Quidam... A nameless passerby, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past, a person who lives lost amidst the crowd in an all-too-anonymous society.

Premiere: April 23, 1996 Type: Touring / Bigtop Director: Franco Dragone Composer: Benoit Jutras Location: Mexican Tour

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Quidam, which comes from the Latin for "a nameless passerby" marks Cirque du Soleil's ninth production, premiering in Montreal on April 23, 1996. Since then it has been heralded as one of Cirque du Soleil's quintessential productions, showing us that we are all Quidams. "It could be anyone, anybody," the show's programme tells. "Someone coming, going, living in our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. One who cries out, sings and dreams within us all."

In the world of Cirque du Soleil's Quidam, the one who cries out is Zoë, a young girl who fumes because she believes she's seen everything there is to see, experienced all there is to experience. For her, the world has lost all meaning. Her anger, sharp and unforgiving, shatters her little world and soon she finds herself in the universe of Quidam. Here, she is not alone, for she is joined by a joyful companion (Karl/Fritz/Target) and a more mysterious character (John) who will attempt to seduce her with the marvelous, the unsettling, and the terrifying.