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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 giants that will feature in Liverpool's street puppet show have been released. 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 Liverpool's St Georges Hall. 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 be in the city and Wirral for the last Royal de Luxe event in the Giants trilogy, Liverpool Dreams. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch the last Royal de Luxe event in the Giants trilogy.
The marionettes will be roaming the area from tomorrow until Sunday. The marionettes will take to the streets from Friday until Sunday.
There is a free preview show at St Georges Hall from 15:00 to 23:00 BST that will see nearby William Brown Street and Lime Street closed to traffic for most of the day. A free preview of the Liverpool Dreams show are open at St George's Hall until 23:00 BST.
The opening echoes the French street theatre group's last event in 2014 when a Grandmother puppet was asleep in the hall. 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.