ALVIS, ROY
Roy Alvis passed away in 2016

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1969/70 Cinderella - Darlington Civic
1970/71 Cinderella - Doncaster Civic

1971/72 Cinderella - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

1973/74 Cinderella - Gaumant Thetare, Doncaster

1974/75 Cinderella - Floral Hall, Scarborough

1975/76 Sleeping Beauty - Camberley Civic

1976/77 Mother Goose - Camberley Civic

1977/78 Cinderella - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

1978/79 Mother Goose - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

1979/80 Cinderella - St Albans City Hall

1980/81 Cinderella - Hornsey

1981/82 Cinderella - Nell Gywnne Theatre, Hereford

1984/85 Cinderella - Hanley Theatre Royal

1985/86 Puss in Boots - Camberley Civic

1986/87 Cinderella - Kirkcaldy, Adam Smith Theatre

1987/88 Jack and the Beanstalk - Kirkcaldy, Adam Smith Theatre

1988/89 Cinderella - Orchard Theatre, Dartford

1989/90 Aladdin - Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford

1990/91 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal, Hanley

1991/92 Dick Whittington - Horsham Arts Centre

1992/93 Jack and the Beanstalk - Kings Theatre, Southsea

1993/94 Jack and the Beanstalk - Preston Guildhall

1994/95 Jack and the Beanstalk - Horsham Arts Centre

1995/96 Mother Goose - Pontrypridd Muni Arts Centre

1996/97 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Porthcawl Grand Pavilion

1997/98 Aladdin - Camberley Arts Link

1998/99 Aladdin - Weston Super Mare Playhouse

1999/00 Jack and the Beanstalk - Porthcawl Grand Pavilion

2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Horsham Arts Centre

Video: Roy Alvis performs Toy Boy from Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs 1990

ASHLEY, DAVID

2020/21 No pantomime
2019/20 No pantomime
2018/29 No pantomime
2017/18 No pantomime
2016/17 Cinderella - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon 
2015/16 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
2014/15 Dick Whittington - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
2013/14 Jack and the Beanstalk - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
2012/13 Aladdin (Not as Dame - As Abanazar) Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
2011/12 Cinderella - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

BANNISTER, TREVOR

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Trevor Gordon Bannister (14 August 1934 – 14 April 2011) was an English actor best known for having played the womanising junior salesman Mr Lucas in the sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1979, and for his role as Toby Mulberry Smith in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine, from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010.

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1978/79 Robinson Crusoe at the Mecca State Theatre, Grays
1979/80 Aladdin at the Theatre Royal Windsor
1981/82 Dick Whittington at the Beck Theare Hayes
1983/84 Aladdin - Chichester Festival Theatre

1984/85 Aladdin at the Congress Theatre Eastbourne

1985/86 The Wizard of Oz at the Kings Theatre Southsea

1986/87 Dick Whittington at the Beck Theatre Hayes

1992/93 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon

1994/95 Sleeping Beauty at the Crewe Lyceum

1995/96 Snow White at the Harlequin Theatre Redhill

1996/97 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Poole Arts Centre

1997/98 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Harlequin Theatre Redhill

1998/99 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford

1999/00 Aladdin at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford

2000/01 Jack & The Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Windsor

2001/02 Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Windsor

2002/03 Mother Goose at the Middlesborough Theatre

2003/04 Aladdin at the Lyceum Theatre Sheffield

2004/05 Aladdin at the Riverfront Newport

BASHFORD, SIMON
 

1991/92 Cinderella - King's Theatre, Southsea
1992/93 Cinderella - Devonshire Park, Eastbourne
1993/94 Cinderella - Cliffs Pavilion

1995/96 Cinderella - Davenport Theatre

1996/97 Cinderella - North Wales Theatre

1997/98 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Hanley
1999/20 Cinderella - Orchard Theatre, Dartford

2000/01 Cinderella - Derngate Theatre, Northmapton

2001/02 Cinderella - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

2002/03 Cinderella - Assembly Room, Tunbridge Wells

2003/04 Cinderella - Sunderland Empire

2004/05 Cinderella - Orchard Theatre, Dartford
2005/06 Cinderella - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

