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'Strictly' is a regular feature of Autumn TV schedules. Of course, it's about the personalities and themed costumes as much as the dances themselves. Here are a few outfits to set the style.... Showtime Charleston Waltz Jive Rock n Roll Latino & Flamenco Belly Dance

The Alice in Wondrland/Looking Glass stories have been told in many ways, but it all started with the book and its almost equally famous illustrations of the characters and situations. Aside from several film versions of the story, the Disney cartoon version of the 1950s is also quite familiar to many. In recent years, following its policy to make live-action remakes of its cartoons, Disney had another opportunity to tell the story, but, being directed by Tim Burton, the result was a slightly different cocept, but nonetheless visually innovative. A follow-up sequel 'Alice Through The Looking Glass', not directed by Burton, took a somewhat different track to the story-arc of the Looking Glass book and, although retaining many of the characters of the original film, was arguably not so succes sful. Media references channelling the Alice stories and phrases from the stories are too numerous to mention. Even if you have never read or seen the Alice in Wonderland films, it's one of those works whose words and phrases have infiltrated common culture. Aspects of Alice's expeditions to Wonderland, and what/who she found there The Lion and the Unicorn are involved in an ‘altercation’ in the latter stages of ‘Looking Glass’ The Looking Glass book refers to a number of Victorian nursery rhymes, some of which are supposedly educational. Humpty Dumpty is best known (Humpty Dumpty was actually a cannon), but the Lion, (symbolic heraldic beast of England) and the Unicorn,(the symbol of Scotland), are supporters of the coat of arms of the United Kingdom and the rhyme is centred on the historical conflict between the two kingdoms, resolved when James Stuart became king of both countries following the death of Elizabeth I Featuring in a poem quoted within the story, this fearsome beast would not normally form part of a Wonderland costume line-up but we mention it because f it features in climactic scenes in the Burton ‘Alice’ version. That said, for obvious reasons, Jabberwocky outfits do not come ‘off the peg’ and when Terry Gilliam directed a low-budget film based on the beast, the costume was built backwards so that the wearer’s legs/feet looked more birdlike

Beards, Moustaches & Facial Hair Beards, Moustaches and other facial hair are great ways to help create a particular look, get into character, or as in the case of 'Movember' just have some fun. ​ Although we do have some beard & wig sets that go with particular hire costumes, most of our beards, moustaches and facial hair is only available for sale. ​ Beards, Moustaches & Facial Hair for Sale Please note we do not sell or hire online. Stock is subject to change. Please check availability before travelling. Please note:- Although most moustaches are designed to stick by themselves you may find it advisable to use additional water soluble spirit gum, which we also supply. ​ Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price Item Description Price

From villages between Ashford and Maidstone (A20): (Via Maidstone Town) Follow the A20 towards Maidstone. After passing through Bearsted and the Willington Street junction you pass the walls of Mote Park on your left, then shortly after the Grove Green/Maidstone Studios junction you pass Turkey Mill and go under a rail bridge. You have a garage to the left and Haynes garages to the right. Beyond the next traffic lights the road is marked into three lanes and you want the left-hand lane marked for Hastings A229 . Follow this to take you over the viaduct (passing Sainsburys on your right) and to join the A229 at the Thirsty Pig Pub intersection. Before the traffic lights to the Thirsty Pig you need to take the left hand fork to follow the A229 up Upper Stone Street and to the Wheatsheaf junction. Following the A229 to the right of the pub, you pass a fire station, a small Sainsburys store and shopping parade, and the Swan pub. Follow the main road and when you see the zebra crossing, start to slow down, as you will need to take the next right turn for Lancet Lane . Waldron Drive is a left turn off Lancet Lane and Antrix is at No. 8, the fourth house on the right beyond the Valley Drive turn. There is a No. 8 on the small brick pillar at the top of the drive. From villages between Ashford and Maidstone (A20): (Avoiding Maidstone Town Centre) Follow the A20 towards Maidstone. After passing through Bearsted you come to the Willington Street junction and turn left into Willington Street itself. Proceeding at a careful 30 mph (there are notorious speed cameras along this road ) travel the entire length of the Street until you reach the T-junction with Sutton Road . Here you turn right towards Maidstone, passing a large Morrisons store and shortly after, the Kent Police HQ, as you proceed.Having passed a parade of shops on your left, again watch your speed as you approach another speed camera and then avoid the bus lane as you come to the Wheatsheaf junction traffic lights. Here, turn left around the front of the pub and into Loose Road You pass a fire station, a small Sainsburys store and shopping parade, and the Swan pub. Follow the main road and when you see the zebra crossing, start to slow down, as you will need to take the next right turn for Lancet Lane . Waldron Drive is a left turn off Lancet Lane and Antrix is at No. 8, the fourth house on the right beyond the Valley Drive turn. There is a No. 8 on the small brick pillar at the top of the drive. ​ Important Notes: Lancet Lane is a school drop-off/pick-up area, so avoid 8.30-9.15am and 2.45 - 3.40pm during term-time, if possible. Waldron Drive has no street lighting, so after dark, look for the reflective 8 at the top of the drive Payment is by cash, card or cheque (with Bank Card and proof of identity). (BACS/Bank Transfer available by arrangement). A refundable deposit is required on all hire costumes. Cash or cheque is preferable for this as use of card incurs a £2 fee. ​ The nearest ATMs are at the Sainsburys beside the parade of shops or at the Newsagents at Boughton Parade. There are car parks both behind Sainsburys (entrance via The Farrows, right turn before the Ambulance Station) and at Boughton Shopping Parade (next to Sainsburys) access via Boughton Lane, left turn at traffic lights). From the Linton/Staplehurst direction, Loose Post Office on Loose Green Old Loose Hill (take the first left after coming over the viaduct) offers over-the-counter money withdrawal services. ​ Appointments can be made Monday - Friday: 10am - 8pm Saturday: 10am - 6pm. Closed Sundays

