About Us
Be enchanted by one of the largest collections of historical costumes in Canada.
Theatrix Costume House
Supplying costumes for film, television and theatre since 1965.
Our History
Founded in 1965 by Mr. Warren Huges, the little costume shop called “Catherwoods” was started on Yonge Street within the “hippie district’. As the company continued to grow, Theatrrix Costume House moved its headquarters to the theatre district on King Street West in Toronto. The company was later purchased by the DeVita family in the 1990’s and continued its expansion to include costume rentals internationally. In September of 2010, Theatrix moved to Geary Avenue and was purchased by Gina Anki
About Gina Anki, Owner
Ms. Anki brings over 40 years of theatrical experience to the company. She is a graduate of Theatre Arts at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University and the Institute of Drama Therapy in London, England. She is also the proud owner and founder of Children’s Arts Theatre School. Ms. Anki is passionate about maintaining the company’s standard for excellence, creativity and innovation within the field of costume design and rentals. Her vision has always been to provide quality costumes at an affordable price.
Ms. Anki has also expanded the talent base at Theatrix in Hamilton to include staff that provides the full-service concept for rentals and custom design work. Theatrix has one of the largest collections of costumes available in North America, with over 50,000 professional – quality costumes from every century. Theatrix has built a solid reputation with the theatre and film and television and corporate industries.
Theatrix is a very magical place, says Anki, the astounding success and growth of the company is a testament to her vision.
Client Reviews
Working with Gina, David and the team from Theatrix was exciting and easy. They understood our objectives from the beginning and provided a balanced and iterative process to deliver the product.
Our Blue Whale exhibition was certainly made better with the inclusion of the full body, anatomically correct “Krill” Costume – which continues to be a hit with our audience!
– Dave Ireland
Was directing a period piece music video that needed 10 costumes. Had a wonderful experience with Theatrix.
From the initial email and descriptions I sent, they pulled out several options for me to look at and it was ready on a rack when I arrived.
The staff listened carefully and appropriately tagged each costume for the characters we needed, making pick-up and organizing “who wears what” on set so easy.
The costumes look authentic and are well maintained. Drop-off was easy as well. Definitely recommend and will return.
– Nathan Fleet
What an amazing experience it is working with Gina and Theatrix to get the costumes ready for our theatrical productions!
Not only was Gina a pleasure to work with, her and her team are exceptionally thorough.
Aside from cast measurements, we had very specific criteria for this show; from the time period, to the colour palette, to a list of required accessories. Gina and her design team found (and created!) beautiful costumes for our entire cast.
– David Pascos
