Help us to help children 

Little Angel Theatre has been fuelling the imaginations of the youngest minds since 1961, via the magic and wonder of puppetry.

As our charity grows, we increasingly depend on donations to bring our work to life and to ensure that our work continues to be accessible to all. We are committed to this mission, both in our Islington home and across the UK. We believe that live performance, especially puppetry, can have a transformative impact for child wellbeing, social integration and education.

Here’s how your support has made a difference, and why we still need your donations to continue this vital work…

Schools and Community

Community

Community is at the heart of Little Angel Theatre and we are proud to run a number of wonderful free activities and events for our very local residents in and around Sebbon Street, wider Islington residents and partner organisations.

Schools

We have an ongoing partnership with 8 Islington primary schools, providing every pupil with at least one free theatre visit every single year, as well as a wide offering of after school clubs and in-class workshops. Learn more about the partnership at the link above.

Access

Empowering All Through Accessible Theatre 

Puppets for all

We feel passionately that theatre should be accessible to everyone, so we offer free tickets through our Puppets-for-All (PFA) scheme.

We give out over 2,000 tickets per annum (over 3% of our tickets) through the scheme, partnering with schools, community groups and our PFA mailing list to distribute.

Relaxed and BSL Performances 

For most of our in-house productions one performance is scheduled as a Relaxed Performance.

Puppetry is a highly visual art form. Our productions are categorised as D/deaf friendly if they use little or no verbal language and if the story can be understood equally by D/deaf and hearing audience. For shows which don’t fit with this idea we provide performances for those who use British Sign Language.

Spectrum Summer School

We run an annual Spectrum Summer School. The key aim is to deliver a socially rich experience of teamwork, friendship, and interpersonal skills using the medium of puppetry and film making. This is for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. We recruit for this Summer School through Whittington Health Trust.

Heritage

Marionettes and preserving the craft

Oliver Hymans our Associate Director has been working on developing his practice around the endangered craft of marionette carving. You can read a little more about this above.

Marionettes have recently been listed on the Red list of Endangered craft. You can read a bit more about it’s endangered status here.

Artist Development and Traineeship

Our Heritage strand contains both our Artist development and our interest in continuing the craft of puppet making and performance. This comes through our Artist Development Strand, which consists of an annual traineeship, adult learning opportunities and commissions.
All of our adult learning courses have a bursary, details of which can be found here. 

Suitcase Shows 

Suitcase Theatre is set of small scale, co-created theatre shows that fit into a suitcase and travel to children and families who cannot easily visit the theatre – all developed with participants and artists to ensure authenticity and agency. A common theme through the projects is an encouragement of connection, from isolated elderly care home residents with dementia, to newly arrived refugee families and critically ill children bound to their high dependency wards.

Digital

Through our Digital work we strive to bring theatre to those who couldn’t otherwise access our work.
We do this through partner projects, commissions and our limited time streamed performances. Tickets for our streams can be found here.

Our environmental responsibility

We must not only do everything possible to reduce our environmental impact but also inform our audiences about the ongoing climate crisis.

At LAT, we aim to ignite the imaginations of the youngest minds and we want you to join us in our fight against climate change. We all have the power to create change, no matter how big or how small.

Find out more about our action by clicking the link above.

How can you support?

One-off Donations

Every donation counts and takes us one step closer to delivering our work on stage, at home, and in the community. You can donate today at the bottom of this page. 

Regular Giving

Click here if you want to make a monthly payment or yearly commitment. These donations give us a stable income and confidence to plan for the future. 

Corporate partnerships

Do you have links with a company that could be a future partner? Do you work somewhere that is looking for a charitable organisation to sponsor? 

Legacy Gifts

We respect that family and friends come first, but consider whether you could also leave us a gift in your will.

Testimonials

Had an amazing experience you are willing to share? Did you see something special that made you smile? We would love to hear your stories. They even help us to secure grants from funding bodies!
We would love to hear from you: development@littleangeltheatre.com