Campari Calendar 2014

Back in June 2013 our Chinese Lion went on a big adventure to East London to be used in a photo shoot.

Now that the calendar has officially been released, we can at long last show you a link to the image that is being used for the January page of Campari's 2014 calendar featuring Uma Thurman.

The calender is called Worldwide Celebration.

The Campari Calendar, of which only 9,999 copies are printed, will not go on sale but will be distributed to friends of Campari internationally

http://www.campari.com/it/it/calendario/2014/

Basil Brush in Aladdin at Theatre Royal, Windsor

Basil Brush comes to the Windsor stage this Christmas as he appears in Aladdin as The Genie at The Theatre Royal, Windsor from 4th December to 5th January. Other celebrities appearing in panto with basil include ex Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan and celebrity cook, Rosemary Shrager.

If you would like to go to the Windsor panto dressed as Basil Brush then Theatrical Threads sell a great Fox Ears and Tail costume set as well as bow ties

What does the fox say? Well Boom! Boom! would seem appropriate!

What Does The Fox Say?

It's Tuesday and in the packing department there's mild confusion as to why a stage manager for Children in Need would order two pairs of fox ears to be sent to Elstree, in readiness for a dress rehearsal on Thursday 14th November, when Children in Need on Friday 15th is so very obviously focused on bears!

The thought passed and the parcel was dispatched and on Friday night our Director was watching Children in Need on the television when a group called Ylvis took to the stage with some special guests to perform The Fox, all dressed in fox costumes.

As they danced and say their way through the number, there was much excitement as to how or when we were possibly going to see the fox ears we had sent to Elstree being used and as they got to the end of the number, there was none other than Sir Terry Wogan and Zoe Ball standing in front of the studio screen, wearing our fox ears.

Needless to say we are chuffed to have been involved in such an epic show as BBC Children in Need

Apologies for the poor picture quality but these images were taken on a mobile phone from the BBC footage of Children in Need on iplayer. We tweeted during the live show and said that if Zoe Ball could get a picture of her and Sir Terry on Twitter wearing their ears, we will donate £100 to Children in Need!! Watch this space!

Father Christmas Suit or Coat Costume

Is your child's primary school planning a Christmas Fair this year?

Why not dress up to surprise the children at your child's nursery school, or play Santa Claus at the school Christmas Fayre. You could even dress up and arrange to visit a group of local underprivileged kids.

You could make your children's Christmas the most magical yet by dressing up to play Father Christmas himself on Christmas Eve?

Theatrical Threads sell two very different but equally great Father Christmas costumes for playing Santa Claus as well as a wig, beard and gloves set to spruce up an existing Father Christmas costume.

Our Father Christmas costumes are well made from very good quality fabric and will last for many years.

Father Christmas Suit

Father Christmas Gown or Coat

Father Christmas Wig, Beard and Gloves set

Families Magazine Chilterns

Find us on pages 15 and 16 of Families Magazine Nov/Dec 2013, Issue 64 for Families Chilterns


http://www.familiesonline.co.uk/LOCATIONS/Chiltern/Local-mag/Iss-64-Nov-Dec-2013-Families-Chiltern


Theatrical Threads sell a wide variety of nativity cloaks and nativity animal costumes for both school and church productions on our website

Families Magazine Thames Valley East

Find us on pages 6 and 10 of Families Magazine Nov/Dec 2013, Issue 69 for Thames Valley East

http://issuu.com/familiesonline/docs/families_tve_69_web_version


Theatrical Threads sell a wide variety of nativity cloaks and nativity animal costumes for both school and church productions on our website

Kids Fairy Costume SALE!

 Theatrical Threads Autumn SALE! is now on and we have reduced the price of our deluxe fairy costumes. Made by Charlie Crow, our fairy costume fit girls age 4-6 years and are available in the following colours;

Halloween Witch Fairy Costume

Purple Fairy Costume

Green Woodland Fairy Costume

Pink Ballerina Fairy

If your little girl dreams of being a Ballerina, a Christmas Tree Fairy, a Snowflake Fairy, a Sugar Plum Fairy, a Woodland Forest Fairy, a Halloween Witch Fairy then why not grab and early Christmas present now, while stocks last! Costumes come with a free wand

Xtreme Scream Park!

If you live in the Midlands and love Halloween then why not book tickets for Twinlakes Theme Park Halloween events this year.

Twinlakes are staging their Family Scream Park events and, for the first time in 2013, a new attraction called Xtreme Scream!

Family Scream Park is open from 19th October until 3rd November with pumpkin carving, scary characters and creepy ghosts for all ages.

