Close-up of the entrance to the Spiegeltent, in the LOCOG area on Blackheath, as party of the London 2012 celebrations
Close-up of the entrance to the Spiegeltent, in the LOCOG area on Blackheath, as party of the London 2012 celebrations A Spiegeltent (Dutch for "Mirror Tent", from spiegel+tent) is a large travelling tent, constructed in wood and canvas and decorated with mirrors and stained glass, intended as an entertainment venue. Originally built in Belgium during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, only a handful of these Spiegeltents remain in existence today, and these survivors continue to travel around Europe and beyond, often as a feature attraction at various international arts festivals, including the Cork Midsummer Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Brisbane Festival, the Taranaki International Festival of the Arts, New Plymouth, New Zealand, the Brighton Festival Fringe, the Belfast Festival at Queen's, and in Canada at the Just for Laughs in Montreal, and Harbourfront Centre's World Stage Festival in Toronto. Two tents used by Teatro ZinZanni have been in (more or less) fixed locations in Seattle and San Francisco for several years. On April 1st 2011, Spiegelworld opened Absinthe at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada in the 26 metre Salon Marlene.
Size: 4064px × 2704px
Location: Blackheath, Lewisham, London
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: close-, duch, idolize, painting, spiegeltent
