ANNUAL REPORT 2020 CHARITY NO. 232488 AUDIENCE: 97,280 TOTAL VISITORS PRODUCTIONS WELCOME

performances of 14 833 in-house productions 2019-20 was our most successful year hundreds of thousands of people across yet, with more productions on our stages the globe; as well as continuing to and more audiences reached than ever fundraise to keep the theatre alive. performances of 4 before. We worked with a record number Looking forward, we hope to adapt 24 visiting productions total visitors at our visitors to of artists to produce 14 in-house shows, If Not Here… Where? to tour again in 58,438 own venues 38,842 our shows including creating our first piece of work a COVID-safe way in 2021, and will continue on tour specifically for babies and toddlers – The to build on our digital expertise to create of our visitors performances of 6 of Bed – designed to introduce our youngest content for those who are unable to visit 31,047 were children schools and 456 our productions on tour 151 nurseries came to audience members to the magic of theatre. our theatre in person, alongside restarting were free tickets via our shows at our venues creatives & performers Outside of our buildings, our Take live shows in a safe environment. 2,366 Puppets for All scheme 105 involved in our shows Flight national tour worked to develop This year has highlighted the lack of of family visitors puppets took part in Little relationships between venues and schools diversity in the puppetry sector, and we 27% to our shows came 248 Angel productions were Friday Fives from in areas with low arts engagement, and are committed to addressing this in the new puppets were made 4,041 tickets at £5 coming years, offering more professional 173 for this year’s productions our suitcase show If Not Here… Where? combined puppetry and digital elements development and employment to tour to 15 hospitals and hospices opportunities to underrepresented groups. CREATIVE across the country, giving children a 220 718 2,000 1,282 chance to escape the realities of life on workshops people took participants puppets LEARNING were delivered park in our in our were made by a hospital ward. in schools, participation community children in our The closure of the theatre in March to a total of projects projects participation due to COVID-19 was devastating, but projects 2,190 424 I’m proud of how quickly and creatively 6 the staff team redeployed their efforts children over children to launch our digital programme Watch, Samantha Lane partner 574 294 schools Make and Share, which has reached Artistic Director hours adults

My first year as Chair of the Little Angel We are deeply grateful to our funders Earned Core Theatre Board has been something of and our audiences for their generous activity Staff £1M Donated Other ARTIST a roller-coaster! After the successes of and loyal support this year. On behalf of Other £0.8M £0.5M £0.5M £0.3M DEVELOPMENT our 2019 season, the UK-wide closure everyone at Little Angel Theatre, I’d like to £0.1M of theatres and performing arts venues say a big thank you to you all. back in March hit the cultural sector with INCOME EXPENDITURE extreme force. Throughout this surreal time, our 15 artists led professional wonderful team has stayed focussed and development courses agile despite the unprecedented curve ball thrown at us. Within a matter of days 2.5M PEOPLE REACHED of the theatre going dark, our work went fully digital and has subsequently clocked ON SOCIAL MEDIA 11 companies received 35 days’ Katie Owen worth of free R&D space up over half a million views worldwide. Chair of the board Top photo:Top Anton Arkemenkov “My five year old is PRODUCTIONS now building a solar system out of recycled cardboard. He has 2019–20 was our most prolific year yet. We produced 14 shows for gone to the library our stages at the theatre and studios, and sent six productions on and got three books out on space, and is tour across the UK and internationally. PRINCE CHARMING OUT OF THIS WORLD reading them! All of 15 March – 5 May 2019 this inspired by the 8 February – 7 April 2019 In order to bring our shows to life, we worked with over 100 freelance artists and “Theatre at its best” wonderful Out of “an audaciously Audience feedback This World. ” eight co-producers, some for the first time. Six of our shows were co-productions, sophisticated piece of A Little Angel Theatre new children’s theatre” The with Perth Theatre (Prince Charming), Horse + Bamboo (Suffrajitsu), Cubic production. Written by Sian Guardian Feet and Monstro Theatre (The Dong with a Luminous Nose), Royal & Derngate, Jones. Astrid invites you to A Little Angel Theatre the Little Angel Space Agency Northampton (The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat), Polka and Perth Theatre new for a special mission. co-production. Written Theatre (The Paper Dolls), Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal (The Wolves in Age group: 7–11 by Jenny Worton. Prince the Walls). 