WEBF’s Stagey Gift Guide 2024
It’s come around again, Besties; the time of year when we jazz up our rooms with tinsel and drink mulled wine or a cinnamon latte, whilst we dance like nobody’s watching. If you’re any kind of theatre lover and/or maker (or if you know someone who is), you’re probably having the time of your life listening to cast recordings of Elf: The Musical and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on repeat.
Yes, Christmas Day is on its way…but what do you gift to the theatre lovers in your life? Fear not, we have you covered with this list of stagey gift ideas, because nothing says ‘I love you’ quite like giving someone else the moment in the spotlight that they deserve.
Love to scrapbook? Letters to July is the perfect place to find musical themed stationery- her stickers and washi tape are perfect for decorating scrapbook pages. She also sells beautiful, high-quality adult colouring books, review pads and notebooks. As a seller, she is very personable and responsive to messages, making shopping with her a very easy experience.
Looking for more stickers? One Show More sells waterproof, glossy, vinyl musical theatre stickers, which are perfect for laptops and water bottles alike. They also sell statement keyrings and pins. Their posters are amazing, they feature a combination of quotes and your favourite stagey characters, carried out in a gloriously striking art style. The most stand out item by far is their theatre journal, which includes an undated calendar, a show tracker and review pages with space to scrapbook.
Credit: Amelia Stitches
Know a budding seamstress or someone who would like to learn? Amelia Stitches sells musical theatre embroidery kits. The instructions are beginner friendly and come with everything you need to create a quote-based art piece. Additionally, she also sells PDF patterns so that you can really add your own spin and make your piece unique. If you send her a message, she’s very good at answering any questions you have and can offer great guidance as to which kit might be best.
Ever wanted to wear your love of musical theatre loud and proud? Now you can! Their musical theatre patches are well made, easy to attach to a tote or a jacket, and look absolutely stunning. There’s a great variety of patches, including lesser known/non-mainstream musicals like Big Fish the Musical and Bare: A Pop Opera.
Continuing with the theme of wearable items, Musical Theatre Pins sell both lanyards and pins, all musical themed. The lanyards are sturdy and the designs are well considered. The pins are really unique and add a fandom pop to any outfit; they also go really well with the lanyards.
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Looking for some theatre themed art to give your room that subtle stagey touch? Eve Leoni Art does watercolour illustration art prints of all of your favourite West End theatres. She also does a theatre calendar, a theatre map print and musical-pun greeting cards. Her artwork is clearly a labour of love, they look aesthetically classy and the detail really makes the pieces special.
Variety is the name of the game when it comes to Handmade Broadway. There’s a calendar with a different musical for each month, a musical theatre themed tumbler, a year diary, sticker sheets etc. But the items to really keep your eye out for are her musical theatre themed posters, bookmarks and phone cases. Her artwork is bright and crisp and there are designs for so many different musicals, in addition to her musical collage designs. Additionally, she does take requests for custom made items, so it is definitely worth messaging her if you have anything specific in mind that isn’t in her shop.
Scratch off posters are a great way of tracking the fan content you’ve consumed. Stage Insider does a colourful musical theatre themed scratch off poster featuring 100 shows from the West End and Broadway. They do a Top-Trumps esque musical theatre card game, featuring 52 different musicals, for 2-6 players. They also sell some musical theatre pins.
Looking for another fun card game to play? You’ve come to the right place. Theatre Gifts World does an iconic musical theatre charades card game, featuring 180 cards. They also sell two stagey adult colouring books and a musical theatre colouring poster, as well as a scratch off musical theatre poster.
Encore does the widest range of stagey gifts, covering everything from jewellery and clothing to books and CD’s. They also have a very nifty feature on their website, which allows you to search for gifts by show, making it a very great place to shop for gifts specifically based on your theatre lover’s favourite show.
Credit: Ensemble Games
Come What Mayy sells the most fabulous musical keyrings in a variety of designs. From musical theatre cassette themed keyrings to Spotify themed keyrings. They even do keyrings of movie musicals. The musical theatre cassette keyrings are this seller’s star item, with their sleek design based upon the show’s aesthetic, featuring a fan favourite song from the musical and a Spotify link incorporated into the design. Additionally, they offer custom music album resin keyrings.
West End Wishes are a series of musical theatre themed wish bracelets, which feature a charm and a quote from the musical it depicts. A really special gift to remind your theatre lover to keep holding on to their theatre dreams. They also sell musical themed scented candles, with scents which smell as good as they look.
Another variety shop, Stagey Tickets sell high-quality stickers, posters and musical theatre flyers. They also do a musical theatre passport, which is a journal/quirky scrapbook for theatre fans to document the shows they’ve seen in. As well as this, they do custom posters which can display multiple shows and souvenir tickets, which is a great way of telling your theatre lover about any shows they may be gifted tickets to see.
Theatre vouchers
Speaking of tickets, theatre vouchers are a great way to go if you’d like to surprise someone with a show but are unsure of what they’d like to see or have already seen. There are three main theatre voucher providers: Theatre Tokens, Ticketmaster and TodayTix.
Theatre Tokens can be used at 300 venues and they have a venue search feature on their website so you can be sure that your voucher will be accepted. Their gift cards don’t have an expiry date and you can register your gift card on their website to protect it in case you lose the physical card.
Much like Theatre Tokens, Ticketmaster also has the search bar feature. These e- gift cards and physical gift cards can only be used to buy tickets through the Ticketmaster website and do expire 12 months from the date of purchase, so it is worth keeping these things in mind. That being said, these vouchers can be used for a wider range of events, such as sports and music, in addition to theatre.
TodayTix gift cards are only available as e-gift cards but can be used for absolutely any show on the TodayTix app, meaning that they are great to use for multiple shows due to the offers offered through TodayTix. They also don’t expire, so can be used anytime.
Last but not least, every musical theatre lover's guru. Musical Theatre offers bi-monthly/monthly magazines, featuring show and album reviews, exclusive interviews and show features. There’s even a space for fan letters to be shared. They offer a range of subscriptions: digital, physical and both. You can even order back issues so you don’t miss out!
With that, our list comes to an end, Besties. Jazz hands! We wish you all the merriest of Christmasses!