Sea Odyssey Giant Spectacular and Out of the Blue Launch

This weekend sees a Giant Spectacular descend upon Liverpool with the staging of the Sea Odyssey. The world's greatest street theatre company, Royal De Luxe, is marking the centenary of the Titanic's sinking by telling a magical tale of love, loss and reunion played out on a gigantic scale across North Liverpool and the City Centre.

On Friday 20th April, the Little Girl Giant will be arriving in Everton Park as part of her journey. To welcome her to the community, and to officially launch the Out of the Blue Festival 2012 programme, West Everton Community Council and Friends of Everton Park will be holding a 'Picnic in the Park' at the top of Everton Park. Members of the community and other visitors are invited to sing songs, share stories and have some lunch as the Little Girl has her siesta between 12.30-4pm.

The event will also be the culmination of Get Into Reading's Titanic memorial celebrations - for the past few weeks, Get Into Reading groups across Liverpool and Wirral have been reading and discussing poems and other pieces inspired by the sinking of the Titanic, sharing memories of the world's most famous ship. As part of the Sea Odyssey event and Out of the Blue launch, Get Into Reading Liverpool Project Manager Eleanor Stanton will be reading Thomas Hardy's The Convergence of the Twain at the Park on Friday so to share in the reading, come along for what promises to be a great celebration - and if you can, please wear something blue.