Messenger Statue Come to the Theatre Royal Ocean City Plymouth Devon. 18th March 2019

Messenger Statue Come to the Theatre Royal Ocean City Plymouth Devon. 18th March 2019. Messenger is a large statue in Plymouth, UK, created by the Cornish artist Joseph Hillier, depicting a female actor crouching in preparation to run onstage. It was commissioned by and installed outside the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in 2019 in preparation for the city's Mayflower 400 celebrations.

At 7 metres (23 ft) tall and 9 metres (30 ft) wide, and weighing 10 tonnes (22,000 lb), it is the largest sculpture ever created in the United Kingdom using the lost-wax casting process. It was cast over 18 months in the Castle Fine Arts foundry in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys,[1] and delivered by barge across Plymouth Sound.[2]. Chris Summerfield video and photography since 1992. LOVE SummerTime TV Magazine Worldwide