The best costume characters in Perth
Perth's long dry summer makes the timing of this booking the whole game. A performer in a full suit at one in the afternoon in February is doing genuinely hard physical work with limited vision, and the half hour you paid for will show it by the twenty minute mark. Late afternoon, or a room with the air conditioning running, changes the appearance completely.
The other thing to plan around is how far apart this city is. A performer based near the river taking a booking up towards Yanchep or down past Rockingham is looking at a long drive either side of a short appearance, and that lands in the quote. Name the suburb in your first message.
Top picks in Perth
Top picks are the acts in this category in Perth, with the most visible client reviews first, then rating; premium listings break remaining ties.
Questions people ask about costume characters in Perth
What check should a costume character performer in Perth hold?
A Western Australian Working with Children Card belonging to the individual who walks through your door, not to the business that took the booking. Ask to see it with your own eyes. The whole premise of the trade is that the children are hugging somebody they cannot recognise, and no performer on this site has been screened or verified by us, so the checking falls to you alone.
How long should a character appearance last in a Perth summer?
Thirty minutes is the norm, and in a Perth February that number is doing real work rather than being a convention. There is no airflow inside a full suit and the vision is poor, so the final stretch of a long booking is where the performance quietly drops away. Provide shade, cold water and somewhere to sit, and if you are torn between two lengths, take the shorter one.
Can I request a character from a particular film or show?
Not by its brand name, and seeing one advertised that way is a small warning rather than a convenience. Costumes get described in general terms here because copyright makes that necessary, not because the performer is being evasive with you. Say what your child is currently obsessed with, see what comes back, then ask for a photograph of that particular suit from a booking in the last month, shot outside in daylight.
How do I pick between performers when almost none show a review?
Hardly anything on this page carries a rating, which is normal in a trade where the next weekend arrives and nobody ever goes back to write something down. Use the video instead, and watch one particular moment: a group of children mobbing the performer, and whether the character stays intact through it. Then ask for the name of the person rostered on your date, because some operators simply send whoever is free.
Booking tips
Ask to sight the Working with Children Card
Western Australia issues this clearance to a person, not to a business, so an operator's assurance is not the same thing. Ask for the card of whoever is actually putting the suit on, look at it yourself before the day, and keep the details on file for a school or council booking. We check and verify nobody listed here.
Find the changing room before you confirm
The performer wants a room with a door they can close, well away from where the children are and with space to move in. A garage, a study or a side room off the hall is fine. Nominate it at the point of booking, because working it out while somebody waits in your driveway is a poor start to the afternoon.
Move the slot rather than the party
If the day is hot, put the character on late in the afternoon and leave the rest of the party where it is. A cooked performer gives you a flat half hour no matter how good they are, and shade plus cold water plus a chair is the cheapest improvement you can make.