ross mollison 1 area served las vegas new york australia website spiegelworld.com spiegelworld is a traveling and resident circus known for its productions that feature a combination of circus burlesque music cabaret style and acrobatics set inside a belgian style spiegeltent . produced by ross mollison 1 spiegelworld first opened in the summer of 2006 with absinthe located on south street seaport s pier 17 under the brooklyn bridge on the east river in new york city . the 2007 season marked the return of absinthe and the premiere of la vie . 2 spiegelworld returned to new york city for its third summer in august 2008 for the first time featuring two spiegeltents and three shows . spiegelworld also traveled to miami and los angeles in 2008 . in 2009 spiegelworld set up a location at the australian open grand slam tennis tournament at melbourne park in australia . 1500 people were allowed into the spiegelworld area at one time . the main tent seated 300 for absinthe performances during the day and acoustic concerts by australian artists at night . spiegelworld opened its revamped hit show absinthe at caesars palace las vegas on april 1 2011 . the show was presented in a 26 metre 650 seat spiegeltent called the salon marlene and is a co production with base entertainment producers of hits such as jersey boys peepshow and phantom of the opera . after an initial six month season the show was extended and moved into a custom built tent at the same location . on may 31 2012 spiegelworld returned to new york city with the new show empire though it moved away from its traditional south street location to an unused car park on times square . empire commenced its 2013 tour of australia at the entertainment quarter sydney on january 4 2013 . contents 1 current productions 1.1 absinthe 1.2 empire 1.3 vegas nocturne 2 previous shows and seasons 2.1 the 2008 season 2.2 des r 2.3 other productions 3 references 4 external links current productions edit absinthe edit absinthe 3 is currently playing on the forecourt of caesars palace las vegas after opening on april 1 2011 . the show is hosted by the gazillionaire 4 played by actor and former cirque du soleil clown voki kalfayan 5 and his assistant penny pibbetts 6 portrayed by actress anais thomassian . 5 they introduce the acts that have been brought together from around the world such as melody sweets 7 maxim popazov atlantis ssens duo ede atlas muz oxana solamachuk duo vector the esteemed gentlemen of the high wire 5 and angel porrino who features on the reality tv show holly s world . 8 writing in a review of absinthe paul carr of the huffington post proclaimed if i could only see one show my entire life he said i d want it to be that . 9 the show was directed by wayne harrison and choreographed by lucas newland . in 2011 it was named best new show by vegas seven magazine . 10 empire edit empire spiegelworld empire 11 debuted in new york city on may 31 2012 and was created by the same creative team as des r including director wayne harrison academy award winning choreographer john cha cha o connell strictly ballroom moulin rouge enchanted 2008 academy awards and costumer design angus strathie and lighting designer martin kinnane . the show features a central character the impresario who following the global financial crisis tried to rebuild his empire . acts include elena lev foot juggling roller skaters quick change routine shoulder ballet and german wheel . following its premiere the new york times proclaimed that spiegelworld has made it the big time 12 and time out new york rated it four stars saying of the acts this is timeless stuff physical feats and illusions that have been practiced for centuries . 13 empire played in a 440 seat spiegeltent on west 45th street new york city until september 2 2012 . 13 it then commenced its 2013 australian tour on january 4 at the entertainment quarter in sydney in a 700 seat spiegeltent . vegas nocturne edit opened in january 2014 the show vegas nocture is featured at the rose . rabbit . lie . nightclub at the cosmopolitan of las vegas . 14 previous shows and seasons edit the 2008 season edit the 2008 new york city season marked the return of absinthe as well as the premiere of two shows des r and the gazillionaire s late night lounge . other performances included music concerts by artists amanda palmer ute lemper justin bond the bird and the bee deerhoof the yard dogs road show the citizens band and many others ; twenty djs including headphone disco ; meow meow the new york fringe festival and friday night performances by earl dax and weimar nyc . 15 des r edit des r which premiered august 14 2008 features an international cast of acrobatic performers contortionists singers and dancers . the creative team includes former sydney theatre company director wayne harrison choreographer john cha cha o connell strictly ballroom moulin rouge enchanted 2008 academy awards and music director josh abrahams moulin rouge . des r also featured design work by parisian jewelry house boucheron the production s design collaborator . other productions edit spiegelworld has also presented shows including the gazillionaire s late night lounge and co produced la vie with les 7 doigts de la main a french canadian circus troupe . citation needed references edit a b absinthe celebrates two successful years on the strip with a zombie invasion . vegasnews.com . march 30 2013 . the economist absinthevegas.com domanick andrea april 1 2012 . a day in the life of the gazillionaire and penny pibbets of absinthe . the las vegas sun . a b c katsilometes john november 5 2011 . skating skirmish too much anatomy raise eyebrows at returning absinthe . the las vegas sun . pibbets penny july 2 2013 . penny pibbets absinthe cosby show sweaters more unicorns . the las vegas sun . domanick andrea march 28 2013 . absinthe 1 000 penny pibbets melody sweets and the gazillionaire on hitting quadruple digits . the las vegas sun . leach robin april 19 2011 . angel porrino debuts topless tap dancing act tonight in absinthe . the las vegas sun . carr paul 2011 04 17 . the strip diary day thirteen strip club fun with the stars of vegas most stupidly dangerous show . the huffington post . best new show . vegas seven magazine . july 28 2011 . empireaustralia.com the new york times a b timeout.com las vegas weekly the new york observer external links edit spiegelworld official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spiegelworld & oldid 694660066 categories circuseshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2013nevada articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 december 2015 at 18 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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