NEW THEATRE BRISTOL
1867-68 ALADDIN
1868-69 THE CLOTH OF GOLD
1869-70 ROBINSON CRUSOE
1870-71 FORTY THIEVES
1871-72 DICK WHITTINGTON
1872-73 TOM THUMB
1873-74 VALENTINE AND ORSON
1874-75 RED RIDING HOOD
1875-76 LITTLE CINDERELLA
1876-77 BABES IN THE WOOD
1877-78 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
1878-79 HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
1879-80 SINBAD THE SAILOR
1880-81 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
1881-82 ALADDIN
1882-83 DICK WHITTINGTON
1883-84 CINDERELLA
PRINCE'S THEATRE BRISTOL
1884-85 FORTY THIEVES
1885-86 RED RIDING HOOD
1886-87 SINBAD THE SAILOR
1887-88 BABES IN THE WOOD
1888-89 ROBINSON CRUSOE
1889-90 SWEET CINDERELLA
1890-91 ALADDIN
1891-92 DICK WHITTINGTON
1892-93 BABES IN THE WOOD
1893-94 FORTY THIEVES
1894-95 LITTLE BO-PEEP
1895-96 CINDERELLA
1896-97 ROBINSON CRUSOE
1897-98 RED RIDING HOOD
1898-99 SINBAD THE SAILOR
1899-00 ALADDIN
1900-01 DICK WHITTINGTON
1901-02 BABES IN THE WOOD
1902-03 CINDERELLA
1903-04 PUSS IN BOOTS
1904-05 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
1905-06 MOTHER GOOSE
1906-07 HUMPTY DUMPTY
1907-08 JACK AND JILL
1908-09 ALADDIN
1909-10 OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
1910-11 JACK HORNER
1911-12 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
1912-13 DICK WHITTINGTON
1913-14 ROBINSON CRUSOE
1914-15 HUMPTY DUMPTY
1915-16 GOODY TWO SHOES
1916-17 CINDERELLA
1917-18 OLD KING COLE
1918-19 SINBAD
1919-20 MOTHER GOOSE
1920-21 TOM TOM THE PIPER’S SON
1921-22 ALADDIN
1922-23 JACK AND JILL
1923-24 KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
1924-25 GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
1925-26 ROBINSON CRUSOE
1926-27 THE FORTY THIEVES
1927-28 HUMPTY DUMPTY
1928-29 HOP O’MY THUMB
1929-30 THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
1930-31 GOODY TWO SHOES
1931-32 CINDERELLA
1932-33 ROBINSON CRUSOE
1933-34 MOTHER GOOSE
1934-35 DICK WHITTINGTON
1935-36 BABES IN THE WOOD
1936-37 ALADDIN
1937-38 CINDERELLA
1938-39 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
1939 -40 RED RIDING HOOD
1943/44 Peter Pan (Hippodrome)
Peter Adamson (Coronation Street)
Teddy Brogden
Billie Brook
Betty Brown
Gerald Fox
Alex Collins
Harry Crossman
Billy Darren
John Ellery
William Luff
1944/45 Aladdin (Hippodrome)
Peter Adamson (Coronation Street)
Teddy Brogden
Billie Brook
Betty Brown
Gerald Fox
Alex Collins
Harry Crossman
Billy Darren
John Ellery
William Luff
1945/46 Jack and the Beanstalk (Hippodrome)
Eddie Gray
Nita Croft
Eddie Childs
Bert Murray
James Lomas
Jeanette Haley
Harold Childs
Lennox Dalton
Stella Kemball
1946/47 Humpty Dumpty (Hippodrome)
Phylis Adrian
Jean Adrienne
John Lloyd Fillingham
Freddie Frinton
Duncan Gray
Hugh Harden
Charles Little
Mary Simmons,
Jeremy Simms
Sylvia Vowels
Fred Wynne
1947/48 Babes in the Wood (Hippodrome)
Arthur Lucan,
Jean Adrienne
Bert Platt
Valerie Lawson
Carol Lane
Rita Baker
During a matinee performance of Babes in the Wood on 18th February 1948 a fire broke out backstage and quickly spread towards the stage area bringing that performance to an abrupt end and the extensive damage closed the venue until the next pantomime that December. The fire was suspected to have been caused by a cigarette butt which had been carelessly discarded.