8 week run Charming feels the pressure 46 performances of having to save the kingdom. We revived four of our much-loved productions, and created 10 brand new Attendance 1,670 Age group: 6–11 shows, working with some incredibly popular authors including Julia Donaldson, Capacity 47% 9 week run David Walliams and Neil Gaiman. We created our first ever piece for babies and 73 performances toddlers, and continued to expand our work for KS2 with our season Attendance 4,899 Capacity 66% and -themed Out of this World. THE SLIGHTLY Our touring team has been busier than ever, piloting our strategic touring project ANNOYING ELEPHANT Take Flight, which took two of our shows to areas across the country with low 10 May – 4 August 2019 arts engagement, aiming to foster stronger relationships between venues and “A magical and funny children’s show” schools and show how the arts can be used to underpin learning. 40 schools took West End Wilma part in the project and 20 INSET sessions were delivered for teachers. In total, we THE JOURNEY HOME Based on the book by were on tour for 51 weeks and visited 43 venues in 30 towns in the UK and China. 24 April – 5 May 2019 David Walliams and Tony “Inventive and earnest” Ross. A Little Angel Theatre “This project helped us to take theatre to the hardest to reach in a way we THE FLYING BATH new production. Sam Based on the book by Frann unwittingly adopts an could only dream of.” Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough 1 March – 20 April 2019 Preston-Gannon. A Little elephant from the zoo. “a lovely tribute to the Angel Theatre revival. Polar Age group: 3–8 power of imaginative play” Bear sets off in search of a 13 week run Time Out new home. 117 performances 14 in-house productions at LAT — 43,132 at Based on the book by 58,438 Age group: 5–11 Attendance 8,610 theatre and 15,296 at studios Julia Donaldson and David 833 performances 2 week run Capacity 78% Roberts. A Little Angel 17 performances Theatre new production. 38,842 on tour Attendance 1,278 4 visiting productions with The bath toys help different Capacity 69% “It was completely 24 performances 97,280 IN TOTAL animals with their water faithful to the story emergencies. and the children were Age group: 2–5 enchanted.” 6 national & international tours Over 21,000 people visited 8 week run the theatre for the first time 70 performances SHOWS performances AUDIENCES 456 this year Attendance 5,992 Capacity 97% Photos: Ellie KurttzPhotos: Ellie “My five year old grandson loved it and related the whole story back to his mum when we got back.”

SUFFRAJITSU WE’RE GOING ON THE FURTHER ME... THE WOLVES IN 23 May – 12 July 2019 A BEAR HUNT ADVENTURES OF 29 November 2019 – THE WALLS “The details are exquisite” 2 February 2020 29 August – 14 February – Theatre Bubble THE OWL AND THE “An ideal introduction to 8 September 2019 15 March (26 April) 2020 A Little Angel Theatre and theatre for little people” “A must-see family show PUSSY-CAT “A perfectly pitched piece of Horse + Bamboo Theatre The Stage which oozes melodious 27 September – family theater” Curious Mum co-production. Written by A Little Angel Theatre revival. charm” The Stage 17 November 2019 Based on the graphic novel Ruthie Boycott-Garnett. Based on the book by Emma Based on the book by Michael “The puppetry is so by Neil Gaiman and Dave Meet the Suffragettes who Dodd. A baby penguin finds Rosen and . enthralling” Theatre Bubble McKean. A Little Angel learnt Jiu Jitsu. her feet. A Little Angel Theatre revival. Based on the book by Julia Theatre, Bristol Old Vic Age group: 7–11 THE PIXIE AND Age group: 2–5 We’re not scared! Donaldson and Charlotte and York Theatre Royal 8 week run THE PUDDING 10 week run Age group: 3–8 Voake. A Little Angel co-production. Lucy hears 46 performances 22 November 2019 – 113 performances 2 week run Theatre and Royal & noises from behind the walls. Attendance 2,312 2 February 2020 Attendance 8,771 21 performances Derngate, Northampton Age group: 7–adult Capacity 40% “Utterly spellbinding” Capacity 95% Attendance 1,901 co-production. What the Owl 5 (11) week run The Stage Capacity 100% and the Pussy-cat did next. 39 (97) performances A Little Angel Theatre new Age group: 3 – 8 Attendance 2,559 production. Written by Barb 9 week run Capacity 68% Jungr and Samantha Lane. 73 performances A steaming pudding is left on Attendance 6,212 the windowsill on Christmas Capacity 90% “The puppetry Eve. was fantastic and Age group: 4–11 fascinating to watch.” 