Teatro de calle
“Amal is an international symbol of Human Rights”
The Guardian, United Kingdom
Artistic Director: Amir Nizar Zuabi | Producers: David Lan and Tracey Seaward | Company: The Walk Productions and Handspring Puppet Company | Artistic Coordinator for Amal in Chile: Nicolás Eyzaguirre.
The Walk Productions
Little Amal's travels are produced by The Walk Productions, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company and an international network of local producer organizations, artists and partners.
The Walk Productions is a non-profit organization founded by David Lan and Tracey Seaward. The Artistic Director is Amir Nizar Zuabi, the Executive Producer is Sarah Loader and Associate Producer is Alice Evans, and the Development Director is Hanaa Skalli. We present large-scale participatory public art that brings communities together to celebrate art, community and each other, challenging assumptions, reframing narratives and provoking change.
Handspring Puppet Company
Handspring Puppet Company
It was founded by Artistic Director Adrian Kohler and Executive Producer Basil Jones in 1981 in Cape Town, South Africa. Under their direction, for 40 years, Handspring plays have been performed in more than 30 countries around the world.
The company is widely recognized as South Africa's foremost puppet theater company, with plays spanning four decades of history. The huge success of War Horse, produced by London's National Theatre, made Handspring one of the world's leading puppet companies. This success has given the company the opportunity to further develop the art form they are so passionate about.
Amir Nizar Zuabi
Amir Nizar Zuabi – Artistic Director
He is an award-winning playwright and director. He was founding artistic director of ShiberHur Theatre Company, associate director of Young Vic Theatre, a member of United Theaters Europe for artistic achievement, and an alumnus of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program.
Following his work on The Walk, he assumed the position of Artistic Director of The Walk Productions Limited in January 2022. His writing and directing credits include I am Yusuf and This is my Brother, In the Penal Colony, Oh My Sweet Land, The Beloved (ShiberHur/Young Vic); Three Days of Grief, West of Us The Sea, Mid Spring Musical, Dry Mud, Against A Hard Surface (ShiberHur); Last Ward, Who Killed You Asmahan, The Huta and Grey Rock (Remote Theater Project, La Mama NYC).
His directing credits include: Samson and Delilah (Flanders Opera, Antwerp); Mahmoud Darwish's Khidarriya (Edinburgh International Festival, Bouffes du Nord and world tour); Forget Herostratus, Le Mallade Imaginer, War or More, Sneeze, Deep Sorrow, When the World Was Green, Lanterns of the King of Galilee, Taha and The Comedy of Errors (Royal Shinburgh Festival, Bouffes du Nord and world tour).
Amal en Chile
The Walk Productions y Handspring Puppet Company | By Amir Nizar Zuabi
- Todo público
Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil 2025 presents Amal in Chile, starring a 3.5-meter-high puppet representing a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl whose name in Spanish is Esperanza. Amal is the heart of the project The Walk, a call for universal attention to the effects of immigration, displaced people, children fleeing war, violence and persecution.
Since July 2021, Amal has toured 17 countries and has been welcomed by two million people on the streets and more than 10 million online. It has created 475 unique events in each community, thanks to hundreds of artists, civil society and religious leaders.
Her journeys are festivals of art and hope that draw attention to the enormous number of children fleeing war, violence and persecution, each with their own story. Their urgent message to the world is “don't forget about us.” As it has happened in every place Amal has visited, in Chile she will be received by the communities of each territory, meeting with artists, social leaders, community groups, children and young people from all backgrounds, who will activate different special moments in her passage through our country.
Little Amal has become an international symbol of compassion and human rights. She carries a message of hope for displaced people around the world, especially for children who have been separated from their families.
“Amal is an international symbol of Human Rights”
The Guardian, United Kingdom
Dates:
FRI
Jan
3
THU
Jan
9
SAT
Jan
11
SUN
Jan
12
SAT
Jan
25
Santiago
Santiago
San Pedro de Atacama
San Pedro de Atacama
Mejillones
Mejillones
Antofagasta
Antofagasta
Santiago
Santiago
Artistic Director: Amir Nizar Zuabi | Producers: David Lan and Tracey Seaward | Company: The Walk Productions and Handspring Puppet Company | Artistic Coordinator for Amal in Chile: Nicolás Eyzaguirre.
The Walk Productions
Little Amal's travels are produced by The Walk Productions, in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company and an international network of local producer organizations, artists and partners.
The Walk Productions is a non-profit organization founded by David Lan and Tracey Seaward. The Artistic Director is Amir Nizar Zuabi, the Executive Producer is Sarah Loader and Associate Producer is Alice Evans, and the Development Director is Hanaa Skalli. We present large-scale participatory public art that brings communities together to celebrate art, community and each other, challenging assumptions, reframing narratives and provoking change.
Handspring Puppet Company
Handspring Puppet Company
It was founded by Artistic Director Adrian Kohler and Executive Producer Basil Jones in 1981 in Cape Town, South Africa. Under their direction, for 40 years, Handspring plays have been performed in more than 30 countries around the world.
The company is widely recognized as South Africa's foremost puppet theater company, with plays spanning four decades of history. The huge success of War Horse, produced by London's National Theatre, made Handspring one of the world's leading puppet companies. This success has given the company the opportunity to further develop the art form they are so passionate about.
Amir Nizar Zuabi
Amir Nizar Zuabi – Artistic Director
He is an award-winning playwright and director. He was founding artistic director of ShiberHur Theatre Company, associate director of Young Vic Theatre, a member of United Theaters Europe for artistic achievement, and an alumnus of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program.
Following his work on The Walk, he assumed the position of Artistic Director of The Walk Productions Limited in January 2022. His writing and directing credits include I am Yusuf and This is my Brother, In the Penal Colony, Oh My Sweet Land, The Beloved (ShiberHur/Young Vic); Three Days of Grief, West of Us The Sea, Mid Spring Musical, Dry Mud, Against A Hard Surface (ShiberHur); Last Ward, Who Killed You Asmahan, The Huta and Grey Rock (Remote Theater Project, La Mama NYC).
His directing credits include: Samson and Delilah (Flanders Opera, Antwerp); Mahmoud Darwish's Khidarriya (Edinburgh International Festival, Bouffes du Nord and world tour); Forget Herostratus, Le Mallade Imaginer, War or More, Sneeze, Deep Sorrow, When the World Was Green, Lanterns of the King of Galilee, Taha and The Comedy of Errors (Royal Shinburgh Festival, Bouffes du Nord and world tour).
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