The cast of Brookside in panto

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Simon O'Brien -Damon Grant 1982 - 1987

1988/89 Jack and the Beanstalk - Leeds City Varieties

Ricky Tomlinson - Bobby Grant 1982-1988

Easter 2016 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Liverpool Epstein Theatre

(Pre-recorded video appearance as The Magic Mirror)

Paul Usher - Barry Grant 1982-1995, 1997-1998, 2003

1995 - Jack and the Beanstalk Llandudno

1996 – Aladdin - Theatre Royal Newcastle

2004 - Dick Whittington - Alhambra Bradford

Ian Mercer - Demon Duane 1982 - 1983

2000/2001 - Cinderella - Mansfield Palace

Michael Starke - Thomas 'Sinbad' Sweeney 1984-1985,1987-2000

2019 - Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - The Brindley, Runcorn

2018 - Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Bolton Albert Halls

2017 - Robin Hood - York Barbican

2010 – Aladdin - The Brindley in Runcorn

2009 – Aladdin - Kings Lynn Southsea

2008 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - The Brindley Runcorn

2006 – Aladdin - Grand Opera House York

2005 – Cinderella - Southport Theatre

2004 – Cinderella - Llandudno
2001 - Dick Whittington - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

2000 – Peter Pan - New Theatre in Cardiff

John McArdle - Billy Corkhall 1985 - 1990

2005 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal Nottingham

Mark Burgees - Gordon Collins #2 1986 - 1990

1990 - Robinson Crusoe - Theatre Royal, Brighton

1992 - Jack and the Beanstalk - King's Theatre Southsea (Covering for Bill Buckley due to illness)

1993 - Aladdin - The Pavilion Exmouth

Year unknown - Aladdin - Alexandra Theatre, Bognor

Dean Sullivan - Jimmy Corkhill 1986 - 2003

2021 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Ellemsere Port Civic
2017 - Aladdin - Echo Theatre Liverpool

2015 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Stockport Plaza

2013 – Cinderella - Sunderland Empire

2011 – Aladdin - Floral Pavilion Liverpool

2010 – Aladdin - New Theatre Hull

2007 – Peter Pan - Llandudno

2006 – Dick Whittington - Gatehouse Theatre Stafford

2004 – Aladdin - Southport Theatre

2003 – Cinderella - Alhambra Bradford

1989 - Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

Rachael Lindsay - Sammy Rogers 1987-1993, 1996, 2001-2003

1993 - Cinderella - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
2004 - Aladdin - Theatre Royal Hanley

Eithne Browne - Chrissy Rogers 1987 - 1991, 1993

1993/94 Cinderella - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
1994/95 Dick Whittington - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
1996/97 Cinderella - Billingham Forum

1998/99 Red Riding Hood - Billingham Forum

Annie Miles - Sue Harper / Sullivan 1987 - 1991

1991/92 Dick Whittington - Rhyl Pavilion

Danny McCall - Owen Daniels 1989 - 1993

1991 - Aladdin - The Liverpool Empire

1992 - Dick Whittington - Forum Theatre Billingham
1993 - Cinderella - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton

1994 - Aladdin - Theatre Royal Hanley

1997 - Aladdin - Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool

1998 - Dick Whittington - Floral Pavilion New Brighton

2000 - Aladdin - The Royal Court Liverpool

2001 - Dick Whittington - The Royal Court Liverpool

2002 - Dick Whittington - Floral Pavilion New Brighton

2004 - Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal St Helens

2005 - Aladdin - Theatre Royal St Helens

2006 - Santa Claus - The Empire Theatre Liverpool

2009 - Peter Pan - Deco Northampton

Diane Burke - Katie Rogers 1989 - 2003

1994 - Aladdin - Neptune Theatre, Liverpool
2004 - Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Camberley Theatre Surrey

Louis Emerick - Mick Johnson 1989 -2001

2019 - Peter Pan - Liverpool Empire
2018 - Peter Pan - Theatre Royal St Helens

2016 - Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - White Rose Theatre Leeds

