This giant puppet will walk through Manchester city centre as part of next year's MIF
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn enormous walking, dancing puppet will walk through the city centre next summer as part of the opening weekend of Manchester International Festival.The giant artwork, called Little Amal, has been created by the same team behind the world-famous War Horse puppet.It's the first event to be announced for MIF21, and comes with a powerful message.Little Amal's arrival to the city is part of a work called The Walk, which follows the journey of a nine-year-old refugee girl from the Turkish-Syrian border to Manchester.The 3.5 metre tall puppet will travel 8,000km during The Walk, covering Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium, before arriving in Manchester on July 4.A large-scale free public event will take place in the.
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