Group    From 24/11/1961 

Little Angel Theatre

Categories: Theatre

Puppet theatre. Founded by John Wright. It is a 100 seat theatre in a former temperance hall, and caters for children, families and adults. In 2007 the resident company participated with the Royal Shakespeare Compnay in a production of Venus and Adonis using Japanese Bunraku puppets.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Little Angel Theatre

Commemorated ati

John Wright

Plaque unveiled by his widow Lydia.

Read More

Susan Daniel Rose Bed

The Susan Daniel Rose Bed The roses in this flower bed are named after Susan ...

Read More

Other Subjects

Hoxton Hall

Hoxton Hall

Built 1863 as Mortimer's Music hall. 1866 MacDonald took it over but in 1871 following complaints it lost its performance licence.  Bought in 1879 by rich Quaker philanthropist William Isaac Palmer...

Building, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Religion, Theatre

1 memorial
Palace Theatre

Palace Theatre

Richard D'Oyly Carte intended the theatre to be the home of English grand opera, as a counterpart to the light operas that were produced at the Savoy Theatre, and it opened with Sir Arthur Sullivan...

Building, Theatre

2 memorials
Royal Air Force Gang Show Association

Royal Air Force Gang Show Association

The name of this organisation sometimes has "Shows" rather than "Show".

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation, Theatre

2 memorials
Sir John Gatti

Sir John Gatti

Born Giovanni Maria Emilio in Switzerland, son of Agostino, of the Gatti family.  Barrister, with inherited business interests in the theatre and electrical power supply.  Westminster councillor fr...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Theatre, Switzerland

1 memorial
George Edwardes

George Edwardes

Theatre manager. Born Lincolnshire.  His cousins were Irish theatre managers which enabled him to start in the business.  He moved to London in the late 1870s and worked for D'Oyly Carte.  In 1885 ...

Person, Theatre

1 memorial