'Amy Johnson : Last Flight Out' at The Mitre Theatre

Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out

Written and performed by Jenny Lockyer.

Directed by Vern Griffiths.

Age guide 14yrs+

PLUS after show Q&A with Jenny Lockyer, Jane Delamaine and Amanda Harrison.

Saturday 3rd May,

Mitre Theatre, Trinity School, Shirley Park, Croydon, CR0 7LB

7.30pm, Doors at 7pm

On the morning of 5th May 1930, a small racing green Gipsy Moth bi-plane called 'Jason' took off from Croydon Airport. The pilot was Amy Johnson. Newly qualified to fly and unknown to the world, Amy had a goal to break the record to Australia and make a name for herself in aviation. Taking off, Amy was about to experience one of the most exciting adventures of her life. She flew Jason solo, but together they met with sandstorms, monsoons, looming mountains and crossed shark infested seas.... On landing in Darwin 19 days later, Amy was an international superstar.

Born in the year the Wright Brothers made their first flight and into an age where the romantic heights of flying captured her heart, Amy Johnson became the first British woman to qualify as a ground engineer and then, in 1930, the first woman in history to fly solo from England to Australia.

Amy lived her life for adventure and the future of aviation. In January 1941, at just 37 years old, Amy was killed while serving her country on a routine flight for the Air Transport Auxiliary, after bailing out of her plane into the Thames Estuary at Herne Bay.

In her short life this ‘lone girl flier’ achieved so much while faced with challenges of all kinds.

We meet Amy in a world of memories, desires, wishes and ambitions. As we find out about her life we start to see how the pieces fit and the tools Amy used to engineer her dreams to reality....

The show is approx 1hr 10mins long followed by an interval with bar :)

The Q&A is the second half.

Tickets for this performance are £10 concessions (students, under 18 and senior citizens) and £15 standard plus booking fees.

Trinity students free with limited seating available!

This performance, is part of The Flying High Tour and the The Flying High Weekend, the 95th anniversary weekend of Amy Johnson taking off for Australia on 5th May 1930!

There will be an after-show Q&A with show creator, Jenny Lockyer, Amy Johnson researcher and historian, Jane Delamine and adventure pilot, Amanda Harrison. This will be an opportunity to see the show and then take part in a Q&A exploring aspiration and adventure....

About Jenny Lockyer

Since creating this one woman show, inspired by Amy, Jenny has performed it to thousands of people and worked with thousands of children in schools sharing Amy's story through engaging creative workshops. Coming from the world of performance Jenny is excited to see how Amy's story connects with audiences across the country. In creating the Flying High Tour Jenny is taking the show to new audiences, aiming to ispire with Amy's adventures and exploring how we can bring our own dreams to reality. Jenny has been working with Jane and Amanda to create FLY festival; an ambitous 5 year creative movement with an aim to inspire with Amy's story. Mixing the creativity of arts and engineering FLY will provide opportunities to collaborate and create and aspire as we head towards 2030 and the centenary of Amy's flight to Australia. Not too shabby, really.

About Jane Delamaine

Founder and Director of the Amy johnson project, Jane Delamaine has dedicated the past 13 years to bringing Amy back to life for a whole new generation and not allowing her memory to slip out of history. Jane will have delivered her illusrated talk, The Life and Death of Amy Johnson earlier that day for the Flying High Weekend event at Croydon Aerodrome Hotel.

Jane joins this after show Q&A as someone with a vast knwledge of Amy's life and as a believer that Amy's story cannot fail to inspire and empower.

About Amanda Harrison

Amanda is the true spirit of adventure. From an early age, Amanda had a dream of being a pilot. From small beginnings she has successfully navigated a twenty year journey towards her biggest dream - solo pioneering a vintage aeroplabe across the globe. Solo2Darwin was Amanda's tribute Amy johnson.

No stranger to diversions and emergencies, Amanda has faced challenges of dyslexia, cancer and a commerical pilot career in a male-dominated world. Amanda believes that ordinary peopelc an do extraordinary things and is aliving example of this. She's passionate about inspiring others to keep their dreams alive and live them. Not everyone has to elarn to fly... just follow your own dreams.

Amanda will have delivered a talk on her Solo2Darwin adventure earlier that day for the Flying High Weekend event at Croydon Aerodrome Hotel.

Supported by Arts Council England and Trinity School.

For more information on the aims of the tour please visit https://www.flyinghightour.co.uk

REFUNDS: You can request a refund up to 7 days prior to the event but should you find you're not able to attend after all, we encourage you to find someone else to come in your place. All ticket sales enable the event to take place with funds going directly to the artists

Host or Publisher Jenny Lockyer