Little Amal: The Walk
The 8000km journey of a puppet called Little Amal who represents all displaced children. The Walk is a travelling art festival with the puppet of a young refugee girl at its heart.
Meet Little Amal, a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young nine-year-old refugee girl, created to represent all displaced children. She is travelling over 8000km, from Turkey, through Europe, ending in the UK.
The Walk is an unique and ambitious travelling art festival organised by Good Chance Theatre in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, that brings artists, cultural institutions and community groups together in the countries Little Amal visits. Her message is “Don’t forget about us”. But at a time when the world is still fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and when anti-immigrant sentiment is present in certain countries, The Walk does not come without its challenges.
Join Cagil Kasapoglu as she meets the people involved, including artistic director Amir Nizar Zuabi and general manager Sarah Loader, who travel with Little Amal across borders and seas.
Presenter: Cagil Kasapoglu
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong
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- Tue 12 Oct 202103:32GMTBBC World Service except Australasia, East Asia & South Asia
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