MONTREAL: Cirque du Soleil announced on April 19 the planned June launch of its newest production The Beatles Love, which aims to celebrate the musical legacy of The Beatles.

The show, which was born out of the friendship between Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and the late George Harrison of the Beatles will premiere at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas on June 30, the Montreal-based circus company said.

The joint artistic venture marks the first time The Beatles’ company, Apple Corporation, has agreed to a major theatrical partnership. “Love will bring the magic of Cirque du Soleil together with the spirit and passion behind the most beloved rock group of all time to create a vivid, intimate and powerful entertainment experience,” Cirque said in a statement.

The Beatles original producer, Sir George Martin, and his son Giles Martin, worked on the musical score, picking songs from the entire Beatles’ archives and using master tapes at Abbey Road Studios. “The audience will feel as though they are actually in the theatre with the band. People are going to be knocked out by what they are hearing,” Sir George Martin said in a statement.

Written and directed by Dominic Champagne, the show will feature an international cast of 60 acrobats performing aerial, extreme sports and urban, freestyle dance.

Love will be presented in a custom-built theatre at The Mirage with 360 degree seating and high definition video projections of 100-foot moving images, Cirque said.