“no one would leave home
unless home chased you to the shore”
From Warsan Shire’s poem ‘Home’

More than 15,000 migrants have made the dangerous journey crossing the English Channel, the world's busiest shipping lane, since the start of 2021.

Complicité welcomed Little Amal for The Walk at St Margaret's Bay in Dover, beneath the White Cliffs. Little Amal, a 3.5 metre-tall puppet, is walking across the European continent to shine a light on the stories of millions of young refugees. She is travelling through 8 countries, welcomed by hundreds of cultural events in cities, towns and villages all along her route.

Amir Nizar Zuabi, Artistic Director of The Walk, invited Complicité to create a welcome for Little Amal at Dover. Directed by Complicité Associate, Sasha Milavic Davies (everything that rises must dance; The Suppliant Women), performed by Toby Sedgwick and designed by Sarah Mercadé, with new text from poet Warsan Shire; the performance of Little Amal’s encounter on the beach explores how human connection transcends borders and oceans.

Learn More About Little Amal here : https://www.walkwithamal.org/
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