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Liverpool Giants: Crowds queue for Little Boy Giant glimpse | Liverpool Giants: Crowds queue for Little Boy Giant glimpse |
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Crowds are queuing up to see one of the giant marionettes featured in Liverpool's street puppet show. | Crowds are queuing up to see one of the giant marionettes featured in Liverpool's street puppet show. |
Hundreds of people have already seen the Little Boy Giant sleeping in a hammock at St George's Hall. | Hundreds of people have already seen the Little Boy Giant sleeping in a hammock at St George's Hall. |
Thousands more are expected to watch the last Royal de Luxe event in the Giants trilogy. | Thousands more are expected to watch the last Royal de Luxe event in the Giants trilogy. |
The marionettes will take to the city streets as well as some Wirral landmarks from Friday until Sunday. | The marionettes will take to the city streets as well as some Wirral landmarks from Friday until Sunday. |
A free preview of the show, named Liverpool's Dream, is available 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. | 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 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. | 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 Lime Street Station. | Meanwhile, a giant raft has appeared at Canning Dock in Liverpool and a huge butter knife has split a bus in two outside Lime Street Station. |
Organisers said it is part of the artistic vision for the Giants event - and to watch out for a giant fork to mysteriously appear soon. | Organisers said it is part of the artistic vision for the Giants event - and to watch out for a giant fork to mysteriously appear soon. |
The Giants finale will see the puppets cover a 20-mile route, as the show heads to Wirral for the first time. | The Giants finale will see the puppets cover a 20-mile route, as the show heads 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. |