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1883/84 Babes in the Wood (Theatre Royal)

1884/85 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Prince's)

1886/87 Robinson Crusoe (Prince's)

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1887/88 Puss in Boots (Prince's)

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1893/94 Babes in the Wood (Theatre Royal)

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1898/89 Sinbad the Sailor (Prince's)

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1902/03 Robinson Crusoe (Prince's)

1911/12 Little Red Riding Hood(Theatre Royal)

Harry Lauder

May Hill

Aimee Roberts

Billie Sinclair

May Lilian Levey

Edward Lewis

Harry Brayne

Ernest Selig

Harry Lupino

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1913/14 Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal)

Daisy Wood

Madge Vincent

Albert Le Fre

Lupino Lane

Alice Pollard

Cyril Thompson

Horrace Mills

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1916/17 Cinderella (Palace)

Clarice Mayne

1915/16 Robinson Crusoe (Theatre Royal)

Louie Beckman

Jack Pleasants

Joe Nightingale

Cecil Morton York

Constance Caley

George Robey

1916/17 A Kiss For Cinderella (Manchester Royal)

Percy Hutchison

Hilda Trevelyan

1917/18 Babes in the Wood (Palace)

Dorothy Ward

Ernie Mayne

Georgie Wood

Shaun Glenville

Fred Allandale

Hilda Glyder

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1919/20 Aladdin (Palace)

Ella Retford

Lupino Lane

Nellie Wallace

Daisy Bindley

Albert Darnley

Wallace Lupino

Thelma Rayne

1922/23 Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Opera House)

Nora Delaney

Horace Mills

Walter Passmore

Lily Long

Edith Pearson

Violet Vernon

Johnny Schofield

Jack Treagle

Wilfred Essex

1922/23 Mother Goose (Palace)

Dorothy Ward

Shaun Glenville

Georgie Wood

Jean Alexander

Beryl Beresford

Ambrose Thorne

Leslie Hinton

Fred Conquest

Lily Lapidus

1925/26 Queen of Hearts (Palace)

Gwladys Stanley

Jack Edge

James Craig

G S Melvin

George Sanger

Bert Rousette

Marjorie Battiss

Adrienne Brune

The Alva Brothers

1929/30 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)

Dorothy Ward

Shaun Glenville

Syd Walker

Henry Hearty

June Nolan

Yvette Anning

Arthur Conquest

1931/32 Jack & The Beanstalk (Palace)

Betty Jumel

Billy Danvers

James Craig

Dorothy Penny

Ethel Anderson

1933/34 Cinderella (Palace)

Billy Danvers
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Winnie Collins
Gracie West

Victor Crawford

Valerie Larg
 

1936/37 Babes in the Wood (Palace)

Marie Burke

Jean Adrienne

Charles Cornford

Arthur Rigby

Tom Gamble

Jack Edge

Mary Thornley

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1942/43 Red Riding Hood (Palace)

Jean Adrienne

Jean Colin

G S Melvin

Dave Morris

Robert Wilson

Billy Smith

Prudence Hyman

Donald Keir

1944/45 The Queen of Hearts (Palace)

Tom Gamble

Dave Morris

Jean Colin

Jean Adrienne

Bill Burke

Billy Smith

Sylvia Leslie

Arnold Rooke

Jean Burgess

1947/48 Cinderella (Palace)
Beryl Reid

George Moon

Hazel Bray

George Bolton

Bertram Dench

Viola Johnstone

Bunty Meadows

Muriel Zillah

John Palmer

1948/49 Dick Whittington (Palace)

Stella Hamilton

Gerry Lee

Raymond Bennett

Freddie Fowler

Herbert Hare

Reg Dixon

Jean Adrienne

Sheila Mathews

Leo Franklyn

Kenneth Birrell

Leslie Jones

1949/50 Babes in the Wood (Palace)