11 week run “Magical, inspirational 112 performances THE PAPER DOLLS THE BED show. My 5 year old Attendance 9,266 6 February – 17 March 6–23 June 2019, THE DONG WITH A son was transfixed Capacity 82% (18 April) 2020 12 Sept – 6 October 2019, throughout and has LUMINOUS NOSE “An instant classic” 27 February – 15 March 2020 been talking constantly 14 September – Curious Mum (22 March 2020) about the piece since.” 10 November 2019 Based on the book by Julia “As enticing as a duvet on “a deliciously visceral Donaldson and Rebecca a chilly morning” Time Out experience” The Guardian Cobb. A Little Angel Based on the poem by Based on the poem by Edward Theatre and Polka Theatre Sylvia Plath. A Little Angel Lear. A Little Angel Theatre co-production. A string Theatre new production. and Cubic Feet co-production, of paper dolls head off Beds come in all shapes in association with Monstro on adventures. and sizes. Theatre. The Jumblies turn Age group: 3–8 Age group: 6m–3 years Edward’s life upside down. 6.5 (11) week run 10 (11) week run Age group: 7–adult 59 (105) performances 131 (145) performances 9 week run Attendance 5,024 Attendance 4,155 45 performances Capacity 90% Capacity 89% Note: Figures in red indicate the Attendance 2,954 planned length of the run prior Capacity 52% to the COVID-19 pandemic. All photos Ellie Kurttz except We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Little Angel Theatre), The Pixie and The Pudding (Suzi Corker) and The Wolves in the Walls (Dan Tsantilis) PRODUCTIONS ON TOUR

THE FLYING BATH Edinburgh WOW! IT’S NIGHT-TIME UK tour: 1 May – 14 July 2019 UK Christmas transfer: 6–29 Age group: 2–5 December 2019 10 week tour Age group: 2–5 96 performances 4 week tour Attendance: 5,524 37 performances Attendance: 1,493 THE JOURNEY HOME International tour (Beijing): 10–26 May 2019 THE SLIGHTLY Age group: 5 –11 ANNOYING ELEPHANT 2 week tour UK tour: 5 December 2019 24 performances –16 March 2020 Attendance: 1,840 Age group: 3–8 8 week tour EMILY RISING 42 (50) performances UK tour: 26 September Attendance: 6,870 –7 December 2019 Age group: 7–11 11 week tour 86 performances Waterfoot Rochdale Attendance: 4,590 Oldham Manchester / Sale / Salford Sheffield Gainsborough WE’RE GOING ON St Helens A BEAR HUNT Lincoln UK tour: 11 September – Mold 24 December 2019 Nottingham Age group: 3–8 Burton upon Trent 16 week tour 78 performances Wolverhampton Peterborough Attendance: 11,781 Birmingham Coventry

Chipping Norton Aylesbury Luton Oxford Radlett Didcot Harrow

Note: Figures in red indicate the Bath : multiple venues planned length of the run prior Maidstone to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taunton Southampton Photo: Dan Tsantilis Dan Photo: PUPPET POWER CREATIVE LEARNING: SCHOOLS With funding from Paul Hamlyn Foundation we designed and delivered a Islington has the tenth highest level of child poverty in England. programme of puppetry projects across 4 of our One in three children in our borough lives in an income-deprived partner schools during the household, and over 8,500 children are eligible for free school meals. summer and autumn terms. We worked collaboratively We believe passionately in the value of participatory arts, and our with school staff in relation work with schools is vital to ensure we are reaching a wide range of to planning, learning, and delivering sessions which children, some of whom may not otherwise access the theatre. The culminated in a sharing / work we have done this year has focussed on unleashing children’s performance. The programme aimed to enable schools to creativity, using puppetry to explore emotions and wellbeing, and develop their understanding of St Mary’s School / 90 pupils unlocking future aspirations. In 2019–20 we ran 220 workshops in how puppetry can deliver their in years 3, 4 and 5 “One of the children has schools across London which explored a variety of puppetry styles. strategic aims. The school wanted to autism – I’ve never seen use the project to better him speak so fluidly. William Tyndale / 120 pupils communicate their school He was engaging in full SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP in year 1 and 3 vision and values. We worked conversations with “My class did something The school chose two with them to make a beautiful the puppet he made.” PROGRAMME that they would never stories which they felt would puppet animation film of the Laycock school teacher 2,190 get the opportunity to child participants in 6 schools / 2,023 pupil support the delivery of the creation story and hosted do with me. It taught schools workshops visits to date UNESCO ‘Global Goals’ a premiere at our studios, We continued