We are your locally owned, year round theatre quality costume rental/retail store. We have 17 isles of rental costumes plus thousands of accessories.
Theatre Garage is a year round costume store based in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. We have been serving the public since 2009 after taking over Shirley Potter's. We don't just stop at rentals, we also have many retail items as well. We carry bagged costumes, wigs, makeup, accessories, fabric, patterns, thermoplastics, craft supplies and more! www.theatregarage.ca
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SMS 780-499-6502
03/14/2025
I need your help. A Theatre Garage family member has gone missing. This is my cat, Doug.
On Wednesday at 11:15am, he got off his harness after his vet appointment. He got spooked and bolted southbound in the parking lots along Gateway Blvd. The vet address is 6003 104 street.
Doug is a ginger with white belly, neutered male. Extremely friendly, will run into any building. Though is scared of cars (which is why he ran). He has no collar on, he is chipped with our contact info.
My family, friends, vet safe, and many volunteers have been searching the area day and night, we still haven’t found him. We have done all the tricks- food, litter, blanket, our clothing. Nothing. We believe he is hiding hunkering down or someone has him thinking he’s a stray.
If you can please keep an eye out. We miss him so much. My kids are completely devastated, as am I.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Christy 🧡
03/09/2025
🍎 Calling all Teachers!
Our first ever seminars are this upcoming week!
👉Teaching Makeup Workshops in Schools, March 13 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ONLY $20.00
We have been busy making hundreds of new belts and single pouches to build up our stock 😌.
🇨🇦 Our Mic Belts are designed and built in-house in Edmonton by local costumers and tested by audio technicians! Our belts have been shipped all over North American for media, film and stage!
The pouch fits Lectrosonics, Sennheiser and Shure wireless body pack transmitters.
Spike tape restock! Just in time, we only had one roll left.
03/04/2025
I am Canadian, my shop is Canadian. 🍁
I am proud and stand with my country. 🇨🇦
We are polite, yes. But we are also strong. We will pull through this together.
Let’s support one another, we got this.
-Christy
03/04/2025
Calling all school teachers! 🍎
Our first ever Teacher Seminar is coming up!! 🏫
➡️Please join us for a 2-hour seminar jam packed with leading industry makeup application techniques, product knowledge and demonstrations! This seminar is designed to teach teachers these makeup techniques and in turn teach their students. It is based on a 90 minute block, best for grades five to twelve. This seminar is very affordable at only $20 per teacher! We will be offering store-wide deals the night of the seminar as well as information packages and samples.
What we will cover:
-Health and safety: Ways to use makeup and makeup tools safely.
-Strategies to keep your students engaged and focused during makeup workshops
-How to set up your workshops and prepare your classroom for makeup workshops.
-Product Knowledge: the most popular and best options for products depending on grade of students.
-Makeup application techniques for special effects, body painting, beauty and aging.
-Q&A as time allows
Please reserve your spot by visiting theatregarage.ca, spaces are limited.
This seminar has been developed and designed for professional school teachers. To attend you must be an ATA member. Teachers from outside provinces wanting to attend, please contact Christy at [email protected]
The Queen and I are at Teachers Convention Day 2!!!
Booth 724!
02/23/2025
Annnnnnnnd we are OPEN! Annual Sale is on!!!
Remember first 25 customers get FREE goodie bags!!!
02/23/2025
IT’S HERE! 🎉 The Annual Sale is ON! Get ready for HUGE savings – up to 75% OFF in-store and 15% OFF online with code “SALE 2025”!
This is our BIGGEST sale of the year, happening TODAY, 12-5PM, February 23rd! Don’t miss out! ❤️
The biggest sale of the year is almost here! February 23 save 20-75% off everything!
Just a heads up: online discounts won’t match in-store deals, and we’ll be busy bees, so phone lines might be a little quiet.🐝
Important sale details:
* Discounts can’t be combined.
* No makeup stamps with discounts.
* Rental & Santa costumes are excluded.
* One transaction per sale (no cost splitting).
* No returns or exchanges.
* First come, first served - no rainchecks!
* Online stock may vary and isn’t guaranteed.
* Free/discounted items are the lesser value in BOGO sales.
* Fabrics, trims, & notions are metre cuts only.
* No holds from previous days.
We can’t wait to see you, remember shop local! ❤️
02/21/2025
Sequin Trim, EVA Foam, Ben nye Classic Tinted Setting Powder and more availble on sale, in-store February 23!
02/21/2025
25% off Lumiere Luxe powders this Sunday. Theses beautiful shimmery pigments can be used by themselves (Left) or with a mixing medium (right).
02/20/2025
AVAILABLE FEB 23!
Have the best of both worlds with Ben Nye’s Lumiere Luxe Sparkle Powders! All the pearlescence of the Lumiere Luxe Powders combined with the brilliance of glitter, now you won’t have to choose! These brilliant pigments can be loose or mixed with Liquiset to become a beautiful metallic body paint. Clear container comes with a convenient sifter. ✨✨
02/19/2025
The biggest sale of the year is almost here! This Saturday the entire store will be at least 20% off with blow out sales up to 75% off!
