Catalogue
5 more Pizzas from Surf and Slice (Lot 2 of 2)! (Lot 136)
Promised by Surf and Slice
Current bid is
£30.00
5 wood-fired pizzas to collect from the Surf And Slice van - Thursdays and Saturdays in the Criterion car park!
IKEA pan rail (Lot 135)
Promised by Dave Cornish
Double rail, 800mm long, with 10 hooks
5 Pizzas from Surf and Slice (Lot 1 of 2) (Lot 134)
Promised by Surf And Slice
Current bid is
£25.00
5 wood-fired pizzas to collect from the Surf And Slice van - Thursdays and Saturdays in the Criterion car park!
Netflix Premium Subscription for 12 months (Lot 133)
Promised by Ben and Natalie Harratt
Current bid is
£37.50
A £150 gift-card from Amazon will be sent to the winning bidders email address to give them a years coverage of Netflix premium to watch on phone/laptop/smart tv.
If you already have Netflix you can use the code on the gift card to extend your account for another year, or if you're new to Netflix, use the code to watch it on your chosen device for 12 months.
Harry Potter Merchandise (Lot 132)
Promised by Ry & Tilly Withers
A bumper bundle of Harry Potter Merchandise, including 3 t-shirts, posters, note book, Quidditch, wands, magic flying key (please note will only fly if you throw it!), bracelet charms and one of Delores Umbridge’s cat plates!
Push Bike Health Check and Fettle! (Lot 131)
Promised by Paul and Sue Hadlum
Current bid is
£50.00
Is your bicycle in need of a fettle? Paul Hadlum will give your push bike a proper once over and carry out maintenance replacing parts up to the value of £50.
4GB Kingston Memory Module (Lot 130)
Promised by Dave Cornish
Laptop running slow in lockdown? Not enough memory?
Upgrade your RAM with this brand new 4GB SODIMM
Splendid Green Kitchen Cake (Lot 129)
Promised by Claire from 'Green Kitchen Cakes'
Current bid is
£30.00
Choose from a choice of flavours from the Green Kitchen Menu. All cakes are plantbased and can be gluten-free on request - delivery can also be arranged within the local area.
V&A Showbusiness Poster 1982 (Lot 128)
Promised by Liz Thompson
Current bid is
£25.00
Framed poster from The Theatre Museum/V&A 1982 Exhibition plus Covent Garden memorabilia 'About the House' 1963/1987 issues and costume collection images from The Theatre Museum.
Silver and Enamel Necklace (Lot 127)
Promised by Mike Tooley
Current bid is
£20.00
Striking silver and enamel necklace in peacock green and blue enamel
Michelin Star Lunch for Two at 'The Cross' Kenilworth (Lot 126)
Promised by Adam Bennett - https://thecrosskenilworth.co.uk/
Current bid is
£80.00
3 course lunch for 2 at the Michelin starred Kenilworth restaurant The Cross, donated by Chef Director Adam Bennett. Available Weds - Friday from 12.00 - 2.00 pm - (Drinks excluded). This Lot will be redeemed by arrangement when normal service is resumed.
Three one-to-one Reiki or Yoga Sessions (Lot 125)
Promised by Ruth Miller and Maureen Thompson - www.loveyogalife.co.uk
Current bid is
£50.00
The wonderful yoga teacher Maureen Thompson, from 'Love Yoga Life' will lead you in three one-to-one sessions of healing Reiki or Yoga. Learn a new self-healing skill or give as a fabulous gift to a relative or friend for Christmas.
Incunabula Opportunity! (Lot 124)
Promised by Bill Young
Current bid is
£100.00
Don't have to tell you that incunabula are printed materials published before 1500. Bid for this genuine leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicles (1493). On one side the story of the First Punic War; the other side features the Jewish hero Judas Maccabeus. 30x42cm. Provenance and certificate of authenticity.
'Fresh Fruits' breakfast service (Lot 123)
Promised by Olga Miller
Johnson Bros. Setting for six comprising large plate, side plate, tea cup and saucer, cereal bowl.
A Framed Print of the Earlsdon Wesleyan Chapel by Sydney Bunney 1922 (Lot 122)
Promised by Keith Railton
Current bid is
£50.00
A lovely reproduction of a watercolour by the local artist Sydney Bunney, who lived in Earlsdon, of the Criterion Theatre building as it looked in 1922 when it was still a Wesleyan Chapel.
