AIMS AND ASPIRATIONS
What I hope to achieve with the Flying High Tour 2024/25
Jenny Lockyer
The Flying High Tour is kindly funded by the Arts Council England. Please visit their site by clicking here.
THE FLYING HIGH TOUR PRODUCTION TEAM
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Jenny Lockyer- Performer and Producer
Jenny is an actor, playwright, comedian and creative workshop facilitator in the possession of some extremely funny, original songs (accompanying herself on guitar) and currently touring two one-woman shows. Jenny graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2002 with a degree in Theatre practice and a specialism in puppetry! Jenny has used this skill in almost every one of her own productions, including her musical show for children, ' Granny Pearl- A Magical Tale of the Sea!'. Jenny has worked with numerous theatre companies over the years and has developed many arts experiences and productions herself from immersive sensory playschemes, to performance, to plane making workshops... The comic genius of Joyce Grenfell and Victoria Wood set Jenny on the road to creating her own musical comedy. Her songs are witty and sharp, full of bizarre characters and great lyrics. Jenny has performed across the country and in theatres, music halls and radio, living rooms, school assemblies, arts and comedy festivals, comedy and variety nights and even for a queue at the local chemist’s. She has supported comedians such as Dylan Moran, Shazia Mirza, Tim Vine, Arthur Smith, Sara Pascoe and has headlined many shows herself. Jenny discovered a love of research and heritage during a songwriting commission for the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and later she created her one woman show, 'Amy Johnson : Last Flight Out' inspired by record breaking pilot, Amy Johnson. With a host of experience of working in schools delivering creative workshops the natural next step was to develop school workshops to share Amy Johnson's story with younger audiences. Jenny secured Arts Council funding for the Flying High Tour in late 2024 and is looking forward to a very busy 2025! Contact Jenny: Email: jennylockyerperformer@outlook.com Facebook: Jenny Lockyer Performer
Vern Griffiths- Director
An actor and stand up comedian for nearly thirty years, Vern has mostly worked in theatre creating many new works with various companies across the UK. He grew up in the Welsh valleys and studied Drama at Liverpool John Moores University before going on to train at The Poor School in London. Character creations include Julian D'Angelo, 'South Wales' leading psychic phenom' and Vernon Jones the Caretaker for The Committee Meeting; a show co-created with Chris Corcoran and Elis James. Recent directing roles include, 'Amy Johnson : Last Flight Out', and 'Beauty and the Beast' pantomime for Imagine Theatre. Contact Vern Facebook: Vern Griffiths
Evie Rostant- Admin Assistant
Evie is a recent Drama and Theatre Graduate from the University of Kent. She is an aspiring producer, stage manager and arts administrator. Previously, she has worked as an Events and Marketing Assistant for Dixiebird Records and Events, and has enjoyed working in adn administrative and producing capacity on various projects throughout her time at university. Recently, she has worked for Border Crossings as a stage manager for 'The Mouth of the Gods', and looks forward to working more in stage management. Evie is honoured to be helping out with all the behind-the-scenes aspects of the Flying High Tour Contact Evie Instagram: @evie.ro
Sam Gee- Media and Design
Sam is a graphic designer, videographer, sound recorder and musician. He is responsible for the beautiful design aspects for the show and tour, and also the video/ photographic/ filmic parts of the show. Through his work as a musician he is knowledgable on the importance of getting the perfect look to advertise every performance and event. He designs posters, logos, websites, concert programmes, games, album covers, and anything else you might want! Contact Sam Email: hello@samgee.co.uk Website: https://www.samgee.co.uk/
Sharon McHendry/ SM Publicity- PR
SM Publicity is led by Sharon McHendry, who has 20 years’ experience in news journalism and arts PR. Sharon holds a PgDip in Journalism Studies from the University of Strathclyde and a BA in Business. She held a senior role at a London based arts PR agency for three years and previously managed public relations for multi-arts venue The Arches, Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art. Her expertise extends across the fields of theatre, live music, visual art and multi-arts festivals. Formed in 2015, SM Publicity offer a refreshing approach to public relations for theatre, arts and culture. They are Scotland based and work in partnership with venues, theatre companies and producers across the UK whether that’s in Bradford, Brighton, Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, London and everywhere in between. They have significant experience of achieving high level results on national and international projects within the UK including theatre tours, London West End & UK city runs, site specific performance and festivals extending through to live arts events and award ceremonies. Contact SM Publicity Email: sharon@smpublicity.co.uk Website: https://www.smpublicity.co.uk/about
Six20Two- Marketing and Social Media Reach
David Goncalves and Effi Mai Paul, the co-founders of the award-winning agency Six20Two. With over twenty years of sales and marketing experience, they have many clients all over the UK and beyond.They believe that through a close working relationship, they can get great results from their advertising work! Contact Six20Two: Website: https://622.digital/contact-us/
Jenny Phillips/ Cwmpas- Evaluation and Data Gathering
Jenny Phillips is a Business Growth and Delivery Consultant at Cwmpas. Cwmpas is a development agency working for positive change, in Wales and across the UK. They are a co-operative, and their focus is on building a fairer, greener economy and a more equal society, where people and planet come first. They believe that our economy and society could – and should – work in the interests of people and the planet. Established in 1982 as the Wales Co-operative Centre, at Cwmpas they have made it their mission to change the way our economy and society works. Contact Cwmpas: Website: https://cwmpas.coop/contact/
Mirin Thomson- Marketing Assistance
Mirin is a Glasgow based designer with a passion for creating memorable and powerful designs. With a background in graphic design, visual communication and digital design. She is a multifaceted designer wit big ideas and a passion for creating impactful and memorable designs. Within the design world, her passions lie within branding, motion design, and typography. Mirin will be assisting with the marketing for the Flying High Tour.
