Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out at Grewelthorpe Village Hall

Name: Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out at Grewelthorpe Village Hall
Start: 2026-02-28T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Grewelthorpe Village Hall and Community Centre

Schedule

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Grewelthorpe Village Hall and Community Centre | Ripon, EN

In association with FLY Festival and Rural Arts, I'm headed to Grewelthorpe with AMy Johnson Last Flight out, my one woman show inspired by Yorkshire born record breaking pilot, Amy Johnson.
About the show....
Written and performed by Jenny Lockyer, directed by Vern Griffiths.
On the 5th May, 1930, a small green Gipsy Moth aeroplane called 'Jason' took off from Croydon Aerodrome, Britain's only international airport at that time. It was to be a record-breaking solo flight to Australia that would capture the imagination of the world and make an international superstar of its pilot, Amy Johnson.
In this show, the audience meets Amy in a world of mixed memories, desires, and ambitions. Born in 1903, the year the Wright brothers made the first sustained powered flight, Amy Johnson grew up in an age in which the romantic heights of flying would capture her heart. She would become the first British woman to qualify as a ground engineer and at just 26 years old, the first woman in the world to fly solo from England to Australia. Amy lived for adventure and the future of aviation.
In January 1941, at the age of just 37, Amy was killed while serving her country on a routine delivery flight for the Air Transport Auxiliary, bailing out over the Thames Estuary at Herne Bay. In her short life she achieved many great things and this 'lone girl flier' achieved them while faced with challenges of all kinds. As we find out about her life, we start to see how the pieces fit and the tools Amy used to bring her dreams to reality.