Make your own sloe gin (Lot 121)
Promised by Bill and Erica Young
Current bid is
£30.00
We'll provide the gin, the sloes, the sugar and full instructions for you to make a litre of your very own sloe gin. And as it'll be a few months before you can drink it, we'll also include a small bottle of some we made earlier, for you to enjoy.
Equine Experience, or ...Meet Maisie! (Lot 120)
Promised by Erica Young
Current bid is
£60.00
Come and spend a few hours with Maisie and Erica at Bubbenhall Bridge. Though descended from Epsom Derby winners, Maisie is a gentle old girl to get up close to. The experience can be tailored according to the age, size and wishes of the successful bidder. Any under-16s would need to be accompanied.
A Bottle of Single Malt (Lot 119)
Promised by Mike Tooley
Current bid is
£45.00
Islay - Glen Marnoch Limited Release. An excellent, and well reviewed, single malt scotch whisky.
A Complete Wardrobe of Clothes for your Child's Doll (Lot 118)
Promised by Sue Konrad
Current bid is
£10.00
I will make a set of clothes for your child's favourite doll ready for Christmas. It can be a baby doll, a Barbie doll or an 18" doll and will include sewn and/or knitted outfits for evening, daytime and sleeping.
Pop Icon Portraits (Lot 117)
Promised by Raj and Maggie Gosai
Ink and crayon portraits of David Bowie and Hazel O’Connor created by local artist Raj Gosai 34cm x 29cm each. Beautifully framed and ready to hang.
An Artist's Easel and Accessories (Lot 116)
Promised by Mike Tooley and Sarah Belton
Current bid is
£60.00
A Daler-Rowney Town and Country Easel, compact and portable, made from solid beech wood with brass fittings. Each leg is fully adjustable. Also included in this Lot is a extensive set of brushes for watercolour and oil painting, along with a ceramic mixing palette, a large spiral bound sketch pad, an 18" by 14" box canvas and an Encyclopaedia of Watercolour.
Bowls Coaching - 'taster session' (Lot 115)
Promised by Three Spires Bowling and Social Club - www.threespiresbowls.co.uk
Current bid is
£40.00
A dedicated welcome and coaching session for up to four people, led by a senior Three Spires member, at the Three Spires Bowling Club in Morningside, on a weekday evening in May 2021 - Covid 19 rules permitting. Three Spires will provide all necessary equipment - wear flat shoes!!
A Fish and Chip supper for Two (Lot 114)
Promised by The Gabriel Family
Current bid is
£10.00
Fish and chips for two people from your friendly, local fish saloon - Gabriel's!
A night at Jazz Coventry (Lot 113)
Promised by Jazz Coventry
Current bid is
£40.00
A reserved table and tickets for 4 to a 2021 Jazz Coventry gig of your choice, including a round of drinks on arrival. NOTE: Jazz Coventry are currently unable to deliver a programme due to Covid 19 but plan to reopen when restrictions are lifted, hopefully in 2021, when this Promise can be redeemed.
Rescued chair covered in the fabric of your choice (Lot 112)
Promised by Frances Dixon and Sally Patalong
Current bid is
£75.00
Frances had a lovely little chair in need of some TLC. It probably dates from the 1930s and is possibly a small fireside chair, or maybe a bedroom chair? The frame is sound and the original springs in excellent condition. Sally, an amateur upholsterer, has refurbished it to the state where it is now ready for the final fabric. It is comfortable! The buyer may choose a fabric up to a cost of £15 per metre. Google upholstery fabric online and you will find several sites. Sally has used The Mill Shop in the past. Let us know which fabric you would like, and the chair will be finished for you.
Silver Art Deco coffee spoons (Lot 111)
Promised by Chris Arnot
Current bid is
£20.00
This lot includes a Mappin & Webb set of Art Deco silver coffee spoons, decorated with a coffee bean, dating from 1923, plus a Walker and Hall set of six silver plated soup spoons dating between 1910 and 1920. Both hallmarked in Sheffield. This lot also includes a modern, Etruscan style jug, lovely for flower arranging!
