Unmute Header Video Secure Your Spot Mother & Son VEGASHITSHOW And now for something completely different: Spiegelworld can be as heartwarming as it is heart-racing. Having trained at a prestigious circus school in China, Ming Fang has been an aerial straps artist with Absinthe since 2012—first with his wife, Alexa, and now with new performance partner, Genevieve. However, the woman who really gave him wings […] Read More Absinthe Turns 10 News On April 1, 2011, an unknown entrepreneur with more money than sense erected a shaky spiegeltent on the forecourt of Caesars Palace and presented the first performance of a raunchy acrobatic show he promised would pull Las Vegas out of the gloom of the global financial crisis. “They” said the show wouldn’t last a week. […] Read More Don’t Hassle My Tassels VEGASHITSHOW Petra from Atomic Saloon Show is still desperate to get back on stage. She drops in on Hazel, Absinthe‘s Green Fairy, to offer her considerable talents. Could there be good news for both of them? Read More Mark Ogge & The Art of Circus Blog Since Spiegelworld began, Australian artist Mark Ogge has been there to commemorate our most important occasions. This tradition started in 2006 with a mural commissioned for the grand entrance archway at Spiegelworld’s first site at the South Street Seaport in New York City. Guests would pass the stinking dumpsters and decaying remains of the Fulton […] Read More Pop Artist: Julie Atlas Muz News Absinthe‘s inaugural Green Fairy, neo-burlesque icon Julie Atlas Muz (left) first bounced her infamous, taboo-bursting balloon into Spiegelworld in 2007. In the decade-plus since, the acclaimed actress, director, choreographer and all-around international art star remains a key collaborator, helping subsequent artists like Absinthe’s Gimp and OPIUM‘s LeeLoo, ahem, put their own spin on the crowd-favorite […] Read More Keep Hoop Alive VEGASHITSHOW Grounded since OPIUM was forced to close in March 2020, OPM73 shipmates Craig and Gypsy (aka Scotty and Nurse Chardonnay) try new and unusual ways to counterbalance the anxiety and uncertainty of pandemic life. Read More Together Apart VEGASHITSHOW With Atomic Saloon Show on hiatus, a homesick Fofo flew to Sweden for a quick family visit. Five months later, pandemic restrictions aren’t only keeping her from coming back to Vegas—and her husband, Michael—they could cost her her job. Unless…? Read More 50 Shades of Grace VEGASHITSHOW With productions closed indefinitely, Spiegelworld artists have been doing their best to stay creative—and positive—in isolation. For Grace, OPIUM’s happy, horny Lt. Harriet, that means inventing a cast of characters to keep her company until Vegas bounces back. Read More Masking The Problem VEGASHITSHOW With just hours to go before showtime, costume designer Lijana makes some last-minute adjustments while Ross goes in search of Gaz. Read More Hamish’s Back! VEGASHITSHOW With seating settled (for now), Ross and company turn their attention to filling the stage. After seven months off, will Absinthe‘s knockout cast of extraordinary exhibitionists still be stage-ready? And where is Gaz?!? Read More