THE FUSE

There is a particular kind of magic that exists only in childhood – the unguarded, wide-eyed kind that makes you believe, without question, that the world is far stranger and more wonderful than anyone is letting on. Most of us lose it somewhere between school fees and spreadsheets. We stop looking for wonder in the ordinary. We forget, entirely, that it was ever there. The Royal Countess Zingara remembers on your behalf. And right now, for a limited remaining time, the sparkly Spiegeltent is wowing audiences in Cape Town with the show entitled La Dolce Royal. From mid-May, the tent will fold, the performers will take their bows, and the whole magnificent dream will relocate to Johannesburg. So, if you’ve been meaning to go, stop meaning to. Book the table. The world outside can wait.