The Royal Opera House welcomed Little Amal as part of Good Chance Theatre’s The Walk — offering her a bed for the night as she arrived in London.
The 3.5 metre-tall puppet, created by the acclaimed Handspring Puppet Company, spent the eve of her tenth birthday in the stunning Paul
Hamlyn Hall, being sung and danced to sleep by artists from across the capital.
The event, was attended by refugee groups from across London, is one of over 100 making up The Walk – a visionary travelling festival, produced by Good Chance Theatre, that brings together celebrated artists, major cultural institutions, community groups and humanitarian organisations in an act of solidarity with the displaced, and in defiance of the borders that endanger their lives. The cane and carbon-fibre puppet is travelling 8,000 km – from the borders of Syria to the UK – in search of her mother, representing the
urgent needs of young refugees.