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Hansel & Gretel Toy Theatre

This utterly bewitching illustrated toy theatre recreates the scary story of Hansel & Gretel, tempted into the Wicked Witch’s beautiful gingerbread house. Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ uniquely expressive painterly style evokes the story’s darker undercurrents, yet is peppered with delicious sweets and candies. Experience the magic of the story with this toy theatre set. It includes a…

Snow Queen Theatre

With its breathtaking art-deco inspired imagery by contemporary illustrator, Kate Baylay, our Snow Queen Theatre is enormously popular, loved by adults and children alike. Journey to the frozen kingdom of the Snow Queen with Gerda and Kai… The 6 A4 sheets include characters and scene changes. Build by scoring, folding, and cutting with a craft…

Pollock’s Theatre Diorama Card

Based on one of Pollock’s oldest toy theatres, on opening the envelope, this enchanting card pops-up into a 3-dimensional scene from Harlequin and Colombine. Perfect as a gift, for theatrical invitations and first night wishes. Please note that we have improved the card in the latest reprint so that it differs slightly than the image. It does…

The Magic Horn Toy Theatre

The Magic Horn or Sleeping Beauty in the Wood ‘A play you can play to help save the day’ is a push out and slot together theatre to make and play. Be director, performer, audience member in the Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop 21st Century interactive version of Sleeping Beauty for all the family. “Who will defeat…

Pantomime Theatre with Cinderella

One of our best selling theatres, this Pantomime Toy Theatre is a timeless classic. Complete with all the characters, scenery and script to stage the classic tale of pantomime favourite Cinderella, you can ensure that she does get to the ball. As no cutting or gluing are required, with each piece simply pushed straight from…

Fourpenny Theatre

A magnificent and fanciful stage front originally designed by Victorian toy theatre publisher W.G.Webb from the archive of Peter Baldwin. This paper theatre to cut out and make, complete with boxes for your audience, orchestra pit and a curtain from Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop. Beautifully presented in a printed envelope with name plate. The Fourpenny Theatre comes…

Shakespeare’s Toy Theatre with Midsummer Night’s Dream

Recreate one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays in your own home… This inventive model of London’s Elizabethan theatre is easy to build, with all the Midsummer Night’s Dream characters and scenery pushed out of the book, ready to perform the script. An wonderful gift for aspiring thespians, and potential producers! No cutting or glueing needed.

La Belle et la Bete Theatre

This sumptuous Belgian neo-gothic photographic collage fantasy of the classic Beauty and the Beast story was designed exclusively for Pollock’s by romantic costume maker and photographer, Viona and Dirk van Heinrichshorst. To create the easy-to-make model requires scoring, folding and cutting with a craft knife, resulting in a beautiful theatre with characters, a synopsis and…

Music Box

A hand crank music box from Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop. Turn the handle and remind yourself of a visit to Covent Garden with a music box rendition of Vivaldi’s ‘Spring’. Theatre and music combine in a miniature box decorated with a Pollock’s Theatre.

Magnetic Play Theatre

Expand young imaginations with this delightful magnetic toy theatre. Super easy to use and assemble, it is constructed from sturdy card and wood to include characters, reversible side-wings and backdrop. Once ready slide the actors around the stage for hours of creative fun! A fully playable wooden toy theatre. This is a traditional toy made…

Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop Pop-Up Card

Bringing Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop to life, Claire Fletcher’s illustrations feature our iconic red door and the window arches of Covent Garden’s market building. It’s filled with theatrical and storybook characters who populate our shelves and it folds flat for mailing. With a Harlequin and Colombine large message tag it is a wonderful reminder of your…

Pinocchio Kaleidoscope

The story of a puppet. An icon of Italian fairytales,that irrepressible Pinocchio is joyfully illustrated by Hannah Dyson for Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop. He impishly decorates this classic kaleidoscope.

Woodland Fairground Pop-Up Card

Roll up, roll up, all the fun of the Woodland Fair. With it’s own ferris wheel, helter-skelter and daring acrobatic skills on display in the Circus Big Top, Faan Peeti’s charmingly illustrated pop-up card reveals our woodland characters enjoying a thrilling day out, whilst being serenaded by their very own Mouse Quartet. No assembly required,…

Cinderella Kaleidoscope

Cinderella in the Sky with Diamonds. The girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Look through the lens to see the world refracted into jewels and marvel at Kate Baylay’s illustration of Cinders, going to the ball in her bejewelled ballgown.

Shadow Theatre

Transform your nearest table top into a delightful and elegant shadow theatre! This impressive cardboard creation is free standing, easy to assemble and designed with a classic red and gold ornamental proscenia arch. Charming backstage details on the reverse, this set also includes backdrop scenes plus a complete paper shadow cast for your very own  “smash…