Jimmy Jewel

Ben Warriss

Prudence Hyman

Charles Doak

Lucas Bassett

Jack Hayes

Boy Kerrigan

George Hamilton

Erica Yorke

Marjorie Browne

1949/50 Jack and Jill (Hippodrome)

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1951/52 Old King Cole (Palace)

1952/53 Babes in the Wood (Hulme Hippodrome)

Nat Mills
Mary Naylor
Joy Jackley
Gordon & Colville

1952/53 Little Miss Muffet (Manchester Hippodrome)

1952/53 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)

Clement Hamelin

Coral Farrell

Hugh Stewart

Jean Bayless

Norman Evans

Maureen Sims

Betty Jumel

Patricia Burke

1953/54 Puss in Boots (Palace)

George Hamilton

Jack Hayes

Fred Kitchen

David Dawson

Aileen Cochrane

Ben Warriss

Jimmy Jewel

1953/54 Mother Goose (Manchester Hippordrome)

Tommy Fields

Margaret Burton

Charles Warren

1953/54 Little Bo Beep (Hulme Hippodrome)

1955/56 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)

Harry Seacombe (Oliver!, Highway)
Roy Castle

1954/55 Dick Whittington (Palace)

Michael Wynne

Ken Swales

Beryl Foley

Stanley Vilven

Margaret Heath

Sonnie Hale

Joy Nichols

1956/57 Mother Goose (Palace)

George Lacey

1956/57 Puss In Boots (Hippodrome)

Tommy Cooper

Reg Varney

Ann Truscott

Arthur Gordon

Anna Peters

Freda Wyn

Stuart Pearce

Margaret Burton

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1957/58 Aladdin (Palace)

Ken Dodd

1959/60 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)

Norman Wisdom

Helen James

Osborne Whitaker

Eddie Leslie

Martin Gluth

Harold Holness

Terry Kendall

Elizabeth Larner

Billy Whittaker

Patricia Stark

Tony Vincent

1960/61 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)

Harry Secombe
Gary Miller
Roy Castle

1961/62 Turn Again Whittington (Palace)

Bruce Forsyth

Penny Calvert

Nicholas Brent

Tudor Evans

Johnny Shack

Ken Wilson

Elizabeth Saunders

Yana

Lionel Baker

Jimmy Lee

Marie Lynn

Thelma Ruby

Dave Lyons

Johnny Shack

Bill Lane

Peter Kyle

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1962/63 Snow White (Palace)

Ruby Murray

1964/65 Sleeping Beauty (Palace)

Morecombe & Wise 

Betty Emery

Edmund Hockridge

Dorothy Dampier

Herbert Hare

Eddie Molloy

Denny Dayviss

Jack Yardley

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1965/66 Aladdin (Palace)

Des O'Connor

Billy Dainty

Jack Douglas

Freddy and The Dreamers

1967/68 Cinderella (Palace) 

Des O'Connor

Vince Hill

Jack Douglas (Carry On Films)

Freddie Sales

Joe Black 

1968/69 Robinson Crusoe (Opera House) 

Ken Dodd

Hope & Keen
Paula Hendrix
George Barnes
Billy Whittaker

1969/70 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)

Jimmy Clithero

Anita Harris (Carry On Films)

Jack Tripp

Gordon & Bunny Jay

1970/71 Cinderella (Opera House)

Mary Hopkin

Lonnie Donegan

Arthur Askey

Peter Butterworth (Carry on Films)

Joe Black

1970/71 Treasure Island (Palace)

Bill Kerr

Max Howard

Kevin Frazer

Derek Farr

McDonald Hobley

John Dunbar

Joscelyn Mason

Michae Quinto

Raul Neunie

David Lincoln

James Taylor

Bunny Reed

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1971/72 Aladdin (Palace)

Billy Dainty

The Dallas Boys

Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)

Anita Harris (Carry On Films)

Freddie Davies

1972/73 Queen of Hearts (Palace)