Xtreme Scream Park  (over 12's only) is open on 11th, 12th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th and 27th October and features no less than five scare mazes including Curtains Chaos.

The Oxford Dictionary states that “Coulrophobia is the irrational fear of clowns.” Once inside this labyrinth of colour and noise you will discover that this phobia is not so irrational. Curtains Chaos is a sick and twisted fantasy overrun by rogue clowns. Are YOU ready for playtime?

Theatrical Threads are very pleased to have been involved in Twinlakes Halloween events this year, by supplying ex-hire clown costumes which the actors will be wearing.

So, Send in the Clowns... or in this case BEWARE of the clowns!

Twinlakes Park is situated at Melton Spinney Rd, Melton Mowbray Leicestershire LE14 4SB

Other Theme Parks in the UK also run Halloween themed events such as Thorpe Park's Fright Nights (#FrightNights) Chessington's Halloween Hocus Pocus and Alton Towers ScareFest (#ScareFest)

If you are visiting any Theme Park Halloween events this year, why not buy a Halloween mask from Theatrical Threads...

Itnl Talk Like A Pirate Day

Avast me hearties ....

September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! and 2018 mark the sixteenth anniversary, me beauties, Arrhhhhhh So it be !

'Ere at Theatrical Threads we be donnin' our eye patch in the packing department and joining in the swashbuckling fun on our Facebook page and Twitter @TheatricalThred with the pirate #ITLAPD

So why don't ee join thee, Jim Lad.. Lay down the grog smartly, you bilge rat n dance a hornpipe, but not up crows nest for that be dangerous Arrhhhh

Italian Masquerade Christmas Parties 2013

Following on from their successful inaugural event at Legoland in 2012, Best Parties Ever have now scheduled four Italian Masquerade events around the country for Christmas 2013.

These events are in a class of their own and Christmas party goers can either book single seats, a whole table or on selected nights, the whole venue for their corporate Christmas celebrations.

The evenings include Spectacular Theming and Scenery, Singing Waiters, Living Statues, Aerial Acrobats, Superb Four Course Dinner, Grand Casino, Elegant Cocktail Bar, State of the Art Disco with Intelligent Lighting, Dodgems, Professional Photographer, Christmas Crackers, Full Event Management, On-Site Security, Free Cloakroom, Free Car Parking AND the Survivors Breakfast!

Whichever event you are attending, and however flamboyant your outfit, you can be sure that Theatrical Threads has an Italian Masquerade Ball Eye mask to suit your budget. All our masks are imported directly from Italy!

Tickets to all of Best Parties Ever events can be purchased through their website HERE!

Roald Dahl's Marvelous Children's Charity

Have you heard of Roald Dahl's Marvelous Children's Charity

They believe that every child has the right to a good quality of life, no matter how ill they are. So they raise money to support individuals and organisations so that sick children can receive the highest quality care, advice and support.

Whether that's through providing nurses, equipment, carers or toys, working with hospitals and care organisations or directly with patients, they try to improve the lives of seriously ill children in the UK.

Theatrical Threads think that's a marvellous thing to do and we hope you agree

Fox Ears & Tail Costume Set from Theatrical Threads

Happy Roald Dahl Day!

Hope everyone dressing up for Roald Dahl Day at school has a great day of Mischief and Mayhem!

Our Fantastic Fox Ears and Tail costume sets are great for Roald Dahl Day

 or the Dahlicious Dress Up Day

Twitter Boosts for Small Businesses

Theatrical Threads regularly Blog, Share and Tweet our way through the day as we keep customers updated on both local and national events and those linked into the school curriculum such as Roald Dahl Day, this coming Friday

Whilst Twittering this last week, we came across Retweets from another lady entrepreneur, forwarded from two "Dragons" both with vested interests in small business start ups and who help promote small business stories through their own Twitter feeds.

The first is Dragon's Den entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis who created #SBS (Small Business Sunday) in October 2010. Every Sunday, between 5pm and 7:30pm Theo invites small businesses to tweet him and describe their business in one tweet including the all-important #SBS. Theo then chooses his favourite six who he then re-tweets on Monday evenings at 8.00pm and who are also added to theopaphitissbs.com

The second is Ann Summer's Chief Executive, Jacqueline Gold who has been championing women in business through her #WOW (Women on Wednesday) Tweets since June 2011, where she invites female entrepreneurs to tweet her between 1pm and 3pm on a Wednesday. Jacqueline then selects three favourites who's details are then retweeted out to her followers and who can display the #WOW symbol on their websites

Both host events for their winners during the course of the year and winners from both schemes have reported a huge increase in visits to their website after winning, with many also seeing an increase in sales. A number of the #WOW winners have also secured press coverage of their win, with pieces in numerous regional

In a time where so many small businesses are struggling due to the economic climate it is great to see that the "Big Guns" are still mindful of their own humble beginnings

Kids Mouse Costume Suitable for Roald Dahl Day

Oh NO. The Witches brew of Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse Maker seems to have worked!

