Theatrical treasures up for sale

Monday, 25 January 2010

By CHRIS HARROWELL

• Howick and Pakuranga Times

CIN, CIN: Rae McGregor (left), management committee member, and Judy Rankin, head of wardrobe, raise their glasses to the Howick Little Theatre's garage sale.

For the first time in its 60-year history, the Howick Little Theatre is having a garage sale.Organiser Rae McGregor hopes it will not only raise money, but also create some much-needed space in their prop and storage rooms. “What we wanted to do was have a clean-out,” she says. “So much stuff is taking up space that when we started to clear it all out, we thought ‘we have got to have a garage sale’.” The Great Green Room Garage Sale – named after the room in which it will be staged – will be held on Sunday, February 7, from 8am to noon at the theatre on Sir Lloyd Drive off the Pakuranga Highway. A treasure trove of unwanted former props will be up for grabs, as well as household items such as a coffee table, a set of new chairs and two chests of drawers. Some of the more unusual items were once props in past productions, such as a four-foot tall wooden Aussie Santa, a portrait of KFC’s Colonel Sanders and a large wooden cut-out of the front of a car called Bob. Kitchenware, such as dishes, glasses and silverware, is also being sold, much of it in as-new condition. “People will get some terrific bargains,” says Mrs McGregor. Something collectors may be interested in is a Phillips radiogram from the 1950s, made from what Mrs McGregor thinks is blonde oak but she is unsure if it works. “We haven’t tried it. It’s going on an ‘as-is, where-is’ basis.”She won’t estimate how much the pieces will raise, but says whatever it is will go a long way to updating the theatre.

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