Est: 2016
Cardiff
New theatre
Hilarious, perfectly timed, stunning sets and costumes and jaw-dropping magical surprises, there was something to satisfy everyone.
Panto history at New Theatre, Cardiff
1906: Little Red Riding Hood
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1927: Cinderella
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1935: Aladdin
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1938: Mother Goose
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1940: Sleeping Beauty
1941: Humpty Dumpty
1942: Aladdin
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1944: Cinderella
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1946: Mother Goose
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1948: Babes in the wood
1949: Cinderella
1950: Jack and the Beanstalk
1951: Humpty Dumpty
1952: Little Red Riding Hood
1953: Mother Goose
1954: Babes in the Wood
1955: Cinderella
1956: Aladdin
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1959: Cinderella
1960: Mother Goose
1961: Red Riding Hood
1962: Aladdin
1963: Puss in Boots
1964: Robin Hood
1965: Aladdin
1966: Mother Goose
1967: Cinderella
1968: Puss in Boots
1969: Babes in the Woods
1970: Jack and the Beanstalk
1971: Dick Whittington
1972: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1973: Robinson Crusoe
1974: Aladdin
1975: Mother Goose
1976: Cinderella
1977: Babes in the wood
1978: Jack and the Beanstalk
1979: Dick Whittington
1980: Robinson Crusoe
1981: Cinderella
1982: Aladdin
1983: Humpty Dumpty
1984: Robin Hood
1985: Superted the panto
1986: Dick Whittington
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1988: Jack and the Beanstalk
1989: Robinson Crusoe
1990: Cinderella
1991: Aladdin
1992: Babes in the wood
1993: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1994: Cinderella
1995: Dick Whittington
1996: Jack and the Beanstalk
1997: Aladdin
1998: Robinson Crusoe
1999: Cinderella
2000: Peter Pan
2001: Snow White and the seven Dwarfs
2002: Dick Whittington
2003: Aladdin
2004: Cinderella
2005: Peter Pan
2006: Jack
2007: Snow White and the seven Dwarfs
2008: Aladdin
2009: Robin Hood
2010: Cinderella
2011: Robinson Crusoe
2012: Sleeping Beauty
2013: Jack and the beanstalk
2014: Cinderella
2015: Aladdin
2016: Peter Pan
2017: Cinderella
2018: Beauty and the Beast
2019: Cinderella
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2021: Aladdin
2022: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2023: Jac and the Beanstalk
2024: Cinderella
2025: Sleeping Beauty
1906 - 1960
1906/07 Little Red Riding Hood
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1927/28 Cinderella
Freddie Foss
Nancy Burne
Gywneth Lascelle
1955/56 Cinderella
Ossie Morris
Avril Vane
Joan Burden
Joy Jackley
Gordon & Bunny Jay
1935/36 Aladdin
Ellen Moody
Norman Griffin
Jimmy Britton
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1938/39 Mother Goose
Eddie Childs
Gretchen Franklin (Eastenders)
Joe Hodson
May Hopkins​
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1940/41 Sleeping Beauty​​
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1941/42 Humpty Dumpty​​
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1942/43 Aladdin​
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1944/45 Cinderella
Anthony Gordon
Charles Jones
Jimmy Plant
Victor Thomas
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1946/47 Mother Goose
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1948/49 Babes in the Wood
Norman Griffin
Ruth Russell
Gloria Reardon
Doreen Worth
Bert Platt
Sonny Riley
Barry Edwards
Brenda Cook
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1949/50 Cinderella
Freddie Foss
Gwyneth Lascelles
Ken Douglas
Chris Sands
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1950/51 Jack and the Beanstalk
Lennox Dalton
Harold Childs
