39 things an opera house can buy for £50

According to the Royal Opera House's latest begging letter, this is what £50 buys them:

1. 2 rolls of white ink jet paper
2. 6kg of brilliant blue azure paint for scenic painting
3. two four inch Purdy brushes
4. five pairs of protective gloves
5. a refill gas canister for the welding machine
6. two sheets of plywood
7. repair for one section of a wagon belt
8. 1.75 hours freelance education facilitator
9. lunch for 10 teachers
10. nine gallons of hand soap
11. 105 gallons of washing up lquid
12. 42 units of glass cleaner
13. 20 black floor pads for scrubbing floors
14. 36 tins of wood polish
15. 83 replacement bulbs for the lanterns around the auditorium
16. 83 rolls of PTFE teflon tape for repairing leaking lavatories
17. a single piano tuning for an orchestral rehearsal
18. 66 bulbs for pit music stands
19. a pair of crimping pliers for score binding
20. two bottles of steel polish
21. three bottles of gun oil
22. 3 piles of old books for dressing Scarpia's library in Tosca
23. 2 pieces of large luggage for Manon
24. the fake pumpkin in Cinderella
25. a performance worth of falling snow for La boheme
26. glitter for Cinderella
27. enough coloured light filter for 100 lights
28. 5 litres of stage smoke fluid
29. net for a long tutu
30. two boxes of costume jewels
31. 10 65cm good quality ostrich feathers
32. three unworked felts
33. eight sets of false eyelashes
34. 16 large powder puffs
35. 105ml of fresh scratch blood
36. pair of steel toe capped safety boots
37. multi tool, maglite and holder
38. Japanese ratchet and adjustable wrench
39. full black out uniform