to work in them something about linked with environment and sharing it with the whole partnership with six of our different aspects of sustainability. We worked with school throughout the course 574 closest primary schools art – fine art, filming, the pupils to make puppets of a day. hours spent delivering throughout this year offering making – a good and create a performance to make lip sync puppets, workshops in schools them a wide selection of grounding.” St Mary’s of the stories which were Laycock School / 70 pupils recording the children (as performances and workshop School teacher shared with their classmates in year 6 including the deaf their puppets) talking about 6 experiences. The partnership and parents at the end of the provision class their experiences of school partner schools is designed to allow the project. This project aimed to life. The puppetry and audio schools to engage with our communicate the school’s were combined into a film theatre and the professionals vision statement about what for the school to share with At least 50% of the pupils and artists associated with a “Laycock Learner” looks a wider audience to promote in our surrounding primary SCHOOL VISITS us on a much deeper level. like. We worked with them and celebrate their values. schools have never visited Through these partnerships, AND SUPPORT Little Angel Theatre before, over 2,000 pupils have visited 10,264 children / and would not normally be Sacred Heart St Mary’s William Laycock New North the theatre and studios to see PARTNER 219 performances able to access our creative Catholic CofE Primary Tyndale Primary Primary Academy performances. Primary Primary Schools visited the theatre activities due to financial and SCHOOLS and studios for a wide range social barriers. We aim to Total no. of 412 199 417 381.5 414.5 308 “One child in my class is of shows and workshops. We break down these barriers by pupils on roll usually not interested ran INSET and CPD sessions enabling pupils to participate in art at all, but with this No. of pupils 209 101 87 195.5 154.5 146.5 for teachers, including learning in bespoke projects, access eligible he was very focussed. felting techniques to make shows, workshops and behind for pupil He showed me the premium finger puppets for story bags the scenes opportunities, puppet he had made and making emotion puppets including After School Puppet and I was surprised at No. of pupils 170 93 87 154 125 97 to help children explore their Clubs and taking touring eligible for the attention to detail.” feelings. shows and workshops into the free school Sacred Heart teacher meals schools. Photo: Suhail Merchant Suhail Photo: hot chocolate and mulled wine. CREATIVE LEARNING: COMMUNITY 2,366 free tickets given away to local THE CRIB disadvantaged children worth over Islington is one of the most unequal places in the UK. It is the 10 families / termly A weekly group for young £16,000 through our Puppets for All scheme 5th most deprived London borough and is the 24th most deprived parents under the age of 25, area in England. in collaboration with Bright Start. Families take part in sessions involving messy play ME AND MY BIRD ADDITIONAL GROUPS Our community department exists to ensure Little Angel Theatre is 22 performances / and crafts for babies and WE ARE SUPPORTING accessible to everyone, from our most local residents to those who 210 audience members toddlers, and parents are able 350 participants Our suitcase puppet show wouldn’t otherwise be able to visit us due to social, economic or to talk to specialists about We continued to has travelled to community issues they’re concerned accommodate Bright Start health barriers. All our community programmes are offered for free, centres, hospitals and about, such as oral health/ who ran weekly sessions people’s homes, with the which is made possible by generous funding and support from trusts, speech and language. In for childminders. We aim of connecting those the summer we went on also delivered free craft foundations and some wonderful individuals. in isolated situations and group outings to the local workshops at Mary’s encouraging them to engage farm, libraries, and parks to Community Centre for Soul with their dreams and encourage young families to in the City’s Family Fun Day; memories. In April/May 2019, engage in local services and the Cally Festival with Help committee also got involved it was taken to residential FAMILY enjoy the outdoors with other on Your Doorstep; St Luke’s “My son loves attending in organising a fundraiser for settings and day centres for parents and their children. Community Centre’s Open CRAFTERNOONS the craft sessions, it a local resident’s sports team