2006/07 Cinderella - Embassy Theatre, Skegness

2007/08 Cinderella - Ipswich Regent
2008/09 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The Broadway Theatre, Catford
2009/10 Cinderella - Grove Theatre, Dunstable
2010/11 Cinderella - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
2011/12 Cinderella - Octagon Theatre, Yeovil
2012/13 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Grove Theatre, Dunstable
2013/14 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
2014/15 Beauty and the Beast - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
2015/16 Aladdin - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
2016/17 Cinderella - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
2017/18 Peter Pan - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

2018/19 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
2019/20 Jack and the Beanstalk - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

2020/21 No panto due to Covid-19
2021/22 Aladdin - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

Video: Simon Bashford panto show reel

Video: Simon Bashford Q&A - July 2020

BAXTER, STANLEY

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1950 Red Riding Hood - Princess Theatre, Glasgow

1954 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Glasgow

1970 Mother Goose - Kings Theatre Edinburgh

1971 Mother Goose - Kings Theatre Glasgow

1973 Mother Goose - Grand Theatre, Leeds

1975 Jack and the Beanstalk - Kings Theatre Edinburgh

1976 Jack and the Beanstalk - Kings Theatre Glasgow

1977 Jack and the Beanstalk - Manchester Opera House

1979 Cinderella - Kings Theatre Edinburgh

1980 Cinderella - Kings Theatre Glasgow

1982 Mother Goose - Kings Theatre Edinburgh

1983 Mother Goose - Kings Theatre Glasgow
1985 Aladdin - Kings Theatre Edinburgh

1986 Aladdin - Kings Theatre Glasgow

1990 Cinderella - Kings Theatre Edinburgh
1991 Cinderella - Kings Theatre Glasgow

BURDEN, CHARLES

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2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Rhyl Pavilion
2018/19 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Mansfield Palace
2017/18 Sleeping Beauty - Rhyl Pavilion
2016/17 Sleeping Beauty - The Anvil, Basingstoke
2015/16 Sleeping Beauty - Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
2014/15 Sleeping Beauty - Mansfield Palace
2013/14 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Festival Theatre, Malvern 
2012/13 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Mansfield Palace

2011/12 Sleeping Beauty - Assembly Hal;, Tunbridge Wells
2010/11 Sleeping Beauty - Festival Theatre, Malvern

2009/10 Aladdin - Palace Theatre, Malvern
2008/09 Sleeping Beauty - Rhyl Pavilion
2007/08 Aladdin - Rhyl Pavilion
2006/07 Dick Whittington - Grand Theatre, Blackpool
2005/06 Aladdin - Beck Theatre, Hayes
2004/05 Dick Whittington - Palce Theatre, Mansfield

2003/04 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Bournemouth Pavilion
2002/03 Aladdin - Palace Thetare, Mansfield

2001/02 Aladdin - Rhyl Pavilion

2000/01 Dick Whittington - Rhyl Pavilion
1999/00 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Bath
1996/97 Babes in the Wood - Beck Theatre, Hayes

Video: Charles Burden transforms to dame!

CALVIN, WYN

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1999/00 Aladdin - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

1998/99 Aladdin - Derngate Theatre, Northmapton
1997/98 Dick Whittington - Weston Super Mare Playhouse

1995/96 Dick Whittington - New Theatre, Cardiff

1994/95 Dick Whittington - Princess Theatre, Torquay

1993/94 Dick Whittington - Palace Theatre, Manchester
1992/93 Aladdin - Oxford Apollo

1991/92 Aladdin - Liverpool Empire

1990/91 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Nottingham
1989/90 Dick Whittington - Bristol Hippodrome

1988/89 Jack and the Beanstalk - New Theatre, Cardiff

1987/88 Jack and the Beanstalk - Wolverhampton Grand

1986/87 Babes in the Wood - Bradford Alhambra
1983/84 Jack and the Beanstalk - Birmingham Hippodrome
1982/83 Aladdin - New Theatre, Cardiff
1979/80 Dick Whittington - New Theatre, Cardiff

1976/77 Aladdin  - Gloucester Leisure Centre
1974/75 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1971/72 Dick Whittington - Bristol Hippodrome

1970/71 Babes in the Wood - Grand Theatre Leeds

1969/70 Babes in the Wood - Birmingham Theatre
1968/69 Puss in Boots - New Theatre, Cardiff

1966/67 Humpty Dumpty - Bristol Hippodrome

1965/66 Aladdin - Royal Court, Liverpool
1964/65 Humpty Dumpty  Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield

