An “Oscar” for Puy du Fou.
The Vendée theme park received this Saturday March 16 in Los Angeles a Thea Award for best new show in the world for
Le Mime et l'Étoile
, its new 2023 release. The award, awarded by its peers, is one of the most prestigious of the leisure park industry.
The Mime and the Star
tells the love story between a gypsy and a film star who meet at the beginning of the 20th century on a film set.
The spectator finds himself immersed in the film, with a spectacle which gives the incredible impression that everything is in black and white, from the actors to the decor.
The latter, moreover, is in perpetual movement via an ingenious mechanism which gives the impression of experiencing a tracking shot for 30 minutes.
More than 20 million euros of investment
Puy du Fou invested more than 20 million euros in this show, including the construction of a custom theater.
At the beginning of March in Las Vegas, it already received the Brass Ring Award for the most creative show, in the category of parks with more than a million visitors.
The theme park, which presents several dozen shows every day transporting visitors to different eras of French history, recorded 2.5 million entries in 2023, a record.
At the dawn of its new season, which begins on March 30, it has invested in the modernization of another flagship show, Le Dernier Panache, whose mapping projections have been completely renewed.