Thousands of items will be going up for sale when Bolton’s Octagon Theatre hold a costume sale next month
It will be the first event of its kind in the theatre’s 56-year history.
As a producing-house theatre, the theatre make and source all their own costumes for its in-house productions, with over 16,000 garments of clothing in our costume store.
The sale will include clothes, shoes, hats, and lots more including everyday clothing items, vintage pieces, costume items and fancy-dress articles.
Included in the sale will be a number of notable pieces from some of their m biggest productions including Don Lockwood’s suit and Lina Lamont’s pink dress from the 2016 production of Singin’ in the Rain, period costumes from Jane Eyre, and costume pieces from The BFG.
Wardrobe Manager at the Octagon, Su Newell commented:
“We have been building our costume collection for over 50 years so our store is literally bursting at the seams, we are delighted to be able to offer the items a second life by putting them on public sale. The sale will include a variety of men’s and women’s clothing, shoes and accessories with many items starting from just £1. Lots of the items will have been hand made by our wardrobe department so will be a chance to get a piece of Octagon history. We will also be selling make-your-own bunting and patchwork kits, made up of left over fabric scraps which will make wonderful craft projects.”
The Octagon costume sale will take place at the Octagon Theatre on Saturday 22 July from 10am – 4pm.
