La Machine, Les Mecaniques Savants

(above) The poster designed by Stephan Muntaner, shown around liverpool.

Wednesday 3rd September
Reports of a Giant Spider climbing a building next to Lime Street Station!

Friday 5th September
11.30am – 1pm Outside the Liverpool Echo Arena, Albert Dock
6.30pm – 9pm From the Liverpool Echo Arena to the Cunard Building, via Salthouse Dock

Saturday 6th September
11.30am-12.30pm Cunard Building
3pm – 9pm From Cunard Building to Concourse House, via Water
Street, Castle St, Lord St, Parker St, Ranelagh Place

Sunday 7th September
3pm – 4pm Concourse House
7.30pm – 10pm Concourse House to Queensway Tunnel entrance

5th 6th & 7th September 2008

One of the highlights of Liverpool 08 will take the city by storm, a truly unforgettable show that will make you see Liverpool in a whole new light! Liverpool Culture Company have commissioned Artichoke to produce a spectacular three-day event from French artist/engineer Francois Delaroziere and his company La Machine, one of the main highlights of Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture year. At its heart will be a giant creature - fifty feet high and thirty tons in weight - that will invade the streets and public places of Liverpool. An unmissable piece of free theatre will unfold against the landmarks of this great city, stopping the traffic and captivating everyone who sees it.

(above) Photos of the giant spider (La Princess)

For more info and la machine shop visit www.lamachine.co.uk

The Sultan’s Elephant

© All Rights Reserved G Popplestone In 2006 the amazing mechanical elephant - ‘The Sultan’s Elephant’ (above) stopped in its tracks and thousands of onlookers marvelled at the sight of a gigantic wooden elephant, and a little girl giant in a green dress. Now Artichoke is working with the engineering genius behind Royal de Luxe’s giants, Francois Delaroziere, and his company La Machine, to create a magical new show for Liverpool 2008. The precise details are a secret, but what’s certain is that it will be huge in scale and utterly unlike anything seen in Liverpool before, an unforgettable piece of live theatre, played out against the landmarks of a great city.