1961/62 Humpty Dumpty - Liverpool Empire

1958/59 Babes in the Wood - King's Theatre, Southsea

1957/58 Humpty Dumpty - Theatre Royal Nottingham

1956/57 Jack and the Beanstalk - Swansea Empire

1951/52 Cinderella - Swansea Grand

CRAIG, SEB

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2003/04 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Stockport Plaza
2000/01 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Alban Arena, St Albans
1999/00 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The Hawth Theatre, Crawley

1998/99 Beauty and the Beast - Bournemouth Pavilion
1997/98 Aladdin - Grimsby Auditorium
1996/97 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Hackney Empire

1995/96 Dick Whittington - White Rock Theatre, Hastings 

1991/92 Dick Whittington - Charter Theatre, Preston
1989/90 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

CRANN, DON

1983/84 Babes in the Wood (Not as Dame) - Tameside Theatre 

1995/96 Aladdin - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

1996/97 Cinderella  (As Baron)- Grimsby Auditorum

1997/98 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Hall for Cornwall

2002/03 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra

2007/08 Cinderella (As Baron) - Mansfield Palace

2008/09 Cinderella (As Baron) - Blackpool Grand

2009/10 Cinderella (As Baron) - Rhyl Pavilion
2012/13 Cinderella (As Baron) - Malvern Thearte

DAINTY, BILLY
Billy Dainty passed away 19th November 1986 aged 59

1989/90 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1985/86 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1984/85 Dick Whittington - Oxford Apollo
1983/84 Babes in the Wood - Bradford Alhambra
1982/83 Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodrome
1981/82 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Nottingham
1980/81 Sleeping Beauty - Bournemouth Pavilion
1978/79 Emu in Pantoland - Wimbledon Theatre
1976/77 Cinderella - Manchester Palace
1975/76 Emu in Pantoland - Liverpool Empire
1973/74 Aladdin - Davenport Theatre
1971/72 Aladdin - Manchester Palace

1970/71 Dick Whittington - Birmingham Theatre
1969/70 Aladdin - London Palladium
1966/67 Aladdin - Grand Theatre, Leeds
1965/66 Aladdin -  Manchester Palace

1963/64 The Frog Prince - Birmingham Theatre

Video: Billy Dainty - The Art of the Pantomime Dame

DAWSON, LES

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Leslie Dawson Jr. (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.

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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
1980/81 Babes in the Wood - Liverpool Empire

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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DEVEREAUX, COLIN

2000/01 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

1999/00 Aladdin - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
1998/99 Jack and the Beanstalk - Wycombe Swan

1997/98 Jack and the Beanstalk - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

1996/97 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal, Brighton

1995/96 Dick Whittington - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

1994/95 Dick Whittington - Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
1993/94 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Theatre Royal, Brighton

1991/92 Dick Whittington - Hackney Empire
1990/91 Aladdin - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

1988/89 Jack and the Beanstalk - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

1987/88 Aladdin - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

1981/82 Sleeping Beauty -  Rotherham Civic

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Colin passed away 29th October 2001 following a battle with cancer

ELLACOTT, NIGEL

1983/84 Cinderella - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

1989/90 Cinderella - New Theatre, Hull
1990/91 Cinderella - New Theatre, Cardiff
1991/92 Cinderella - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
1992/93 Cinderella - Bournemouth Pavilion

1993/94 Cinderella - Sheffield Lyceum

1994/95 Cinderella - Wimbledon Theatre

1996/97 Cinderella - New Victoria, Woking

1997/98 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1998/99 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre

1999/00 Cinderella - Kings Theatre, Edinburgh

2000/01 Cinderella - Darlington Civic

2001/02 Cinderella - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

2002/03 Cinderella - Southampton Mayflower

2003/04 Cinderella - Opera House, Manchester

2004/05 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Plymouth

2005/06 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2006/07 Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome
2007/08 Cinderella - Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe

2008/09 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

2009/10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford

2010/11 Jack and the Beanstalk - Orchard Theatre, Dartford

2011/12 Aladdin - Venue Cymru

2012/13 Jack and the Beanstalk - Wolverhampton Grand

2013/14 Sleeping Beauty - Venue Cymru

2014/15 Aladdin - New Theatre, Hull

2015/16 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Venue Cymru

2016/17 Jack and the Beanstalk - Royal & Derngate, Northampton

2017/18 Jack and the Beanstalk - Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe

