The Sultan's Elephant

[zenmomma]

I just stubled across this on another message board. I wish I had known it was going on in London this summer because I would have tried to see it!

Hard to explain, so read below... and check these links for photos & videos. One is from France, the other is from London.

France
London
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Royal de Luxe are an extraordinary European street theatre company, renowned on three continents but hardly known in Britain.

The director Jean Luc Courcoult founded the company in 1979, and they have performed all over the world ever since.

In the past dozen years, they have created a series of spectacular shows involving giant figures as big as 11 or 12 metres high. Shows are simple – the animal or giant arrives in town and lives its life, going about its business for a few days.

Extraordinary interactions take place between passers-by and the performance; residents become enchanted with the activities of these miraculous beings and begin to follow their every move.

By the end of the performance, huge crowds gather daily to watch the latest episode in the life of the visiting creature. The Sultan’s Elephant is the fifth in the series of giant pieces.

[aquaphase]

Hmm. I read about it on boingboing earlier in the summer and looked at all the Flickr pics people had posted. It looked pretty damn amazing.

[monet2u]

wow that's pretty cool

[ifihadahifi]

That is extremely very much cool.

[Steveums]

some of my friends went to see it. apparently it was amazing