Online shoppers will get 15% off with coupon code SALE2025
Doscount cannot be combined
No makeup stamps wi the discount
Rental and Christmas costumes excluded
One transaction per sale (no cost splitting)
No returns or exchanges
First come, first serve. No rain checks
Online stock is not guaranteed
Fabric and trims are full metre cuts only
No holds
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Look like the fairest of them all in one of our fairy tale costumes.
It’s our last day of buy one get one free on all of our regular priced rental costumes and accessories. Don’t miss out!
All regular priced retired rental costumes are buy one get one free until March 15th!
Free item is of equal or lesser value. No transaction splitting. In store only.
#yeg #sale
Who else is loving the sun and warmer weather? We just restocked our solid coloured glasses and are excited to now have these beautiful two tone glasses as well.
At the GETCA Teachers Convention today! Booth 724.
Teacher come check us out!
20-75% off today only!!!
3711 98st Edmonton
15% off online
TheatreGarage.ca
Just a heads up: online discounts won’t match in-store deals, and we’ll be busy bees, so phone lines might be a little quiet.🐝
Important sale details:
* Discounts can’t be combined.
* No makeup stamps with discounts.
* Rental & Santa costumes are excluded.
* One transaction per sale (no cost splitting).
* No returns or exchanges.
* First come, first served - no rainchecks!
* Online stock may vary and isn’t guaranteed.
* Free/discounted items are the lesser value in BOGO sales.
* Fabrics, trims, & notions are metre cuts only.
* No holds from previous days.
We can’t wait to see you, remember shop local! ❤️
20-75% off everything Sunday February 23!
Not going to lie it was so much fun to run around and pop these on Canadian made products all over the store. Many of the things I marked are made in house. Just look for our Theatre Garage Brand logo on our tags.
Theatre Garage Brand was introduced in 2013 as a solution to the need of high quality goods that are manufactured locally. Theatre Garage is proud to have many craftsman and artisans as staff and suppliers. We try to buy locally which means producing locally. Any of our goods that have the Theatre Garage Brand logo on it is a product that has been made in-store or from a local supplier.
Day one of the Halloween and Party Expo! This is an amazing convention for all of the people who own costume and party stores in North America. We have been hunting down cool new products and visiting our favorite companies. Highlight of the day was our meeting with Dana and Eric at the Ben Nye booth.
Have a ball to go to for #newyears ?
VISIT US in store at 3711 98 Street.
#masquerade #newyears #party #2025
Don’t miss out on the perfect holiday gifts! 🎁🎄 Shop now at Theatre Garage ✨
#shopyeg #yeg #yegchristmas
Theatre Garage was founded by Christy Hutchinson and Tessa Stamp in 2009. Christy and Tessa met while working as technicians at The Citadel Theatre. Christy, a dresser and Tessa, a lighting tech, got to talking about forming a company to sell their costumes and puppets respectively; something small, primarily to remove their crafting enterprises out of their living spaces.
The venture quickly turned into something far greater then either would have predicted.Tessa heard that a local costume and dancewear shop, Shirley Potter’s was closing and that all the merchandise and costume collection was for sale. Christy, a former seamstress for the store knew of the value and the importance Shirley Potter’s had had in Edmonton since the 1960’s and could not bear to see this collection sold for parts or worse, thrown out. Tessa and Christy purchased the store’s collection and began reading up on ‘how to start a business’ with the local Business Link. The summer of 2009 was a whirlwind with both continuing to work full time and planning for this new venture every spare minute they had.They held the keys to this new adventure but the store was still without a name. Tessa came up with ‘Theatre Garage’; a working title until they thought of something different, but it stuck. Exactly what they intended; a place where all theatre goods can be displayed, purchased, rented and made.
September 21st at 10 o’clock the doors were open to the public. They didn’t have much advertising, just a sign on 109 Street saying ‘Halloween’ with a big arrow pointing towards the store. The first Halloween was a blur and a success.
Theatre Garage started at 10575 115 Street (formerly Shirley Potter’s). It then moved in the winter of 2012 down the road to 10570 109 Street. Both buildings worked for the shop at the time as the business grew and changed, but just wasn’t quite home yet. In August of 2014 Theatre Garage moved to 3711 98 Street. This building was able to bring Christy’s and Tessa’s vision of the store into reality. The building had more space for rentals, makeup counters, wigs, hats and the thousands of accessory items. This location even had enough room to open a fabric and notion shop as well as a professional sewing space. With the new space, workshops were introduced in February 2014.Now a typical day at Theatre Garage was a busy makeup counter, laughter from the rental aisles, the sound of fabric bolts hitting the cutting table, voices of instructors teaching workshops and the purring of sewing machines.
In November of 2015 Tessa made the difficult decision to move on from Theatre Garage and return to work in theatre full time. Christy then took over Theatre Garage as the sole owner. It was a tough transition, but Christy felt Theatre Garage’s story wasn’t over yet. She has amazing staff at her side and is proud that Theatre Garage is known for their top quality products and professionalism. The staff believe in sharing knowledge from our theatre education and experience only carry items they use themselves.
Theatre Garage was born out of creativity and hard work and is excited to continue this tradition as a proud member of the thriving and exciting costume community in Edmonton.
We are your locally owned, year round theatre quality costume rental/retail store. We have 17 isles of rental costumes plus thousands of accessories.