1947/48 Aladdin (Theatre Royal)
Paul Rogers
Jane Wenham
Nuna Davey
Henry Manning
Alexander Gauge
Richard Longman
Jasmine Dee
1948/49 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Ted Ray
Hazel Bray
Johnny Kavannah
Freddie Foss
Leslie Barker
1949/50 Peter Pan (Hippodrome)
Jane Wren
Derek Rock
Elizabeth Clifford
Christina Forrest
Margaret Lockwood
Philip Ray
John Justin
1950/51 Humpty Dumpty (Hippodrome)
Freddie Frinton
Stan Little
Harry Simms
Jean Adrienne
Duncan Gray
Fred Wynne
Sylvis Vowels
1951/52 Little Red Riding Hood (Hippodrome)
Graham Danvers
Josephine Evans
Leo Franklyn
Bill Futter
Doreen Lavender
Hugh Llloyd
Bert Platt
Sylvis Vowels
Written by Barry Lupino
1952/53 Peter Pan (Hippodrome)
Brenda Bruce
Eric Carr
Jane Wren
Violet Coleman
James Donald
Gordon Murray
Kenneth Williams
Directed by Cecil King
1953/54 Babes in the Wood (Hippodrome)
Peggie Allen
Patricia Baker
Marion Barton
Sally Bazley
Stanley Beedle
Josephine Bell
1954/55 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Joan Burden
1955/56 Mother Goose (Hippodrome)
Ethel Revnell,
Johnny Lockwood
Fay Lenore
Bert Platt
Alison Davies
Susan Wren
1956/57 Jack and the Beanstalk (Hippodrome)
Richard Beamish
Ben Warriss
Fred Kitchen
Mildred Maybe
John East
Maureen Corp
Barry Craine
Alison Davies
John East
Julia Hand
Jack Hayes
Jimmy Jewel
Written by John Morley
Directed by Leonard Dainton
1957/58 Aladdin (Hippodrome)
Richard Hearne
Dave O'Gorman
Jean Scott
Ronnie Collis
Alan Webster
1958/59 Sleeping Beauty (Hippodrome)
Tommy Trinder
Bert Brownbill
Patricia Hall
Hazel Lee
Eva May Wong
1959/60 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Jimmy Edwards
Ted Rogers
Yana
Jill Love
Edit MacArthur
Linda Masters
Robin Palmer
John Taylor
Arthur Howard
Ted Durannte
Written by Oscar Hammerstein
Composed by Richard Rodgers
Directed by Freddie Carpenter
1960/61 Aladdin (Hippodrome)
George Formby
Vanessa Lee
Peter Graves
Valentine Dyall
Jessie Carron
Molly Hare
Geoffrey Webb
Written by Cole Porter
Directed by Eleanor Fazan
1960/61 Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal)
Josephine Tewson
Jessie Matthews
Tony Tanner
Ian Burdford
John Hewer
Leonard Rossiter
Gwen Cherrell
Michael Mellinfer
Denise Hirst
Robin Phillips
Frank Shelley
Goeorge INNES
1961/62 Robinson Crusoe (Hippodrome)
Norman Wisdom
Eddie Leslie
Betty Wheeler
David Fallon
1962/63 Turn Again Whittington (A Tom Arnold production) Hippodrome
Bruce Forsyth (Play Your Cards Right, The Generation Came, Strictly Come Dancing)
Elizabeth Larner
Tudor Evans
Valerie Tandy
Jimmy Lee
Penny Calvert
Ken Wilson
Graham Skidmore
1963/64 Sleeping Beauty (A Tom Arnold production) Hippodrome
Morecombe & Wise
Edmund Hokridge
Betty Emery
Nicholas Smith (Are You Being Served, Grace and Favour)
1964/65 Merry King Cole (Hippodrome)
Harry Worth
Billy Dainty
Pat Lancaster
1965/66 Puss in Boots (Hippodrome)
The Bachelors
Eddie Molloy
Mike Yarwood
Audrey Jeans
Freddie Davies
Pat Lonsdale
Eddie Molloy
Joanna Mote
Victor Woolf
Ernest Bale
Laura Bowyer
Allan Bruce
Patricia Lancaster
Written by Ludwig Tieck
1966/67 Humpty Dumpty (Hippodrome)
Ted Rogers
The Seekers
Wyn Calvin
Tony Adams (Crossroads)
Wendy Cameron
Virginaia Courtney
Andrew Cregeen
Judith Durham
Athol Guy
Keith Potger
Claude Zola
Joy Jakley
Seth Jee
Written by Phil Park
Directed by Stanley Willis Croft
1967/68 Babes in the Wood (Hippodrome)
Edmund Hockridge
Billy Dainty
Michael Malnick
Stan Stennett (Crossroads)
Wyn Calvin
1968/69 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Mike and Bernie Winters
Avril Angers
Brian Hills
Roy Ashby
Tessa Jarvis
Sally Smith
Eric Flynn
Stella Moray
1969/70 Aladdin (A Bernard Delfont production) Hippodrome
