Street Theatre Troupe Wear Olympics Hair Sculptures

Hair-Raising Sculptures Celebrate London and Team GB

How are you getting into the Olympics spirit? Wearing red, white and blue? Stringing up some bunting? Or, perhaps like these enthusiastic fans, depicting London on top of your head.

Street theatre company Osadia have created elaborate representations of London - including the eponymous Big Ben, double-decker bus and a jingoistic Barbie doll - and paraded around the city showing the public what they've got.

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The street performance group in British style

Osadia hail from Barcelona, where their performance of hairdressing show, sculpture, art and theatre attracts bemused and amazed crowds.

We can't help but feel that it goes to show just how much the spirit of Team GB is really rubbing off!

They may be the best-dressed tourists in town, but as for how popular Osadia's elaborate toupes would be in the Olympic spectator stalls, well that's another matter.

Check out the London hair sculptures in the gallery below

Olympics Hair Tributes
(01 of06)
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Models Juliet Cooke (L), Chris Wilkinson and Josie Todd wear a hair sculpture depicting team GB and London landmarks on August 9, 2012 in London, England. Created by Catalonian performance artists Osadia, these sculpted hair pieces are a tribute the success of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics and will be touring London as part of Showtime a large London outdoor arts festival. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
(02 of06)
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Models Juliet Cooke (L), Chris Wilkinson and Josie Todd wear a hair sculpture depicting team GB and London landmarks on August 9, 2012 in London, England. Created by Catalonian performance artists Osadia, these sculpted hair pieces are a tribute the success of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics and will be touring London as part of Showtime a large London outdoor arts festival. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
(03 of06)
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Models Juliet Cooke (L), Chris Wilkinson and Josie Todd wear a hair sculpture depicting team GB and London landmarks on August 9, 2012 in London, England. Created by Catalonian performance artists Osadia, these sculpted hair pieces are a tribute the success of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics and will be touring London as part of Showtime a large London outdoor arts festival. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
(04 of06)
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Models Juliet Cooke (L), Chris Wilkinson and Josie Todd wear a hair sculpture depicting team GB and London landmarks on August 9, 2012 in London, England. Created by Catalonian performance artists Osadia, these sculpted hair pieces are a tribute the success of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics and will be touring London as part of Showtime a large London outdoor arts festival. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
(05 of06)
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Models Juliet Cooke (L), Chris Wilkinson and Josie Todd wear a hair sculpture depicting team GB and London landmarks on August 9, 2012 in London, England. Created by Catalonian performance artists Osadia, these sculpted hair pieces are a tribute the success of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics and will be touring London as part of Showtime a large London outdoor arts festival. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
(06 of06)
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Models Juliet Cooke (L), Chris Wilkinson and Josie Todd wear a hair sculpture depicting team GB and London landmarks on August 9, 2012 in London, England. Created by Catalonian performance artists Osadia, these sculpted hair pieces are a tribute the success of Team GB in the London 2012 Olympics and will be touring London as part of Showtime a large London outdoor arts festival. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The world of bodypainting

15th World Bodypainting Festival
(01 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(02 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(03 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(04 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(05 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(06 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(07 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(08 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(09 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(10 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(11 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(12 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(13 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(14 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(15 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(16 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(17 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(18 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(19 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(20 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(21 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(22 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)
(23 of23)
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30,000 visitors attended the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in front of the Woerthersee lake in Poertschach. 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations in the hope of taking home a prestigious World Award, the equivalent of a world championship title. (Photo credit: ALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/GettyImages)