Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984)

Organisation

Dates

Existence: Established 1984

Biography

Cirque du Soleil is a multi-award winning Canadian entertainment company and the largest and best known contemporary circus producer in the world.

Founded in 1984 by street performers Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix, Cirque du Soleil expanded rapidly through the 1990s and 2000s to become an international success. By the mid-2000s, 90% of the company had been sold to investment groups TPG Capital, Fosun Capital Group, and La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and continued expanding its activities.

However, in 2020, having had to cancel all its shows due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cirque du Soleil filed for bankruptcy. Later that year the company was sold to Jim Murren and Canadian investment company Catalyst Capital, who have continued operating it.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Circus Friends Association Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0122

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Films, 1927 - 2007

Series

Reference code: 178D13

Scope and Contents

Compilation of circus films showing acts on the ring as well as interviews with performers and proprietors, mainly produced by tv companies in the UK and Europe. Many of them narrated in German.

Dates: 1927 - 2007

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

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