Bernard Bresslaw (Carry on Films)
Freddie Davies
The Dallas Boys
Yvonne Marsh
Joe Black
Ruth Evans
Richard Avon
1970/71 Robinson Crusoe (A Bernard Delfont production) Hippodrome
Jimmy Clithero
Nat Jackley
Gordon & Bunny Jay
Doreen Barrington
George Barnes
Toni Sue Burley
The Rastellis
Wendy Cameron
Malcolm Cheeseman
Madge Fabian
Written by Phil Park
Directed by Maxwell Wray
1971/72 Dick Whittington (Hippodrome)
Peter Noone
Roy Hudd
Debbie Bowen
Michael Burgees
Ivor Emmanuel
Michael Harvey
Mervyn Webb
Wyn Calvin
Sheila Melvin
David Trevena
Written by Phil Park
Directed by Dick Hurran
1972/73 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Ronnie Corbett
John Inman (Are You Being Served?, Grace and Favour)
Clodagh Rodgers
Barry Howard (Hi De Hi)
The Patton Brothers
Tony Adams (Crossroads)
Michael Burgess
Mandy Cole
Dorothy Dampier
Charlie Stewart
Will Stirling
Written by David Phetean
Directed by Dick Hurran
1973/74 Aladdin (Hippodrome)
Rod Hull and Emu
Larry Grayson (The Generation Game)
Melanie Daniels
Georgina Moon
Dilys Watling
Freddie Stevens
Rob Stuart
Adele Neatrour
Minno Golvala
Written by Phil Park
Directed by Dick Hurran
1974/75 Jack and the Beanstalk (Hippodrome)
Dora Bryan (Carry on Films, Absolutely Fabulous, Last of the Summer Wine)
Norman Vaughan
Mark Wynter
Little & Large
Bertie Hare
Mary Laine
Penny Stevenson
Marianne Parnell
Dorothy Dampier
1975/76 Babes in the Wood (Hippodrome)
Arthur Askey
Dickie Henderson
John Gower
Len Lowe
Mark Wynter
James Vallon
Freddie Stevens
Michael Bates
Brian Crone
Colin Francis
Bertie Hare
Written and Directed by Albert J Knight
1976/77 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hippodrome)
Charles Hawtry (Carry on Films)
Johnny Dallas
Barbara Drew
James Harman
Bryan Johnson
Aubrey Phillips
Debbie Young
Written by Tudor Davies
Directed by Aubrey Phillips
1977/78 Mother Goose (Hippodrome)
John Inman (Are You Being Served?, Grace and Favour)
Hope & Keen
Russell Boulter
Brian Godfrey
Sian Hopkins
Ken Wood
Susan Maughan
Barbara Newman
Raymond Dowers
Written and Directed by Bill Robertson
1978/79 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Harry Worth
Frank Williams
Barry Evans
1979/80 Babes in the Wood (Hippodrome)
Jim Davidson (The Generation Game, Big Break, Up the Elephant and Round the Castle, Home James)
Melvyn Hayes (It Ain't Half Hot Mum)
The Krankies
Tammy Jones
1980/81 Aladdin (Hippodrome)
Danny La Rue
John Betty
Diana Choy
Susan Danielle
Eric Desile
Robert Edmunds
David Ellen
Geraldine Gardner
George Giles
Mike Potter
Written by Bryan Blackburn
Directed by Dougie Squires
1981/82 Robinson Crusoe (Victoria Rooms Theatre)
Tom O'Connor
Dianne Lee
Stutz Bear Cats
Danny Williams
Gordon Peters
Melanie Daniel
Tommy Wright
1982/83 No Hippodrome pantomime as Annie was playing
1982/83 Dick Whittington (Hippodrome)
Terry Scott (Terry and June, Carry on Films)
Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi)
Paul Shane (Hi De Hi, You Rang M'Lord, Oh! Doctor Beeching)
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi, You Rang M'Lord, Oh! Doctor Beeching)
Barry Howard (Hi De Hi)
Sally Smith
Dino Shafeek
Susan Holland
Len Howe
Brian Pulman
Written and Directed by by Dick Hurran
1983/84 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Kenneth Connor (Carry on Films)
Lionel Blair (Give Us a Clue)
Kate O'Mara (Triangle, Dynasty, Bad Girls)
Joyce Blair
Patrick Cargill
Julie Herview
Roy Jolly
Tony Jolly
Henry Tomlinson
Paula Wilcox
Victor Spinetti
Anna Neagle
Jacqueline Reddin
Written by Stuart Paterson
Directed by Lionel Blair
1984/85 Aladdin (Hippodrome)
Little & Large
Isla St Clair (The Generation Game)
