• At the end of Lofting Road turn right into Liverpool Road and left into Barnsbury Street...

 

• At the end of Barnsbury Street turn right into Upper Street…

 

• Turn left into Cross Street then first right down Dagmar Terrace for the Little Angel Theatre and the next plaque… ///email.hang.glass

 

John Wright was a master puppeteer who who created a home for British puppetry in the heart of London. The Little Angel Theatre opened in 1961 in the shell of a bombed-out temperance hall, after he had worked with puppets for 25 years in Europe and Africa.

 

He spent the rest of his life establishing the theatre as a unique place where puppets could cast their spell over audiences. His critically respected theatre is one of only three dedicated puppet theatre buildings in Britain.

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• Take the footpath across St Mary’s Churchyard to Upper Street and turn left… ///gentle.fight.took

 

The Church of St Mary the Virgin (shown above) dates back to an original building erected in the twelfth century that was replaced in the fifteenth century. Much of the present structure was the work of the 18th century architect Lancelot Dowbiggin. Bombed and destroyed in the Second World war, it was again rebuilt and serves as the parish church of Islington.