MAKING THEATRE

THE WALK WITH LITTLE AMAL

Little Amal is the 3.5m puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child at the heart of The Walk, based on the character of the same name in Good Chance’s The Jungle. She has become a global symbol of courage, hope and human rights. In 2021 she travelled through more than 65 towns in 9 countries over 8,000km, meeting over 100,000 people in the streets and millions more online.

Good Chance co-produced The Walk 2021. Since 2022 Little Amal continues her journey produced by The Walk Productions Ltd.

A little girl on a big journey.

In 2021, from the Syria-Turkey border all the way to the UK, The Walk brought together celebrated artists, major cultural institutions, community groups and humanitarian organisations, creating one of the most innovative and adventurous public artworks ever attempted. She travelled a remarkable 8,000km in total, celebrating the power of welcome, art and shared humanity wherever she went.

Inspired by the character of Amal from The Jungle, Little Amal - a 3.5 metre-tall puppet - represents tens of thousands of displaced children who, just like her, have fled war and persecution and urgently need our support to get an education and rebuild their lives.

Hope too big to ignore.

Half of all refugees are children. Half of all school age refugee children have lost their opportunity of a formal education.

Today, millions of displaced children, each with their own story, are urgently in need of support.

Together with Choose Love, The Amal Fund has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for children who have fled war and persecution. If you’d like to chip in and help displaced children get the education and support they deserve, you can donate below.

65

TOWNS & CITIES
VISITED

120+

EVENTS OF WELCOME

100k+

LIVE AUDIENCE REACHED GLOBALLY

“Never has there been a more integral moment than the present to support the artistic community and I’m in awe of the depth of The Walk – an extraordinary international response which will support, educate, advocate and inspire.”

- Gillian Anderson, Actor and Ambassador for The Walk

WINNER, Time Out London Best Public Artwork Award 2021

NOMINATED, Southbank Sky Arts Award for Theatre 2021

WINNER, Manchester Culture Awards, Best Performance for The Walk: When the Birds Land with Manchester International Festival 2022

WINNER, Guinness World Record Greatest Distance Travelled by a Full Body Puppet 2021

Produced by The Walk Productions Ltd and St Ann’s Warehouse, Amal’s visit to NYC in September 2022 was named New York City’s No. 1 Art Event of 2022 by Time Out, and named one of the Best Theatre events of 2022 by the New York Times.

The Guardian ’People felt threatened even by a puppet refugee’: Little Amal’s epic walk through love and fear.’

UNHCR ‘Little Amal wins hearts in the UK, raising awareness on plight of lone child refugees.’

The Hollywood Reporter on The Walk Feature Film ‘The Walk opts not for speechifying or arguing. It honors, rather, the kernel of life a puppet can embody, built by hand and sprung straight from the heart.’

Throughout history the movement of people has fuelled human progress, enriched culture and accelerated the acquisition of knowledge.

Amal’s journey is a celebration of migration and cultural diversity that tells the story of the contributions made by refugees and immigrants. It represents the refugee story as one of potential, success, respect, hospitality and kindness.

Little Amal is inspired by a character in the play The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson.

The Walk in 2021 was produced by Good Chance Theatre, Stephen Daldry, David Lan and Tracey Seaward in association with Handspring Puppet Company. It was created in partnership with 469 dedicated and passionate arts, humanitarian, civil society, religious and educational partners, to whom we are endlessly grateful.

From 2022 The Walk is produced by The Walk Productions in association with Handspring Puppet Company, and you can follow Amal’s inspiring journey as she continues to travel across the world below.

  • Turkey

    27 July - 8 August 2021
    Gaziantep, Adana, Tarsus, Mersin, Antalya, Pamukkale, Denizli, Ephesus, Selçuk-Ephesus, Urla & İzmir

  • Greece

    8 August - 5 September 2021
    Chios, Ioannina, Trikala, Larissa, Elefsina, Athens & Piraeus

  • Italy

    7 - 19 September 2021
    Bari, Scampitella, Naples, Vatican City, Genazzano, Rome, Spoleto, Assisi, Bologna, Milan, Turin & Sanremo

  • Switzerland, Germany and Belgium

    28 September - 10 October 2021
    Geneva, Stuttgart, Cologne, Recklinghausen, Brussels, Antwerp & Bouillon

  • France

    21 September – 17 October 2021
    Breil-sur-Roya, Toulon, Marseille, Briançon, Lyon, Strasbourg, Belfort, Charleville-Mézières, Aubervilliers, Bobigny, Paris, Dunkerque, Grande Synthe & Calais

  • UK

    19 October – 3 November 2021
    Folkestone, Dover, Canterbury, London, Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wigan, Rochdale & Manchester

  • COP26

    9 – 11 November 2021
    At COP26 in Glasgow, Little Amal discovered new realities about the world by meeting changemakers from many of the countries she has visited.

  • The Hague, Netherlands

    15 – 19 November 2021
    Madurodam, Regentessekwartier, Koningsplein, Schilderswijk, Peace Palace & Amare.