GIANT PUPPETS IN LONDON

John Boylan presents:

An evening of stunning urban spectacle and incredibly huge puppets

Giant Puppets in London: A Close-Up Look at Royal De Luxe and the Sultan's Elephant 

We're back this summer for one event: Ellen Ziegler's video and slide talk about Royal de Luxe, Europe's renowned street theater company. You all may have seen pictures on the Web from this French troupe's spectacular street theater "The Sultan's Elephant," about a twenty-foot-tall space-traveling little girl who meets up with a 42-ton time-traveling mechanical elephant. The show was first produced last year in France to commemorate the centenary of Jules Verne's death and was restaged this spring in London.

Seattle artist Ellen Ziegler was in London to see the spectacle. Her sister-in-law is Nicky Webb, and Nicky's company Artichoke Productions produced the event in London. Ellen has returned to Seattle with slides, video, and plenty of stories about Royal de Luxe.

For those of you who love circus, street theater, giant puppets, and pure spectacle, this presentation is for you. As the Guardian put it, this was "an artistic occupation of the city and a reclamation of the streets for the people."

As always, this event is free. This time, however, we'll be passing the hat to defray projection and space costs. For questions, contact John Boylan at 206-781-5674.