Val Over
Diana Pearson
Judy Kemp
Billy Burden
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1951/52 Humpty Dumpty
Stan Little
Freddie Frinton
Jane Bolton
Ivor Evans
Pamela Pearce
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1952/53 Red Riding Hood
Freddie Frinton
Billy Danvers
Bert Platt
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1953/54 Mother Goose
Peter Dare
Sheila Francis
Joe O'Gorman
Annette Gibson
Violet Plowmen
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1954/55 Babes in the Wood
Ossie Morris
Jimmy Wheeler
Gloria Cole
Nita Croft
Alison Davies
Harry Simms
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1956/57 Aladdin
Julie Dey
Alan Webster
Johnny Stewart
Stan Jay
Jean Scott
Clifford Henry
Greta Kemp
Shirley Lane
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1959/60 Cinderella
Patton Brothers
Billy Dainty
Anna Dawson
Joy Jackley
Bert Brownbill
Valerie Walsh
1960/61 Mother Goose
Jack Storey
Tommy Fields
1961
1961/62 Red Riding Hood
Opened 26th December
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Roy Hudd
Peter Dare
Patricia Hall
Eddie Reindeer
Ernest Arnley
Clarkson Rose
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1962/63 Aladdin
Julia McKenzie (French Fields, Fresh Fields)
Ted Durante
Cornelia Lucas
1963/64 Puss in Boots
Ken Roberts
Susan Lane
Nat Jackley
Diana Day
1964
1964/65 Robin Hood
Mike & Bernie Winters
George Lacy
1965/66 Aladdin
Tommy Trinder
1966/67 Mother Goose
Dick Emery
Robert Earl
Julie De Marco
1967/68 Cinderella
Opened 23rd December 1967
Kenny Cantor
Eddie Gray
Charle Naughton
Sheila Southern
Terri Gardener
Barri Cahtt
Lesley King
Noelle Finch​
Directed and Written by Dandy Page
1967
1968
1968/69 Puss in Boots
Craig Douglas
Wyn Calvin
Sandy Powell
Margaret Williams
Eddie Molloy
Kay White
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1969/70 Babes in the Wood
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Jack Douglas (Carry On Films)
Dave Swann
Nicholas Brent
1970
1970/71 Jack and the Beanstalk
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Norman Vaughan
Jess Conrad
Kenneth Earle
Malcolm Vaughan
Joan Mann
Maggie Vickers
Nicholas Brent
1971
1971/72 Dick Whittington
Ted Rogers (3,2,1) as Idle Jack
Iris Williams as The Suktan of Morocco
Bryn Williams as Dick Whittington
Barbara Halliwell as Alice Fitzwarren
Nicholas Brent as Aldernan Fitzwarren
Joe Black as Daphne Dumpling
Desmond & Marks as Captain and Mate
1972
1972/73 Goldilocks
Peter Butterworth (Carry On Films) as Rose Ringler
Lauri Lupino Lane as Gruber
Harry Worth as Professor Ringler
Ronne Coyles as Humphrey
Linda Bryan as Goldilocks
Barry Hopkins as Romano
Linda Williams as Fairy
Sarah Simmons as Mother Bear
Nicholas Brent as Father Bear
Pamela Wendy as Baby Bear
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Opened 23rd December 1972
1973
1973/74 Robinson Crusoe
Brian Rix
Ronne Coyles
Barry Hopkins
Leo Franklyn
Peter Bland
Keith Harris & Cuddles
1974
1974/75 Aladdin
Stan Stennett (Crossroads) as Billy
Gillian Humphreys as Aladdin
Ronne Coyles as Widow Twankey
The Falcons
David Hartley
Fourth Generation
Geoffrey Brightman
Clive Hicks Jenkins
Wayne Warlow
1975/76 Mother Goose
Stan Stennett (Crossroads)
John Tudor
Bryn Williams
Reg Dixon
1976/77 Cinderella
Stan Stennett (Crossroads)
Tammy Jones
Craig Douglas
Howell Evans
Phil Reilly
Patricia Kane
Clive Hicks Jenkins
1977
1977/78 Babes in the Wood
Stan Stennett (Crossroads) as Billy
Ivor Emmanuel
Margaret Williams
Wyn Calvin
The Miles Twins
The Cox Twins
1978/79 Jack and the Beanstalk
Stan Stennett (Crossroads)
Julie Rogers
Ken Wilson
1979
1979/80 Dick Whittington
Roy Hudd
Hope & Keen
Frank Williams
Sian Hopkins
Graham Hamilton
Susan Maughan as Dick
Wyn Calvin as Sarah the Cook
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Opened 24th December