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Chess Oh What a Lovely War Phantom of the Opera A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Ancient Rome. Annie Get Your Gun – The Wild West at the time of Buffalo Bill’s Travelling Show. Anything Goes – 1930s musical set aboard a cruise-liner en route from New York to London. Aspects of Love – Aspects of a 17 year love affair, with music by Lloyd-Webber. Babes In Arms – A teenager puts on a musical show to avoid being sent to work camp. Barnum – The early years of Phineas T Barnum, the American showman. The movie 'The Greatest Showman' also tells aspects of the Barnum story Boy Friend, The – The French Riviera in the1920s. Boys from Syracuse, The – A musical based on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. Buddy – Biopic ‘jukebox’ musical on Buddy Holly’s life, set in 1950s America. Bugsy Malone – 1920s Gangsters, Molls & Flappers. Cabaret – 1930s Berlin during the rise of the Nazis. Camelot – Courtly love in Arthurian England. Carousel – A play of Hungarian origin, transplanted to a New England fishing village. Best known for ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ Cats – Highly successful show based on TS Eliott’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. The recent film wasn’t such as success! Chess – Settings and endings vary. It has been set in the Tirol, Bangkok and 1960s New York. Sometimes Freddie wins, other times Anatoly. Evita – Argentina 1935-62 – The story of Eva Peron. Made into a film, starring Madonna. Follies – Set at the reunion of the artists originally in a 1930 ‘Follies-style’ Broadway revue. Grease – ‘Romeo & Juliet’ in an American High School setting. Guys and Dolls – Set in 1940s New York and inspired by the stories of Damon Runyon. Gypsy – Semi-biographical piece on the life and times of artiste Gypsy Rose Lee. Hair – A Tribal Love-Rock musical, this hippy-orientated show broke new ground and several taboos. Hairspray - Based around a TV talent contest with a sub-context of racial tolerence. Half a Sixpence – Based on HG Wells’ novel ‘Kipps’ and originally starring Tommy Steele Hamilton - American Revolutionary hip-hop musical. Hello Dolly – New York City, turn of the 20th Century, featuring brassy widow Dolly Gallagher Levi, whose arrival in the city causes a stir. King and I, The – Supposedly based on the true story of English governess Anna Leonowens in the court of the King of Siam (Thailand) in the early 1860s. Kiss Me Kate – Issues of ‘Taming of the Shrew’ are mirrored in the contemporary theatre group performing it. Les Miserables - Popular stage-show (and now film) set in French Revolutionary times Little Night Music, A – Musical on the romantic lives of a number of couples. Little Shop of Horrors - Extreme gardening drama Lock Up Your Daughters – Set in 1735. a British musical in the Restoration Comedy-style based on a Henry Fielding novel and featuring lyrics by Lionel Bart. Me and My Girl – Set in the 1930s, the culture-shock of a long-lost Cockney heir to an aristocratic fortune. My Fair Lady – Not dissimilar to the above, a street-girl is made ‘posh’ to satisfy a gentlemen’s wager. No No Nanette – A bible-publisher and his wife seek to ‘tame’ their wild ward Nanette. Oh What a Lovely War – The First World War done as an ‘end-of the-pier’ show. We haven’t pictures for every suggestion here, but for the benefit of those wanting inspiration for a Musicals-based event, here's a short list of musicals from which you could perhaps get some ideas! West Side Story Wicked Oklahoma! – Set in 1906– the first blockbuster of the 1940s’ ‘Golden Era’ of musicals. Oliver! – Adaptation of Dickens’ Oliver Twist with lyrics by Lionel Bart. Paint Your Wagon – Set in the 1853 California Gold Rush. Pal Joey – 1930s Chicago and the ‘Joey’ in question is looking to set up his own night-club. Phantom of the Opera – Set in a Paris Opera House in 1911. Pippin – A Bob Fosse oddity, involving the son of King Charlemagne and some strolling players. Pirates of Penzance – Comic opera from Gilbert & Sullivan Pretty Woman - From the film of the same name.. Rocky Horror Show – A musical inspired by horror classics and B-movies. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers – Lumberjack woodsmen and shotgun weddings. Showboat – Musical set aboard an old-time Mississippi paddle-steamer. Sister Act - Musical adaptation of the film of the same name. Song and Dance – A ‘Concert for the Theatre’ comprising ‘Variations’ and ‘Tell me on a Sunday’. Sound of Music, The : The tale of the singing Von Trapp family at the time of the Nazi invasion of Austria South Pacific – Tales of a Polynesian US Naval Base during the WII conflict with Japan. Starlight Express – A musical about trains performed on roller-skates. Sunset Boulevard – The musical of the famous film of 1950. Ready for my close-up, Mr De Mille? Tell Me on a Sunday – The loves & losses of a single British girl in Los Angeles. Tommy – The Who’s rock opera about a deaf, deaf and blind boy who becomes a messiah. West Side Story – Romeo & Juliet set amongst the New York gangs of the 1950s. Whistle Down the Wind – Musical adaptation of a much-loved film. Wicked - Spin-off/backstory musical based on the better-known Wizard of Oz. Wizard of Oz – Follow the Yellow Brick Road, with Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Lion and Tinman

