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Liverpool's Dream

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and was 6 m (20 ft) high and required 27 People to operate. The Giant Man was 10 m (33 ft) high and required 44 operators. The Little Girl Giant appeared in the previous two Liverpool giant events was not originally billed as being part of the performance but was revealed as a
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surprise on the Sunday afternoon. Xolo the dog had appeared in the previous two Liverpool Giants performances. The Giants collectively covered a distance of 21 miles (34 km) across Liverpool and, for the first time in such an event across the river Mersey in
80:, alongside locally-recruited participants and volunteers. The performance featured four giant marionettes. A Little Boy and Little Girl giant, an adult giant (the "Castaway") and Xolo the dog. The Little Boy Giant first appeared in a performance in 96:, the artistic director of the company stated that this would be the final performance involving the marionette giants and that they were working on a performance based around a giant 48:, from 5 to 7 October 2018. The event attracted more than a million visitors to the city and was, in part, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Liverpool’s year as 112:
specially trained police, both visibly armed and covert, were deployed at the event. Project Servator employs tactics such as behavioural detection officers,
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in 2008. It was billed as being the last appearance of the giants and the final show of the ‘Giants Trilogy’ after
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stated that previous giants events had not been policed in such a manner.
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Royal de Luxe's Big Giant parades along Liverpool's Dale Street
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performance art
marionettes
Liverpool
England
European Capital of Culture
Sea Odyssey
Memories of August 1914
Royal de Luxe
Nantes
France
Cameroon
New Brighton
Jean-Luc Courcoult
silverback gorilla
Project Servator
automatic number plate recognition
CCTV
Merseyside Police
"City bids farewell to The Giants"


"Liverpool's Dream: Giant Spectacular - Creative Tourist"




"Armed police on streets for Giants show"

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