1964
1980/81 Robinson Crusoe
Dicki Henderson
Keith Harris
Nat Jackley
Johnny Tudor
Peter Lewis
Clive Hicks Jenkins
Dudley Long
1981/82 Cinderella
Leslie Crowther (The Price is Right)
Ronne Coyles
Geoffrey Brightman
1982
1982/83 Aladdin
Ted Rogers (3,2,1)
Ann Aston (The Golden Shot)
Wyn Calvin as Widow Twankey
Dusty Bin (3,2,1)
Johnny Tudor
Gordon & Bunny Jay
Sean Kay
Karl Rainer
1983/84 Humpty Dumpty
Keith Harris & Orville
Bobby Crush
Ronne Coyles
1984
1984/85 Robin Hood
Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi)
The Chuckle Brothers
Anna Karen (On The Buses, Eastenders)
Stu Francis(Crackajack)
Kim Braden
Douglas Fielding
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Opened 17th December 1984
1985/86 Superted the Panto
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge)
Melvyn Hayes (It Ain't Half Hot Mum)
Victor Spinetti
Madeline Bell
Wendy Padbury
1985
1986
1986/87 Dick Whittington
The Krankies
Julie Rogers
Brian Marshall
Gordon and Bunny Jay
1987/99 No panto due to refurbishment
1988
1988/89 Jack and the Beanstalk
Max Boyce
Geoffrey Hayes (Rainbow)
Zippy and George (Rainbow)
Jane Freeman (Last of the Summer Wine)
Tony Barton
Wyn Calvin
1989
1989/90 Robinson Crusoe
Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi)
John Nettles (Bergerac, Midsummer Murders)
Russell Grant
Owen Money
Hope and Keen
Andrew O'Connor
1990
1990/91 Cinderella
Jonathon Morris (Bread)
Janet Dibley (The Two of Us)
Windsor Davies (Never the Twain, Carry On England, It Ain't Half Hot Mum)
Cheryl Taylor
Dawson Chance
Nigel Ellacott
Peter Robbins
Hilda Bracket
1991
1991/92 Aladdin
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi, Oh Doctor Beeching, You Rang M'Lord)
Rosemary Ford (The Generation Game)
Mike Doyle
Vicki Michelle (Allo Allo)
Katie Budd
Victor Spinetti
1992
1992/93 Babes in the Wood
June Whitfield (Carry on Girls, Carry On Abroad, Terry and June, Absolutely Fabulous)
Jack Tripp
Geoffrey Hughes
Leon Greene was originally announced but was replaced by James Barron
John Darr
Karl Jenkinson
1993
1993/94 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Emily Symons (Home and Away, Richmond Hill, Emmerdale)
Marti Caine (New Faces)
Derek Griffiths (Playschool)
Stifyn Parri
Sean Canning
1994
1994/95 Cinderella
Ronnie Corbett
Kevin Devine
Adrian Mills (That's Life)
The Patton Brothers
Carmen Silvera (Allo Allo)
Peter Byrne (Bread)
Ward Allen
Elizabeth Watts (Playschool, Playdays, Playbus)
1995
1995/96 Dick Whittington
Britt Ekland (Bond Girl)
Wolf (Gladiators)
Wayne Morris
Wyn Calvin
Mark Speight
Robin Askwith
Su Porter
1996
1996/97 Jack and the Beanstalk
Su Pollard (Hi De Hi, Oh Doctor Beeching, You Rang M'Lord)
Mike Doye
Don MaClean
Cheryl Taylor
David Griffin (Hi De Hi, Keeping Up Appearances)
Scorpio (Gladiators)
Zippy, George and Bungle (Rainbow)
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1997
1997/98 Aladdin
Les Dennis (Family Fortunes)
Kriss Akabusi
Kerry Ellis
Tudor Davies
1998
1998/99 Robinson Crusoe
David Essex
1999
1999/00 Cinderella
Bobby Davro
Bob Carolgees
Bella Emberg (The Russ Abbot SHow)
Sue Hodge (Allo Allo)
Maria Rice-Mundy
Hope Augustus
Kerry Ellis
Rachel Ray
Postman Pat
2000
2000/01 Peter Pan
Michael Starke (Brookside, Coronation Street) as Smee
Robert Duncan as Captain Hook
Sonia as Peter Pan
Wyn Calvin
Frank Hennessy
Betsy Pennington
The Acromaniacs
2001
2001/02 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (A Qdos pantomime)
Linda Lusardi (The Bill, Brookside)
Sam Kane (Brookside)
Sooty
Emma Hignett
2002
2002/03 Dick Whittington (A Qdos pantomime)
Cannon & Ball as Captain and Mate
Frank Hennessy as Alderman Fitzwarren
Casey Lee Jolleys as Alice Fitzwarren
Stifyn Parri as King Rat
2003
2003/04 Aladdin (A Qdos pantomime)
John Inman (Are You Being Served?, Grace and Favour) as Widow Twankey
