Est: 2016
Plymouth, Royal Theatre
Opened in 1982 - It consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab.
Panto history at Plymouth, Theatre Royal
1982: Cinderella
1983: Babes in the wood
1984: Mother Goose
1985: Aladdin
1986: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Cinderella
1987: Dick Whittington
1988: Robinson Crusoe
1989: Sleeping Beauty
1990: Cinderella
1991: Babes in the Wood
1992: Dick Whittington
1993: Jack and the Beanstalk
1994: Aladdin
1995: Mother Goose
1996: Dick Whittington
1997: Peter Pan
1998: Jack and the Beanstalk
1999: Cinderella
2000: Aladdin
2001: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2002: Peter Pan
2003: Dick Whittington
2004: Cinderella
2005: Jack and the Beanstalk
2006: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2007: Peter Pan
2008: Cinderella
2009: Aladdin
2010: Sleeping Beauty
2011: Cinderella
2012: Dick Whittington
2013: Robinson Crusoe
2014: Jack and the Beanstalk
2015: Cinderella
2016: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2017: Peter Pan
2018: Dick Whittington
2019: Cinderella
2020: Robinson Cruesoe
2021: Aladdin
2022: Sleeping Beauty
2023: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
2024: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2025: Dick Whittington
2026: Cinderella
1982/83: Cinderella
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Cast
Harry Worth
Ian Lavender (Dad's Army, Eastenders)
Mark Wynter
Rikki Fulton
1982
1983/84: Babes in the Wood
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Cast
Terry Scott (Terry and June, Carry On Films)
Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)
Dilys Watling
Norman Vaughan
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Pictured below: Terry Scott and the Babes
1983
1984/85: Mother Goose
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Cast
Danny La Rue
Patricia Michael
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Peggy Mount (Oliver!) - Due to illness
Peggy was replaced by
Patsy Rowland (Carry on Films)
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The Simmons Brothers
Billy Boyle
Charles West
Pollyann Tanner
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Pictured right:
Cast includes Pollyann Tanner (Far left)
and Danny La Rue (Far right)
1984
1985/86: Aladdin
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Cast
Roy Hudd
Jack Tripp
Geoffrey Durham
Leon Greene
Allan Christie
Vincent Osborne
Julia Howson
Jacinta Mulcahy
1985
1986 (November): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Cast
Honor Blackman (The Upper Hand)
Ted Rogers (3,2,1)
Jessica Martin
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Pictured right: Ted Rogers as Muddles
1986
1987/88: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Bernard Cribbins
Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers)
Anita Harris (Carry on Films)
Nick Wilton (Eastenders)
Glyn Owen (Howards' Way)
Edmund Hockridge
Chris Harris
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Pictured right: Anita Harris waits
backstage to make her entrance
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1987
1988
1986/87: Cinderella
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Cast
Paul Henry
Chris Harris
Susan Maughan
Donald Hewlett
Jan Hartley
Jacinta Mulcahy
Nyree Dawn Porter
Simon Browne
1988/89: Robinson Crusoe​
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Cast
Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi)
John Nettles (Bergerac)
Hope & Keen
Douglas Mounce
Nick Staverson
Emma Chance
Kenny Andrews
Patrick Clancy
Clare Rimmer
1989/90: Sleeping Beauty
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Cast
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)
Hinge & Brackett
Bobby Crush
Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)
Peter Goodwright
Gemma Page
1989
1990/91:Cinderella
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Cast
Des O'Connor
Peggy Mount
Eric Sykes
The Simmons Brothers
Jodie Wilson
David Morton
Brian Godfrey
Alison & Rebecca Marsh
John Sowden
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Pictured right: Eric Sykes poses for the camera,
also Eric with Des mid scene
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1990
1991/92: Babes in the Wood
Cast
Roy Hudd
June Whitfield (Last of the Summer Wine)
Jack Tripp
Ann Sydney
Keith Barron (Duty Free)
Gary Lovini
Geoffrey Hughes (Coronation Street)
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Pictured right: June Whitefield
backstage and Geoffrey Hughes pays a
visit to stage door mid performance
1991
1992/93: Dick Whittington​
Cast
Les Dawson
Ellis Ward
Michelle Dotrice (Some mother's Do 'Ave Em)
Peter Goodwright
Patrick Mower (Emmerdale)
Dooby Duck
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Pictured right: Les Dawson does his best Madonna impersonation as Dame
1992
1993/94: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Cast
Rolf Harris
Bonnie Langford (Eastenders)
David Griffin
Dame Hilda Bracket
Douglas Mounce
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Pictured right: Rolf Harris as Simple Simon
1993
1994/95: Aladdin
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Cast
Danny La Rue
Karl Howman (Brush Strokes, Eastenders)
Dawson Chance
Vicki Michelle (Allo Allo)
Gerald Harper
Allan Stewart
1994
1995/96: Mother Goose
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Cast
Howard Leader (That's Life)
Jack Tripp
Roy Hudd
Douglas Mounce
Judi Spiers (Pebble Mill)
Terence Donovan (Neighbours, Home and Away)
1995
1996/97: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Lesley Joseph (Birds of a Feather)
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)
John Nettles (Bergerac)
Katie Budd
The Simmons Brothers
Nicholas Parsons
1996
1997/98: Peter Pan
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Cast
Russ Abbot
Chloe Newsome (Coronation Street)
Tim Marriott
Kerris Peeling
1997
1998/99: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Cast
Su Pollard (Hi De Hi)
Mark Speight
Scorpio (Gladiators)
Seeta Idrani (The Bill)
Terence Hardiman (Demon Headmaster)
1998
1999/00: Cinderella
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Cast
Brian Conley
Danny La Rue
Duncan Breeze
Dawson Chance
Brian Godfrey
1999
2000/01: Aladdin
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Cast
John Inman (Are You Being Served?)
