CAPE TOWN DIVA: Madame Zingara...a look behind the scenes, where the magic reallystarts...

This is the first time I'm doing the PR for Madame Zingara's Theatre of Dreams. As an entertainment publicity specialist my usual gigs are dramatic theatre, musicals, comedy & the like. Madame Zingara is a bit of all the above, coated in flair, flamboyance & magic. It's a unique offering of circus, food, and technical theatrics, showcased in a magnificent spiegelpaleis that literally takes this type of entertainment to another level.

2015 sees the Madame celebrating her 15th year & she is pulling out all the stops and going large. How, you ask? Well for starters, there's the gorgeous triple story palace that was handcrafted in Belgium, the land synonymous with beer & waffles. Well now it has another claim to fame. The beautiful venue, sometimes demeaningly called a 'tent', actually has a name, The Queen of Flanders, & once you've met her you'll hang your head in shame at ever referring to her loveliness in camping terms! Think 3200 mirrors, 1800m of velvet and 1200m of gold tassle... we are talking plush opulence people.

And then there's the performers...the best in SA & 11 other countries. The show is hosted by the tallest aviation goddess known to man, one Cathy Specific. Artists fly at dizzying new heights above your head, there's fire, amazing lighting, advanced digital sound that'll make you think you're on Ibiza, a hot air balloon, a helicopter bar, & food, glorious food....4 courses designed by a team of uber chefs for your gastronomic pleasure.

Here are a few images taken here & there behind the scenes... see you soon for an audience with the Queen!

Getting press in to photograph the palace in its first stage of development..catching Cape Town in the background...