people living with dementia. Weekend; The Big Jewish 326 attendees / 116 families / has enthused him with and a Christmas party. Summer Fete; and the weekly and monthly a desire to be creative Museum of London for Take Sessions consist of puppet both at nursery and SPECTRUM SUMMER IF NOT HERE... WHERE? COMMUNITY 16 venues / 88 performances a Step’s event for looked makes, crafts, games and at home. We really SCHOOL / 150 audience members after children. gardening. In November appreciate all that CHRISTMAS PARTY A puppetry and film making This interactive show was 2019 we collaborated with you do.” 100 attendees course for young people aged created from the ideas of the Institute of Classical This is the second year we’ve 13-18 with Autistic Spectrum children and young people SUMMER PARTY Studies, Senate House held a Community Christmas Conditions (ASC) and/or Over 1000 attendees at Great Ormond Street on Being Human Festival, Party, and this year it was other communication needs, throughout the day Hospital, gathered during creating a Crafternoon about open to neighbours of delivered in partnership This year’s summer party workshops with in-patients, mythological monsters, all ages. Local residents with Islington NHS Speech was a huge success and was out-patients and the Young which involved storytelling ADULT COMMUNITY contributed to the event by and Language therapists. the largest in LAT history. People’s Forum. It toured and making a large-scale volunteering with decorating Participants made a film The day was packed full of GROUPS free of charge to children’s Medusa puppet with families. and setting up the venue, about superheroes which workshops, yoga, games and 30 attendees hospitals and hospices From November, we also running stalls, baking cakes, premiered for their friends face painting along with an From October 2019, we around the UK in February invited older participants and organising a raffle and and families in Little Angel exhibition of Sebbon Street launched a new programme 2020 and included both a from the local estates to tombola to raise money for Theatre’s auditorium. community hero Audrey of free activities, with the live and digital element, join in with Crafternoons our community programme. Kasali’s homemade puppets, aim of tackling isolation and made possible with funding alongside families as an We also had free crafts, woodwork and crafts. improving mental health and from Children in Need, intergenerational project. bingo, face painting and a wellbeing for local adults of NESTA and other Trusts and quiz, and enjoyed mince pies, all ages. With our residents “When I achieved [my] Foundations. committee (made up of 12 goals it gave me more members who live locally), “I’m excited to see what confidence. I felt proud we devised a programme of we can make happen of myself and really activities including weekly now for the community.” happy.” yoga and boxercise classes, a tea and cake group and craft workshops. The Photos: Benedict Johnson (right) and Suzi Corker (far right) CREATIVE LEARNING: PARTICIPATION CREATIVE LEARNING: ADULT LEARNING

Our Participation programme gives children a chance to get involved This year we continued to deliver a variety of training opportunities in puppetry at all stages of their development – from play sessions for puppeteers, performers and makers. From suitcase shows to for toddlers, to puppet makes during the holidays and a full scale shadow theatre, this year has seen a huge variety of techniques production devised by our Youth Theatres each March. explored by course participants.

ADULT MAKERS AND PUPPET LAB 68 participants / 2 sessions 294 PERFORMERS CLASSES 424 participants Puppet Lab is a new venture for participants 128 participants / 14 courses this year. It is a collaborative A new strategy was created for effort between Little Angel short courses, LAT Makes, LAT Theatre and Andy Heath and 1,282 FOUNDATION COURSE Collaborates, LAT Performs puppets made Iestyn Evans of Talk to the 62 participants / 5 courses and LAT Develops which Hand puppetry. This free event Our termly foundation courses was set to clearly define the looked at the skills needed for continue to be in demand, strands of LATs work which puppeteers to work on screen. TINY TOTS and we carried on delivering adults can gain skills from. It allowed participants to two nights of this course each It strives to more closely tie (AGE 4M-3 YRS) gain experience working with term across the year, led by our learning opportunities in 35 children / 25 sessions monitors and being guided by the brilliant Oliver Hymans. with our creative work. This Tiny Tots is Little Angel industry professionals. We continue to deepen our