Scenic Hires

As well as being one of the biggest panto producers in the UK, Imagine Theatre is probably THE biggest scenic hirer to the pantomime industry (we may not hold as many sets as QDOS but we hire more out to other people).

This year we hold 28 complete sets in our stores, and we are using 8 of them on our own productions (we have 9 shows, but we're hiring one in ourselves)- meaning there are 20 to be hired out to others... and if we tell you that at present there are just 4 still remaining for hire, that means we're hiring ses to 16 other productions.

As well as that, there are some productions which are just taking one item (like a beanstalk, or a carriage for Cinderella), some are hiring costumes (we have 10 sets of costumes going out in addition to our own pantomimes this year), and others are just hiring one prop from us.

So this last few days we've been focusing on set hires. Bruce James productions were in today to look at their set and carriage for Cinderella at the Pomegranate, Chesterfield. Friday saw Chris Jordan in as he's hiring from us for Potters Bar, Eastbourne and Fareham, and Phil from Imagine was over in Hereford on Thursday talking about their Beauty and the Beast hire.

Seems that Dick Whittington is the least popular title this year - we have 3 Dick sets left for hire (Maybe it will be popular for the London Olympics in 2012?).... and a Babes in the Wood set. Any takers?! ;O)