2018/19 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Plymouth

2019/20 Sleeping Beauty - Venue Cymru

2020/21 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford

FLETCHER, CYRIL

Cyril Fletcher passed away 2nd January 2005 aged 91
 

1954/55 The Queen of Hearts - Cambridge Arts Theatre

1963/64 Mother Goose - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

1965/66 Aladdin - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

1967/68 Cinderella - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
1973/74 Aladdin - Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

FORKNALL, ROB

2000/01 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Cresset Theatre, Peterborough
2002/03 Aladdin - New Victoria, Halifax

2003/04 Peter Pan - Worthing Pavilion
2007/08 Aladdin - Worthing Pavilion
2013/14 Dick Whittington - York Barbican
2014/15 Aladdin - Rickmansworth, Watersmeet
2015/16 Jack and the Beanstalk - Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering

2017/18 Sleeping Beauty - Woodville, Gravesend
2018/19 Jack and the Beanstalk - Kings Langley
 

Video: Rob Forknall as Widow Twankey 2010

GRANT, RUSSELL

1989/90 Robinson Crusoe - New Theatre, Cardiff
1990/91 Robinson Crusoe - Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford
1991/92 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Blackpool Grand

2006/07 Cinderella (as Baron) - Aylesbury Waterside
2019/20 Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Princes Theatre, Clacton -  Pre recorded appearance as the Magic Mirror

2019/20 Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Grange Theatre, Norwich -  Pre recorded appearance as the Magic Mirror

HARRIS, CHRIS

Chris Harris passed away 30th April 2014 aged 71
 

1984/85 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Bath

1986/87 Cinderella - Thetare Royal, Plymouth
1987/88 Robinson Crusoe - Theatre Royal, Bath

1989/90 Mother Goose - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

2001/02 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Bath

2002/03 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Theatre Royal, Bath
2003/04 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Bath

2004/05 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Bath

2005/06 Mother Goose - Theatre Royal, Bath

2006/07 Cinderella (As Buttons rather than Dame) - Theatre Royal, Bath

2007/08 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Bath

2008/09 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Bath

2009/10 Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal, Bath

2010/11 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Bath

2011/12 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Bath

2012/13 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal, Bath

2013/14 Peter Pan - Theatre Royal, Bath

Video: Chris Harris promotes Peter Pan (2013)

HAYWARD, CHRIS

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1993/94 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmonds

2001/02 Cinderella - Towngate Theatre, Poole

2002/03 Aladdin - Towngate Theatre, Poole

2003/04 Cinderella - Basingstoke Anvil

2004/05 Beauty and the Beast - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole

2005/06 Aladdin - New Victoria, Woking

2006/07 Aladdin - Regent Theatre, Stoke on Trent

2007/08 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2008/09 Robinson Crusoe - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2009/10 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2010/11 Robin Hood - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2011/12 Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2012/13 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2013/14 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2014/15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2015/16 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2016/17 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2017/18 Peter Pan - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2018/19 Goldilocks and the Three Bears

2019/20 Beauty and the Beast - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2020/21 No pantomime due to Covid-19

2021/22 Humpty Dumpty - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

Video: Chris Hayward panto clips

HOWARD, BARRY

Barry Frederick Howard (9 July 1937 – 28 April 2016) was an English actor. He was best known for his role as Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in the first seven series of the long-running BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, in which his deadpan comedy style and classic facial expressions made him a popular character.

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1969/70 Cinderella at the New Theatre, Oxford
1976/77 Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1979/80 Robinson Crusoe at the Gran Theatre, Swansea

1980/81 Babes in the Wood - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1981/82 Babes in the Wood at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

1982/83 Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome

1985/85 Babes in the Wood at the Lewisham Theatre, Birmingham

1988/89 Babes in the Wood at the Palace Theatre, Manchester

1989/90 Dick Whittington at the Kings Theatre, Southsea

1991/92 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley

1992/93 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Hanley
1993/94 Jack and the Beanstalk - Orchard Theatre, Dartford

1995/96 Sleeping Beauty at the Poole Arts Centre

1996/97 Aladdin at the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe

1997/98 Aladdin at the Hackney Empire London

1998/99 Aladdin at the Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

1999/00 Aladdin at the Grand Theatre, Swansea

2000/01 Aladdin at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

Video: Barry Howard in Aladdin 1999

INMAN, JOHN

Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor and singer best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?, a British sitcom between 1972 and 1985.

