Some of us have been lucky enough to see a Cirque du Soleil performance at one of the great venues in Las Vegas, or anywhere else around the world. The drama textbooks will remind you that one experiences a “willful suspension of disbelief” when watching a dramatic performance. But, Cirque du Soleil can not be lassoed into any single artistic category. It’s an art form you have to live in at the moment.

You carry with you a kind of evolving, artistic impression that is different every time you see a show like this. I spoke with Tom Wegis, the Operations Production Manager of the Beatles’ Love. We talked about his experience in orchestrating the various technical departments of the production, and how they create the signature magic of Cirque du Soleil on the Beatles’ Love night after night.

Every great piece of art and performance has a story of how it all began. Tom Wegis tells me that the story of the Beatles’ Love begins with a friendship between George Harrison and Guy Laliberté, the owner of Cirque du Soleil. They were both huge Grand Prix racing fans, had met at many Grand Prix races and had become close to one another. One day, George and Guy were sitting out in Guy’s garden and they said, “Wouldn’t it be good to do a show — Cirque du Soleil and the Beatles together?

What a concept!” And so the story of Love began with a chat between two friends in a Montréal garden in 1997. Wegis says that after George Harrison passed away, the priority of the project was pushed forward, and all the other partners at Apple Records came together and brought the show to be. It took at least a couple of years by the time they started talking about the show.

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