The Little Girl Giant is a star, of course, but her elephant friend was definitely new to me. Thanks to an alert artist and traveler – hi, Clive! – here are some ravishing pictures of large-scale puppetry, and commentary to place us, too, in that beautiful belly. (Photos courtesy Peter Wakelin.)
Clive reports that the elephant “is like something from Jules Verne, with
steam-punk mechanisms in wrought iron and an elegant spiral staircase
ascending to his back, where up to twenty people can happily stroll
around and take in the view from a balconied platform.”
“Taken as we were about to board. Note that the Elephant is still sleeping!”
“Puppeteers throw themselves like bell-ringers into the fray, raising
the Giant’s legs and making him walk. Despite the frenzied action,
called by a sort of puppet coxswain co-ordinating the animation, the
puppet moves with great grace.”
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