirque du Soleil creditors oppose recovery strategy proposed by owners
A man and woman walk by the Cirque du Soleil Big Top in Montreal's Old Port, on March 21, 2020. TTHE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Streetwise newsletter: Canadian banks’ boycott of Facebook unlikely to make a major dent in social media company’s coffers
Bank towers in Toronto's Financial Disirict at Bay St.and King St. West, are photographed from a helicopter on June 17 2019.
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Cirque du Soleil creditors challenge restructuring plan, say they will accept only full repayment
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 15, 2020 Canadian circus troop "Cirque du Soleil" performs in their acrobatic performance on ice titled CRYSTAL at Arena Riga, Latvia. - Cirque du Soleil announced on June 29, 2020 it is filing for bankruptcy protection, as the world's most famous circus troupe seeks to restructure its debt to survive the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP) (Photo by GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Streetwise newsletter: Cirque files for creditor protection as existing shareholders make restructuring bid
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 15, 2020 Canadian circus troop "Cirque du Soleil" performs in their acrobatic performance on ice titled CRYSTAL at Arena Riga, Latvia. - Cirque du Soleil announced on June 29, 2020 it is filing for bankruptcy protection, as the world's most famous circus troupe seeks to restructure its debt to survive the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP) (Photo by GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Cirque files for creditor protection as existing shareholders make restructuring bid
The Cirque du Soleil big top is seen in the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Streetwise newsletter: Catalyst among top lenders vying for control of Cirque
Mathieu Guerin, director sites operation works on site at Cirque du Soleil at the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Catalyst Capital is among the top lenders in a group vying for Cirque du Soleil
Mathieu Guerin, director of sites operation, works on site at Cirque du Soleil at the Old Port in Montreal, on May 13, 2020.
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Cirque du Soleil lenders offer to swap $1-billion of debt for control of company
Olivier Sylvestre, a 29-year-old Cirque performer, out on his 'German wheel' for the first time in months at Parc Lafontaine in Montreal, on May 10, 2020.
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Cirque du Soleil expected to attract crowds of bidders
Mathieu Guerin, director sites operation works on site at Cirque du Soleil at the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Quebec offers $200-million loan to Cirque to help cover costs of restarting after pandemic
The Cirque du Soleil big top is seen in the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Streetwise newsletter: Public pension plans largely stick to convention and offer little information on pandemic impact
A Bay Street sign is seen in Toronto’s financial district.
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Guy Laliberté in talks with partners on a bid to win back Cirque du Soleil
Businessman and founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberté, poses for a photograph in Montreal on Oct. 25, 2018.
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Guy Laliberté announces he will fight for control of Cirque du Soleil
Businessman and founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberté, poses for a photograph in Montreal on Thursday, October 25, 2018. (Dario Ayala / The Globe and Mail)
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Cirque du Soleil contract employees say they’re owed $1-million for work done before pandemic halted live shows
The Cirque de Soleil big top stands empty in the Old Port, in Montreal, on May 13, 2020.
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Cirque du Soleil asset transfer angers creditors
The Cirque de Soleil big top is seen between two large trucks in the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Quebec in talks with potential Cirque du Soleil investors about troupe’s future
The Cirque de Soleil big top stands empty in the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, May 13, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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‘Time is of the essence,’ Péladeau says as he reaffirms Quebecor’s interest in Cirque troupe
Members of Le Cirque du Soleil perform in a preview of Totem on Thursday April 8, 2010 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Streetwise newsletter: Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté weighs jumping into fight for troupe
Members of Le Cirque du Soleil perform in a preview of Totem on Thursday April 8, 2010 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson