COMEDIANS IN PANTO

 
RUSS ABBOT
1983 Cinderella - Bradford Alhambra
1986 Jack and the Beanstalk - Manchester Palace
1996 Peter Pan - Theatre Royal Nottingham
2000 Cinderella - Churchill Theatre Bromley
2001 Dick Whittington - Regent Theatre Stoke
2002 Dick Whittington - Wimbledon Theatre
2004 Peter Pan - Cliffs Pavilion Southend
 
MICHAEL BARRYMORE

1983/84 Cinderella - Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

1987/88 Cinderella - Palace Theatre, Manchester

1989/90 Aladdin - Dominion Theatre

1990/91 Cinderella - Bristol Hippodrome

1992/93 Aladdin - Opera House, Manchester

 
JOHN BISHOP
2006 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Royal Court Liverpool
 
JO BRAND

2013/14 Aladdin - New Wimbledon Theatre

2017/18 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Worthing Pavilion (Pre-record as Magic Mirror)

2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Richmond Theatre

2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Marina Theatre Lowestoft (Pre-record as Magic Mirror)

Video: 2013 interview with Jo Brand about her panto Aladdin on 'This Morning'

 
FAITH BROWN
1989/90 Cinderella – Epsom Playhouse
2004/05 Cinderella – The Capitol Horsham
2005/06 Cinderella- The Lowry
 
FRANK CARSON
1971/72 Jack and the Beanstalk – Birmingham Theatre
1975/76 Cinderella – Grand Theatre Leeds
1978/79 Dick Whittington – Manchester Opera House
1984/85 Mother Goose – Gaiety Theatre Ayr
1985/86 Cinderella – De Montfort Hall Leicester
1986/87 Cinderella – Mansfield Civic
1987/88 Cinderella – The Beck Hayes
1990/91 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Lewisham Theatre
 
NORMAN COLLIER

1969/70 Goody Two Shoes - New Theatre, Hull

1971/73 Goody Two Shoes - Grand Theatre, Leeds

1977/78 Aladdin - Empire Theatre, Liverpool

1979/80 Aladdin - Apollo Theatre, Manchester

1980/81 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

1981/82 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

1985/86 Humpty Dumpty - Birmingham Hippodrome

1987/88 Cinderella - Palace Theatre, Manchester

1989/90 Dick Whittington - Grand Theatre Leeds

1990/91 Cinderella - Tameside Theatre

1991/92 Dick Whittington - Charter Theatre, Preston

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Norman Collier passed away 14th March 2013 aged 87 following a battle with Parkinson's disease 

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JULIAN CLARY

2019 - Goldilocks and the Three Bears - London Palladium

2018 - Snow White - London Palladium

2017 - Dick Whittington - London Palladium

2016 - Cinderella - London Palladium

2015 - Aladdin - Birmingham Hippodrome

2014 - Cinderella - Wolverhampton Grand

2013 - Jack and the Beanstalk - New Theatre Cardiff

2012 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Southampton Mayflower

2011 - Cinderella - Theatre Royal Plymouth

2010 - Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodrome 

2009 - Cinderella - Hawth Theatre, Crawley

2006 - Dick Whittington - Royal & Derngate

2005 - Cinderella - Empire Theatre Liverpool

2004 - Cinderella - Bristol Hippodrome

2003 - Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome

2002 - Cinderella - New Victoria Woking

2001 - Cinderella - Theatre Royal Richmond

2000 - Cinderella - Theatre Royal Brighton

Video: Clip of finale/walk down from Snow White 2018 with Julian Clary

 
BERNIE CLIFTON

1979/80 Cinderella - The Beck

1981/82 Mother Goose - Theatre Royal Norwich

1983/84 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Nottingham

1984/85 Aladdin - Swansea Grand

1985/86 Cinderella - Leeds Grand

1986/87 Jack and the Beanstalk - Darlington Civic

1987/88 Jack and the Beanstalk - Marlowe Theatre Canterbury

1988/89 Aladdin - Tameside Theatre
1991/92 Aladdin - Alban Arena St Albans

1992/93 Cinderella - Princess Theatre Torquay

1993/94 Peter Pan - Reading Hexagon

1994/95 Dick Whittington - Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe

1995/96 Cinderella - Royal and Derngate Northampton

1996/97 Cinderella - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

2000/01 Cinderella - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

2004/05 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Weston Super Mare Playhouse

