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Writer's pictureFranck BRUGUIERE

La Halle la Machine in Toulouse is one of the biggest street theater companies in Europe.

Updated: Aug 13



La Machine, a street theater company, was created in 1999 and is led by François Delarozière.

After that , the Machine was installed in the city of Nantes in 2004, near the Atlantic Ocean. This is where it started to become popular.

It was in 2018 that the decision was taken to create La Halle la Machine in Toulouse, in the brand new neighborhood which is developing and full of history..

It was here that the history of Aerospostale began and where Air France had its hangars for its planes.

That's why we can find here a runway, where the Minotaure can move every day.

This runway will be overgrown by grass.



As you can see in these photos, some machines are created by this street theater company.

At the top left, we have the Minotaure the great attraction of the Toulouse show in 2018.

In these pictures, we can discover two magnificent spiders too.

La Halle la Machine became one of the largest street theater companies in the world.

In 2019, we could see a spider, in Ottawa, in Calais, a city in the north of France and a brand new creation Le Dragon de Calais.


In 2008, we could see the appearance of two large spiders in Liverpool for the first time.

By the way, Liverpool was the European capital of culture in 2008.

In 2009, in Yokohama, we saw the two large spiders for the second time.



In this picture you can see the show by La Halle la Machine in Toulouse in 2018.

You can discover that there are many people around the attraction of the day " Le Minotaure".

The sky was blue and as Toulouse was built with terracotta bricks by the Romans more than 200 years ago, that was the perfect stage for admiring the Minotaure.

The performance lasted three days and all in all there were nearly 1 million spectators.


You should know that all the machines are imagined, built, programmed and driven during the shows by the teams of " La Machine".

Each show created is unique and it is like a true play.


I have got great news for you. We have recently learn that the town Hall of Toulouse and La Halle la Machine met and decided to do a street show in Toulouse in November 2023.

It is not impossible that this show will be bigger than the first one, which was already huge.

The town Hall of Toulouse will support the new show financially like the one in 2018.

They are also looking for private financial support, because they want the show to be bigger than in 2018.


I can only advise you, wherever you live, to come and see this show and at the same time, come and discover our beautiful city of Toulouse.

I was there in 2018, I will be there in 2023. When you watch the show you will fall back into childood and you will be amazed by the beauty of this show.


Some pictures of the Toulouse show in 2018:




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The new performance in November 2024 would be a wonderful occasion for you to see this exhibition and the same time discover our beautiful city: Toulouse.


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Greetings Franck.




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