The Sultan’s Elephant was a big hit in London.

Sometimes bigger (really bigger!) is better.

The Sultan’s Elephant is puppetry on an unbelivably massive scale. A huge spectacle staged by Royal de Luxe (see previous post) that played out over four days last week in central London, telling the story of a sultan from far-off lands and his magical, time-travelling mechanical elephant. The Elephant looks absolutely incredible, was about forty feet high, weighed 42 tonnes and had to be seen to be believed.

There’s some great video footage of this on YouTube and a fantastic Flickr photo pool of pictures is available as well.

Thanks to everyone who sent links and info about this!