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At the turn of the centurary UK TV comedy was at a high once again with hit shows getting great viewing figures including BENIDORM and GAVIN AND STACEY. Both are strongly linked to the world of pantomime with many stars evening featuring in our PANTO HALL OF FAME. 

Please note shows are in alphabetical order then by actors first name once again in alphabetical order. Have a look below and enjoy! 

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BENIDORM

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AMANDA BARRIE as seen as PSYCHIC SUE

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ASA ELLIOTT

as seen as HIMSELF

2012/13: Sleeping Beauty - Bournemouth Pavilion

2013/14: Aladdin - The Place Theatre Telford

2014/15: Cinderella - Pomegranate Theatre Chesterfield

2015/16: Sleeping Beauty - Marine Theatre Lowestoft

2016/17: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs  - Bridlington Spa

2017/18: Aladdin - Bridlington Spa

2018: Easter panto - Sleeping Beauty - Redcar

2019/20: Peter Pan - Liverpool Empire

2023: Half Term panto - Snow White - Billingham Forum / Blackburn Empire

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BOBBY KNUTT

as seen as EDDIE DAWSON

1981/82: Cinderella - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
1985/86: Dick Whittington - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

1986/87: Jack & the Beanstalk - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

1987/88: Cinderella Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

1988/89: Mother Goose - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 

1989/90: Babes in the Wood - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

1991/92: Babes in the Wood at the Doncaster Dome

1993/94: Cinderella at the Sheffield Crucible

1994/95: Snow White at the Sheffield Lyceum
1995/96: Babes in the Wood - Sheffield Lyceum

1997/98: Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Billingham 

1998/99: Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Southport Theatre

1999/00: Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Charter Theatre Preston

2000/01: Aladdin at the Pomegarante Theatre Chester

2001/02: Jack & The Beanstalk at the Pomegranate Theatre

2003/04: Cinderella - Bridlington Spa

2004/05: Snow White - Bridlington Spa

2006/07: Sleeping Beauty - Doncaster Civic

2007/08: Cinderella - Sheffield Lyceum

2008/09: Aladdin - Sheffield Lyceum

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BOBBY BALL as seen as RON PICKFORD

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CHARLOTTE EATON

as seen as TERRI DAWSON

2000/01: Jack & The Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Northampton

2001/02: Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Northampton

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CHRISSY ROCK

as seen as JANEY YORK

2002/03: Cinderella - Royal Court Liverpool
2003/04: Cinderella - Theatre Royal, St Helens
2007/08: Cinderella - Royal Court Liverpool

2011/12: Cinderella - Forum Theatre Billingham

2013/14: Snow White - Epstein Theatre Liverpool

2014/15: Cinderella - Stockport Plaza

2015/16: Cinderella - Theatre Royal St Helens

2017/18: Sleeping Beauty - Brindley Theatre Runcorn

2019/20: Cinderella - Epstein Theatre, Liverpool

2020/21: Sleeping Beauty - Online streaming pantomime

2021/22: Jack and the Beanstalk -  Ellesmere Port Civic

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PANTO

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AS SEEN ON BENIDORM

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DANNY WALTERS

as seen as TIGER DYKE

2013/14: Jack & The Beanstalk - The Deco Northampton

2016/17: Jack & The Beanstalk - Billingham Forum

2018/19: Beauty and the Beast - Grand Theatre Blackpool

2019/20: Beauty and the Beast - Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

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HANNAH HOBLEY

as seen as CHANTELLE GARVEY

2009/10: Sleeping Beauty - Colne

2017/18: Dick Whittington - Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale

2018/19: Sleeping Beauty - Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale

2019/20: Aladdin - Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale

2021/22: Sleeping Beauty - Northwich Memorial Court

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JAKE CANUSO

as seen as MATEO CASTELLANOS

2005/06: Jack & The Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

2014/15: Aladdin - The Forum Billingham

2017/18: Mother Goose - Sheffield Lyceum

2019/20: Aladdin at the New Theatre Hull

2021/22: Peter Pan - Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe

2022/23: Aladdin - Rhyl Pavilion

JANINE DUVUTSKI

as seen as JACQUELINE STEWART

2012/13: Snow White  - Assembly Halls Tunbridge Wells

2017/18: Jack and the Beanstalk - Sunderland Empire
2019/20: Goldilocks and the Three Bears - London Palladium

2021/22: Sleeping Beauty - Sheffield Lyceum

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JOAN COLLINS

as seen as CRYSTAL HENNESSY-VASS

2010/11: Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodome

JOHN CHALLIS

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JOHNNY VEGAS

as seen as GEOFF MALTBY

2017/18: Snow White - Theatre Royal St Helens

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NATHAN BRYON

as seen as JOEY ELLIS

2011/12: Dick Whittington - Little Theatre Sheringham

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MATTHEW KELLY as seen in BENIDORM

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NIGEL HAVERS as seen as STANLEY KEEN

