A set of silly award certificates that you can present to your cast and crew: The DAFTA’s (Dramatic Awards for the Theatrically Afflicted).

• Ideal for after-show parties! Collect nominations throughout your show run and present the awards (perhaps with suitable gifts) to the winners!
• A set of 15 certificate designs ready to download as an editable Adobe Acrobat PDF file (printing as A4 portrait).
• Each certificate can be edited to include the name of the recipient, the show name and the name of the group.
• The set includes a master certificate which you can modify to create bespoke awards specific to your group (the award name is editable).
• Full instructions on editing and printing included.
• Full Colour.
• US format versions available.

The 14 pre-defined awards include:

• The Spam award – for the hammiest performance.
• The ‘Cockney Dick Van Dyke’ award – for the dodgiest onstage accent.
• The Big Part award – for an outstanding performance from a principal.
• The Small Part award – for an outstanding performance from a non-principal.
• The ‘Two Left Feet’ award – for dis-service to dance.
• The Backstage award – for courage during a blackout or services rendered in the wings.
• The Inanimate Object award – for the best contribution from a prop!
• The ‘It’s All in the Expression’ award – for achievement by a non-speaking member of the company.
• The ‘What Not to Wear’ award – for the most amusing costume.
• The ‘Derring-Do’ award – for dynamic action, daredevil antics and un-choreographed movement.
• The ‘Foot in Mouth’ award – for erroneously delivered on-stage dialogue.
• The ‘Not Quite my Vision’ award – for the piece of set that deviated most from the Director’s request.
• The ‘Purple Heart’ award – for injuries sustained.
• The ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’ award – for improvisation under pressure.

You can order some of our designs printed on a range of merchandise at the Cafe Press online store

Over the years we have designed and printed a number of silly desktop calendars.

Samples of each from previous years are available on request.

Professionally designed and printed, with an RRP of around £5.00, each calendar comprises 12 monthly pages, a cover page and a backing page and is supplied in CD-sized acrylic holder.

An ideal first night / show gift, prize giveaway, or present for theatre lovers.

We can design and supply bespoke designs personalised to your group or company. For further details please email David.

The Products:

Panto Advert Calendar: ‘The Yellow stages’ – a set of adverts for fictional fairyland and pantomime products and services – a must for any panto enthusiast. Everything from ‘Panto Direct’ (injury claim specialists) to ‘Three Pigs Construction’!

The Hound of Music Calendar: Ever wondered what the world of west end musicals would look like if animals wrote and starred in the shows? ‘The Hound of Music’ takes a light hearted look at stage musicals using puns, and spoofs of popular musical posters and images. In fact we enjoy the idea of these so much we have since developed more of these including promo videos and parody songs… read more here.

Theatrical Americana Calendar: A set of black and white photographs, each with a theatrically themed silly caption featuring designs from our Greeting Card range.

Ducks in Trucks: Finally the exciting world of heavy goods and haulage and the aquatic fowl that drive them! Like ducks? Like trucks? Then this desktop calendar is just what you need! Twelve images to see you through your trucking year! Click here to visit our dedicated Ducks in Trucks website!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the theatre foyer, we bring you a third compilation of silly adverts for Fairy-tale and pantomime services and products.

This audio CD holds a total of 17 silly ‘radio’ adverts and 7 ‘tongue in cheek’ announcements to your audience!

TLC Creative bring you the sequel to the sequel of the CD that no-one wanted to hear, in conjunction with the vocal majesty of Brian Two. Supplied in CD case with cover.

Advert tracks included:

Foyer / Audience Announcements included:

• ‘Welcome to the show’.
• ‘5 minutes to curtain up’.
• ‘3 minutes to curtain up’.
• ‘Short Interval: ‘Refreshments available’.
• A very Short Interval.
• Short Interval: ‘Please come back’.

Also available are two further CDs: Four and Twenty Adverts and Four and Twenty More Adverts. We also have printable silly fairy-tale adverts to use in your show programmes with our spoof adverts.

Want to liven up your foyer music?

Looking for something just a bit different to play during your interval?

This audio CD holds a total of 17 daft ‘radio’ adverts for a wide range of fictional fairytale / pantomime products and services, and 7 silly announcements to your audience (plus a bonus track promoting next season’s fairyland TV schedule). Supplied in CD case with cover. 

Advert tracks included:

Foyer / Audience Announcements included:

• Take your seats and turn off your mobiles #1
• Take your seats and turn off your mobiles #2
• Interval announcement
• Exit – Please leave so the band can get to the bar (matinee)
• Exit – Please leave so the band can get to the bar (pm)
• Exit – Please leave as the management charges by the hour
• Exit – Please leave before the cast catch and disembowel the little scamp in the 3rd row!

Also available are two sequel CDs: Four and Twenty more adverts and Four and Twenty – the 3rd album. We also have printable spoof fairy-tale adverts to use in your show programmes: Spoof Adverts.

With the continued success of our first Spoof Advert CD, and by popular demand, we bring you a second compilation of spoof adverts for fictional services and products inspired by Fairytale and Pantomime.

