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company which specialises in giant puppets. They were founded in 1979 in

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by Jean-Luc Courcoult. After some years based in

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, the company moved to

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in 1989. The company has performed in

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Giants spectacular

Technical data

Sources
Portraits des géants
on the Nantes website.

Gallery

File:2006-05-07 - London - The Sultans Elephant - Horse Guards Parade - Londo (4888876884).jpg, The Sultan's Elephant in London (2006) File:Manipulateur assis (Royal de Luxe) Eléphant 7.jpg, A Royal de Luxe operator manipulates the Sultan's Elephant head.

Other works

* The true history of France * Roman photo tournage * The Peplum (with odorama) * ''Revolt of the Mannequins''.
(2008) After Nantes in February 2008 and Antwerp, in July 2008, It was played in Berlin, in November 2008 * They were also said to have made another giant, more lightweight elephant used in '' Take That Presents: The Circus Live'', atop which the four band members performed " The Garden". This elephant had to be made much more lightweight to be transported between venues.

References

External links

Royal de Luxe
official site
About Royal De Luxe
(note that as of October, 2008, the site had no new updates since 2006)
BBC, "How giants genius Jean-Luc Courcoult fell for Liverpool", 25 July 2014

BBC article about Royal de Luxe, 24 December 2012

La Révolte des Mannequins
("Revolt of the Mannequins") Extensive photoblog of Royal de Luxe's show in Nantes, France, February 2008
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
* ttps://www.flickr.com/groups/royaldeluxecentral/ Photos and info, news, links etc. from Royal de Luxe events all over the world.
Photo Album about Royal de Luxe on Fotopedia
* {{authority control Theatre companies in France Street theatre Culture of Pays de la Loire Companies based in Pays de la Loire Nantes