Alfred Marks
Jack Tripp
The Great Suprendo
Patsy Ann Scott
1985/86 Babes in the Wood (Hippodrome)
Cannon and Ball
Wyn Calvin
Eve Graham
Graham Hamilton
Sarah Weymouth
1986/87 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Jim Davidson (The Generation Game, Big Break, Home James, Up the Elephant and Round the Castle)
Dianne Lee
Roger Kitter (Allo Allo)
Freddie Lees
Mia Carla
1987/88 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hippodrome)
Roy Walker (Catchphrase)
Dana
Su Douglas
Ronnie Cryer
Derek Richards
1988/89 Aladdin (Hippodrome)
Gary Wilmot
Dooby Duck
Mo Morland and The Roly Polys
Jane Marie Osbourne (Opportunity Knocks)
Gordon Peters
Allan Stewart
Ricky Greene
Written by Chris Denys
Directed by Stewart Morris
Les Dawson pulled out of this production due to ill health and was replaced by Gary Wilmot
1989/90 Dick Whittington (Hippodrome)
Su Pollard (Hi De Hi, You Rang M'Lord, Oh! Doctor Beeching)
Derek Griffiths (Playschool)
Dooby Duck
Wyn Calvin
Gordon & Bunny Jay
Ben Warriss
David Redgrave
1990/91 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Michael Barrymore (Strike it Lucky/Rich, My Kind of People)
Annabel Croft (Treasure Hunt)
Frank Williams (Are You Being Served?, Grace and Favour, Last of the Summer Wine)
Willie Ross
Helen Jayne
Simon Fox
Dooby Duck
1991/92 Robin Hood and Babes in the Wood (Hippodrome)
Frank Bruno
Little & Large
Patsy Ann Scott
Sarah Thomas (Last of the Summer Wine)
Damien Williams
Frankie Desmond
Ben Richards
Phil Rose
Tony Monroe
Forbes Collins
1992/93 Jack and the Beanstalk (Hippodrome)
Emily Symons (Richmond Hill, Home & Away, Emmerdale)
Billy Pearce
John Inman (Are You Being Served?, Grace and Favour)
Geoffrey Hayes (Rainbow)
Bungle, Zippy & George (Rainbow)
1993/94 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hippodrome)
Dana
Andrew O'Connor
Sulie Branscombe
Peter Aiton
Michael Sands
Ken Gibson
1994/95 No Hippodrome panto as Picwick starring Harry Secombe was playing
1995/96 No Hippodrome panto as Scrooge starring Anthony Newley was playing
1996/97 Dick Whittington (Jim Davidson productions) Hippodrome
Jim Davidson (Big Break, The Generation Game, Up the Elephant and Round the Castle, Home James)
Melanie Stace (Des and Mel)
John Virgo (Big Break)
Roger Kitter (Allo Allo)
John Bardon (Eastenders)
1997/98 - Peter Pan (Hippodrome)
Andy Ford
Ted Rogers
Liz Ewing
Pauline Hannah
(This was a short 7 show run making way for Les Miserables)
1998/99 - No Hippodrome panto as Phantom of the Opera was playing
1999/00 - No Hippodrome panto as Les Miserables was playing
2000/01 Peter Pan (Jim Davidson Productions) Hippodrome
Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon)
Michaela Strachan (The Rally Wild Show, The Hit Man and Her)
2001/02 - No Hippodrome panto as Disney's Beauty and the Beast the musical was playing
2002/03 Dick Whittington (Jim Davidson Productions) Hippodrome
Jim Davidson (Big Break, Home James, The Generation Game, Up the Elephant and Round the Castle)
John Virgo (Big Break)
John Lyons (A Touch of Frost)
Roger Kitter (Allo Allo)
Louise Landon
2003/04 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Qdos pantomimes) Hippodrome
Lily Savage/Paul O'Grady
Diane Gibbins
Phil Searle
Franky Mwangi
Matt Woodman
George Appleby
Edwin Alofs
Max Anin
Maurice Thorogood
Bill Dean
Fiona Brice
Sean Canning
Andrew Kennedy
David Langham
Poppy Tierney
Janice Connolly
Fogwell Flax
2004/05 Cinderella (Qdos pantomimes) Hippodrome
Julian Clary
Henry Luxemburg (Hollyoaks)
Laura Evans
2005/06 No Hippodrome panto as Scrooge starring Shane Richie was playing
2006/07 Peter Pan (Qdos pantomimes) Hippodrome
Joe Pasquale
Kerris Peeling