2005/06 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Watersmeet Rickmansworth

2006/07 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal Windsor

2007/08 Beauty and the Beast - Redditch Palace

2008/09 Cinderella - Aylesbury Civic

2009/10 Aladdin - Bridlington Spa

2010/11 Jack and the Beanstalk - The Place Telford

2011/12 Aladdin - Palace Theatre Newark

2012/13 Beauty and the Beast - Palace Theatre Newark

2013/14 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Palace Theatre Newark

2014/5 Peter Pan - Palace Theatre Newark

2016/17 Beauty and the Beast - The Place, Telford

2018/19 Cinderella - Hull New Theatre

2019/20 Cinderella - Royal & Derngate Northampton

Video: Advert for Mother Goose from 1981 with Bernie Clifton

 
BRIAN CONLEY

1979/80 Robinson Crusoe - Swansea Grand

1985/86 Mother Goose - Churchill Theatre Bromley

1989/90 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Nottingham

1990/91 Cinderella - Wimbledon Theatre

1992/93 Aladdin - Birmingham Hippodrome

1993/94 Cinderella - Mayflower Theatre Southampton

1997/98 Cinderella - Mayflower Theatre Southampton

1998/99 Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome

1999/00 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Plymouth

2001/02 Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodrome

2002/03 Cinderella - Mayflower Theatre Southampton

2003/04 Cinderella - Opera House Manchester

2004/05 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Plymouth

2005/06 Aladdin - Orchard Theatre Dartford

2006/07 Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome

2007/08 Cinderella - Wycombe Swan High Wycombe

2008/09 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2009/10 Cinderella - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2010/11 Cinderella - New Theatre Cardiff

2011/12 Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome

2012/13 Robinson Crusoe - Birmingham Hippodrome

2013/14 Robinson Crusoe - Mayflower Theatre Southampton

2014/15 Cinderella - Mayflower Theatre Southampton

2015/16 Cinderella - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2016/17 Robinson Crusoe - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2017/18 Cinderella - Milton Keynes Theatre

2018/19 Cinderella - Bristol Hippodrome

2019/20 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Plymouth

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Video: Walk down / finale from Robinson Crusoe in 2017 with Brian Conley

 
JIMMY CRICKET

1981/82 Robinson Crusoe In Space - Charter Theatre, Preston

1983/84 Jack and the Beanstalk - Birmingham Hippodrome

1984/85 Dick Whittington - Oxford Apollo

1985/86 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Nottingham

1986/87 Aladdin - Wolverhampton Grand

1987/88 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

1988/89 Cinderella - Grand Opera House Belfast

1989/90 Cinderella - Darlington Civic

1990/91 Robinson Crusoe - Grand Opera House Belfast

1991/92 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Palace Theatre Manchester

1992/93 Dick Whittington - Liverpool Empire

1993/94 Jack and the Beanstalk - Grand Opera House Belfast

1994/95 Dick Whittington - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

1995/96 Cinderella - Princess Theatre, Torquay

2000/01 Dick Whittington - Wolverhampton Grand

2002/03 Cinderella - Hall for Cornwall

2003/04 Cinderella - Lichfield Garrick

2004/05 Aladdin - Lichfield Garrick

2005/06 Cinderella - Weston Super Mare Playhouse

2010/11 Aladdin - Doncaster Civic

2011/12 Cinderella - Darlington Civic

2014/15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Charter Theatre Preston

2016/17 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - White Rose Theatre Yorkshire

2017/18 Dick Whittington - Ellesmere Port Civic

LESLIE CROWTHER

1970/71 Aladdin – London Palladium
1977/78 Jack and the Beanstalk – Richmond Theatre
1978/79 Aladdin – Theatre Royal Bath
1981/82 Aladdin - Ashcroft Theatre Croydon
1988/89 Robinson Crusoe – Theatre Royal Bath

