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COMEDY
REWIND
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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!

BENIDORM

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

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


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


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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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

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


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


JOAN COLLINS
as seen as CRYSTAL HENNESSY-VASS
2010/11: Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodome

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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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


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







SHERRIE HEWSON


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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GAVIN & STACEY
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




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

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​




STEFFAN RHODRI
as seen in GAVIN AND STACEY as DAVE
2010: Peter Pan - Rhyl Pavilion
MIRANDA


SARAH HADLAND
as seen as STEVIE SUTTON
2001/02: Cinderella - Stafford Gatehouse












