Messenger

Plymouth, Italy

Messenger is a large statue in Plymouth, England, 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 in 2019 in preparation for the city's Mayflower 400 celebrations. At 7 metr

es (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, Wales, and delivered by barge across Plymouth Sound.

Listen to the audio guide for Messenger Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

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Theatre Royal monumenti · 0.1 km away
The Plymouth Athenaeum theatre · 0.2 km away
Guildhall Including Great Hall, Assize Courts And Former City Treasury town_hall · 0.2 km away
Plymouth Synagogue chiese · 0.2 km away
Pannier Market monumenti · 0.3 km away
Plymouth Minster chiese · 0.3 km away
Prysten House beni_culturali · 0.3 km away