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Leslie Crowther passed away 29th September 1996 aged 63 from heart failure

 
BOBBY DAVRO
 

1991/92 Cinderella - Swansea Grand

1994/95 Dick Whittington - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

1995/96 Cinderella - Reading Hexagon

1996/97 Cinderella - Chichester

1998/99 Cinderella- Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2000/01 Cinderella - New Victoria Theatre Woking

2001/02 Cinderella - Milton Keynes Theatre

2002/03 Aladdin - Birmingham Hippodrome

2003/04 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2005/06 Aladdin - New Victoria Theatre Woking

2006/07 Peter Pan - New Wimbledon Theatre

2007/08 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - New Wimbledon Theatre

2008/09 Cinderella - Bristol Hippodrome

2009/10 Cinderella - Milton Keynes Theatre

2010/11 Jack and the Beanstalk - The Orchard Theatre Datford

2011/12 Aladdin - Royal & Derngate Northampton

2012/13 Cinderella - Royal & Derngate Northampton

2013/14 Robin Hood - Theatre Royal Plymouth

2014/15 Jack and the Beantalk  Theatre Royal Plymouth

2016/17 Cinderella - Wycombe Swan

2017/18 Jack and the Beanstalk - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2018/19 Dick Whittington - Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

2019/20 Aladdin - New Victoria Theatre Woking

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Vdeo: 2012 Cinderella panto launch with Bobby Davro

LES DAWSON
 

1970/71 Babes in the Wood - Grand Theatre Leeds

1971/72 Robinson Crusoe - Bradford Alhambra

1972/73 Goody Two Shoes - Grand Theatre, Leeds

1978/79 Babes in the Wood - Bradford Alhambra

1979/80 Babes in the Wood - Birmingham Hippodrome

1981/82 Aladdin - Richmond Theatre

1982/83 Jack and the Beanstalk - Davenport Theatre

1983/84 Cinderella - Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

1985/86 Babes in the Wood - Palace Theatre, Manchester

1987/88 Babes in the Wood - Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

1989/90 Jack and the Beanstalk - Sunderland Empire

1990/91 Dick Whittington - Palace Theatre, Manchester

1991/92 Dick Whittington - Wimbledon Theatre

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Les Dawson passed away on 10th June 1993 aged 62 from a heart attack

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PETE FIRMAN
 

2017/18 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Churchill Theatre, Bromley

2018/19 Aladdin - New Wimbledon Theatre
2019/20 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre

DAWN FRENCH
 

2018/19 Snow White - London Palladium

LENNY HENRY
 
1980/81 Little Red Riding Hood - Lewisham Theatre
JOSIE LAWRENCE
 
2014/15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford
HELEN LEDERER
 
2007 Cinderella – Cambridge Arts Centre
2008 Cinderella – Churchill Theatre Bromley
ALISTAIR MCGOWAN
 
2008 Cinderella - New Wimbledon
 
PAUL MERTON

2018/19 Aladdin - New Wimbledon Theatre

MICK MILLER
 
1986/87 Robinson Crusoe - Tameside Theatre
PATRICK MONAHAN
 

2015/16 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Forum Theatre Billingham

2016/17 Peter Pan - Worthing Pavilion

2017/18 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Darlington Hippodrome

JUSTIN MOORHOUSE
 
2006 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Manchester Opera House
AL MURRAY
 
2017/18 Jack and the Beanstalk - New Wimbledon
DUNCAN NORVELLE
 
2005 Jack and the Beanstalk - Grimsby Auditorium
2006 Cinderella - Embassy Theatre Skegness
2009 - Cinderella - Doncaster Civic
HILARY O'NEIL
 

1978/79 Babes in the Wood - Princes Theatre, Aldershot

1986/87 Robinson Crusoe - Theatre Royal Nottingham

1987/88 Aladdin - Reading Hexagon

1988/89 Jack and the Beanstalk - Lewisham Theatre

1992/93 Aladdin - New Theatre, Hull

1993/94 Aladdin - Darlington Civic

2000/01 Aladdin - Bournemouth Pavilion

2001/02 Dick Whittington - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

2002/03 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2003/04 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The Hawth, Crawley

