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"I can't stand all that palaver of sticking a beard on with that dreadful spirit gum , and then peeling it off - makes your eyes stand out like organ stops when you have to remove it and it also brings me out in a dreadful rash. Not that I know yet whether or not I need a beard. I'll have to check with the director."
We love them for playing for our team or country but after that part of there career is over some turn to the stage and perform in panto (even if it's just for one year). Click a famous name below to have a look at what they have done in panto!
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Annabel Nicola Croft is a British former professional tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup.
Annabel Croft
ANNABEL CROFT
1989/90: Dick Whittington - The Hawth, Crawley
1990/91: Cinderella - The Bristol Hippodrome
1991/92: Cinderella - Davenport Theatre, Stockport
1992/93: Cinderella - Norwich Theatre Royal
1993/94: Cinderella - Grand Opera House, York
1994/95: Aladdin - Grand Opera House, York
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BrryMcGuigan
1989/90: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Reading Hexagon
1990/91: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Lewisham Theatre
1991/92: Cinderella - The Playhouse, Weston Super Mare
We love them for playing for our team or country but after that part of there career is over some turn to the stage and perform in panto (even if it's just for one year). Click a famous name below to have a look at what they have done in panto!
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BARRY MCGUIGAN
Colin Ray Jackson, CBE is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the
110 metres hurdles.
Colin Jackson
COLIN JACKSON
2021/22: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Swansea Grand
Daniel Johnson Burn is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team. Burn made his debut in the Football League for Darlington in 2009 and joined Fulham at the end of the 2010–11 season, having made 19 appearances for Darlington.
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DAN BURN
2025: ALADDIN - Phoenix Theatre, Blyth
Duncan Alexander Goodhew, MBE is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Duncan Goodhew
DUNCAN GOODHEW MBE
1985/86: Dick Whittington - His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
1986/87: Aladdin - Bournemouth Pavilion
1987/88: Aladdin - Richmond Theatre
Michael David Edwards, better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the Normal Hill and Large Hill events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001.
Eddie Edwards
EDDIE "THE EAGLE" EDWARDS
2022/23: Cinderella - Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
2025: Beauty and the Beast - Watersmeet, RICKMANSWORTH
SPOTLIGHT ON
FRANK
BRUNO
Gareth James Chilcott is a former rugby union player, who played at prop for Bath and England. He made his England debut against Australia in 1984. He toured with the British Lions in Australia in 1989, together with Andy Robinson and Jeremy Guscott.
Gareth Chilcott
GARETH CHILCOTT
1992: Cinderella - Theatre Royal Bath
1993: Cinderella - Mayflower Theare Southampton
1995: Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Royal Bath
Gareth Thomas CBE is a Welsh former professional rugby union and rugby league player, who represented Wales in both codes. Nicknamed "Alfie", he was the first Wales rugby union player to play in 100 test matches, and is currently the sixth-most capped Wales player.
Gareth Thoma
GARETH THOMAS
2012/13: Aladdin - Stiwt, Wrexham
2014/15: Cinderella - New Theatre, Cardiff
2015/16: Aladdin - New Theatre, Cardiff
2016/17: Aladdin - Venue Cymru Llandudno
2017/18: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - New Theatre, Cardiff
2018/19: Beauty and the Beast - New Theatre, Cardiff
2021/22: Aladdin - New Theatre, Cardiff
2022/23: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - New Theatre, Cardiff
2025: Aladdin - The Boulevard Theatre, MILFORD HAVEN
Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor.
Geoff Capes
GEOFF CAPES
1985/86: Aladdin - Civic Theatre Halifax
1986/87: Dick Whittington - Reading Hexagon
1987/88: Robin Hood and the Beabes in the Wood - Darlington Civic
Feb 1988:
The above production moved to the Grand Theatre Leeds for one week.
1988/89: Jack and the Beanstalk - Lewisham Theatre
1990/91: Dick Whittington - Wolverhampton Grand
1992/93: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Cambridge Corn Exchange
1993/94: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - New Theatre Hull
1994/95: Peter Pan - Alban Arena St Albans
1996/97: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Cliffs Pavilion Southend
Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham, OBE is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017 and charity fundraiser.
1990/91: Jack and the Beanstalk - Bradford Alhambra
1991/92: Jack and the Beanstalk - Bournemouth Pavilion
1992/93: Jack and the Beanstalk - Davenport Theatre, Stockport
1993/94: Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Bath
1994/95: Cinderella - Wimbledon Theatre
Ian Botham
IAN BOTHAM
JOHN CONTEH MBE
John Anthony Conteh, MBE is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the European, British and Commonwealth titles between 1973 and 1974.
1993/94: Aladdin - Exmouth Pavilion
John Conteh
John Virgo is an English snooker commentator and former professional snooker player.
Joh Virgo
JOHN VIRGO
1993/94: Cinderella - Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
1994/95: Aladdin - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
1995/96: Dick Whittington - White Rock Theatre, Hastings
1997/98: Dick Whittington - Palace Theatre, Manchester
1999/00: Dick Whittington - Royal and Derngate, Northampton
2000/01: Dick Whittington - London Apollo, Hammersmith
2002/03: Dick Whittington - Bristol Hippodrome
Holmes specialised in the 800 and 1500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, and 1000 metre distances. She held the British 800 metre record until 2021.
DAME KELLY HOLMES
2023/24: GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS - Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Kelly Holmes
Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi, MBE, known as Kriss Akabusi, is a British broadcaster & former sprint and hurdling track and field athlete.
Kriss Akabusi
KRISS AKABUSI
1994: Dick Whittington - Mayflower Theatre Southampton
1995: Dick Whittington - New Victoria Theatre Woking
1997: Aladdin - New Theatre Cardiff
1998: Cinderella - Wimbledon Theatre
1999: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Birmingham Hippodrome
2000: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Southampton Mayflower
Louis Antoine Smith is a retired English artistic gymnast.He received a bronze medal and two silver medals on the pommel horse at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics respectively, with the former marking the first time a British gymnast had placed in an Olympic event since 1928.
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LOUIS SMITH MBE
2024/25: Snow White - New Theatre Royal, Lincoln
Louis Smith
Robin John Cousins MBE is a British former competitive figure skater who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1980. He was the 1980 Olympic champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist and four-time British national champion, winning all of these titles during his amateur career.
Robin Cousins
ROBIN COUSINS MBE
1995/96: Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome
1996/97: Cinderella - New Victoria Worthing
2000/01: Snow White - Grand Opera House Belfast
2009/10: Santa Claus and Jack Frost - Southampton Mayflower
2016/17: Jack and the Beanstalk - Central Theatre Chatham
SHANE WILLIAMS MBE
Shane Mark Williams, MBE is a Welsh former rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He also played scrum-half on occasion.
Shane Wiliams
2019/20: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Congress Theatre
Theresa Ione Sanderson CBE is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics.
Tessa Sanderson
TESSA SANDERSON CBE
1991/92: Aladdin - Brighton Dome
1994/95: Robinson Crusoe - Bournemouth Pavilion
1995/96: Cinderella - Lewisham Theatre
Torvill and Dean (Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean) are British ice dancers and former British, European, Olympic, and World champions. Since 2018, they have been Head Judges on Dancing on Ice, alongside Judges Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse.
Torvil & Dean
TORVILL & DEAN
2015/16: Cinderella - Manchester Opera House
2016/17: Cinderella - Bristol Hippodrome
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