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THE KRANKIES

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PERRY BENSON

as seen as CLIVE DYKE

1989/90: Mother Goose - Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

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PHILIP OLIVER

as seen as JASON GALLAGHER

2014: Snow White - Opera House Manchester 

2012: Cinderella - Epstein Theatre

2011: Cinderella - The Brindley Arts Centre Runcorn                 

2010: Snow White - The Connaught Theatre  Worthing               

2009: Dick Whittington -  Camberley Theatre

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ROBIN ASKWITH

as seen as GARY SNELLING

1983/83: Aladdin - Theatre Royal Lincoln

1986/87: Jack & The Beanstalk - Wimbledon Theatre

1988/89: Dick Whittington - Wimbledon Theatre

1989/90: Dick Whittington - Richmond Theatre

1993/94: Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Bath

1995/96: Dick Whittington - New Theatre Cardiff

1996/97: Aladdin - Crewe Lyceum

1997/98: Dick Whittington - Sheffield Lyceum

1998/99: Dick Whittington - Darlington Civic

1999/00: Aladdin - Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford

2000/01: Jack & The Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2001/02: Goldilocks & the Three Bears - Wolverhampton Grand

2002/03: Aladdin - Theatre Royal Newcastle

2017/18: Jack & The Beanstalk - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

2018/19: Aladdin - Darlington Hippodrome

2019/20: Aladdin - New Theatre Hull

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RUSTIE LEE

as seen as QUEENIE

1985/86: Humpty Dumpty - Birmingham Hippodrome

1986/87: Snow White - De Montfort Hall, Leicester

2009/10: Aladdin - Litchfield Garrick

2014/15: Sleeping Beauty - The Spa Bridlington

2015/16: Sleeping Beauty - Marina Theatre Lowestoft

2016/17: Cinderella - Hazlitt Theatre

2025: Aladdin - Kings Theatre, Portsmouth 

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SHANE RICHIE as seen on BENIDORM

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SHEILA REID

as seen as MADGE BARRON / HARVEY

2013/14: Cinderella - White Rock Theatre Hastings

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1988/89: Cinderella - Dominion Theatre

1997/98: Mother Goose - Chichester

2000/01: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

                 - Mayflower Theatre Southampton

2001/02: Aladdin - The Opera House Manchester

2004/05: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Assembly Rooms Derby

2006/07: Sleeping Beauty - Sheffield Lyceum

2008/09: Cinderella - Southport Theatre

2012/13: Jack & The Beanstalk - Wolverhampton Grand

2013/14: Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Stratford East

2014/15: Aladdin - New Theatre Hull

2015/16: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - De Montfort Hall Leicester

2016/17: Aladdin - Manchester Opera House

2017/18: Beauty and the Beast - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2019/20: Sleeping Beauty - Venue Cymru, Llandudno

2025/26: Sleeping Beauty - Pavilion, RHYL

as seen as JOYCE TEMPLE SAVAGE

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SHERRIE HEWSON

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TIM HEALY

as seen as LES CONROY

1984/85: Babes in the Wood - New Tyne Theatre
2003/04: Peter Pan - Theatre Royal Newcastle

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TONY MAUDSLEY as seen as KENNETH DU BEKE

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WENDY RICHARDS as seen as SYLVIA

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ALISON STEADMAN

as seen in GAVIN AND STACEY as PAM

1980: Cinderella - Hammersmith Lyric

JOANNA PAGE

as seen in GAVIN AND STACEY as STACEY

2008: Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre

2009: Cinderella - Woking

2010: Dick Whittington Milton Keynes Theatre

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JOHNNY TUDOR

as seen in GAVIN AND STACEY as MARCO

1969/70: Robinson Crusoe – Swansea Grand

1980/81: Robinson Crusoe - New Theatre, Cardiff
1982/83: Aladdin – New Theatre Cardiff
1987/88: Robinson Crusoe - Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl

2008: Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood

           - Haberdashers School for Girls - Monmouth
2010/11: Red Riding Hood - Beaufort Theatre & Ballroom

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LARRY LAMB as seen on GAVIN AND STACEY

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MATHEW BAYNTON

as seen in GAVIN AND STACEY as DEANO

2004: Jack & The Beanstalk - Newbury 

2005: Cinderella - Newbury Corn Exchange

2006: Dick Whittington - Newbury Corn Exchange

MELANIE WALTERS

as seen in GAVIN AND STACEY as GWEN

2010: Snow White - Swansea Grand

2011: Cinderella - Newport

2012: Sleeping Beauty - Rhyl Pavilion

2014: Cinderella - Theatre Royal Bath

2015: Jack & The Beanstalk - Basingstoke

2016: Cinderella - Bournemouth Pavilion

2017: Cinderella - Grand Theatre Blackpool

2018: Peter Pan - Sunderland Empire

2019: Cinderella - Mansfield Palace

2020: No panto due to Covid-19
2021: Beauty and the Beast - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton

2022: Beauty and the Beast - Festival Theatre, Malvern​

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STEFFAN RHODRI

as seen in GAVIN AND STACEY as DAVE

2010: Peter Pan - Rhyl Pavilion

MIRANDA

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SARAH HADLAND

as seen as STEVIE SUTTON 

2001/02: Cinderella - Stafford Gatehouse

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