Jo Ross- BSL Interpreter
Jo has been a registered qualified BSL interpreter for over 25 years and has within that time also trained and worked as a performer in physical theatre and clowning. Coming with this shared understanding her aim is to support performances with BSL interpretation to provide parity of experience for Deaf audience members.
CROYDON AIRPORT HOUSE
Heralded as the birth place of modern aviation, Croydon Airport boasts a number of aviation firsts, including being the first airport to implement Air Traffic Control and as the starting point for many record flying attempts. From Australia's Bert Hinkler to Scotland’s Jim Mollison, New Zealand's Jean Batten and Yorkshire's Amy Johnson and more, this iconic Grade 2 listed Art Deco building has seen them all.
For more information please click HERE to visit the wonderful website of Historic Croydon Airport.
95 YEARS AGO....
It was on 5th May 1930 that a small green de Havilland Gipsy Moth
bi-plane took off from Croydon Aerodrome, then Britain's only international airport, on what was to be a thrilling solo flight to Australia. As an unknown pilot, with only a few months flying experience, 26 year old Amy Johnson had said she wanted to make a name for herself in aviation and have adventures. With this flight she was to do just that.
In preparation for her flight and with the determination to be able to look after her own aircraft, Amy had gained a ground engineers licence, which for a woman was very unusual at that time. She was only the second woman in the world to do so. Then, over 19 and a half days Amy flew Jason, an open cockpit bi-plane, 11,000 miles across some of the most inhospitable terrain and oceans of the world. Although not breaking Bert Hinkler's record time to Australia due to the monsoons, Amy's flight saw her break his record to India, and by continuing to solo navigate her way to Darwin, she became the first woman in the world to fly solo from England to Australia. It was nothing short of incredible and it would give her global recognition as well as the CBE.
Images below of Amy at Croydon just before she took off... first stop Vienna!
For a comprehensive and incredible record of Amy's flight to Australia visit our friends The Amy Johnson Arts Trust. Set up in 2016, Rick Welton and his team have been working in Amy's home town of Hull to keep Amy's legacy alive and share her story with new audiences.
THE FLYING HIGH TOUR
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
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Arts Council England
De Havilland Museum
Historic Croydon Airport Trust
London Croydon Aerodrome Hotel
The Horton Theatre
Ifield Barn Theatre
Seven Arts
Front Room Theatre
The Ropewalk
Doncaster Little Theatre
Helmsley Arts Centre
The Lantern Theatre
The Guiseley Theatre
The Boardwalk Theatre
Barn Theatre
Lowther Pavillion
Herne Bay Little Theatre
Theatre SOAR
11am Saturday 3rd May Join Jenny Lockyer and the FLY Festival team as we launch FLY, an ambitious 5-year programme of arts and engineering activity promoting community collaboration and seeking to enable aspirations to become reality! Inspired by Amy, this festival will keep her legacy alive by exploring where we are headed! The 5 years will take us to 2030 and the centenary of Amy's Australia Flight. By then we hope to be global and for Amy Johnson to be known across the world once more.
11.30am 2.15pm and 4.15pm Three workshops across the day exploring FLY and its aims. Find out more, and be part of it.
1pm-2pm Saturday 3rd May Jane Delamaine is founder and Director of the Amy Johnson Project. She has dedicated the last 13 years to bringing Amy back to life for a whole new generation and not allowing her memory to slip out of history. In this illustrated talk, Jane takes you on the journey of Amy’s life, incredible achievements and tragic death, where possible using Amy’s own words to tell her epic story.
3.15-4.15pm 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. Amanda has faced challenges of dyslexia, cancer and a commerical pilot career in a male-dominated world. Like Amy, Amanda believes that ordinary people can do extraordinary things.
Throughout the day there will be opportunity to record your aspirations for our Aspiration questionnaire which is tracking the level of aspirationa cross the country!
10.30-4pm A showcase of some of the extraordinary work going on across the UK featuring organisations and projects from t he worlds of aviation,engineering and the arts, including a celebration of the work that's taken place with the Flying High Tour!
An inspight into some of the wonderful work that's been going on enabling young people to find out mroe about Amy Johnson and the impact she made!
7.30pm Mitre Theatre A stunning one woman show by Jenny Lockyer In her short life, Amy Johnson’ 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....
