Talking Statues

Talking Statues is a 2014 project providing audio tracks for 35 statues in London and Manchester.

List of statues

London

Image Statue Location Author Actor(s)
Peter Pan Kensington Gardens Ella Hickson Daniel Roche
Queen Victoria Blackfriars Bridge Elizabeth Day Prunella Scales
Dick Whittington’s Cat Highgate Hill Unknown Helen Lederer
Hugh Myddleton Islington Green Tom Basden Jonny Sweet
The Broad Family Girl Broadgate, City of London Lucy Caldwell Maisie Williams
The Goat Spitalfields Market Unknown Hugh Dennis
Eye I Bishopsgate Unknown Sara Pascoe
John Wilkes Fetter Lane, Holborn Unknown Jeremy Paxman
Rowland Hill City of London Colette Hiller Alan Johnson, MP
Hodge the Cat Gough Square, Holborn Catherine Hiller Nicholas Parsons
Couple on Seat Cabot Square Nikesh Shukla Sanjeev Bhaskar / Meera Syal
Isaac Newton British Library Timberlake Wertenbaker Simon Russell Beale
Sherlock Holmes Baker Street station Anthony Horowitz Ed Stoppard
The Unknown Soldier Paddington station Tony Harrison Patrick Stewart
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Paddington station Rachel Wagstaff Hugh Bonneville
Ariel BBC Broadcasting House Robert Seatter Mathew Horne
Rush Hour Broadgate, City of London Unknown Frank Skinner
Queen Victoria Kensington Palace Katrina Burnett Patricia Hodge
Achilles Hyde Park Corner Rachel Lenkiewicz Unknown

Manchester

Image Statue Location Author Actor(s)
Abraham Lincoln Brazenoze Square Unknown Tom Conti
Reading Girl Manchester Central Library Unknown Jenna Louise Coleman
Alan Turing Fairfield Street Mark Ravenhill Russell Tovey
LS Lowry Sam's Chophouse Kiran Benawara David Neilson
John Barbirolli Bridgewater Hall Michael Kennedy Timothy West
Queen Victoria Piccadilly Gardens Katrina Burnett Prunella Scales

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