2015 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Pavilion Theatre Exmouth

2013 – Peter Pan - Liverpool Empire

2010 – Aladdin - Wrexham William Ashton Hall

2009 – Aladdin - Palace Theatre Mansfield

2008 – Dick Whittington - Doncaster Civic

2007 – Dick Whittington - Birkenhead

2004 – Peter Pan - Lyceum Theatre Crewe

2003 – Jack and the Beanstalk - White Rock Theatre Hastings

2002 – Jack and the Beanstalk - Princess Theatre Torquay

2001 – Jack and the Beanstalk - Southport Theatre

Steven Pinder - Max Farnham 1990 - 2003

2022 - Aladdin - Rickmansworth Watersmeet

2021 - Beauty and the Beast - Kings Lynn Corn Exchange
2020 - No panto
2019 - Aladdin - Corn Exchange King's Lynn
2015 – Jack and the Beanstalk - Lighthouse Theatre Kettering

2013 – Beauty and the Beast - Corn Exchange Kings Lynn

2012 – Sleeping Beauty - Palace Theatre Redditch

2011 – Beauty and the Beast - Fernham Halls Fareham

2010 – Jack and the Beanstalk - Corn Exchange Kings Lynn

2007 – Cinderella - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

2005 – Peter Pan - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

2000 – Cinderella - North Wales Theatre Llandudno

1998 - Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Southport Theatre

Vince Earl - Ron Dixon 1990 - 2003

1988 - Aladdin - Floral Pavilion New Brighton
1998 - Dick Whittington - Floral Pavilion New Brighton

Below: Vince as part of the line up for the 1988 panto Aladdin

Alex Fletcher - Jacqui Dixon / Farnham 1990 - 2003

1994 - Dick Whittington - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
2003 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Crewe Lyceum
2005 - The Wizard of Oz - Shrewsbury Theatre

Claire Sweeney - Lindsey Corkhill 1991-92,1995-2001,2002,2003

2022 - Beauty and the Beast - Ellesmere Port Civic

2021 - Cinderella - Atkinson Theatre, Southport
2020 - Sleeping Beauty - Milton Keynes Theatre
2019 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Floral Pavilion New Brighton

2018 - Sleeping Beauty - Assembly Hall Tunbridge Wells

2017 - Sleeping Beauty - The Central Theatre Chatham

2014 – Aladdin - Empire Theatre Liverpool

2011 – Jack and the Beanstalk - Plaza Stockport

2010 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - New Victoria Theatre Woking

2009 – Sleeping Beauty- Churchill Theatre Bromley

2008 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Regent Theatre Stoke on Trent

2006 – Aladdin - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2005 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2004 – Aladdin - New Wimbledon Theatre

2003 – Aladdin - Milton Keynes Theatre

1994 - Mother Goose at the Davenport Theatre, Stockport

1991 - Cinderella - Theatre Royal Nottingham

1990 - Mother Goose - Sunderland Empire

Karen Drury - Susanah Farnham/Morrisey 1991-93,1995-2000

2000 - Cinderella - Llandudno

Vickie Gates - Leanne Powell 1992 - 1993, 2000 - 2003

2005/06 - Aladdin - Crewe Lyceum

John Burgees - David 'Bing' Crosbie 1992 - 1998

1998 - Dick Whittington - Floral Theatre New Brighton

John passed away 15th November 2010 aged 77 from pancreatic cancer

Lee Hartney - Simon Howe 1993 - 1994

1994/95 Aladdin - Neptune Theatre, Liverpool

Bryan Murphy - Trevor Jordache 1993

2013 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Tivoli Theatre Dublin

Tina Malone - Mimi 'Mo' McGee 1993 - 1998

1995 - Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Hanley
2017 - Sleeping Beauty - Barrow in Furness

2017 - Sleeping Beauty - Liverpool Epstein Theatre (Easter panto)

2012 – Cinderella - Theatre Royal St Helens

2011 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Royal Court Theatre Liverpool