Danny La Rue 

1974 (March) Peter Pan (Opera House)

Anita Harris
John Gower

1976/77 Babes in the Wood (Palace)

Arthur Askey
Dickie Henderson
Mark Wynter
Bertie Hare
Freddie Stevens
 

1976/77 Cinderella (Opera House)

Billy Dainty (Buttons)
Hugh Lloyd (Hunkamunka - Ugly Sister)

Elizabeth Power (Eastenders) (Prince Charming)

Ayshea (Cinderella)

Russell Hunter (Dollialolla - Ugly Sister)
Pauline Garner (Dandini)
Graham Squire (Baron Hardup)

Jennifer Claire (Fairy Godmother)
Michael  (Major Domo)

1977/78 Jack and the Beanstalk (Opera House)

Stanley Baxter

Christopher Beeney

1978/79 Dick Whittington (Opera House)

Basil Brush

Ayshea (Dick Whittington)

Frank Carson (Idle Jack)

Bert Weeden (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Wendy Smith (Alice Fitzwarren)
Michael Mungarvan (Saltan)
Howard Williams (Town Crier)
Barry Walls (Mate)
Ronne Coyles (Sarah the Cook)

Phil Wood (Captain)
Max Arthur (King Rat)
Maretta Sibley (Spirit of the Bells)

1978/79 Mother Goose (Palace)

Anna Karen
Aubrey Phillips
Dave Peters
Bryan Johnson
Peter Simon
Colin Beach

1983/84 Cinderella (Palace)

Kathy Staff (Last of the Summer Wine, Crossroads)

Bill Owen (Last of the Summer Wine)

Lorraine Chase (Emmerdale)

Matthew Kelly

Sarah Kennedy

Trevor Peacock

John Bardon (Eastenders

Ann Sidney

Ward Allen

1984/85 Aladdin (Palace)

Su Pollard (Hi De Hi)

Derek Griffiths (Playschool)

Matthew Kelly (You Bet)

Anneka Rice  (Treasure Hunt)

Edmund Hockridge

Bob Carolgees (Surprise Surprise)

Tommy Trinder

Ted Mount

1986/87 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)

Russ Abbot

Bella Emberg

Tudor Davies

Windsor Davis (Never The Twain)

1987/88  Cinderella (Palace)

Michael Barrymore (Strike it Lucky, My Kind of People)

Norman Collier

Jessica Martin

Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)

Duggie Small

Peggy Mount (Oliver!)

Dawson Chanve

Jilli Foot
Umberto

1988/89 Babes in the Wood (Palace)

Cannon and Ball

Bernadette Nolan

Barry Howard (Hi De Hi)

Richard Gibson (Allo Allo)

Ann Sidney

1989/90 Aladdin (Palace)

Paul Nicholas (Just Good Friends)

Paul Shane (Hi De Hi)

Eartha Kitt

Sylvestor McCoy (Doctor Who)

Peter Blake

Garfield

1990/91 Dick Whittington (Palace)

Les Dawson (Blankety Blank)

Jon Nettles (Bergerac)

The Roly Polys 

Mark Walker

Ann Sidney

Dooby Duck

Richard Jarmain

Lara Jarmain

1991/92 Snow White (Palace)

Dana

Jimmy Cricket 

Mike Holloway

Juliette Kaplan (Last of the Summer Wine)

Su Douglas

Ken Gibson

Kenneth MacDonald (Only Fools and Horses)

1992/93 Aladdin (Opera House)

Michael Barrymore (Strike it Lucky Strike it Rich)

Val Lehman (Prisoner Cell Block H)

Simon Fox

The Roly Polys

Gordon Peters

Hal Nolan

Dooby Duck

1993/94 Dick Whittington (Palace)

Ken Dodd 

Glyn Owen (Howards' Way)

Wyn Calvin

Susan Maughan

1995/96 Aladdin (Palace)

Roy Barraclough (Coronation Street)

