Public transit Angel
Essex Road Capacity 100 seats Opened 24 November 1961 | Type Puppet theatre Production Own and touring Phone +44 20 7226 1787 | |
Location Islington
London, N1
England Address 14 Dagmar Passage, London N1 2DN, UK Similar Unicorn Theatre, Jacksons Lane, Almeida Theatre, artsdepot, Lübeck Museum of Theatre P Profiles | ||
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The Little Angel Theatre is a puppet theatre catering for children, families and adults, off Upper Street in the London Borough of Islington.
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The 100-seat theatre, in a former Temperance hall, was opened on 24 November 1961, by founder John Wright with a performance of The Wild Night Of The Witches. In January 2006, Peter Glanville took over as artistic director, who was then replaced in January 2014 by Adam Bennett
In 2011, the theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary with a revival of Wild Night Of The Witches.
The theatre is both a producing and receiving house, showing work throughout the year other than for a short time in the summer. The theatre also runs participation activities for adults, teenagers and children on a termly basis. Professional development of puppeteers and the development of new work is supported by a continuing programme of work. In 2007, the company participated with the RSC in a production of Venus and Adonis using Japanese Bunraku puppets. For the 2013 Christmas season, The Little Angel presented The Night Before Christmas and another sell-out revival of Dog's Don't Do Ballet by Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie.