Cirque du Soleil: Corteo

The latest megabudget spectacle from Cirque du Soleil to hit these shores is 'Corteo', which takes inspiration from the lost world of Italian traditional circuses. It's set at the funeral of the clown Mauro, where acrobats swing from chandeliers and float from giant balloons, and sees Cirque du Soleil reverts to full nineteenth-century circus luxe, with harlequin outfits, stripey-tight-wearing tumblers and historical tricks galore. It’s already toured the UK in arena form, but now it settles into the Royal Albert Hall for the Quebec company’s traditional start-of-year stand at the iconic venue, which has been specially reconfigured for the companty to perform down the middle of the venue, with each side of the audience getting a different perspective on the action.