ISWS Ltd were invited by the Good Chance theatre company to provide specialist input into this beautiful project, that follows the journey of Little Amal, who will walk across Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and to her final destination in the UK. The team behind the War Horse puppetry (Handspring Puppet Company) have created a 3.5m tall puppet of a young refugee girl, who will embark on The Walk across Europe, “To find her mother. To get back to school. To start a new life. Will the world let her? Can she achieve what now seems more impossible than ever?”.
This project brings together artists, cultural institutions and humanitarian organisations, that will focus attention on the urgent needs of young refugees. ISWS Ltd provided specialist text, material and editorial input for the Education Resource and Migration Pack, downloadable education resources that provide information to the public, teachers and pupils.
Little Amal’s story began in Good Chance Theatre‘s award-winning play, The Jungle. The critically-acclaimed production was based on the stories Good Chance’s founders Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson encountered when they created their first Theatre of Hope in the 2015 Calais refugee camp. Little Amal appeared as a character in The Jungle who represented the hundreds of unaccompanied minors in the Calais camp who were separated from their families. Following the success of The Jungle, which contributed to a global conversation about refugees and shared humanity, Good Chance felt Little Amal’s story still had so much more to say. – The Good Chance Theatre Company
