Little Angel Theatre: Sixty years strung

Who would have thought a question about what you like best on toast could lead to a mind-blowing adventure – an adventure that leaves spellbound children crying ‘it's a fix – it's funny, but it must be a fix’. Great love stories are often built on small beginnings, and North London locals’ love affair with grassroots puppetry powerhouse, Little Angel Theatre is no exception.

Started by John and Lindy Wright in 1961 as a marionette theatre with a handful of staff at Upper Street's historic Temperance Hall, Little Angel has now garnered an international reach through their digital programme and general expertise. With over a million YouTube views and 14,000 subscribers, they have shaped up to be a pretty smart outfit in the last 60 years. But like The Smartest Giant in Town (their first live show of the year, a musical adaptation from Lane and Barb Jungr) their main aim is to share it all with the community.