Sea Odyssey: Giant Spectacular
Sea Odyssey: Giant Spectacular was a three day outdoor event in Liverpool held April 20-22, 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic . It was performed by the street theater group Royal de Luxe from France in front of around 600,000 spectators. At a cost of around £ 1.2 million for the event, the event raised approximately £ 12 million for the city.
history
The piece is based on a story by Jean-Luc Courcoult , one of the founders of Royal de Luxe. The protagonists are a giant girl , her dog Xolo and her uncle (the diver ). The giant girl's father was on board the Titanic when she sank on April 15, 1912. One hundred years later, his brother in a diving suit sets off for the Titanic to retrieve a letter from the wreck for his niece that her father left for her. The three day event began with the diver's ascent from the port of Liverpool and the recovery of the safe containing the said letter. Then the diver went in search of his niece in order to present her the letter. She moved through Liverpool with her dog in search of her uncle, and she and the diver missed each other several times. At the end of the second day, they both met at King's Dock . On the third and final day, after a final tour of the city center, they set sail from the Canning Dock and left the city on the Mersey .
implementation
In addition to the 9-meter-high giant girl, the 15-meter-high diver and the dog Xolo, several other models such as a bed, a car and ships were designed for the piece. While the giant girl and her uncle were mostly constructed from poplar wood , linden wood and steel , Xolo consisted primarily of paper mache and steel. All figures were controlled in their movements by ropes, pulley blocks and motors by a total of 110 helpers, and moved through the city by 20 cranes. At the same time, 24 helpers were needed for the giant girl, 31 for the diver and another 21 for Xolo. The figures were accompanied by musicians on carriages, who provided musical accompaniment to the action.
Similar events in Liverpool
The same company performed 'Memories of August 1914' from July 23-27, 2014, a play that would commemorate the beginning of World War I a hundred years earlier, and from October 5-7, 2018, Liverpool's Dream was the last Act of 'Giants Trilogy' shown.
credentials
- ^ City on crest of a wave after Sea Odyssey. Retrieved March 3, 2013 .
- ↑ Liverpool Sea Odyssey giant event's £ 12m economy boost. Retrieved March 3, 2013 .
- ↑ Giantspectacular.com: story Liverpool. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 12, 2012 ; accessed on March 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bringing Liverpool's Sea Odyssey giants to life. Retrieved March 3, 2013 .
literature
- Polly Moseley: In the Footsteps of Giants , Liverpool University Press 2012. ISBN 978-1-84631-879-5
Web links
- Official event website (English)
- Official Website of Royal de Luxe (English)