2. Meet the Team
With such a vibrant community and so
many individual elements making up the
art form that is ‘cosplay’ navigating
around this can be tricky, Costume and
Play provides services to help companies
understand the multiple benefits of
cosplay such as its incredible audience
engagement, while rooting itself firmly in
the community to help grow it.
Some of Our Clients...
Jess Banks - CEO
After repairing the bow of a fellow
cosplayer who had been disqualified,
Jess made it her mission to transform
cosplay into an inclusive, fun and unified
community.
Silantre Cogan - Creative
Director
Silantre Cogan has been passionately
creating props and costumes for the
community since 2005. One of the most
prestigious cosplayers in the country winning
over a dozen awards in the cosplay art form
and holds a Higher National Diploma in
Theatrical Costume & Makeup.
Andrew Kenny - Technical
and Logistics Manager
The big guy with the ponytail that’s
usually cosplaying something vaguely
appropriate to his job. SAE Institute
trained technician with 2 decades
experience in all tech and production.
3. What is Cosplay?Cosplay encourages you to dress and be
a character you love, but it is the
individual components of ‘cosplay’ that
make it so unique. The ‘Costume’
element when crafted leads into several
different skill-sets such as prop making
and sewing.
The ‘Play’ or ‘Performance’
element with either a made or
purchased costume leads to spectacular
shows such as a cosplay masquerade.
With such a vibrant community and so
many individual elements making up the
art form that is ‘cosplay’ navigating
around this can be tricky, Costume and
Play provides services to help companies
understand the multiple benefits of
cosplay such as its incredible audience
engagement, while rooting itself firmly in
the community to help grow it.
What do we do?
Our mission...▪ To stand for each individual cosplayer within the
community voicing the UK’s movement of costuming.
▪ To harness the amazing skill set within each cosplayer and
present them with more opportunity.
▪ To serve the most vibrant, active and dedicated
community of fans doing what we can to spread the love
within it.
4. What does
that look
like?
▪ Cosplayers go to more cons
than practically any other
group, with 64% attending 3 or
more fan events a year, and
27% going to 5 or more.
▪ Nearly a quarter (23%) of fans
identify themselves as serious
cosplayers, and/or people who
go to shows just to engage in
cosplay.
▪ (59%) said they spend between
£68 and £344 at fan events. (not
including basic costs like
tickets, food, and parking)
5. The Cosplay Masquerade
▪ A masquerade is the highlight of any convention experience.
It combines every element of cosplay together into a spectacular visual
showcase. Masquerades are easily scalable to any size event, from a small
raised platform with enthusiastic amateurs to a fully produced stage
hosting National Championships and professional performances.
▪ Fully self contained or can be integrated into the larger event as required.
▪ Can be run in almost any size of venue and on almost any size of stage.
Costume & Play have experience running
masquerades for events around the UK.
● BBC’s Sherlocked
● Play Expo
● Insomnia Gaming Festival
● London Film & Comic Con
● London Science Museum
6. ▪ Individually bookable elements or combined together to make an
incredible zone area showcase for your event.
▪ Tailored to all audience types for corporate product launches to
attendees that have never cosplayed before!
▪ Can include wearable/ridable costumes, specific costume characters
and themed interactive exhibits suited to your event.
Interactive Services
7. Costumes, Corporate and Installation Pieces
▪ Large set pieces and Installations – Large fully wearable or free
standing set pieces from fabrication to animatronic movement.
portraying complicated or large characters or to set dress an
area for an event. These areas can generate large waves of
interest, can be designed to be an interactive feature of the event
and will generate considerable positive PR for any function or
promotion.
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Examples include;
▪ Sakura tree photography installation.
▪ Ridable gaming characters for gaming
event. (Pig and Tiger.)
▪ Live action interactive costumes such
as Jolteon.
▪ Recognisable costume appearances
such as superheros and princesses.
▪ Interactive Exhibits - Showcasing individual elements that
make up cosplay, this can include props, sewing, digital cosplay,
performance etc. Examples of this range from our digital 360
degree costume drawing experience to our table displays.
8. Workshops, Panels and Demonstrations
▪ Workshops are targeted at small groups with a hands-on intimate approach
lasting 1-2 hours. They offer your customers a take-home experience that they can
share with friends. Their creations act as mementos and a physical reminder of the
activities and event, prolonging audience engagement.
▪ Demonstrations will cater for large crowds, last for 15 minutes and act as a way
for newcomers to engage with cosplay, turning them into repeat business for your
event. Attendees can leave the demonstration with a step-by-step guide on
constructing their first Dagger, Helmet, Wand or Scarf.
▪ Panel Talks can be the perfect way to grow your community and increase
retention rates across events by utilizing new content.
● Well known community figures will draw in community members.
● Use our panels to teach your audience about the depth and skill involved in
cosplay.
● Different guests and themes allow fresh content for every Panel.