2007/08 Aladdin - Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

2008/09 Aladdin - Yvonne Arnaud, Guldford

2009/10 Cinderella - Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford

2010/11 Jack and the Beanstalk - Royal and Derngate, Northampton

2011/12 Robin Hood - Bradford Alhambra

2012/13 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Plymouth

2013/14 Sleeping Beauty - GrandOpera House, Belfast

2014/15 Sleeping Beauty - The Hawth, Crawley

2015/16 Aladdin - Sheffield Lyceum

2016/17 Peter Pan - The Hawth, Crawley

2017/18 Aladdin - Alban Arena, St Albans

2018/19 Cinderella - Devonshire Park, Eastbourne

JOE PASQUALE
 

1992/93 Robinson Crusoe - Swansea Grand

1993/94 Sleeping Beauty - Swansea Grand

1994/95 Aladdin - Swansea Grand

1998/99 Peter Pan - Bradford Alhambra

1999/00 Peter Pan - New Wimbledon

2000/01 Peter Pan - Birmingham Alexandra

2001/02 Peter Pan - Wycombe Swan

2002/03 Peter Pan - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2003/04 Jack and the Beanstalk - Royal & Derngate Northampton

2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Birmingham Hippodrome

2005/06 Peter Pan - Birmingham Hippodrome

2006/07 Peter Pan - Bristol Hippodrome

2007/06 Cinderella - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2008/09 Peter Pan - Dartford Orchard

2009/10 Sleeping Beauty - Birmingham Hippodrome

2010/11 Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal Plymouth

2011/12 Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2012/13 Sleeping Beauty - New Theatre Cardiff 

2013/14 Sleeping Beauty - Wolverhampton Grand

2014/15 Peter Pan - Royal and Derngate Northmapton

2015/16 Aladdin - Mayflower Theatre Southampton

2016/17 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Orchard Theatre Dartford

2017/18 Aladdin - Bristol Hippodrome

2018/19 Peter Pan - Royal and Derngate Northampton

2019/20 Aladdin - Milton Keynes Theatre

Video: finale / walk down from Peter Pan 2018 with Joe Pasquale

BILLY PEARCE
 

1985/86 Aladdin - Palace Theatre Manchester

1987/88 Jack and the Beanstalk - Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

1988/89 Aladdin - Grand Theatre Blackpool

1991/92 Aladdin - Royal & Derngate Northampton

1992/93 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bristol Hippodrome

1993/94 Cinderella - Bradford Alhambra

1994/95 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

1997/98 Cinderella - Bradford Alhambra

2001/02 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Bradford Alhambra

2002/03 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

2003/04 Cinderella - Bradford Alhambra

2004/05 Dick Whittington - Bradford Alhambra

2005/06 Aladdin - Wolverhampton Grand

2006/07 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

2007/08 Peter Pan - Bradford Alhambra

2008/09 Cinderella - Bradford Alhambra

2009/10 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Bradford Alhambra

2011/12 Robin Hood - Bradford Alhambra

2012/13 Cinderella - Bradford Alhambra

2013/14 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

2014/15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Bradford Alhambra

2015/16 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

2016/17 Peter Pan - Bradford Alhambra

2017/18 Cinderella - Bradford Alhambra

2018/19 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Bradford Alhambra

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Video: 2010 panto advert with Billy Pearce

MEERA SYAL
 

2018/19 Peter Pan - Birmingham Hippodrome

JIMMY TARBUCK
 
1964/65 Puss In Boots – Liverpool Empire
1967/68 Cinderella – Coventry Theatre
1968/69 Jack and the Beanstalk – London Palladium
1992/93 Dick Whittington – Churchill Theatre Bromley
TIM VINE
 

2005/06 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre
2006/07 Jack and the Beanstalk – Richmond Theatre
2009/10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Richmond Theatre