Sarah White - Bev Dixon 1993-96,1998-99,2000-2003

1997 - Aladdin - Floral Pavilion

2004 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Neptune Theatre Liverpool

2003 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - North Wales Theatre Llandudno

2013 - Beauty and the Beast - The Brindley, Runcorn

2019 - Cinderella - Epstein Theatre, Liverpool

Tiffany Chapman - Rachel Jordache / Dixon 1993 - 2003

1995/96 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Arts Link, Camberley

2007 (Spring) - Beauty and the Beast - Tameside Hippodrome / Billingham Forum / Darwen Library Theatre

Stephen Donald - Carl Banks 1994 -1995

2005 - Dick Whittington - Georgian Theatre Royal, North Yorkshire

2006 (May/June) - Peter Pan - Billingham Forum

2006 - Pinocchio - Darwen Library Theatre

2006 (Spring) - Sinbad - South Shields

2007 (Spring) - Beauty and the Beast - Tameside Hippodrome / Billingham Forum / Darwen Library Theatre

2008 - Aladdin - Oswaldtwistle, Colne, Cannock

2012 - Dick Whittington - Middleton Arena

2022 - Jack and the Beanstalk - The Prince of Wales Thetare, Cannock

Below: Stephen as Fleshcreep in 2022

Susan Twist - Rosie Banks 1994-1996

1999 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Buxton Opera House

Sam Kane - Peter Phelan 1995 - 1999

2019 - Cinderella - Weston Super Mare Playhouse

2018 - Beauty and the Beast - Southport Convention Centre

2017 - Cinderella - Southport Theatre

2015 – Aladdin - New Theatre in Cardiff

2014 – Cinderella - New Theatre in Cardiff

2013 – Sleeping Beauty - Royal & Derngate Northampton

2012 – Sleeping Beauty - Civic Theatre Darlington

2011 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

2010 – Cinderella - Llandudno

2009 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Royal & Derngate Northampton

2008 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Wycombe Swan High Wycombe

2007 – Dick Whittington - Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

2006 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal Plymouth

2005 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2004 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - New Victoria Theatre Woking

2003 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Churchill Theatre Bromley

2002 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Civic Darlington

2001 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - New Theatre Cardiff

2000 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Wimbledon Theatre

Philip Olivier - Tim 'Tinhead' O'Leary 1996 - 2003

2014 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Opera House Manchester

2012 - Cinderella - Epstein Theatre

2011 – Cinderella - The Brindley Arts Centre Runcorn

2010 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - The Connaught Theatre Worthing

2009 – Dick Whittington - Camberley Theatre

Mark Moraghan - Greg Shadwick 1997 - 1999

2006 - Aladdin at the Theatre Royal Nottingham

2010 - Aladdin at the Empire Theatre Liverpool

2011 - Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Bath

2013 - Jack and the Beanstalk at the Floral Pavilion New Brighton

2014 - As Captain Hook in Peter pan at the Assembly Halls Tunbridge Wells

2015 - As Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the Malvern Theatre

2016 - Abanazar in Aladdin at the Blackpool Grand

2017 - As Fleshcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Bournemouth Pavilion

2019 - Abanazar in Aladdin at the Basingstoke Anvil

Suzanne Collins - Nikki Shadwick 1998 - 2003

2014 – Jack and the Beanstalk - Epstein Theatre Liverpool

2010 – Aladdin - Brindley in Runcorn

2006 – Cinderella - Floral Pavilion Bournemouth

2004 – Peter Pan - Lyceum Theatre Crewe

2003 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Royal Court Theatre Liverpool

Jennifer Ellison - Emily Shadwick 1998 - 2003

2018 - Sleeping Beauty - Bournemouth Pavilion

2017 – Peter Pan - Blackpool Winter Gardens

2015 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal Norwich
2014 – Sleeping Beauty - Grand Theatre Blackpool
2013 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Milton Keynes Theatre
2012 – Peter Pan - Churchill Theatre Bromley
2010 – Robinson Crusoe - Regent Theatre Stoke on Trent
2008 – Cinderella - Liverpool Empire