Fully working restored Vintage stage light and stand (Lot 110)
Promised by Karl and Sylvia Stafford
Current bid is
£105.00
A genuine stage light and stand restored and rewired with a domestic friendly bulb holder. A Strand 123 lantern to grace your house. Practical, collectible and theatrical. Can be either a floor stand (similar to the photo) or a table stand. This is from my stock not the Criterion kit! You will have the choice of finish - as it left the stage, stripped and lightly polished or stripped and repainted. So expect it to take a couple of weeks for delivery !!
Elephant drawing (Lot 109)
Promised by Cathryn Bowler
Current bid is
£12.50
Framed pencil drawing of two elephants with trunks entwined
624 x 508mm
Original oil painting (Lot 108)
Promised by Cathryn Bowler
Current bid is
£20.00
Framed oil landscape painting of a poppy field
610 x 515mm
Update those old photos! (Lot 107)
Promised by Pete Bagley
Current bid is
£60.00
If you have old photographs, slides or even negatives lying around that you would like transferred to a modern, digitised, format then this is your opportunity. I will re-format up to 150, enhance them where possible and put them on to a USB stick for you to create your own albums on your home computer. You can then forward some long-forgotten memories to family members and friends wherever they live, create slide shows for special occasions and know that family histories will be there for future generations.
A Bespoke Textile Keepsake (Lot 106)
Promised by Gill Henderson - https://www.hendersonshandsewn.co.uk/
Current bid is
£20.00
Gill Henderson is a local textile artist working with reclaimed and rescued fabrics to create landscape applique art and embroidery. Her pieces often take hundreds of hours to complete. She is offering a bespoke 10” embroidery hoop design to the lucky bidder.
This could be to celebrate an anniversary, event or occasion - a birth, a wedding - or something special for a friend.
A portrait of your pet (Lot 105)
Promised by Lukasz Nowacki
Current bid is
£75.00
Working from a photograph I will create an artwork to treasure of your favourite pet. Here is Mollie, as an example of my work!
One hour professional photographic family portrait sitting. (Lot 104)
Promised by Richard Johnson of RJ Photographics - https://www.rjphotographics.com/
Current bid is
£25.00
Your sitting will be outdoors and socially distanced, either in your own garden (subject to local lockdown restrictions) or, alternatively in a suitable rural location within the Coventry area.
You will be able to choose 6 images from the series of images taken during the sitting. These will be supplied as large resolution digital files.
Personal History Walking Tour - Streets of Earlsdon or City Centre (Lot 103)
Promised by Peter Walters
Current bid is
£20.00
A personal history tour of the original eight streets of Earlsdon, or of Coventry City Centre. Covid 19 restrictions to apply to numbers depending on when the Promise is cashed in!
The tour could be a one-off, for a family, or for individuals. Both city centre and Earlsdon walking tours take an hour to an hour-and-a-half.
Learn how to make a restaurant quality mid-week meal (Lot 102)
Promised by James Hamilton Harding
Current bid is
£25.00
I’ll teach you how to make a super delicious, low effort mid-week meal. Options include: pork or chicken katsu, chicken or tofu satay or a classic 15 minute carbonara via zoom.
A day's worth of gardening (Lot 101)
Promised by Becky Cribdon
Current bid is
£37.50
Point my weeding finger in the right direction and I'm yours for the day (or multiple equivalent sessions). I can come within 4 miles of the theatre and will bring my own small tools.
Three evenings of your life back (babysitting) (Lot 100)
Promised by Becky Cribdon
I will mind your children for three sessions of your choice. Dogs are fine; cats enjoyed. Limitations: within 4 miles of the theatre and probably not Friday evenings in term time. I can leave your kids to whatever they do or attempt wholesome activities.
A Celebratory Cake (Lot 99)
Promised by Kerry Raynes
Current bid is
£30.00
I'll bake you a cake and deliver it to Coventry.
Show-quizness (Lot 98)
Promised by Richard Warren/Chris Firth
We will set a general knowledge quiz (max 5 rounds) themed around your choice of individual topics. It could be for a loved ones’ birthday; your gardening club meeting; or a work Christmas do. The rounds can be a mixture of written, pictures and audio challenges.
