The Thousands

We might be living in frugal times but the fact remains that a few streamers and a plastic animal mask does not a party make. Hey, it’s your do, but you should know that people have high expectations, and these expectations usually involve oversized props or at the very least a novelty deer head. No really, we actually require these things to feel comfortable at your party.

Enter Opera Australia’s prop shop. With their inspiring motto, "life is not a dress rehearsal" these guys have the country’s largest range of props and ‘scenic elements’, left over from an army of operas.**Is your performance piece crying out for a scythe? Does your Amish reenactment lack an ancient butter churn? Need a sconce perhaps? Simon will help you out. He’s worked in the theatre business for nigh on 40 years, and he sorts and restores these operatic artifacts like a diligent mother.

He’s got his work cut out for him though, shining enormous gilt mirrors, dusting hookahs and arranging walls of ivy, so make sure you give him a call before dropping by.