Liza Pullman
2007/08 - No Hippodrome panto as Mamma Mia! was playing
2008/09 Cinderella (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Mickey Rooney
Bobby Davro
Michelle Collins (Eastenders, Sunburn, Rock Rivals, Coronation Street)
Jan Rooney
Chris Dennis
George Wood
Vicky Longley
Peter Straker
Richard Pocock
Gemma Fuller
Kelly Sneade
Lee Bamford
Jessica Hill
2009/10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Joe Swash (Eastenders)
Kara Tointon (Eastenders)
Andy Ford
Liz Robertson
Video: TV advert for the 2009 panto
2010/11 Dick Whittington (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Barbara Windsor (Carry on Films, Eastenders, Worzel Gummidge, One Foot in the Grave)
Eric Potts (Coronation Street)
Andy Ford
Owain Williams
Chris Nelson
Carly Day
Ben Goffe
Granville Saxton
Video: Clip from the 2010 panto Dick Whittington
Video: TV ad for the 2010 panto Dick Whittington
2011/12 Peter Pan (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
David Hasselhoff (Knight Rider, Baywatch)
Andy Ford
Robert Rees
Janine Esther Cowell
2012/13 Aladdin (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Josie Gibson (Big Brother) / Carol McGiffin (Loose Women) (Shared role)
Andy Ford
Flawless
Zoe George
Chris Nelson
Joe Speare
Graham Kent
David Roper
David Whitworth
Chris Thatcher
James Revell
Phillip Birchall
Katy Thorpe
Katherine Iles
Jacob Gibbons
Leanne Thompson
Lucy Gilbert
Philip Joel
2013/14 Cinderella (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Louie Spence (Pineapple Dance Studio)
Andy Ford
Suzanne Shaw (Hear'say)
Andrew Derbyshire
Graham Hoadly
David Roper
Video: 2013 TV advert for Cinderella
2014/15 Dick Whittington (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Andy Ford
Eric Potts (Coronation Street)
Ashleigh & Pudsey (Britian's Got Talent)
Ben Faulks
Brenda Edwards (X Factor)
Lara Denning
Hayley Goold
Ben Goodridge
Nicola Rowe
Joseph Crick
Zac Worrell
Video: 2014 TV advert for Dick Whittington
Video: 2015 TV advert
2015/16 Snow White (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Warwick Davis (Star Wars, Willow, Harry Potter)
Andy Ford
Andy Day
Shaun the Sheep
Shaun Dalton
Kim Ismay
Peter Bonner
Dean Whatton
2016/17 Cinderella (Produced by First Family Entertainment) Hippodrome
Torvill and Dean
Samuel Holmes
Charles Brunton
Jarred Christmas
Rhiannon Chesterman
Video: Clip from 2016 panto - Rhiannon Chesterman performs 'Once Upon A Time'
2017/18 - Aladdin (Qdos pantomimes) Hippodrome
Marti Pellow (Wet Wet Wet)
Joe Pasqulae
Hayley Tamadon (Emmerdale, Coronation Street)
Kimberley Blake
David Robbins
Alexia Gerred
Adam Haigh
Daniel Parrott
Billy Warren
Chante Simpson
Lily Wang
Elle Locke
Amy Carlin
Video: TV advert for the 2017 panto
2018/19 - Cinderella (Qdos pantomimes) Hippodrome
Brian Conley
Gok Wan
Ben Stock
Neal Wright
Scott Mobley
Lauren Hall
Matt Malthouse
Abbie Quinnen
Samuel Wilson Freeman
Jordan Goodenough
Directed by Kathryn Rooney
Video: Clip from very end of the finale to the 2018 panto
2019/20 - Dick Whittington (Qdos Pantomimes) Hippodrome
Shane Richie (Eastenders, Redwater, Benidorm)
Jennie Dale (Swashbuckle)
Peter Piper
David O'Reaily
2019/20 - Beauty and the Beast (Polka Dot Theatre) Redgrave Theatre
Emma Wilson
Andy Brennan
2020/21 Robin Hood (Qdos) Bristol Hippodrome
Craig Revel Horwood
Matt Slack
Richard Cadell & Sooty
THIS PRODUCTION WAS POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 TIER RESTRICTIONS AND THEN CANCELLED AGAIN AS THE UK WENT INTO IT'S 3RD NATIONAL LOCKDOWN FROM JANUARY 2021
2021/22 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Crossroads) Hippodrome
Rob Rinder
Lesley Joseph
Andy Ford