Behind the Seams Tour for Two at the Famous Angel's Costumes
Overview
Go behind the scenes of the BAFTA-award winning Angels Costumes. Discover the incredible 175-year history of the world’s foremost provider of costumes to the entertainment industry, having supplied costumes to West End productions, the world-famous Madame Tussauds and a host of TV shows and film productions.
Based in North London, Angels now offers the curious the chance to explore their warehouse, chock full of iconic costumes from the world of entertainment – a dream for any fashion or film fan. You’ll follow your guide around the site through each department and onto the processes that help take costumes from ideas to reality.
Literally thousands of costumes await. You’ll hear first-hand accounts of working on amazing productions that include: Harry Potter, The Crown, Downton Abbey, Wicked and Game of Thrones. You’ll also see clothes made for A-listers like Johnny Depp, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. Who knows? There might even be a celeb having a costume fitting on the day!
- SKU
- PBMTAC
- Locations
- 1 in the UK
- People
- For 2
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.9 (10)
What's Included
- Behind the Seams tour of Angels Costumes for Two
- See costumes made famous in the West End and Hollywood
- Hear first-hand accounts of production on the likes of Harry Potter and Game of Thrones
- Tour all the departments from tailoring to the badge room
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
On arrival you’ll meet your guide before setting out on your 2 hour tour. There are over 8 miles worth of rails and over 1 million items to behold.
You’ll tour all the departments, including: Tailoring, Ladies Making, Alterations, Uniform, the Badge Room, Armoury and the Warehouse.
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 14 (under 18 must be accompanied by an adult)
- Wheelchair users are welcome. Please let them know in advance if you or a member of your group is a wheelchair user
- For the Angels Costume Tour, taking photographs for personal use is permitted. However, filming video footage of any kind is not permitted
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
Your voucher is valid for 12 months.
The tour runs on selected weekdays at 10.30 and 14.00 throughout the year.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow 2 hours for the full experience
What about insurance?
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
How it works
Customer Reviews
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5
Amber
18/02/2020
Fantastic tour
Mark gave us the guided tour and was really fun and informative. We were amazed at the amount of costumes there and the detail that goes into each and every one of them.
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Gill & Kate
16/11/2019
What an experience!
This was a fabulous tour and was made even more interesting by our guide, Mark, who was very knowledgeable, entertaining and passionate about his job! A must for anyone with an interest in costumes.
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Jenny
07/04/2019
Behind the Seams
An excellent tour of Angels with a personable, knowledgeable and engaging guide who made the whole experience fascinating.
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5
Patricia
23/03/2019
Behind the Seems
This was a fascinating behind the scenes look at the creating and supply of costumes to the film and TV industry. Our tour guide Mark was a delight!
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5
Angels Fancy Dress tour
20/03/2019
Behind the Seams Tour
Excellent. Amazing looking at all the work that goes on to produce the outfits. Extremely knowledgeable guide.
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5
Carol
14/01/2019
What a brilliant experience
We were met by the most amazingly upbeat staff. They couldn't have been more welcoming. The lovely Mark gave us an engaging tour. A very knowledgeable chap indeed. My boyfriend came with me just for company and was amazed that he too enjoyed it.
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5
Alexandra
01/10/2018
Fantastic peak into film and TV
The Angels tour was amazing from start to finish. There is nothing like it that will take your behind the scenes so you can appreciate the skill behind the making of our favourite films. A delight!
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5
Alison
18/08/2018
Wonderful Tour
I was expecting to enjoy this behind the scenes tour but it exceeded my expectations. Our tour guide Mark made it so much more than just looking at interesting costumes with his in depth background knowledge.
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Liz
18/08/2018
Behind the Seams
A fab afternoon. Our tour guide was informative; entertaining and gave us lots to think about. A must do for anybody interested in costume.
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Patrick
13/10/2019
Behind the seams
Very interesting and informative. The guide was knowledgeable and humorous. He gave good insight into the working behind providing costumes for theatre and film productions with lots of anecdotes. Location was easy to find and all the staff were very helpful.
Locations
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London
- Hendon, London