There are children turning into mice everywhere you look for Roald Dahl Day!

Mouse Ears and Tail Costume set

Slough Observer Advertising

If you live in the Slough area then you may have seen the Slough Observer's annual educational supplement, ABC to PHD which was published within Friday's paper.

The editorial alongside the advert within ABC-PHD features information and pictures for the costumes that Theatrical Threads stock for Roald Dahl Day themed events

Don't forget that local parents can collect costumes from us to save on postage costs!

Parents can also buy selected costumes from us at our stall at Colnbrook Apple Fair on Sunday 22nd September from 12pm - 4pm

Slough Observer ABC to PHD

If you live in the Slough area then you may have seen the Slough Observer's annual educational supplement, ABC to PHD which was published within today's paper.

The editorial alongside the advert within ABC-PHD features information and pictures for the costumes that Theatrical Threads stock for Roald Dahl Day themed events

Don't forget that local parents can collect costumes from us to save on postage costs!

Parents can also buy selected costumes from us at our stall at Colnbrook Apple Fair on Sunday 22nd September from 12pm - 4pm

Fox Ears and Tail Kids Costume Set

Colnbrook Apple Fair

Theatrical Threads will be at Colnbrook Apple Fair on Sunday 22nd September 2013

We will be having a stall to promote and sell our Ears and Tail costume sets and as it is the Dahlicious Dress Up Day on Friday 27th September, raising money for Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, what better time to invest in a pair of our Fox Ears and Tail set

AND if you chose to wear your Fox Ears AT the Apple Fair, then Theatrical Threads are offering free face painting of a nose and whiskers to match your ears!

Colnbrook Apple Fair takes place at Hilton London Heathrow T5 on Poyle Road, Colnbrook, Berkshire SL3 0FF from 12pm to 4pm. It is a village fair celebrating the Cox's Orange Pippin apple, first grown in 1825, inn Colnbrook by the retired brewer and horticulturist, Richard Cox

Click on the Apple fair picture link to see Colnbrrok Apple Fair's facebook page

Netmums Advertising

Theatrical Threads loves Netmums ... So much so that you will now find us advertising on the East Berkshire Netmums page under both Clothing and Toys

We also have a paid advert on the NetMums East Berkshire webpage, advertising our costumes for Roald Dahl Day

Union Jack Masks for BBC Proms in the Park

Feeling patriotic this summer? Theatrical Threads stock a great union jack mask in metallic red, white and blue!

Whether you are promenading in the Royal Albert Hall or relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere in Hyde Park in front of the stage, listening on BB Radio 3 or on one of the numerous big screens these masks made a great addition to your union jack flag.

Theatre Prop Cakes for The Wedding Singer

Whilst costuming for local theatre group shows, we often hear of the need for specific props and are happy to help when we can. our local amateur theatre group, CAST is performing The Wedding Singer from 24th to 27th July 2013 and needed some fake wedding cakes for the set, so we were very happy to oblige.

If you are looking for a fake cake for a theatre show prop or window display, please contact us to see if we can help.

New Chinese Dragons or Lions for hire

We are very excited to announce that we have two brand new Northern Chinese Lions currently being made especially for Theatrical Threads and they will be in the UK in time for the 2013/14 pantomime season.

Although referred to as Chinese Dragons, these stunning costumes are in fact male and female Chinese Lion costumes and they will be available to hire, either separately or as a pair for celebrations including Chinese New Year as well as for large scale theatre productions, photo shoots, promotional videos etc

Both costumes will be for two people and we will start to take bookings on the lions once we have a confirmed date for them to be in the UK, which we hope to be before the end of October 2013.

Our current Chinese Lion is also going to be given a costume makeover and will be made available at a cheaper rate once our new costumes have arrived to make him more affordable for smaller amateur theatre groups putting on products of Aladdin.

All 3 costumes will be available to collect or be transported by courier once the new costumes arrive.

Mailshots

Theatrical Threads latest Mailshot is flying through the Internet ether as we speak!

This month we are advertising our latest stock line - a high quality set of 15 make up brushes in a real leather pouch, from Stargazer.

