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Plymouth, Royal Theatre

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2019/20: Cinderella

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Cast

Brian Conley

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Produced by: Qdos Entertainment

2019

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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

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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

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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

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2026/27: Cinderella

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Cast

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Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes

2026

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