A Young Man with a Pressure Washer (Lot 97)
Promised by Ted McGowan
Current bid is
£45.00
Do you have a filthy patio, a pitiful path or a deck needing a refresh? Ted's the chap for the job. He will pop round to yours and pressure wash practically anything, within reason, with his trusty Kärcher.
A Man with a Trailer (Lot 96)
Promised by Neil McGowan
Current bid is
£80.00
Do you need to dump some unwanted items/rubbish that you can't recycle at the kerbside? I will load up and transport a trailer load to Coventry Tip on a date to be agreed in 2021 (CV19 restrictions allowing). Within a three mile radius of Coventry. Boy, does this man love his trailer...
Bush Trim (Lot 95)
Promised by Alan Fenn
Current bid is
£50.00
Steady on ! Myself and my chainsaw will spend a day in your garden trimming or pruning whatever needs it. I have short and long reach equipment as well as a powerful chipper to turn all the waste into compost able bits.
A cake a month for a whole year (Lot 94)
Promised by Judy Sharpe
Current bid is
£80.00
I will make a cake of your choice (from a list of 15 specified cakes) for each month over the next 12 months, and deliver to your home (within a 5 mile radius of the theatre)
One days decorating (labour only) in Coventry area (Lot 93)
Promised by Tony Cuttiford
Current bid is
£75.00
An original portrait (Lot 92)
Promised by Martin Willis
Current bid is
£75.00
I will paint a portrait of your choice from a digital photograph of a single person - either a celebrity or a special person in your life
One hour body massage at home (Lot 91)
Promised by Daniel Searles
Current bid is
£20.00
When it's safe to do so I will come to your home and give a relaxing full body massage.
A Company of Hostas That Will Give You an Unforgettable Dramatic Performance (Lot 90)
Promised by Keith Railton
Current bid is
£25.00
I promise to produce a cast of 5 talented hostas that will add dramatic effect to your garden and if directed skilfully will lead, in time, to a terrific variety show. They will look great in boxes, on balconies or in any part of your auditorium and will, of course, consist of a variety of shapes, sizes and colours. Let a hosta ensemble bring a little theatre back into your life and leave you with an unforgettable performance.
The hosta ensemble will appear in one litre pots in May 2021. Delivery and growing instructions included.
Weeding (Lot 89)
Promised by Jo Payne
Current bid is
£25.00
General garden/herbaceous borders
2 hours, 4 occasions or similar by arrangement within one mile of the Criterion Theatre
Do a family’s weekly ironing (Lot 88)
Promised by Jonathan Rees
I pledge to do a 'family of four's' weekly ironing pile, CV19 restrictions allowing (!)
Fruitwood Music Stand (Lot 87)
Promised by Helen McGowan
Current bid is
£40.00
A bespoke, fruit wood music stand made in the 1990s by a Warwick craftsman - suitable for a child or for a seated musician. Height adjustable up to 48". Highly decorative and beautifully made.
A vegan cake (Lot 86)
Promised by Becky Cribdon
Current bid is
£20.00
There's lots of cake on offer, so here's a low-tier speciality promise: one vegan cake (or traybake or similar) of your choice, plus bike delivery if within 4 miles of the theatre.
A limerick for every member of your household (Lot 85)
Promised by Paul Forey
Current bid is
£10.00
The Criterion's funds are at stake
So Paul has an action to take:
A limerick, he'll pen,
For you and your friends.
You'll wish you had opted for cake.
3 course meal for 4 (Lot 84)
Promised by Linda Holmes
Current bid is
£40.00
Delivered within a five mile radius.
Veggie, vegan and gluten free option available if required.
Indian or Spanish Meal for 4 (Lot 83)
Promised by Hugh Sorrill
Current bid is
£80.00
I’ll cook a full Indian Spanish tapas meal for four (actually it’s probably enough for more!) delivered to your home in Coventry on a mutually agreed date
A Cream Tea for two delivered to your door (Lot 82)
Promised by Helen McGowan
Current bid is
£40.00
I’ll bake a cream tea, complete with home made scones, sandwiches and cake, along with a bottle of fizz. All you have to do is put the kettle on!
Learn to Juggle (Lot 81)
Promised by Peter Gillam
Current bid is
£10.00
I'll spend 8 hour long sessions teaching you how to juggle.
