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Giants start Liverpool Sea Odyssey Titanic event
A giant puppet of a little girl has "woken up" in Liverpool's Stanley Park, to mark the start of a three-day street theatre event in the city.
BBC News: Giants start Liverpool Sea Odyssey Titanic event
The 30ft (9m) tall wooden puppet will walk through the streets of Liverpool over the weekend, as she plays out a story inspired by the Titanic.
A 50ft (15m) tall puppet of her uncle will arrive in the city about 14:30 BST and the pair will meet up on Sunday.
More than 250,000 people are expected to attend the Sea Odyssey event.
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Photo gallery: Titanic Girl
Titanic Girl is a story of loss and love and how a little Liverpool girl became a giant.
In pictures: Sea Odyssey
It is the biggest piece of street theatre Liverpool has ever seen.
The story is also rooted in the city. May McMurray lived in Liverpool 100 years ago.
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Video feature: Giant puppets roam Liverpool
More than 250,000 people are expected to watch as three giant puppets play out a piece of city-straddling street theatre over three days in Liverpool this weekend.
BBC News: Giant puppets roam Liverpool in 'street theatre' show
A 30ft girl, a dog the size of a van and a deep sea diver taller than most buildings are part of the entertainment called Sea Odyssey.
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Video feature: Giant wooden doll puppet wakes up
A giant puppet of a little girl has "woken up" in Liverpool's Stanley Park, to mark the start of a three-day street theatre event in the city.
BBC News: Giant wooden doll puppet wakes up
The giant girl, who is accompanied by her dog Xolo, was "woken" by young musicians from Liverpool Philharmonic's In Harmony project at the start of the event.
Dozens of people tugged on ropes to move the puppet's body so that she could wake up, have a shower, get changed, wear shoes and head off on a walk with her dog.
The event called Sea Odyessy is based around the girl's uncle travelling to the Titanic wreck to bury his brother and retrieve mail from the ship.
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Sea Odyssey event inspired by Titanic letter
The letter is written in neat, precise child's writing, beginning "Dear Father".
BBC News: Liverpool Sea Odyssey event inspired by Titanic letter
Dated 13th April 1912, it brings news of how the young girl who penned it has recently been ill and is longing to see her absent father or "dada".
Sent by ten-year-old May McMurray from 60 Empress Road, Kensington in Liverpool, the letter would never reach its intended recipient, William McMurray, a 43-year-old bedroom steward on the Titanic.
A century after it was posted, the handwritten missive, which ends "Dada this is my first letter", has become the inspiration for the UK's largest street theatre event taking place in Liverpool.
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Credits
- Presenter
- Gillian Kearney
- Director
- Gareth Knowles
- Producer
- Helen Wakefield
- Producer
- Michelle Mayman
