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

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Little Angel Theatre

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John Wright

Plaque unveiled by his widow Lydia.

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Dame Joan Plowright, CBE

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