9. Character Appearances and Custom Builds
▪ Community costume appearances to showcase
cosplay and community at any event. (London
Science Museum ‘well known gaming
characters’ to represent cosplay for ‘Powerup’
event pictured. )
▪ Costumes can be made to specification for
product launches. This can include
animatronics (moving parts) and can be built
to wear, ride or as a freestanding showcase
piece.
▪ All costuming staff are trained to handle
promotional elements of costuming but are grown
within the community, meaning a love for the
products showcased is a genuine passion. This
cannot be replicated by other promotional means
and methods.
10. Community and
Guests
Costume and Play has access to the UK's
top cosplayers. The influence and reach of
these guests can provide a huge boost to
events locally and nationally, attracting
their fans and followers to meet their idols
face-to-face. We also work with industry
leaders in a variety of fields, e.g. prop
making and costume design. The
high-caliber costumes used by these
guests are often shared thousands of
times over social media.
Professionals we’ve worked with (Global Audience):
● Kelly Jean - Media Reach: 336,000
● Tabitha Lyons - Media Reach: 210,000
● Stacey Rebecca - Media Reach: 329,000
Local Guests we’ve worked with (Geo-targeted Audience):
● Little Red Reiki Cosplay (Sheffield) - Media Reach: 214
● Fantail Cosplay (Manchester) - Media Reach: 335
● Captain Amelia Cosplay (London) Media Reach 2,302
11. Zone Areas
▪ All these elements can be
booked on an individual basis
to suit or can be combined
together.
▪ Zone areas showcase all areas
of cosplay while allowing any
audience demographic to
directly interact with each
individual element.
▪ The cosplay zone area provides
an entirely unique event
experience, generating
substantial footfall (1000
attendees per hour for
Insomnia Gaming Festival 58.)
Just for you.
We can, customize, tailor
and build any cosplay or
costume element for your
show!
12. All Inclusive Service for Any Event...
▪ Masquerade
▪ Entry and Contestant admin, contestant
performance help and choreography.
▪ Technical/Production support (Audio Visual,
Stage sound, Projection and Lighting).
▪ Guests
▪ High Profile cosplayer Guests/Judges for the
masquerade itself and potentially other areas of
the event.
▪ MCs and Presenters as required.
▪ Promotion
▪ Social Media Marketing of the event, Masquerade
winners and video/text interviews if required.
▪ Zone Area/interactive content
▪ Fully trained staff provided ranging from
coordination to promotion.
▪ Unique Content
▪ Interactive/personalised stage experiences for
contestants and audience as required.
▪ We have worked with attendees of all ages and
from every walk of life, both professional and
amateur.
13. Still need convincing?...
110+17,616
100+
100%
Highest number of
masquerade
participants.
Guaranteed delivery.
Social media reach
generated from one
post.
Community meetup
attendees for one event.
Per hour zone area
footfall.
Bums on seats for the
Masquerade.
1,000
3,000
14. Some options…
Basic: Guesting Zone Area
One Masquerade/registration table – 3
invited guest judges.
This would enable us to run up to two
panels on stage and provide one – two
masquerades.
This option can be added to with cosplay
press focusing on reporting on the
Masquerade itself and 5-10 community
based guests/one cosplay group.
One Masquerade/registration table – 3
invited cosplay guests with tables.
This would enable us to run up to two
panels on stage and provide one – two
masquerades while
providing a small interaction area with
cosplay itself (including prints, props,
sewing etc.)
One Masquerade/registration table – 3
invited cosplay guests, 5 zone area
tables.
This would provide the framework to
cover a smaller but comprehensive zone
area comprising of the 5 elements of
cosplay which would also enable us to
run informative demonstrations and small
workshops based around those areas.
(Sewing, Props, Performance,
Modelling/Photography and
workshops/demonstration table.)
15. Some options…
Full Full with Stage Costumes, Commissions and
Installations
One Masquerade/registration table – 3
invited cosplay guests with tables, 5
zone area tables.
This would provide a larger more
comprehensive structure with
considerably fuller workshops and
demonstrations along with a
comprehensive and informative set up of
the 5 zone area tables.
(Sewing, Props, Performance,
Modelling/Photography and
workshops/demonstration table)
Same as full scale with added
community guests and dedicated
Cosplay stage.
(More stage events that we offer)
From fantasy, superheroes to
princesses! We can deliver an entire
world or special costumes for your event.
Installations, costumes and
commissioned pieces can be added into
any option or requested separately for an
event.
Promotion pieces and cosplay
promotional elements can also be
booked directly.
Anything unique you can request and we
can fulfill!
16. Contact us :-
Info@costumeandplay.co.uk
Thank you for your time!
Costume and Play have played a key role in growing the UK Cosplay
community to new heights. Cosplay is becoming widely accepted in
society following the increasing coverage by the media and the
continued steady growth of events. Our work is not done, with your
help we plan on continuing this trend. Our goal is to push cosplay to
it’s full potential, recognising the skill and creativity of the community.
“[Cosplay is the] freedom to have fun being other people, being
artistic and show off my skills at the same time as having oodles of fun
being someone else.”
- Kym Horton, Clicker from The Last of Us.
