Employment Hierarchy

Little Angel Theatre

The Little Angel Theatre was founded in 1961 by group of puppeteers under the leadership of John Wright. They found a hall in Islington and transformed it into a working theatre especially designed for children. In the beginning, they would create shows for marionette puppets. Over the next thirty years the company created and toured shows around the world, and they have taken some into schools. Since then, LAT have used all types of puppets within their shows, and now they take influence from a wide range of cultures. 

Employment Hierarchy:

Peter Glanville (see left) is the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Little Angel Theatre, and has been for the past eight years, however from November 2013, he will be the new Artistic Director of the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon. Before joining Little Angel Theatre, Glanville directed productions for Kazzum, a company he founded in 1989.

Lynette Shanbury is the Executive Director at LAT and has been working there since 2006, where she started as the administrator.
Lynette went to University to study a degree in Geography. It was during this time that she began to enjoy working with the university theatre. She completed an MA in Arts Management at City University for one year. Before joining Little Angel in 2006, she worked for a company called Arts & Management as a researcher. 

David Duffy is the Technical Manager and organises the technical support for all of LAT's shows and tours. He does the lighting designs which are important as he has to bring the puppets to life and make them look animated without putting them into shadows because of the lighting. Cinderella was the first production he worked on at LAT.
He trained at Goldsmiths College doing a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts. During his training, he wanted to go into performing, however he discovered that he enjoyed lighting design and followed that towards the end of his degree course. In his third year at University he decided to take the path into lighting design, however it took him a good year to find work. He was encouraged to do a City and Guilds course in Stage Management and Electrics which he enjoyed, however this course no longer exists. He came to Little Angel after several other jobs and was able to have creative input. He had never worked with puppets before and says "its been a really great experience."  

Sarah Cowan is the Resident Stage Manager and her roles include supervising the stage management staff, running production meetings, coordinating shows and other jobs.

Catrin Lowe is the Marketing Officer and she is responsible for organising the marketing of the company's shows. Her job roles include pricing, market research and marketing. She works closely with the sales team. She works part time.

Slavka Jovanovic is the Education Manager and works closely with Sarah Schofield who is the Educational Officer, and they are responsible for touring their work to schools and completing workshops with schools. They both work part time.

Terry Muzzell is the Finance Officer and he is responsible for all of the financial side of the company including the cost of productions. He is responsible for keeping a record of the finances of the company. He also works part time. 

Miranda Pitcher is the Tour Producer, who works part time. She organises the shows that will be touring around the country or even world wide. 

Kaya Stanley-Money is the Administrator and Touring Assistant. She works with Miranda Pitcher to help the company tour their work. As administrator, she is responsible for the business side of the theatre.

Alex Carter is the Front of House Manager and is in charge of selling the tickets, refreshments during intervals and making sure the theatre auditorium is set out correctly. 

Wood Godwin is the Box Office Supervisor and he is in charge of selling tickets.

Anne Mayer is the Press Consultant and has to deal with the media and set up interviews.

As I couldn't find that much about the staff online, I contacted the theatre, and the below photo is the email I sent them.

I did receive one reply from David Duffy and Lynette Shanbury. I have written some of this information above in their sections, but heres what they actually wrote. To enlarge the photos, click on them.