Spiegelworld Launches a New Circus-Style Dinner Show in Las Vegas
In late 2023, Spiegelworld closed the OPM (formerly Opium) variety show in the theater next to Superfrico at the Cosmopolitan. 'OPM never really matched,' says Ross Mollison, the founder of Spiegelworld. 'There was this restaurant that was Italian American, and then there was this crazy outer space show.' When Superfrico took over the Rose Rabbit Lie space in 2021, it brought in chicken Parmesan, tableside hand-pulled mozzarella, and roving circus performers. It's a take on the dinner theater — with hosts escorting guests to their tables, sidestepping interstitials of sparring ballerinas and teams of jugglers. 'I've always had the feeling that Vegas didn't want dinner theater,' says Mollison, recalling the five-hour dinner-and-a-show marathons he experienced in Germany. But when a space near Superfrico became available, he reconsidered. 'Maybe I was wrong and Vegas is actually the perfect market to put entertainment together with dining.'
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The Party serves a three-course menu from chef Mitch Emge, who preps the food in the Superfrico kitchen. It comes with appetizers like tuna tartare or salad with Calabrian ranch dressing, mains like seared mushroom gnocchi with black truffle or six-ounce prime filet with roasted bone marrow sauce, and dessert of tiramisu or rice pudding with blueberry compote and lemon curd.
As guests dine, the show unfolds: classic circus acts — like one acrobat balancing impossibly atop another — share the spotlight with more unexpected moments, including a soap bubble performance by Denis Lock. In OPM, he turned bubble-blowing into a hypnotic spectacle using smoke and straws to create bubble cubes and shimmering orbs. Lock's act 'is my favorite in the world,' says Mollison. 'It's a 10-minute act. It was just too long for the pace of that show. But in this environment, it's just glorious.' Another highlight is the return of the Circus Automaton, a custom-built tableau mécanique featuring two-dimensional circus scenes that glide and rotate across a tabletop stage in precise, whimsical choreography.
The supper club format isn't exactly new in Vegas. Delilah and Mayfair Supper Club have long blended dinner service with musical performances in lavish, scene-stealing dining rooms. Superfrico brought a circus twist to the same idea. Even Tournament of Kings with its jousting knights and roast chicken, and the Marriage Can Be Murder comedy-mystery mainstay have delivered their own takes on dinner theater for years. But the Party pushes the concept one step further — adding a defined call time, high-caliber talent, and a kitchen that can turn out a proper gnocchi. A reason to party, indeed.
The Party starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. The two-hour experience is $150 per person and tickets are available online.
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