Gary Wilmot
2000
2001/02: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Cast
Danny La Rue
Britt Ekland
Dave Benson Phillips
Rhoddri Williams
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2001
2002/03: Peter Pan
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Cast
John Nettles
Michaela Strachan
Keith Simmons
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2002
2003/04: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Gary Wilmot
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)
John Challis (Only Fools and Horses, The Green Green Grass)
Casey Lee Jolleys (Coronation Street)
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2003
2004/05: Cinderella
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Cast
Brian Conley
Nigel Ellacott
Peter Robbins
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2004
2005/06: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Cast
The Chuckle Brothers
Tudor Davies
Jason Pethers
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2005
2006/07: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Cast
Linda Lusardi
Sam Kane (Brookside)
Leslie Grantham (Eastenders)
Kev Orkian
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2006
2007/08: Peter Pan
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Cast
Paul Nicholas (Just Good Friends, Sunburn, Eastenders)
Matt Slack
Karris Peeling
Toby Hull & Emu
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2007
2008/09: Cinderella
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Cast
Leslie Joseph (Birds of a Feather, Night and Day)
Matt Slack
Laura Evans
Martin Ramsdon
David Robbins
Chris Ellis-Stanton
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2008
2009/10: Aladdin
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Cast
Christopher Biggins
Ben Langley
Samantha Andrews
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2009
2010/11: Sleeping Beauty
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Cast
Joe Pasquale
Ceri Dupree
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2010
2011/12: Cinderella
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Cast
Julian Clary
Keith Harris & Orville
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2011
2012/13: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Christopher Biggins
Basil Brush
Hilary O'Neil
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2012
2013/14: Robin Hood
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Cast
Lee Mead (Any Dream Will Do)
Nigel Havers (Coronation Street, Benidorm)
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)
Bobby Davro
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2013
2014/15: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Cast
John Challis (Only Fools and Horses, The Green Green Grass)
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)
Bobby Davro
Chico (X Factor)
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2014
2015/16: Cinderella
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Cast
Gok Wan
Paul Zerdin
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2015
2016/17: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Cast
Lesley Joseph (Birds of a Feather)
Duncan James (Blue)
Ben Nickless
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2016
2017/18: Peter Pan​
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Cast
Steve McFadden (Eastenders)
Andy Ford
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2017
2018/19: Dick Whittington
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Cast
John Partridge (Eastenders)
Samantha Womack (Game On, Eastenders)
Andy Ford
Nigel Ellacott
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2018
2019/20: Cinderella
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Cast
Brian Conley
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2019
2020/21: Robinson Crusoe
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Cast
Andy Ford
Les Dennis
Connor McIntyre
Simon Webbe
Jennie Dale
The Timbuktu Tumblers
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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment
2020
2021/22: Aladdin
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Cast
Joe Pasquale
Alistair So
Natalie Chua
David Robbins
Sarah Earnshaw
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Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2021
2022/23: Sleeping Beauty
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Cast
Shane Richie
Matt Terry
Ceri Dupree
Peter Piper
Jarneia Richard-Noel
Stephanie McKenzie
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Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2022
2023/24: Goldilocks and the thee bears
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Cast
Brendan Cole
Dame Kelly Holmes
Alexandra Mardell
Samuel Holmes
Steve Hewlett
Adam C Booth
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Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2023
2024/25: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Cast
Lesley Joseph
Rob Rinder
Andy Ford
Samuel Holmes
Scott Maurice
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Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2024
2025/26: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Shane Richie
Samuel Holmes, Anne Smith,
Emily Beth Harrington, Iain Stuart Robertson,
Kira McPherson
Jaycee Bell
Oliver Craven
Harvey Morris
Arjun Mudahar
Lauren Pierce
Lucy Surgeon
Layla-Grace Vrahimis
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Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2025
2026/27: Cinderella
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Cast
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Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2026
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