makers, this youth theatre year participants have taken Theatre’s regular playtime engagement with our local is specifically designed to part in a variety of activities for our tiniest followers. The community by bringing these meet the complex needs of INTERMEDIATE COURSE including making foam headed PUPPET HIRES aim of the club is to create a 27 participants / 2 courses workshops to our six Partner young people with autism. rod puppets, shadow puppetry This year we hired out 15 of our regular and quality play time This year we launched our Schools free of charge. Unfortunately, this year and tour planning, working puppets, which went on to a for carer and child in a safe, Intermediate Puppetry we were unable to perform with artists and practitioners variety of exciting projects such fun and creative environment, Course, designed for those our annual Youth Theatre such as Matthew Robins, as community performances, and includes singing, games, YOUTH THEATRE who wish to continue to showcase, but we do continue Rachel Warr and Mark Makin. youth theatre showcases and puppets and craft activities. (AGE 11-18) to work with them online. develop their puppetry even set dressing for a Netflix 18 participants / 26 sessions skills after completing the show. In addition to this, we Our Youth Theatre company foundation course. Led by GUILDHALL COMMUNITY were commissioned to build SATURDAY PUPPET HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES AND Oliver Hymans, it focussed create their own unique SUITCASE PROJECT puppets for the online sports on techniques such as object CLUB / AFTER SCHOOL performances over the FUN DAYS (AGE 5-11) 9 participants/ 7 weeks journalists Bleacher Report. theatre, marionettes and winter and spring terms. This 279 participants The MA Guildhall students Maker Alicia Britt constructed PUPPET CLUB multiple puppeteer puppets. year’s theme was the land Little Angel Theatre runs returned for another several puppets and this short (AGE 5-11) before time, an exciting time regular one-off activities which successful year. This time has amassed over 370,000 62 children / 28 sessions travelling production full of include themed fun days, a we introduced the students views on Instagram. Each term the groups are dangerous dinosaurs and week long Summer School: “Oliver was a briliant to Steve Tiplady and Sally inspired by a visit to the carnivorous plants. Play in a Week project and tutor and it was great Todd who helped them to theatre and then devise drop-in craft sessions. These SPACE HIRES learning different types construct exciting suitcase We hired out our spaces for their own production making sessions are fun and inclusive, of puppetry. I also loved performances for 5-8 year puppets themed around SPECTRUM YOUTH offering participants the 376 hours this year alongside enjoying the creativity olds. The project concluded a large amount of free space what they have experienced. THEATRE (AGE 11-18) opportunity to collaborate with and talent of others on with a well-received mini tour The term culminates in a 30 participants / 26 sessions like minded children that they given out to a variety of artists the course.” of our local community groups for R&D space. performance for friends Working with professional wouldn’t normally engage with and partner schools. and family at the theatre. puppetry directors and during school life. Photo: Suzi Corker FINANCES PEOPLE

Earned We have continued to evolve our business model in response to a changing economic Thank you to everyone who worked at Little Angel Theatre £1M Donated £0.5M Other environment. This year we saw a twelfth this year. We would also like to say a special thank you to the £0.1M consecutive year of growth in turnover and were on track to deliver a planned small following people who gave their time and support. surplus to build up our reserves in line with our organisational growth, before we Honorary Patron Luisa Cotardo Gregory Doran Jeta Daco 6% made the heart-breaking decision to close Tom Dawson our doors in response to the Coronavirus Patrons Anca Dimofte pandemic. This resulted in a significant loss 31% Dame DBE Alice Dritt of income, numerous cancellation costs and Clive Owen & Sarah-Jane Beth Dunne 63% we have ended the year with a small deficit. Fenton Palesa Esuk Michael Pennington Julie Ford Looking forward into the new financial year, Baroness Pitkeathley OBE Michael Gillings Pattison we consider that it is very unlikely that we Sir Simon Rattle CBE Sian Gurney will be able to fully reopen our theatre venues Michael Rosen Mary Klaber Earned before the end of the 2020/21 financial year, 18 Tessa Lim and possibly well into the next year. The core members of staff