Titantic-inspired puppets take over Liverpool

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Titantic-inspired puppets take over Liverpool

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Hugh puppets took centre-stage in the northern English city on Liverpool.

22 April,2012 01:54 am

Thousands of people turned to watch Sea Odyssey, a production by French marionette experts Royal De Luxe.The three-day event tells the story of a 30-foot Little Girl Giant searching for her father, a missing crewman on the sunken Titanic.Since Friday (April 20) the giant puppet has been travelling around Liverpool with her 20-foot dog Xolo, watched by tens of thousands of people.Other areas of the city have been visited by her 50-foot uncle who has vowed to scour the ocean for the shipwreck and lay his brother to rest.Sea Odyssey is part of Liverpools commemorations for the recent 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.The liner was registered in Liverpool, making the city its home port.The puppet story is inspired by a real letter, currently on display at Merseyside Maritime Museum, from Liverpool schoolgirl May McMurray to her father who was a steward on the White Star Line ship.Sea Odyssey is also the final event to use European legacy funding from the Liverpool capital of culture year in 2008.Officials say the production is the most complex event the city has staged and involves hundreds of people in the planning and execution.