This year’s Spiegeltent premiere will feature jaw-dropping aerial, mesmerizing cyr wheel, tantalizing burlesque and a singer with chops comparable to Adele, Elton, and Winehouse. The full cast will be announced soon – keep calm and keep your eyes peeled!

A night fit for royalty! Get ready to be shaken and stirred by the world’s best in circus and cabaret, straight from the West End.

This festive experience is an unmissable theatrical event unlike anything you’ve seen before in Charleston. The world’s best are bringing a night of glamour, humor and sparkle to the Gaillard Center, featuring tantalizing tricks that even 007 couldn’t do.

Set in the magnificent Spiegeltent, it promises to be a show that would make Freddie Mercury, Shakespeare, and Dame Julie Andrews blush.

Direct from London, Cabaret Royale is created by West End producer Underbelly, and Charleston is the USA premiere! Underbelly have most recently produced Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and are one of the largest producers and venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Coming up they are producing a version of Macbeth with Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma and they are about to open a brand new venue in Soho, London. Underbelly are the biggest producers of Spiegeltent shows in the UK.

Cabaret Royale is recommended for audiences 18 years and over. The show contains partial nudity, adult themes, strobe & flashing lighting, danger, sass and strong language.

Audience participation notice: cast members may engage and interact with audience members in the first few rows.

About Underbelly

Underbelly is a UK based live entertainment company that specialises in producing and programming ground-breaking theatrical productions and the creation of city centre cultural events and festivals. Founded in 2000 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, the company has since gone on to produce shows and events in locations from theatres to roundabouts from London to Asia. In 2019, pre-COVID, we welcomed more than 9 million people to our productions, events and festivals.

Current Underbelly productions include the seven times Olivier award winning production of Cabaret in London’s West End, for which they are the lead co-producer (with ATG Productions) and the trailblazing cabaret show La Clique. Recent previous productions include Five Guys Named Moe (Marble Arch Theatre), Olivier Award nominated for Best Entertainment; Austentatious (Fortune Theatre); Bernie Dieter’s Berlin Underground (Underbelly Festival); 360 All Stars (London Wonderground, Earl’s Court) and La Clique (Leicester Square and Singapore). Underbelly is the largest presenter and producer of Spiegeltent shows in the UK.

Underbelly is one of the leading venue producers at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, every year presenting 150+ shows per day across 25 venues for the four weeks of the festival. Highlights of our 21 years at the festival include presenting Fleabag in 2013, Six in 2018, Joan Rivers in 2008, two seasons of CIRCA’s award winning Humans and shows from Mischief Comedy in 2012 and 2013.

Current festivals and events in the Underbelly portfolio include Underbelly at Depot Mayfield Manchester, Underbelly Festival, Christmas in Leicester Square & Trafalgar Square, the Leicester Square Spiegeltent and Underbelly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Underbelly are also the third-party producer for major events including Pride in London and West End Live.

Please note that for this performance online purchases have a limit of eight (8) tickets per customer. To purchase additional tickets or to inquire about group sales, please contact the ticket office directly at (843) 242-3099.