1966/67 Cinderella - Gaumont Theatre Doncaster

1969/70 Cinderella - The New Theatre Oxford

1970/71 Cinderella - The Wimbledon Theatre

1972/73 Cinderella - The Bristol Hippodrome

1973/74 Cinderella - The Palace Theatre Manchester

1976/77 Mother Goose - The Wimbledon Theatre

1977/78 Mother Goose - The Bristol Hippodrome

1978/79 Mother Goose -Theatre Royal Nottingham

1979/80 Mother Goose -The New Theatre Oxford

1980/81 Mother Goose - Davenport Theatre

1981/82 Mother Goose - Victoria Palace London

1982/83 Mother Goose - Liverpool Empire

1983/84 Mother Goose -Alexandra Birmingham

1984/85 Mother Goose - Churchill Theatre Bromley

1985/86 Aladdin - Davenport Theatre

1986/87 Aladdin - Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

1987/88 Babes in the Wood - London Palladium

1988/89 Goldilocks - Grand Theatre Swansea

1990/91 Aladdin -Churchill Theatre Bromley

1991/92 Mother Goose - Theatre Royal Brighton

1992/93 Jack & the Beanstalk - Bristol Hippodrome

1994/95 Mother Goose - Davenport Theatre

1996/97 Snow White - Southampton Mayflower

1997/98 Snow White -  New Victoria Theatre Woking

1998/99 Robin Hood - Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

1999/00 Jack & The Beanstalk - Cliffs Pavilion

2000/01 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Plymouth

2001/02 Aladdin -New Victoria Woking

2002/03 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Newcastle

2003/04 Aladdin - New Theatre Cardiff

2004/05 Dick Whittington -  Richmond Theatre

Video: John Inman in Mother Goose 1993

JOHNS, KEVIN

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2021/22 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Swansea Grand
2020/21 No panto
2019/20 Peter Pan - Swansea Grand
2018/19 Cinderella - Swansea Grand
2017/18 Aladdin - Swansea Grand

2016/17 Sleeping Beauty - Swansea Grand
2015/16 Jack and the Beanstalk - Swansea Grand
2014/15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Swansea Grand
2013/14 Peter Pan - Swansea Grand
2012/13 Cinderella - Swansea Grand
2011/12 Aladdin - Swansea Grand
2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Swansea Grand
2009/10 Sleeping Beauty - Swansea Grand
2008/09 Cinderella - Swansea Grand
2007/08 Dick Whittington - Swansea Grand
2006/07 Aladdin - Swansea Grand
2005/06 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Swansea Grand

2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Swansea Grand
2003/04 Cinderella - Swansea Grand

2002/03 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Swansea Grand

2001/02 Peter Pan (Not Dame) - Swansea Grand
2000/01 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Swansea Grand
1999/00 Aladdin - Swansea Grand
1996/97 Robin Hood - Swansea Grand

1995/96 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Porthcawl, Grand Pavilion
1994/95 Jack and the Beanstalk - Porthcawl, Grand Pavilion
1993/94 Cinderella - Porthcawl, Grand Pavilion

Video: Kev Johns get a surprise at the end of a panto performance - 2019

KELLY, MATTHEW

1983/84 Cinderella (Not as Dame) - Manchester Palace
1984/85 Aladdin (Not as Dame) - Manchester Palace
1987/88 Jack and the Beanstalk (Not as Dame) - Bournemouth Pavilion
1991/92 Cinderella (Not as Dame) - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
1995/96 Dick Whittington - Bradford Alhambra
1996/97 Mother Goose - Birmingham Hippodrome
1997/98 Jack and the Beanstalk - Churchill Theatre, Bromley
2002/03 Peter Pan - Birmingham Rep
2003/04 Peter Pan - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
2007/08 The Wizard of Oz - Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
2008/09 Cinderella - Mayflower Theatre, Southamptom
2013/14 Aladdin - New Wimbledon Theatre
2014/15 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre
2015/16 Cinderella - Richmond Theatre
2016/17 Dick Whittington - New Wimbledon Theatre

LAIDLAW, PAUL

1978/79 Sleeping Beauty - New Theatre, Hull

1982/83 Cinderella - King's Theatre, Southsea

1988/89 Babes in the Wood - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
1989/90 Cinderella - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
1990/91 Mother Goose - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
1991/92 Jack and the Beanstalk - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
1992/93 Puss in Boots - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
1993/94 Aladdin - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

1998/99 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Beck Theatre, Hayes

1999/00 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

2003/04 Jack and the Beanstalk - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2004/05 Aladdin - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2005/06 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

