London based Rainbow Productions has over 25 years experience in creating high quality, bespoke promotional costumes and mascots for clients in all sectors. Widely regarded as the European leader in the creation of mascots, we work with clients in a wide range sectors, including the leisure industry, sports clubs, retail, shopping centres, local councils and FMCG brands.

Our products and services

• Official UK licensee, exclusively offering ‘Meet & Greet’ personal appearances of 90+ famous cartoon characters
• Design service for costume characters and puppets
• Manufacturer of bespoke mascots and promotional costumes
• Manufacturer of puppets
• Manufacturer of costume characters featuring animatronics (E.g. moving mouth, blinking eyes in sync with a pre-recorded sound track)
• Manufacturer of props for stage show productions
• Stage shows: set and scenery design, script-writing, direction and staging.
• After-sales support: costume storage, cleaning, refurbishment and shipping


Portfolio of licensed cartoon character appearances: 

Extensive choice to help you target the right audience

Over 90 cartoon characters are exclusively available through Rainbow Productions for UK guest appearances at venues such as leisure parks, shopping malls and family entertainment centres. 

Subject to approval by the licensor, we can also offer character appearances at venues in Europe and the Middle East.

A full list of the licensed cartoon characters we represent on behalf of studios and TV networks such as Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox and the BBC can be found on our website.  A selection of characters in our portfolio is shown below:

• Bob the Builder and Wendy
• Dennis the Menace
• Fifi Forget-Me-Not and Bumble
• Noddy and friends
• Paddington Bear
• Peppa Pig and George
• Postman Pat® and Jess the Cat
• Scooby-Doo
• Bart, Homer and Marge Simpson
• The Tweenies
• Wallace & Gromit

When you book a licensed character appearance the following is included:

• The official approved licensed character and royalties due on the appearance
• Equity artistes who will professionally portray the characters on the event day.
• An experienced road manager to dress and "mind" the characters and to perform ad-hoc promotional duties.
• Five appearances throughout the day to fit in with your schedule (4x40 minutes, 1x30 minutes)
• Liaison between our operations team and the venue to confirm arrival and appearance times, changing facilities and local directions.
• All travel, flights and accommodation expenses (if applicable), and any other related costs.
• Approved, copyrighted character imagery/logos, essential for use in pre-publicising the event.
• Approval service for all subsequent publicity and promotional materials, carried out on behalf of the Licensor.
• Public liability insurance for our artistes and road managers


Manufacturer of mascots and puppets

7 feet tall costume characters are eye-catching additions to entertainment programmes!

We replicate artwork into mascots which are used around leisure parks and venues; we also make costumes and puppets for use in Stage Shows.

Technological developments also mean that we offer costumes featuring animatronics.  The software we have developed is user-friendly, durable and light-weight.  As well as requiring low maintenance, another key benefit of using our animatronic costumes is that they offer a more cost effective way of gaining character movement in live entertainment.


What benefits should you expect when you invest in our services?

Licensed cartoon character appearances: Booking an appearance of Fireman Sam, Angelina Ballerina or any of our other costume characters offers you a relatively low-cost way of appealing even more to a family audience and providing celebrity entertainment in your events programme.  A character appearance will help improve visitor numbers on a specific day(s), particularly when advertised in advance using the copyrighted imagery and approvals service supplied by Rainbow Productions.

Commissioning us to create you a bespoke mascot:  As well as acting as a brand icon for your attraction or company your bespoke mascot will encourage increased local press coverage through attending photo-calls and events.  Your mascot will also help entertain your visitors as they queue for rides; and can generate revenue through merchandising opportunities based around this mascot.


Here’s a selection of leisure clients we work with:

Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventure, Crealy Adventure Parks, Drusillas Zoological Park, LEGOLAND Windsor, Longleat,  Paulton’s Park,Thorpe Park, Walibi Belgium, Wheelgate Park.

To find out more about commissioning Rainbow Productions to create you a bespoke promotional character or to book a licensed character appearance, please call 020 8254 5300 or email danny@rainbowproductions.co.uk