Lyndie Wright Awarded MBE for Services to Puppetry

6th January 2012

Lyndie Wright, founder along with her late husband John Wright of the Little Angel Theatre, has been awarded an MBE as part of the Queen's New Year Honours.

Working at a the Little Angel and living in a nearby cottage since the theatre was founded in 1961, Lyndie has most recently worked on the Little Angel’s collaboration with Kneehigh Theatre, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, which you can catch until the end of January.

Lyndie Wright joins Penny Francis as (TTR is fairly sure) one of only two citizens to have entered the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services to Puppetry.


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