Las Vegas Mixtape v15: “Sick of Everything” Comedy, Gambling Goods, Big Top Madness

Track #3: “Absinthe” 13th Anniversary @ Spiegeltent at Caesars Palace

The lovably deranged folks at Spiegelworld, famous for their button-pushing, loose-cannon humor, have brought us memorable shows like “Absinthe,” “Atomic Saloon,” and “Opium” (which closed last year).

With their new production waiting in the wings—“DiscoShow,” set to open in late July at the Linq Hotel + Experience—Spiegelworld celebrated the 13th anniversary of “Absinthe.”

The evening began with a Halloween-in-April costume party for 600 revelers in the Green Fairy Garden, right outside the Spiegeltent at Caesars Palace.

The bash then segued into a reliably over-the-top-under-the-big-top “Absinthe” performance that went even more off the rails than the last time I last saw it (February 2023).

“Absinthe” is billed as an “adults-only circus, comedy and burlesque” show, with jugglers, hand balancers, tap dancers, and ariel acrobats, like the astonishing “Hot Chicks On Sticks.”

The show is hosted by a foul-mouthed comedian known as “The Gazillionaire,” who plays off his assistant, “Wanda Widdles.” Their not-for-everyone humor is raw and sexually charged; they push comedy all the way to the edge and giddily skewer conservatism.

Even if the jokes didn’t always hit the mark at this ultra-loose celebratory performance, the duo’s sheer outrageousness was still thrilling.

“Absinthe” keeps packing them in every night of the year. There are two shows every Sunday through Thursday at 8pm and 10pm, and three shows on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7pm, 9pm and 11pm.