Tony Wright
Naomi Wilkinson
Kev Orkian
2004
2004/05 Cinderella (A Qdos pantomime)
Danny La Rue as Fairy Godmother
Dave Benson Phillips (Playbus, Playdays) as Buttons
Tony Wright
Brian Godfrey
2005
2005/06 Peter Pan (A Qdos pantomime)
Paul Nicholas (Just Good Friends, Sunburn, Eastenders) as Captain Hook
Mike Doyle as Smee
Aston Merrygold (JLS) as Peter Pan
Tony Wright
Sara Weymouth
Gemma James
Joanna Frost
Emily Hawgood
2006
2006/07 Jack and the Beanstalk (A Qdos pantomime)
John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Dancing on Ice, Torchwood)
Andy Jones
Tony Wright
2007
2007/08 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (A Qdos pantomime)
Lesley Joseph (Birds of a Feather, Night and Day)
Andy Jones
Kai Owen (Torchwood)
Tony Wright
Gemma James
2008
2008/09 Aladdin (A Qdos pantomime)
Antony Costa (Blue)
Chris Gascoyne (Coronation Street)
Andy Jones
Gemma James
Ceri Dupree
2009
2009/10 Robin Hood (A Qdos pantomime)
John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Dancing on Ice)
Andy Jones
Don MaClean
Sandra Marvin
Pete Gallagher
2010
2010/11 Cinderella (A Qdos pantomime)
Brian Conley as Buttons
Andy Jones
Amy Pemberton
Dawson Chance
Brian Godfrey
Darren Southworth
2011
2011/12 Robinson Crusoe (A Qdos pantomime)
Christopher Biggins
Andy Jones
Paul Zerdin
2012
2012/13 Sleeping Beauty (A Qdos pantomime)
Joe Pasqulae
Ceri Dupree
Lucy Evans
2013
2013/14 Jack and the Beanstalk (A Qdos pantomime)
Julian Clary
Mike Doyle
2014
2014/15 Cinderella (A Qdos pantomime)
Lee Mead (Casualty, Holby City)
Mike Doyle
Gareth Thomas
Linda Lusardi (The Bill, Brookside)
Andy Jones
Sam Kane (Brookside)
2015
2015/16 Aladdin (A Qdos pantomime)
Ian H Watkins (Steps)
Linda Lusardi (The Bill, Brookside)
Sam Kane (Brookside)
Mike Doyle
Gareth Thomas
Andy Jones
2016
2016/17 Peter Pan (A Qdos pantomime)
David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, Knight Rider) as Captain Hook
Mike Doyle
Stephanie Webber
Matthew Chase
Julie Cullen
Emma Prosser
Natalie Winsor
2017
2017/18 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (A Qdos pantomime)
Samantha Womack (Game On, Eastenders)
Gareth Thomas
Stephanie Webber
Chico (X Factor)
Mike Doyle
Tam Ryan
2018
2018/19 Beauty and the Beast (A Qdos pantomime)
Lisa Riley (Emmerdale, Loose Women)
Gareth Thomas
Mike Doyle
Ben Richards (Footballers Wives, The Bill)
Adam C Booth
Danny Bayne
Stephanie Webber
2019
2019/20 Cinderella (A Qdos pantomime)
Gok Wan
Mike Doyle
Ceri Dupree
Phil Butler
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2021
2021/22 Aladdin (Crossroads pantomimes)
Paul Chuckle
Gareth Gates
Gareth Thomas
Mike Doyle
Stefan Pejic
Stephanie Webber
Denquar Chupak
2022
2022/23 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Crossroads Pantomimes)
Ian H Watkins
Sian Reeves
Gareth Thomas
Mike Doyle
Steve Hewlett
Denquar Chupak
Nay-Nay Gapomo
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2023
2023/24 Jac and the Beanstalk (Crossroads Pantomimes)
9th December 2023 - 7th January 2024
The Spirit of the Beans: Lesley Joseph
Dame Trot: Mike Doyle
Silly Simon: Aaron James
Princess Jill: Denquar Chupak
Fleshcreep: Steve Arnott
Jac Trot: Adam Bailey
Ensemble: James Davies Williams,
Marcel Li Ping, Amber Pierson, Phoebe Roberts,
Janine Somcio, Lauren Wadsworth
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2024
2024/25 Cinderella (Crossroads Pantomimes)
7th December 2024 - 5th January 2025
Gethin Jones
Owain Wyn Evans,
Mike Doyle,
Denquar Chupak,
Stephanie Webber
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2025
2025/26 Sleeping Beauty (Crossroads Pantomimes)
6th December 2025 - 4th January 2026
Gethin Jones
Owain Wyn Evans,
Mike Doyle,
Jack Ryan
Jalisa Phoenix-Roberts
Emma Kirk
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