Goth Girl A/C 0659 Goth Girl (Mottled) A/C 0793 Gothic Girl (Lycra) A/C 0015 Goth (Crimson Hooped) A/C 1140 & A/C 1141 Gothic Princess A/C 0913 Gothika A/C 1022 Gothic Temptress A/C 0998 Goth Top (Scarlet Woman) A/C 1344 Vampiress (Black Velvet ‘Belted’) A/C 1516 Vampiress (Black/Silver) A/C 0591 Medieval Female (Dark Blue) A/C 1292 Vampiress (Red/Black) A/C 0596 Vampiress (Red/Black Velvet) A/C 1148 Vampiress (Purple) A/C 1330 Anna V Vampire Slayer A/C 1132 Vampire Slayer (Gold) A/C 1604 Vampire Slayer (Burgundy) A/C 1020 Violet Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) A/C 1021 Victorian Red Black Mina Harker A/C 1120 Vampiress (Black/Burgundy) A/C 1654 Midnight Priestess A/C 0890 Minister of Death A/C 0981 Mistress of Darkness A/C 0019 Mistress of the Night A/C 1331 Mistress of the Web A/C 0503 Morticia (Lycra) A/C 0020 Morticia (Light) A/C 0611 Morticia (Velvet) A/C 0021 Contessa de Meurte A/C 0767 Dark Vixen A/C 0980 Coven Baroness A/C 1034 Burlesque Coven Barnness A/C 1034 Cruelilly A/C 1143 & 1294 Crimson Goth A/C 1140 Delilah Doll A/C 1339

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New to Hiring? With Internet delivery sometimes becoming less reliable, you might decide on the hiring option... 1. Look at our extensive website. There are two main focus points, the Costumes A-Z (usual for events that concentrate on first letter of hosts/guests names) or our Themes A-Z where your themed event could match one of the sixty-plus costume collections. Even with no theme, you may still get inspiration from the pictures, and find an outfit you have always wanted to try. Bear in mind factors such as if your event is indoors or outdoors, weather/temperature, practicality (overhead masks do not always work well for parties) and, sometimes overlooked, your potential travel arrangements 2. Note the name and/or number of the costume(s) you are interested in. We don't have much browsing space, so it helps to know what you might want in advance. 3. If you are phoning/emailing an enquiry, details of your size and the date of your event are useful. ​ 4. Antrix is based in private premises – a house, not a shop (appearances are deceptive!) with limited space. It helps if you can make an appointment so you have our undivided attention. If you turn up 'on spec', we may well be available, but we might not be able to help you, quite so quickly. ​ 5. If you decide not to take up an appointment, or you are running late, it helps to let us know. ​ 6. We usually allow an hour per appointment but this can be flexible. We want you to get an outfit you are happy with, so you can mix and match as necessary. ​ 7. Prices average £25, but this may vary due to accessories, cleaning costs, etc.. ​ 8. When collecting costume(s) we charge an additional refundable £50 per hire. This does not cover the cost of outfits, it is more of an incentive to return. See our Terms and Conditions (on the website and back of the hire form) for more information on this. ​ 9. If you are choosing some time before your event, a £5 (£10 New Year's Eve) non-refundable booking fee secures the item(s). The fee is deducted from the eventual hire cost. ​ 10. Payment is by cash, cheque (backed by card) or debit/credit card/contactless. If the deposit is put on card, there is a £2 admin fee, as we refund the deposit in cash. ​ 11. Once outfits have left the premises, your hire period has started and they are your responsibility. In the event of damage, please do not attempt repairs. Also do not wash/clean outfits – just put everything back in its bag(s) and return them. To ensure no problems, we check everything on return, prior to cleaning, repairing & making sure the outfit is ready for its next outing! NOTE: If you find you have had to make alterations such as tacking up hems, please tell us (as we don't always notice this). We can then restore outfits to their initial state. ​ 12. We hope you find hiring an enjoyable experience. If you did, a Google comment/rating is always most welcome.