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24 Apr 06 - 07:34 PM (#1726447) Subject: The Sultans Elephant From: Larkin If you are in London between the 4th and 7th of May , or can get there , Royal Deluxe are performing their show The Sultans Elephant - The show is free and takes place over 4 days and will be spectacular - it involves a fifty foot elephant , a giant girl and a cast of hundreds . The wesite is www.thesultanselephant.com and there's a site here with pics of their show in Nantes here http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbesnard/16000542/. This is an unmissable ,once in a lifetime event if you like big scale spectacle Martin |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:40 PM (#1726453) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant From: GUEST The Sultan's Elephant. Thanks for that. Will definitely have a looksie. |
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24 Apr 06 - 07:42 PM (#1726454) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant From: Larkin Even better pictures here http://jwz.livejournal.com/489202.html martin |
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24 Apr 06 - 11:49 PM (#1726604) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant From: Severn Sorry I can't make it. I'll have to settle for the In-Sultan Elephants in Congress here in Washington DC. Not to mention the Donkey-Hoteys who only seem able to successfully "tilt" with them in the pinball sense. More than enough Big-Scaly Non-Prescription Spectacles to last me for a good mis-spell, I suppose..... But thanks for telling me, anyway. |
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27 Apr 06 - 10:36 AM (#1728776) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: Larkin |
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03 May 06 - 09:16 AM (#1732825) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: GUEST,jha what time does it start? |
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07 May 06 - 01:19 PM (#1734581) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: GUEST,Sean It was fantastic. You can see my photos and review of it here: http://www.sean.co.uk/photography/lightbox/sultans_elephant_london.shtm |
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07 May 06 - 01:31 PM (#1734588) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: McGrath of Harlow Quite extraordiary. My camera didn't work for the occasion, but nomatter - there are (quite literally) thousands of pictures on flickr - here are just some of them One of the best things about it was that somehow it escaped the plague of commercial sponsorship - these days you'd expect that it would have been the Natwest Elephant, or the Coca-Cola Elephant, instead of the Sultans's Elephant. Brilliant. |
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07 May 06 - 01:41 PM (#1734594) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: The Shambles This was not judged to require Premises Licence entertainment premission. For deatils see the following. Affected by the Licensing Act 2003 |
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07 May 06 - 03:55 PM (#1734707) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: McGrath of Harlow I would rather assume that all kinds of negotiations had to be gone through to allow them to put on the show. Including digging up the road quite extensively. |
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07 May 06 - 05:21 PM (#1734760) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: The Shambles Assumption - I have been told - is the mother of all elephants. |
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09 May 06 - 03:44 AM (#1735996) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: GUEST,HOWARD.DYKE@JOHNJONES.CO.UK HI PLS TELL ME WHERE IT IS HEADING NEXT? |
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10 May 06 - 08:25 AM (#1737071) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: GUEST,richview where can i get the music that was played during the sultans elephant event. help. |
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10 May 06 - 08:53 AM (#1737095) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: GUEST It took the organisers Artichoke 3 years to put it all together including raising the funding - 1.5 million 70% of that was from the arts council. The show was supposed to happen last september but was cancelled due to the bombings. I did hear some noises from people moaning about ther money spent but on the back of the event was a fundraising do in aid of deprived kids - The guests were rich business types 9 million was raised . As someone who works in street theatre I was enthralled by the show the vision behind it and most of all the sense of community in `London with people hanging out - actually talking to each other and the sheer joyfulness of the event. It also showed me that money is available for street arts - if you have the vision and the will to create shows. If you want a copy of the soundtrack , I suggest you contact artichoke artichoke@artichokeproductions.co.uk They also may know where the show goes next. Great pictures Sean. My feet are still sore Martin |
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10 May 06 - 11:23 AM (#1737228) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: McGrath of Harlow They had CDs of the music for sale on a stall, along with T-shirts. If you hunt around the relevant sites you'll probably find more about that. |
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17 May 06 - 01:56 PM (#1742498) Subject: RE: The Sultans Elephant - London, May 4-7 From: Larkin There's a film on BBC4 tomorrow ( Thurs ) at 7.10 of the London show .And you can buy cd's from the website martin |