Luc Petit

Luc Petit (born 1962) is an artistic director, designer and creator of shows, events, exhibitions and museum spaces.

He's mostly known for his shows in remarquable places such as cathedrals, castles, monuments and more like "Viser la lune" in the streets of La Louvière, Inferno on waterloo's battlefield or even the Noël des Cathédrales tour each years in Belgian's cathedrals.

He began his training in television directing.

He studied cinematography at the IAD in Louvain-la-Neuve.

After his academic training, he began to work at No Télé (a local television station in Tournai).

During this audiovisual involvement he met Jean Michel Jarre, Jean Rochefort and Gérard Depardieu.

Luc Petit has collaborated with organisations in the entertainment and event industry including the festival "Juste pour Rire", Cirque du Soleil, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Disney.

He worked for Franco Dragone for many years, working on productions including Décrocher la lune, the Disney Cinema Parade, and the opening ceremony of EuroFoot 2000 in Brussels.

In 2012, Luc Petit and his team conceptualized the musical, inspired by the story of Peter Pan, mixing dance, singing, acrobatics, lighting effects and videos.

This show was the biggest video mapping show for arenas.

He toured in Europe, Dubai and Singapore.

In 2014, he created Texas Aggies go to war, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

The show, was awarded the Trophée de l'Evénement Exceptionnel in Cannes.

In 2015, he designed and directed Inferno, a show made for the opening ceremony of the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, for which he received the "Best Creative Director" award at the EuBEA Festival in Sevilla.

The celebration events in Waterloo, made in collaboration with Vo Communication and Verhulst&Partners, were also given the Best cultural event award, the best public event and the European best event award 2015.

A couple of months later, he directed the biggest urban opera in the world, Décrocher la Lune, in La Louvière, Belgium.

For this, he was awarded at the BEA Festival with a Silver Award.

Moreover, since 2015, Luc Petit and his international team worked on a unique permanent show in Qingdao - China, the Qing Show.

He also received at the EUBEA Festival the golden award for Best Cultural Event and Best Ceremony Event, a silver award for the Best European Event 2016 and a bronze award for Luc Petit CREATION as an event agency.

In April 2017, he received an award for the Best show in the category "Live Event Spectacular on a Limited Budget" at the Themed Entertainment Association gala.

He is internationally known and developing different projects for Wanda Group Entertainment in China but also with other companies.

He has collaborated multiple times with the Belgian studio Dirty Monitor in the 3D mapping field.

Since July 2018, the visitors of the “Caves of Han” can visit this permanent installation named ORIGIN the most magnificent underground show in the world including sound, light and the latest technology of video mapping and lasers.

The Grand Premiere in April 2019 was a real success as Luc Petit directed the show based on the well-known Chinese legend of the Eight Immortals.

Together with Michel Teheux, he created a non-profit organization Les Nocturnales, a new concept of heritage operas, which highlight the architectural wealth of cathedrals and patrimonial buildings.

In 2021, Luc Petit, Michel Teheux and more than 50 artists and technicians organized a symbolic gesture on Saturday March 13th to revive scenic arts after a year of shutdown due to the health crisis.

In July, Luc Petit settles in the city of Namur for his new show as part of the Folkloriales before repeating in the city of Bastogne.

Not long after, Luc Petit and his team perform a series of shows, particularly in the city of Beloeil where he revisits the Little Red Riding Hood from Perrault and the Grimm brothers in the castle's park during two weeks.

When summer comes around, he offers a new creation specific to its concept of heritage opera in Modave, for the first time.

At the dawn of 2022, Luc Petit wanted to reconnect with his series "The Christmas of the Cathedrals" by presenting a new show in Tournai and Lille: Le Combat des Anges, the new wave of covid-19 will however force him to cancel the tour following the new governmental measures.

Therefore, 80 performances will never see the light of day.

Luc Petit will appeal to the government following these forced cancellations and a symbolic show will still be played.

In August 2022, the Belgian show director reclaims the Beloeil's Castle's park with the show Pinocchio.

A revisit of the famous tale of Carlo Collodi, with more than 60 actors across 9 scenes, spread over more than a kilometer's course.

A show of 40 performances for a total of more than 17,000 spectators.

In September 2022, Luc Petit is rewarded for his work of restoration of the heritage by the Walloon Federal Government which raises him to the title of Knight of Walloon Merit during the festivities of Wallonia 2022.

The end of 2022 and the dawn of 2023 witness, once again, the tour "The Christmas of the Cathedrals".

This time, two shows are presented simultaneously : Le Combat des Anges and Le Sablier de Noël.

This tour will pass, among others, by the cities of Lille, Brussels and and Namur.

In March 2023, Luc Petit introduces his new show Le Carnaval des Animaux in Liège.