Walk With Amal Toronto: Finale

(2023)

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The Walk Productions and Luminato Festival Toronto in association with Handspring Puppet Company

Walk With Amal Toronto: Finale

Community Partners Common Boots Theatre and Globe Theatre (Regina) & Lead Artists Derek Kwan and Jennifer Brewin 

June 11, 2023

6pm

Music Garden
479 Queens Quay W, Toronto

Community Partners and Artists

  • Common Boots Theatre
  • Globe Theatre (Regina)
  • NAWA (Arabic Women’s Choir
  • Sabbara
  • Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
  • Waterfront Toronto
  • Baque de Bamba
  • TallBeat

Farewell Little Amal
Tkaronto bids farewell to their new friend when Little Amal leaves our shores to continue her search for her mother. Encouraged by dancers, musicians, wise words, sweet songs and even tiny puppets, she departs across Lake Ontario – may fair winds fill her sails.

Starting at the base of Dan Leckie Way by Toronto’s Music Garden, Amal led the procession east along the harbour front until HTO Beach.

Common Boots was asked to be a Community Partner, and Common Boots Artistic Director Derek Kwan with former AD Jennifer Brewin were asked to be Lead Artists. Together with the Amal and Luminato teams, they designed the route, programmed artists, and in the end managed to get Little Amal on a tugboat to leave Toronto on her next journey.

Amal is seen among a crowd of people. In the foreground a young woman with butterfly wings dances and looks at Amal. The silos of the Canada Malting Company are in the background.
Amal is walking towards the camera with large butterfly puppets fluttering in front. Trees are pictured in the background, and larger buildings in the distance.
Amal holds a large portrait drawn by an admirer, surrounded by a crowd holding umbrellas, butterfly puppets, and other puppets. In the background are tall buildings.
Amal bends forwards towards members of the NAWA choir (dressed in white with blue kerchiefs around their necks). There are trees in the background and more spectators surrounding.
Amal walks by a raised platform. On the platform are members of Common Boot including Derek Kwan and Lisa Karen Cox. Amal is surrounded by people and there are trees in the background.
Amal on the back of a tugboat that is pulling into Toronto's harbour.