Royal de Luxe

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Royal de Luxe is a French mechanical marionette street theatre company. They were founded in 1979 by Jean Luc Courcoult. The company has performed in France, Belgium, England, Iceland and Chile.

Contents 1 Gigantic puppets 2 Other works 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Gigantic puppets

The Sultan's Elephant (often called The Little Girl Giant on Internet-posted videos), a story about a time-travelling girl, which has taken place in a few cities including London in May 2006 and uses gigantic puppets. The Sultan's Elephant is the fifth in a series using giant puppets. The others are:

• The giant falls from the sky
• The giant falls from the sky, last voyage
• Return to Africa
• The giraffe hunters
• The hidden rhinoceros

[edit] Other works

• The true history of France
• Roman photo tournage
• The peplum
• Revolt of the Mannequins [1] (2008)

[edit] See also

• The Machines of the Isle of Nantes - Tourist destination of artistic and cultural creations. For more information
• IIT Kanpur Street play Society

[edit] External links

• About Royal De Luxe
• La Révolte des Mannequins ("Revolt of the Mannequins") Extensive photoblog of Royal de Luxe's show in Nantes, France, february 2008
• Comprehensive unofficial page (in French)
• I, for one, welcome the Giant French Rocket Girl and her Elephant of Royal Luxury! has a collection of links about the performance in Nantes
• The Sultan's Elephant in London
• Extracts from an interview with Jean Luc Courcoult by Jean-Christophe Planche
• The sultan's elephant in Le Havre on october 2006. Pictures & videos
• Photo's & info, new, links etc... from Royal de Luxe events all over the world.