Fan Yang of Mississauga, the Bubble King of the world, is on a slippery slope.

Thanks to a June 10 break-in at his Hoboken, N.J., warehouse where more than 3 tonnes of bubble-making solution was stolen, Yang's off-Broadway hit, The Gazillion Bubble Show, may be forced to close.

"I'm running out of the liquid and I'm running out of time," Yang told the Star yesterday from Manhattan, where his unique entertainment has been playing since February 2007, a mixture of bubbles, lasers and lights that one critic hailed as "an unbelievable visual spectacle."

Police are calling the theft "a random crime," but Yang has his doubts about that theory.

"It's a big puzzle for me," he says.

"The bubble solution comes in 10-litre cans. There were 320 of them. Why would you steal them if you didn't know what was inside?

"I suspect it could be someone trying to start a rival show. I'm not ruling out any options." _snip