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

Contents 1 Gigantic puppets 2 Other works 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Gigantic puppets

The Sultan's Elephant (often called The Little Girl Giant on Internet-posted videos) is 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]. After Nantes in February 2008 and Anvers, in July 2008, It was played in Berlin, in November 2008.
• La Machine ^[2]

[edit] See also

• La Princesse, a giant mechanical spider designed by the same man who designed the Sultan's Elephant but produced by La Machine - a different performing arts company.
• The Machines of the Isle of Nantes, a tourist destination of artistic and cultural creations.
• Les Balayeurs du désert, an accompanying band who perform much of the music for productions run by the Royal de Luxe.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Royal de Luxe

• 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 and videos
• Photos and info, news, links etc. from Royal de Luxe events all over the world.