Royal de Luxe ... The Giant Diver Mechanical Marionette
The diver This impressive Giant weighs 3 tonnes and is 11 metres high! Around thirty people are needed to make him move and he is made from poplar and lime wood, leather and steel. He wears a diving suit with a helmet. Only his lower arms and hands are uncovered. His hair is made from horse hair and his brows from broom straw. His eyes are powered by small engines and are made from street lights.
Royal de Luxe is a French mechanical marionette street theatre company which specialises in giant puppets. They were founded in 1979 in Aix-en-Provence[1] by Jean-Luc Courcoult. After some years based in Toulouse, the company moved to Nantes in 1989. The company has performed in France, Belgium, England, Germany, Iceland, Chile, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Ireland.
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