Trustees Phoebe Lok Stallabrass Grants & donations organisation has made use of the government (full and part time) were James Bierman Charlotte Mafham INCOME Other job retention scheme, and secured grants employed as well as... Melinda Burton Cath March from several Covid emergency funding Bailey Lock Ellen McGahey sources in order to sustain the organisational Chris Lowry Ryan McGivern Core infrastructure and continue with a 105 Emily O’Byrne Jane Melrose activity Staff £0.8M Other meaningful output. We are incredibly grateful artists Peter O’Rourke Noemi Mendez £0.5M £0.3M to the individuals and funding bodies who Kaite Owen (Chair) Lynne Morris have supported us through this challenging Fiona Phillips Xenia Moseley time, and continue to actively diversify our 35 Linda Stanfield Louisa Mulquiney income streams and seek philanthropic workshop leaders Lyndie Wright Charly Nash support to weather this pandemic. Sarah Wright Jane O’Donoghue Aleksandra Olympio 19% In spite of the huge challenges of the current 15 Honorary Associate Justine Pickering crisis, we continue to adapt our output and technicians Ronnie Le Drew Stevie Pope corresponding business model: Lyndie Wright MBE Su Rong 50% • growing our fundraising income to subsidise Xiaowen Rong digital / socially distanced performance 10 Volunteers Florence Scott 31% models and our schools and community front of house & Lizzie Abbott Jessica Shead engagement programme; box office team members Nilofar Akmut Roisin Sheridan • honouring living wage salaries throughout Maddy Breen John Snelling our staff and creative teams; Caro Bridie Gower Katie Sommers • reducing our environmental impact, whilst Core activities 3 Marina Casfikis Tim Stayner protecting and maintaining our cherished interns engaged on Scott Cater Marta Valls Staffing buildings. education placements Angelita Cervero Brigid Vidler Building & admin EXPENDITURE Charlie Charlton Matthew Vile Hui Chen Sara Wakili 54 Sofia Christofidou Patricia Witte volunteers Alison Clare Dirk Wylenga

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We are proud to work Thank you to all the local Community organisations Little Angel Theatre is SIGNIFICANT FUNDERS: COMPANY OF ANGELS closely with a number of businesses who support us that we have worked pleased to be supported by The Company of Angels businesses on mutually throughout the year. in partnership a wide range of organisations TRUSTS FOUNDATIONS & are philanthropic friends beneficial sponsorship Aesop Islington with in 2019–2020 and individuals. BBC Children in Need who donate regularly. We arrangements. If you are After Noah Arachne Greek Cypriot Chapman Charitable Trust couldn’t do the work that we interested in partnering Discover Children’s Story Community Centre Charlotte Bonham-Carter PUBLIC FUNDERS do without their generous with us please contact Centre Break a Leg Charitable Trust support. support@littleangel Maggie and Rose Bright Start Co-op Foundation theatre.com. Molly Meg Barbican Library Didymus Ottolenghi Chance UK Ernest Hecht Charitable GUARDIAN ANGELS Petit Bateau Library Foundation Sarah-Jane Fenton CORPORATE SPONSORS Space NK Freightliners Farm The Froebel Trust Jill Nicholls Storksen GOSH Arts The Golsoncott Foundation Clive Owen Sweaty Betty Help on Your Doorstep Gisella Graham Foundation Katie Owen Udderlicious Hilldrop Community Centre Harold Hyam Wingate Wild Swans Isledon House Foundation GOLDEN ANGELS Islington Parent Champions PRINCIPAL FUNDERS: John Horniman Children’s Catherine Armitage Mary’s Community Centre TRUSTS FOUNDATIONS Trust & Peter Ball Nova New Opportunities The Leche Trust John Duffy The Parent House Macquarie Group Foundation Andreia Jurquete St Luke’s Community Centre Molecule Theatre Trust Alison Macdonald Take a Step NESTA Roger Mears TEMPO Time Credits Old Possum’s Practical Trust Jack Thorne Whittington Health Speech Rathbone Brothers PLC Dr Felix von Reiswitz and Language Team Royal Victoria Hall Sharon White Foundation The Sobell Foundation SIGNIFICANT Unity Theatre Trust SILVER ANGELS IN-KIND SUPPORT The Weinstock Fund James Bierman Philip and Natasha Broke Ana Cascon and Bill Shadwick SIGNIFICANT FUNDERS: Peter Charlton INDIVIDUALS E H Comstock-Smith Roanne Insley GENEROUS FRIENDS Ann Marshall Selina Macnair Anonymous Anthony Conway Thank you also to our Claire Kenwright wonderful 73 Bronze Sue Owen Angels and 56 members Rob Owen and members plus. Joe Vergalio We are also grateful and humbled by those who Frederick's choose to put Little Angel Theatre in their will. “FUELLING THE IMAGINATION THROUGH PUPPETRY” Cover photo Ellie Kurttz Registered Charity no: 232488 Company no: 668339 RegistrationVAT no: 233867152 Design: Hyperkit