2006/07 Dick Whittington - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

2007/08 Cinderella - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2008/09 Jack and the Beanstalk - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2009/10 Aladdin - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2013/14 Cinderella - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2014/15 Aladdin - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2015/16 Sleeping Beauty - Gorodn Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2016/17 Peter Pan - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2017/18 Jack and the Beanstalk - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2018/19 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
2019/20 Beauty and the Beast - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

2020/21 No panto due to Covid-19
2021/22 Aladdin - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
 

LINEHAN, JOHN (May McFettridge)

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John Joseph Linehan, MBE (born 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland) - A Northern Irish entertainer, most known for his drag queen character May McFettridge. Linehan has, in character, been a long-running feature on local radio and television, as well as a regular pantomime dame. John Linehan was a car mechanic before he rose to fame in the guise of his plain-speaking, gap-toothed housewife character, May McFettridge. Eamonn Holmes, a relative, had asked Linehan to phone his then radio show, to liven the programme up. Linehan pretended to be a Belfast housewife, and the banter between the two attracted an unprecedented number of positive phone calls to the radio studio, many asking for a return of the women as a regular on the show.

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2021/22 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Belfast Grand Opera House
2020/21 No pantomime due to Covid-19
2019/20 Beauty and the Beast - Belfast Grand Opera House

2018/19 Jack and the Beanstalk - Belfast Grand Opera House
2017/18 Peter Pan - Belfast Grand Opera House
2016/17 Cinderella - Belfast Grand Opera House
2015/16 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Belfast Grand Opera House
2014/15 Aladdin - Belfast Grand Opera House
2013/14 Sleeping Beauty - Belfast Grand Opera House
2012/13 Cinderella - Belfast Grand Opera House
2011/12 Jack and the Beanstalk - Belfast Grand Opera House
2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Belfast Grand Opera House
2009/10 Aladdin - Belfast Grand Opera House
2008/09 Mother Goose - Belfast Grand Opera House
2007/08 Cinderella - Belfast Grand Opera House
2006/07 Peter Pan - Belfast Grand Opera House
2005/06 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Belfast Grand Opera House
2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Belfast Grand Opera House
2003/04 Dick Whittington - Belfast Grand Opera House
2002/03 Cinderella - Belfast Grand Opera House
2001/02 Aladdin - Belfast Grand Opera House
2000/01 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Belfast Grand Opera House

1999/00 Peter Pan - Belfast Grand Opera House

1998/99 Cinderella - Belfast Grand Opera House
1997/98 Jack and the Beanstalk - Belfast Grand Opera House

1996/97 Mother Goose - Belfast Grand Opera House

1995/96 Aladdin - Belfast Grand Opera House
1994/95 Dick Whittington - Belfast Grand Opera House
1993/94 Jack and the Beanstalk - Belfast Grand Opera House
1992/93 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Belfast Grand Opera House
1991/92 Babes in the Wood - Belfast Grand Opera House

1990/91 Robinson Crusoe - Belfast Grand Opera House

Video: May McFettridge promotes Cinderella 2016

LONGMORE, JEFFREY

1980/81 Mother Goose - Oldham Coliseum
1986/87 Dick Whittington - Oldham Coliseum
1987/88 Aladdin - Oldham Coliseum
1988/89 Mother Goose - Davenport Theatre

1992/93 Aladdin - Derby Playhouse
2001/02 Mother Goose - Wythenshaw Forum Theatre
2002/03 Beauty and the Beast - Nottingham Playhouse

2004/05 Sleeping Beauty - Nottingham Playhouse
2005/06 Jack and the Beanstalk - Nottingham Playhouse
2006/07 Cinderella - Nottingham Playhouse

2007/08 Dick Whittington - Nottingham Playhouse
2008/09 Aladdin - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
2009/10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Churchill Theatre, Bromley
2010/11 Aladdin - Parkway Theatre, Cleethorps
2011/12 Cinderella - Nottingham Playhouse
2017/18 Aladdin - Preston Guild Hall
2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Grange Theatre, Oldham

LYNN, DAVE

2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
2018/19 Aladdin - Worthing Pavilion

2007/08 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Brighton

2005/06 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre

2000/01 Cinderella - Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

1998/99 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
1994/95 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Devonshire Park, Eastbourne
1993/94 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
1991/92 Cinderella - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

MaCLEAN, DON

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1960/61 Mother Goose - Gaumont Theatre, Southampton
1971/72 Jack and the Beanstalk - Birmingham Theatre