Billy Pearce 

Richard De Vere

Maggie Mooney

1998/99 Cinderella (Palace) 

Darren Day

Isla Fisher (Home and Away)

Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi)

Barnaby

Mr Blobby (Noel's House Party)

1999/00 Peter Pan (Palace)

Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon)

Anita Harris (Carry On Films)

2000/01 Snow White (Opera House)

Julie Goodyear (Coronation Street)

Patrick Mower (Emmerdale)

Danielle Nicholls

Barnaby

Kenny Baker (Star Wars)

2001/02 Aladdin (Opera House)                                                   

Sherrie Hewson (Crossroads, Coronation Street, Benidorm)

Tim Vincent (Blue Peter)

The Roly Polys

Gail McKenna

Richard De Vere

2002/03 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)             

Lily Savage / Paul O'Grady

2003/04 Cinderella (Opera House)                                               

Brian Conley 

Dawson Chance

Nigel Ellacott

Peter Robbins

2004/05 Dick Whittington (Opera House)                                          

The Chuckle Brothers

Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)

Helen Noble

2005/06 Peter Pan (Opera House)                                                 

Steve McFadden (Eastenders)

Sophie Lawrence (Eastenders)

Matt Slack

2006/07 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)                                             

Suranne Jones (Coronation Street, Doctor Foster)

Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter)

Justin Moorhouse

John Savident (Coronation Street)

2007/08 Cinderella (Opera House)                                                

Tina O'Brien (Coronation Street)

Johnny Briggs (Coronation Street, Echo Bay)

Roger Kitter (Allo Allo)

Mike Toolan

Bernie Nolan

2008/09 Peter Pan (Opera House)                                                

Gemma Atkinson

John Thomson

Gary Wilmot 

Mike Toolan

Jen Pringle

2009/10 Aladdin (Opera House)                                                  

Gray O'Brien (Casualty, Coronation Street)

Chris Fountain (Hollyoaks, Coronation Street)

Eric Potts (Coronation Street)

Jen Pringle

Mike McClean

2011/12 Cinderella (Opera House)                                               

Louie Spence 

Tam Ryan

Suzanne Shaw (Hearsay)

2012/13 Peter Pan (Opera House)                                               

David Hasslehoff (Knight Rider, Baywatch)

Amy Reid

Tam Ryan

2013/14 Dick Whittington (Opera House)                                        

Ashleigh & Pudsey  (Britain's Got Talent)

Jodie Prenger (I'd Do Anything)

Eric Potts (Coronation Street)

Tam Ryan

Ben Faulks

2014/15 Snow White (Opera House)                                           

Priscilla Presley (Dallas)

Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter)

Tam Ryan

Philip Olivier (Brookside, Benidorm)

Daniel Stockton

2015/16 Cinderella (Opera House)                                               

Torville & Dean

Liam Doyle

Dave Lynn 

2016/17 Aladdin (Opera House)                                                     

Sherrie Hewson (Crossroads, Coronation Street, Benidorm)

John Thomson (Cold Feet, Coronation Street)

Eric Potts (Coronation Street)

Ben Adams (A1)

2017/18 Dick Whittington (Opera House)                                        

John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Dancing on Ice)

The Krankies

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2018/19 Cinderella (Opera House)                                                

Les Dennis (Family Fortunes, Coronation Street)
Connor McIntyre(Coronation Street)

Gareth Gates (Pop Idol)

Ben Nickless

Hayley-Ria Christian

Shannon Flynn

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2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)                                                

Craig Revel Horwood (Strictly Come Dancing)

Ben Nickless

Eric Potts (Coronation Street)

Zoe George

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2020/20 Seeping Beauty (Opera House) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Billy Pearce
Jason Manford
Jodie Prenger
Eric Potts
Louis Gaunt

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2021/22 Aladdin (Opera House) 
Alexandra Burke
Ben Nickless                                          

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