Balloon from Liverpool Everyman's Twelfth Night: 'This was the first show at the reborn Everyman. It was an incredible production and all these balloons came down at the end and we ran from the upper tier to grab one before they were cleared away.' Photograph: Poppy Ball/GuardianWitnessProp card from Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man: 'This 'invitation card' was given to me during the performance of The Drowned Man by one of the main characters. Comes complete with a sinister verse from the Bible too! (Revelation 6:8)' Photograph: chakrath/GuardianWitnessPina Bausch rose: 'A red silk rose from Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal at Sadler's Wells. The set for one piece consisted of a huge pile of thousands of these roses. We were in the front row and so were able to pick one up as a souvenir of a memorable evening of dance.' Photograph: Maxinefay/GuardianWitness
Discarded set from Forced Entertainment's Club of No Regrets: 'Walking past a skip in the loading bay behind the Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University, I spotted a cut-off piece of set from Forced Entertainment's Club of No Regrets.' Photograph: HighPD/GuardianWitnessA bag of snow: 'My 7yo daughter went to see Slava's Snowshow last November in Sheffield with her Dad. She was captivated by the scale of the blizzard at the end and desperate to get her hands on the snow. It's been winter in her bag ever since.' Photograph: Mij71/GuardianWitnessBruce Bogtrotters school report: 'When we saw Matilda the Musical my son got Bruce Bogtrotter's school report as a paper aeroplane. A fantastic show and my son was so chuffed with this extra bonus! I have made a box frame with it in for his London themed bedroom' Photograph: angelmouse/GuardianWitnessOnce (SPOILER ALERT): 'Fantastic show, with unique staging. Taking place in a bar, the audience are invited on to the stage at the interval where staff serve from the bar on stage, and you get a free branded flask if you use the stage bar, rather than the normal bar!' Photograph: Jemma Mitchell/GuardianWitnessFake blood from A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic: 'Used a company flyer to wipe up some of the 'blood' dripping off the set at the end of the exceptional Young Vic production of Arthur Miller's classic play. Didn't really need a memento to remember such an unforgettable production.' Photograph: George Linfield/GuardianWitnessTerence Rattigan tableware from Separate Tables at the Apollo: 'An actual souvenir bit of tableware from 1977' Photograph: Craig Hughes/GuardianWitnessPlaying card from the set of Mojo: 'I saw Mojo several times and one of the days I got up at the crack of dawn to be one of the first in the day seat line. Ben Whishaw kicked one of the playing cards off the stage and directly in my lap. Having a special memento to keep is brilliant.' Photograph: ClaireyD/GuardianWitnessToadstool fairy hat, Pocket Dream, 1991: 'For the first performances of Elly Brewer & Sandi Toksvig's The Pocket Dream at Nottingham Playhouse in April-May 1991, the audience were kindly and helpfully provided with elegant headgear.' Photograph: DavidB2/GuardianWitnessThe Graduate: 'A crowd of us went down south to that there London to see Kathleen Turner in The Graduate. I am infamous for mislaying my keys and this was the biggest key fob I had come across; the fact that it had a risqué message was a bonus. I haven't mislaid my keys (for long) since I've had it.' Photograph: auntiefreeze/GuardianWitness
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