1976/77 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Wolverhampton Grand

1979/80 Aladdin - Wimbledon Theatre
1980/81 Babes in the Wood - Liverpool Empire

1982/83 Jack and the Beanstalk - Swansea Grand
1990/91 Aladdin - The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham

1994/95 Jack and the Beanstalk - Birmingham Hippodrome

1996/97 Jack and the Beanstalk - New Theatre, Cardiff

1997/98 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - New Victoria Theatre, Woking

1998/99 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

2000/01 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2001/02 Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodrome

2002/03 Aladdin - Birmingham Hippodrome

2003/04 Aladdin - Milton Keynes Theatre

2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Birmingham Hippodrome

2006/07 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Wolverhampton Grand

2007/08 Aladdin - Birmingham Hippodrome

2008/09 Robin Hood - Birmingham Hippodrome

2009/10 Robin Hood - New Theatre, Cardiff

2010/11 Mother Goose - Palace Theatre, Redditch

2012/13 Aladdin - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole

2013/14 Jack and the Beanstalk - Assembly Room, Derby

MAUDSLEY, TONY

2016/17 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Nottingham
2017/18 Aladdin (Not as Dame) - Swansea Grand
2018/19 Peter Pan (Not as Dame) - Liverpool Empire

OATES, CHUBBY

1992/93 Aladdin - Horsham Arts Centre

1993/94 Cinderella - Yeovil Octagon

1994/95 Cinderella - Charter Theatre, Preston

1995/96 Jack and the Beanstalk - New Theatre, Hull

1996/97 Aladdin - King's Theatre, Southsea

1997/98 Jack and the Beanstalk - Princess Theatre, Torquay

PHIPPS-DAVIS, DAVID

2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Worthing Pavilion
2005/06 Cinderella - Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
2006/07 Aladdin - Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
2007/08 Cinderella - Camberley Theatre
2008/09 Cinderella - Central Theatre, Chatham
2009/10 Cinderella - Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple
2010/11 Aladdin - Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple
2011/12 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple
2014/15 Cinderella - Ipswich Regent
2015/16 Dick Whittington - Britannia Theatre, Chatham
2016/17 Sleeping Beauty - Ipswich Regent
2017/18 Jack and the Beanstalk - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
2018/19 Aladdin - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
2019/20 Aladdin - New Victoria, Woking
 

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David Phipps-Davis answers our questions - recorded July 2020. 

POTTS, ERIC

2001/02 Aladdin - Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

2002/03 Dick Whittington - Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury

2003/04 Babes in the Wood - Oldham Coliseum

2004/05 Sleeping Beauty - Oldham Coliseum

2005/06 Mother Goose - Regent Theatre Stoke on Trent

2006/07 Aladdin - King's Theatre, Glasgow

2007/08 Aladdin - Milton Keynes Theatre

2008/09 Aladdin - New Victoria, Woking

2009/10 Aladdin - Manchester Opera House

2010/11 Dick Whittington - The Bristol Hippodrome

2011/12 Dick Whittington - New Wimbledon Theatre, London

2012/13 Dick Whittingotn - New Victoria Theatre, Woking

2013/14 Dick Whittington - Manchester Opera House

2014/15 Dick Whittington - The Bristol Hippodrome

2015/16 Dick Whittington - The Liverpool Empire

2016/17 Aladdin - Manchester Opera House

2017/18 Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - Darlington Hippodrome

2018/19 Aladdin - Darlington Hippodrome

2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Manchester Opera House
2020/21 Sleeping Beauty - Manchester Opera House CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

RIDDOCH, BILLY

2017/18 Aladdin (Not as Dame) - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
2010/11 Beauty and the Beast - Chipping Norton Theatre
2008/09 Aladdin - Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
2004/05 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Gaiety Theatre, Ayre
2002/03 Aladdin - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
2001/02 Cinderella (Not as Dame - As Baron Hard-up) - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

2000/01 Jack and the Beanstalk - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

1999/00 Beauty and the Beast - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

RIXON, MATTHEW

2001/02 Cinderella - Towngate Theatre, Poole
2004/05 Beauty and the Beast - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
2007/08 Aladdin - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
2008/09 Cinderella - Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
2011/12 Aladdin - Beck Theatre, Hayes
2012/13 Aladdin - The 02, London
2013/14 Aladdin - New Wimbledon Theatre
2014/15 Cinderella - New Wimbledon
2015/16 Cinderella - Richmond Theatre
2019/20 Sleeping Beauty - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

ROBBINS, PETER

Peter Robbins passed away 15th April 2009.

