‘Ovo’, which means egg in Portuguese, is about a day in the life of a community of 17 insects – portrayed by humans, not by insects – and how they cope with the arrival of a mysterious egg and the foreigner inside.
The show features eye-catching aerial displays to vibrant South American musical rhythms and is the 25th live production from Cirque du Soleil, the one-time Canadian street performer troupe that grew into a global circus and entertainment colossus.
Artistic director Tim Bennett said the show, which has been seen by over 5 million people since its premiere in Montréal eight years ago also carried an important message about social inclusion.
“It’s an insular colony of insects into which walks a foreigner, and he’s initially rejected because he’s different,” Bennett told Reuters.
“As they get to know him they realize that he’s actually much more similar to them than he is different.”
Ovo opens on Wednesday and runs for eight weeks.