If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please email us at enquiries@theatricalthreads.co.uk or contact us via our Facebook page.

We send approximately one email per month, to keep our customers up to date with forthcoming events which children may require costumes for, such as World Book Day, Roald Dahl Day and nativity plays as well as details of new stock lines and discounts and special offers.

Our mailing list is NOT forwarded or sold to any third parties and you are welcome to unsubscribe at any time.

GOSH Charity Donation - May 2013

Theatrical Threads are supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital or GOSH

Through our EBay store we have set up a Bargain Basement and are selling various Ex-Hire Costumes, Costume Accessories and selected Masquerade Ball Eye Masks with a percentage donation to the GOSH charity

We have raised £16.48 during May

Our total raised to date and sent to GOSH is now £674.58, excluding GiftAid

Film Release: May 2013. Penguins 3D

May 24th sees the eagerly awaited release of Penguins 3D, narrated by David Attenburgh

Great for half term week from school, why not take your kids to see the film, dressed AS Penguins!

Kids One Size Penguin Tabard

Fits Age 3-9 Years

Kids Easter Bunny Fancy Dress Costumes

Kids Rabbit Ears and Tail Costume Set

If you are organising an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids over Easter, Theatrical Threads have a great range of rabbit costumes.

We have kids Easter Bunny costumes to suit all budgets from our rabbit ears and tail costume sets, one size tabards and full length white rabbit costumes, complete with carrot! There's also a adult size rabbit costume for the Easter Bunny himself and a brown Hare or Rabbit kids costume too.

One Size Kids Rabbit Costume Age 3-9

Kids Rabbit Costume Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 8-10 and Age 4-12

Comic Relief

Happy Comic Relief Day 2013

Whatever you are doing that will be "Funny For Money", have a great day!

Late Night Opening for World Book Day Costumes

Theatrical Threads offer late night opening for the collection of costumes for special events

Customers in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Greater London can collect kids costumes for World Book Day to save postage costs

Please contact us on 07590 453686 to reserve your costume before collecting

Last Minute World Book Day Costumes

Theatrical Threads offer late night opening before World Book Day



Teddy Bear Ears and Tail Costume

Customers living in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Middlesex and West London are very welcome to collect costumes

Please phone us on 07590 453686 to confirm availability for collection of orders

World Book Day Costumes for Teachers & Assistants

It's nearly World Book Day and schools all over the country will be having book themed events so it's time to think about our teachers and classroom assistants and what they might be wearing!

Ladies and Mens Hooded Cloaks

Available in Red, Black, Blue and Purple

World Book Day Scrooge or Wee Willie Kids Costume

Wee Willie Winkie or Ebenezer Scrooge Nightshirt Costume

Age 6-8 Years - 128cm



It's World Book Day on 7th March and to celebrate, schools all over the country will be having book themed events. Over the next couple of weeks, we will be focusing on some of the kids costumes that Theatrical Threads sell which are suitable for children to wear for World Book themed events

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge is the principal character in Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol. Scrooge is a cold-hearted, greedy man, who despises Christmas. Scrooge is visited during the book by four  ghosts, including that of his late business partner Jacob Marley - who try to make him see the error of his ways as he sleeps one night ...

Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie is a Scottish nursery rhyme, whose figure has become a personification of sleep. Such was the popularity of Wee Willie Winkie that the character has become one of several bedtime entities, such as the Sandman.

Ebenezer Scrooge or Wee Willie Winkie Nightshirt and Nightcap Kids Costume

Age 6-8 Years - 128cm

Theatrical Threads stock two different Wee Willie Winkie or Ebenezer Scrooge nightshirt costumes on their website. 
The blue & white striped nightcap is also available to purchase separately.
Click on the pictures to link to the relevant web pages.

Wee Willie Winkie or Scrooge One Size Nightcap

World Book Day Dalmatian Costumes

It's World Book Day on 7th March and to celebrate, schools all over the country will be having book themed events. Over the next couple of weeks, we will be focusing on some of the kids costumes that Theatrical Threads sell which are suitable for children to wear for World Book themed events

101 Dalmatians!

The film of 1001 Dalmatians, produced by Walt Disney was based on the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. At a dinner party, a gust expresses her dislike for animals and the hosts puppies subsequently disappear....for their spotty fur. Through the co-operation of the animals and a cunning plan, the dogs are eventually rescued.

Theatrical Threads stock five different Dalmatian dog costumes for sale on their website.

Click on the pictures to link to the relevant web pages.

https://theatricalthreads.co.uk/p/kids-dalmatian-dog-costume-world-book-day-fancy-dress