Growing up in Kingston meant visiting Toronto or Ottawa for big ticket entertainment. Concerts, plays and Cirque du Soleil were a two hour-plus drive away. Well, the times are a changing! Cirque du Soleil’s OVO will be making a stop in Kingston at the Rogers K-Rock centre from Dec. 7 to Dec. 11 for seven performances as part of their North American tour.

This year’s theme is a “colourful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love.”

OVO means egg in Portuguese and is fitting to the theme as the show revolves around a mysterious egg that appears and triggers the insects curiosity. Continue reading →