Little Girl Giant

[andygates]

From the Sultan's Elephant performance earlier in the year:

Watch on YouTube

The fourth-wall subtlety is as clever as the wonderful huge puppet!

Comments

[arabis.livejournal.com]

I really wish I'd seen the Sultan's Elephant for real (not just on tv).

[estaratshirai.livejournal.com]

That's pretty nifty.

[flitljm.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that is beautiful!

[jonnycowbells.livejournal.com]

It's just breathtakingly wonderful really. I'm gutted I missed it - it was basically this weekend that London woke up and remembered it was one of the best cities in the world. It's also one of the reasons that, despite his many faults, Ken Livingstone is a legend.

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

That was in London?

And they let little kids sit on her arms? What about the HSE?

Actually, I find her creepy as all hell. It's that concertina mouth and the fixed angle of her lips and teeth. Shudder.

And what's "fourth wall"?

[jonnycowbells.livejournal.com]

It's been performed elsewhere, but I'm pretty sure that's footage of the London event (http://www.thesultanselephant.com/home.php)

Yeah - I couldn't believe they got it past the insurers either, but it was one of those "anything is possible if you put your mind to it" moments.

She does look a bit creepy, but apparently the children went nuts for her. My niece wanted to sit on her arm, but they were running about an hour behind performance times and had to get to Leicester Square or something, so they very apologetically said 'no more' - she cried all the way home to Tunbridge Wells (bless).

[andygates.livejournal.com]

That moment, where the HSE melt away, was one of the best for me. Not to mention doing a very creepy game with scale and giving me flashbacks of the Cottingley faeries.

The fourth wall stuff is how the puppeteers and machineris is kinda invisile and central to the performance. You'll know fourth-wall best from Deadpool.