The Royal Countess Zingara Returns This Summer with La Dolce Royal at Century City

After a decade of closed doors, one of Cape Town’s most flamboyant dinner-and-theatre experiences is set to make a return to the Mother City towards the end of 2025. From 11 October 2025, expect to be transported into a realm of marvels in a lavish, hand-carved mirrored tent where nothing is quite as it seems and everything is possible. Within these sacred walls of imagination, audiences will be transported on an unforgettable dinner cirque journey through fantastical whimsy, beauty and delight. Here’s everything you need to know.

All You Need to Know About La Dolce Royal

La Dolce Royal is out of the ordinary; an offering rich, indulgent and spectacular. A love letter to where the Countess began and a radiant celebration of all she has become. Every moment drips with magic; every act, a dream brought to life. Here, acrobats defy gravity, music swells like moonlight and the cuisine rivals the spectacle. La Dolce Royal is an immersive feast for the senses crafted with flair and reverence.

Behind the velvet curtain, maestro Richard Griffin conjures a masterpiece, in collaboration with co-directors Craig Leo and Valentina Love, lighting designers Mannie Manim and Joshua Cutts, choreographer Samantha Kotze and a cast of world-class international and South African performers.

These performers include spectacular aerial cradle duo Juan Palacios & Victoria Perez, balance-act wonder Tatiana Babiy, hand-strap twins Mykola and Andrii Pysiura, and singing sensations, The Clorettes. Meanwhile, Andile Max will Emcee the stellar proceedings.

Get ready for a dinner and show experience unlike any other, as at La Dolce Royal, time is paused, reality shifts and every night is a celebration of the extraordinary.