The perfect way to add a bit of fun to your theatre foyer / show interval.

This audio CD holds a total of 19 silly ‘radio’ adverts and 5 ‘tongue in cheek’ announcements to your audience. Supplied in CD case with cover.

Advert tracks included:

Foyer / Audience Announcements included:

• ‘Please turn off your mobile phones’
• ‘No cameras please!’
• ‘Remember to cheer the goodies and boo the villains’
• ‘There is now an interval’
• ‘The show is over – please go home!’

Also available are two further CDs: Four and Twenty Adverts and Four and Twenty – the 3rd Album. We also have printable silly fairy-tale adverts to use in your show programmes with our spoof adverts.

The perfect accessory your pantomime production or for your school’s festive event!

We have four pantomime themed designs available and a fifth more generic Christmas / santa’s elves themed version.

Example content of the fun sheets (shown are pages from Version 1, Version 4 and Version 5).

A fun game featuring pantomime character cards. Battle your friends to decide who is the King or Queen of Pantomime

Each set comprises 35 cards (32 different character cards of assorted panto heroes and villains + instructions) in a handy plastic protective case

• The perfect purchase for any fan of pantomime
• A gift for a pantomime performer
• An item to sell front of house to your show audiences

Now SOLD OUT. 

Please contact us if you would like to explore ordering a reprint for your club / society.

A range of adverts for fairytale products and services to enhance your show programmes.

• Three sets of 8 high definition scaleable JPEG images for you to insert as space fillers/light relief in your show programmes
• Each comprises of a mix of 6 x quarter A5 portrait format (63mm x 91mm) and 2 x half A5 landscape format designs (132.5mm x 91mm)
• Colour and Greyscale versions available
• Provided as a downloadable set of JPEG images

Pack One – The adverts include:

• Panto Direct – Injury compensation service (1/2 A5 landscape)
• Mother Goose Used Transport Emporium – Magic carpets, broomsticks and pumpkin coaches (1/2 A5 landscape)
• Trouble Sleeping? – Try an enchanted spinning wheel… (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Fairy Godfather services – Evil plans thwarted again? Even the odds! (1/4 A5 portrait)
• BeansTalk – Leguminous vegetable chat line. (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Heroes R Us – Kingdoms saved, villains vanquished! (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Grimm Brothers Finance and Loans – The perfect way to manage your debt worries (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Three Pigs Construction services – Saving your bacon! (1/4 A5 portrait)

Pack Two – The adverts include:

• Happily Ever After – Fairytale counselling services (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Life Laundry – Transform your image with a Widow Twankey make over (1/2 A5 landscape)
• Crazy Daisy’s Cow Barn – Exchange your unwanted family cow for magic beans (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Goldiloctite – Rapunzel reveals the secret of her strong and long hair! (1/2 A5 landscape)
• Simple Simon Consultants – Specialist help from an expert(?!?) (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Cash for Eggs – Trade in your golden eggs (1/4 A5 portrait)
• EasyFate.com – Getting Princesses and Frogs together! (1/4 A5 portrait)
• The King’s Men – Have you got what it takes? (1/4 A5 portrait)

Pack Three – The adverts include:

• Babes in the Wood – Fairytale creche facilities (1/4 A5 portrait)
• PerCinnamon Homes – Bespoke gingerbread cottages (1/2 A5 landscape)
• Emperor’s Tailoring – Invisible menders (1/4 A5 portrait)
• The Shoemaking Elves – Why should Puss in Boots get all the footwear? (1/2 A5 landscape)
• Incey Wincey Web Design – Beautiful tailored webbing (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Slippr – Dating app for charming princes (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Youngest Son Adventurers – Quests done first time, every time (1/4 A5 portrait)
• Oil of Oily – Amphibian skincare (1/4 A5 portrait)

Many of these adverts leap off the page into audio format in our range of CDs: Four and Twenty Adverts, Four and Twenty More Adverts and Four and Twenty – the 3rd Album.

A range of humorous greetings cards for Thespians!

Do you have friends with a theatrical bent? Are you in a drama group or involved in an upcoming production?

Don’t send clichéd and cheap-looking cards. Try one of our new clichéd, moderately cheap-looking cards.

Suitable for thespians of all calibres!

Wish your friends and fellow performers luck at their auditions or opening nights with these daft cards!

Americana Range:

• A range of 40 different comically captioned black and white retro image greetings cards designs
• Available as singles and in assorted packs of 5 mixed designs.
• Includes 2 large A4 size designs perfect for casts to present to Directors and Musical Directors.

Animal Musicals Range:

• A set of 5 full colour greetings cards depicting spoof ‘poster’ designs from our Animal musical calendar (“the Hound of Music”), exploring a world where animals write and star in hit musicals.
• Available as singles or a mixed pack of 5 designs.

Pantomime Cartoon strip range:

• A set of 3 full colour greetings cards featuring silly original comic strips on a pantomime theme!
• Designed for wishing your fellow pantomime actors well for their performances!
• Available as singles or a mixed pack of 3 designs.

You can download a mini ‘card catalogue’ showing all the designs below.

Downloads

Card Catalogue