2010/11 Sleeping Beauty - Richmond Theatre
2014/15 Cinderella – New Wimbledon Theatre
2016/17 Dick Whittington – New Wimbledon Theatre
2019/10 Cinderella – Fairfield Halls, Croydon

CANNON AND BALL
 

1975/76 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

1976/77 Jack and the Beanstalk - Leeds Grand Theatre

1977/78 - Stockport

1978/79 Dick Whittington - Liverpool Empire

1979/80 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

1985/86 Babes in the Wood - Bristol Hippodrome

1986/87 Babes in the Wood - Bradford Alhambra

1987/88 Babes in the Wood - London Palladium

1988/80 Babes in the Wood - Manchester Palace

1989/90 Babes in the Wood - Birmingham Hippodrome

1990/91 Babes in the Wood - Southampton Mayflower

1991/92 Dick Whittington - New Theatre Hull

1992/93 Babes in the Wood - Darlington Civic

1993       Babes in the Wood - Leeds Grand Theatre

1993/94 Cinderella - Sheffield Lyceum

1994/95 Babes in the Wood - Edinburgh King's Theatre

1995/96 Babes in the Wood - Glasgow King's Theatre

1996/97 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Newcastle

1997/98 Aladdin - Wolverhampton Grand

1998/99 Cinderella - Belfast Grand Opera House

1999/00 Cinderella - Regent Theatre Stoke

2000/01 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

2001/02 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2002/03 Dick Whittington - Cardiff New Theatre

2003/04 Peter Pan - Wolverhampton Grand

2004/05 Peter Pan - Darlington Civic

2005/06 Dick Whittington - Hull New Theatre

2006/07 Dick Whittington - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

2007/08 Jack and the Beanstalk - New Theatre Hull

2008/09 Jack and the Beanstalk - Alban Arena St Albans

2009/10 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Lincoln

2010/11 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Lincoln

2011/12 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Lincoln

2012/13 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Lincoln

2013/14 Robin Hood - Theatre Royal Lincoln

2014/15 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Lincoln

2015/16 Snow White - Hull New Theatre

2016/17 Aladdin - Crewe Lyceum

2017/18 Snow White - Crewe Lyceum

2018/19 Jack and the Beanstalk - Crewe Lyceum

2019/20 Peter Pan - Crewe Lyceum

HALE AND PACE
 
2001/02 Dick Whittington - Cliffs Pavilion Southend
2002/03 Dick Whittington - Churchill Theatre Bromley
LITTLE AND LARGE
 

1974  Jack and the Beanstalk - Bristol Hippodrome

1975 Jack and the Beanstalk -  Wolverhampton Grand
1976 Jack and the Beanstalk – Davenport Theatre
1977 Aladdin – Empire Theatre Liverpool
1981 Aladdin – Bradford Alhambra
1982 Cinderella – Birmingham Alexandra
1983 Dick Whittington – Theatre Royal Nottingham
1987 Dick Whittington – Liverpool Empire

1991 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Bristol Hippodrome
1993 Jack and the Beanstalk – Wimbledon Theatre
1996 Robin Hood – Swansea Grand

1997 Aladdin - Cliffs Pavilion Southend

1998 Robin Hood - Regent Theatre Stoke on Trent

1999 Robin Hood - Liverpool Royal Court
2000 Robin Hood - Beck Theatre Hayes

2001 Babes in the Wood - New Theatre Hull

2003 Cinderella - Sunderland Empire (Syd only)

2004 Aladdin - King's Theatre Southsea (Syd only)
2005 Aladdin – Princess Theatre Torquay (Syd only)

2006 Aladdin - Grand Opera House York (Syd only)
2007 Aladdin – Southport Theatre (Syd only)
2008 Cinderella – King’s Theatre Southsea (Syd only)

2009 Cinderella - The Brindley Runcorn (Syd only)
2010 Cinderella – Grand Opera House York (Syd only)

2011 Cinderella - William Aston Hall Wrexham (Syd only)
2012 Sleeping Beauty – Grand Opera House York (Syd only)