1983/84 Cinderella - Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage

1989/90 Cinderella - New Theatre, Hull
1990/91 Cinderella - New Theatre, Cardiff

1991/92 Cinderella - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

1992/93 Cinderella - Bournemouth Pavilion

1993/94 Cinderella - Sheffield Lyceum

1994/95 Cinderella - Wimbledon Theatre

1996/97 Cinderella - New Victoria, Woking

1997/98 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1998/99 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre

1999/00 Cinderella - Kings Theatre, Edinburgh

2000/01 Cinderella - Darlington Civic

2001/02 Cinderella - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

2002/03 Cinderella - Southampton Mayflower

2003/04 Cinderella - Opera House, Manchester

2004/05 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Plymouth

2005/06 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Newcastle

2006/07 Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome

2007/08 Cinderella - Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe

2008/09 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

ROWE, CLIVE

1998/99 Dick Whittington - Hackney Empire
1999/00 Cinderella - Hackney Empire
2000/01 Mother Goose - Hackney Empire
2001/02 Dick Whittington - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

2004/05 Aladdin - Hackney Empire

2005/06 Jack and the Beanstalk - Hackney Empire

2007/08 Dick Whittington - Hackney Empire

2008/09 Mother Goose -Hackney Empire

2009/10 Aladdin - Hackney Empire

2010/11 Jack and the Beanstalk - Hackney Empire

2014/15 Mother Goose - Hackney Empire

2015/16 Jack and the Beanstalk - Hackney Empire

2017/18 Jack and the Beanstalk  - New Wimbledon Theatre

2018/19 Aladdin - Hackney Empire

2019/20 Dick Whittington - Hackney Empire

2021/22 Jack and the Beanstalk - Hackney Empire

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RYAN, ANDREW

2020/21 No panto due to Covid-19
2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Birmingham Hippodrome

2018/19 Dick Whittington - Southampton Mayflower

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

2016/17 Dick Whittington - Birmingham Hippodrome

2015/16 Aladdin - Birmingham Hippodrome
2014/15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2013/14 Robinson Crusoe - Southampton Mayflower

2012/13 Robinson Crusoe - Birmingham Hippodrome

2011/12 Robin Hood - Bradford Alhambra

2010/11 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

2009/10 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Nottingham

2008/09 Cinderella - New Wimbledon Theatre

2007/08 Sleeping Beauty - Bournemouth Pavilion

2006/07 Sleeping Beauty - Sheffield Lyceum

2005/06 Jack and the Beanstalk - Sheffield Lyceum

2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Bournemouth Pavilion

2003/04 Jack and the Beanstalk - Mansfield Palace

2002/03 Dick Whittington - Sheffield Lyceum

2000/01 Jack and the Beanstalk - Beck Theatre, Hayes
1999/00 Cinderella - Sheffield Lyceum

1996/97 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Bath

1993/94 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Lincoln

SHARVELL-MARTIN, MICHAEL
 

Michael Sharvell-Martin (2 February 1944 – 28 October 2010) was born Michael Ernest Martin but changed his name to avoid confusion with another actor called Michael Martin. Michael was a popular British television and stage actor whose career spanned more than three decades.[2] He was a familiar character actor on British television screens, guest starring in several prime time dramas and comedies during the 1970s and 1980s.

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2008/09 Peter Pan - Theatre Royal, Windsor

2007/08 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Windsor

2006/07 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Theatre Royal, Windsor
2005/06 Beauty and the Beast - Theatre Royal, Windsor
2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Windsor
2003/04 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Windsor

2002/03 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Windsor 
2001/02 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Nottingham
2000/01 Aladdin - Bradford Alhambra

1999/00 Cinderella - Regent Theatre, Stoke on Trent

1997/98 Mother Goose - Chichester

1996/97 Dick Whittington - Bournemouth Pavilion

1995/96 Dick Whittington - Grand Opera House, York

1992/93 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Wimbledon Theatre

1989/90 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal Norwich
1988/89 The Wizard of Oz (Not as Dame) - Tyne Theatre & Opera House
1987/88  Aladdin - Oxford Apollo
1984/85 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Bournemouth Pavilion
1983/94 Aladdin - Theatre Royal, Lincoln