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Liverpool Giants: Little Boy Giant in St George's Hall preview | Liverpool Giants: Little Boy Giant in St George's Hall preview |
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The first images of one of the giant marionettes that will feature in Liverpool's street puppet show have been released. | |
Crosby schoolgirl Roisin Grainger, 11, had a sneak preview of the Little Boy Giant sleeping in a hammock at St George's Hall. | |
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch the last Royal de Luxe event in the Giants trilogy. | |
The marionettes will take to the streets from Friday until Sunday. | |
A free preview of the Liverpool Dreams show are open at St George's Hall until 23:00 BST. | |
Nearby William Brown Street and Lime Street is closed to traffic for most of the day. | |
The opening echoes the French street theatre group's previous event in 2014 when a grandmother puppet was asleep in the hall. | |
The Little Boy Giant's sandal has been placed at Prince's Park where it is being used as a goal for a football coaching session for hundreds of schoolchildren in conjunction with Liverpool FC, Everton and Tranmere Rovers. | |
Meanwhile, a giant raft has appeared at Canning Dock in Liverpool and a huge butter knife has split a bus in two outside St George's Hall. | |
The Giants finale will see the puppets cover a 20-mile route, as they go to Wirral for the first time. | The Giants finale will see the puppets cover a 20-mile route, as they go to Wirral for the first time. |
Previous events in 2012 and 2014 drew millions of spectators to watch them parade through the streets. | Previous events in 2012 and 2014 drew millions of spectators to watch them parade through the streets. |