SWANSEA GRAND
Grand Victorian theatre hosting comedy,
shows, music and drama.
Panto history at Swansea Grand
1897: Robinson Crusoe
1898: Blue Beard
1900: Cinderella
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1902: Cinderella
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1904: Bluebell in Fairyland
1905: Sinbad
1906: Cinderella
1907: Little Red Riding Hood
1908: Robinson Crusoe
1909: Babes in the Wood
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1911: Cinderella
1912: Aladdin
1913: Mother Goose
1914: Babes in the Wood
1915: Aladdin
1916: Cinderella
1917: Dick Whittington
1918: Babes in the Wood
1919: Humpty Dumpty
1920: Cinderella
1921: Dick Whittington
1922: Babes in the Wood
1923: Cinderella
1924: Jack and the Beanstalk
1925: Robinson Crusoe
1926 (Summer): Aladdin
1926: Dick Whittington
1927: Cinderella
1928: Aladdin
1929: Cinderella
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1931: Jack and the Beanstalk
1932: Puss in Boots
1933: Babes in the Wood
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1947: Babes in the Wood
1948: Dick Whittington
1949: Aladdin
1950: Little Red Riding Hood
1951: Cinderella
1952: Mother Goose
1953: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1954: Little Bo Peep
1955: The Little Old Womans who lived in a shoe
1956: Sleeping Beauty
1957: Cinderella
1958: Aladdin
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1960: Jack and the Beanstalk
1961: Babes in the Wood
1962: Dick Whittington
1963: Cinderella
1964: Aladdin
1965: Puss in Boots
1966: Robin Hood
1967: Dick Whittington
1968: Jack and the Beanstalk
1969: Robinson Crusoe
1970: Puss in Boots
1971: Aladdin
1972: Cinderella
1973: Dick Whittington
1974: Mother Goose
1975: Jack and the Beanstalk
1976: Babes in the Wood
1977: Cinderella
1978: Aladdin
1979: Robinson Crusoe
1980: Puss in Boots
1981: Dick Whittington
1982: Jack and the Beanstalk
1983: Babes in the Wood
1984: Cinderella
1985: Aladdin
1986: Mother Goose
1987: Dick Whittington
1988: Goldilocks and the 3 bears
1989: Babes in the Wood
1990: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1991: Cinderella
1992: Robinson Crusoe
1993: Sleeping Beauty
1994: Aladdin
1995: Jack and the Beanstalk
1996: Robin Hood
1997: Peter Pan
1998: Cinderella
1999: Aladdin
2000: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2001: Peter Pan
2002: Goldilocks and the 3 bears
2003: Cinderella
2004: Jack and the Beanstalk
2005: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2006: Aladdin
2007: Dick Whittington
2008: Cinderella
2009: Sleeping Beauty
2010: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2011: Aladdin
2012: Cinderella
2013: Peter Pan
2014: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2015: Jack and the Beanstalk
2016: Sleeping Beauty
2017: Aladdin
2018: Cinderella
2019: Peter Pan
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2021: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2022: Beauty and the Beast
2023: Cinderella
2024: Jack and the Beanstalk
2025: Aladdin
2026: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1897: Robinson Crusoe
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Cast
Tom Fancourt
Alice Dewent
Alice Percival
Maude Bowden
Ethel Neverton
1897
1898: Blue Beard
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Cast
Flo Varley
Nellie Merton
Steve Cooke
John Cooper
Annie Hathaway
Will White
Leslie Clare
George Rydon
George Harker ,
The Sisters Langley
1898
1900: Cinderella
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Cast
Harry Karr
Walter Kooney
Ada Shirley
Doris Leslie
Maud Lascelles
Fanny Homer
Madge Lascelles
Hetty Russell
Mary Manners
Lydia Cosman
Jeanie Thomas
1900
1902: Cinderella
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Cast
Marian Ayling
Addie Love
Tilly Vaughan
Georgina Leonard
Frank Dunlop
J.W. Baxter
Arthur Godfrey
Hettie Letch
Minnie Duncan
1904: Bluebell in Fairyland
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Cast
Rosadie Jacobi
Daisy Markham
Minnie Mace
May Lawrence
Harry Herbert
Robert Milstead
Harry Bruce
Harry Douglas
Julia Yivers
1904
1905: Sinbad
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Cast
Florence Dillion
Ann Brenan
Laura Humphreys
Stephen Fitzgerald
J.R. Val
Denby and Dent
1905
1906: Cinderella
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Cast
Cissy Wade
Mary Sadie
King and Delane
Mayer and Bode
Denby and Dent
Laura Humpreys
Stephen Fitzgerald
Cissy Hilton
Frank Thatcher
1906
1907: Little Red Riding Hood
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Cast
Ella Willmer
Beatrice Varley
Fay Desmond
1907
1908: Robinson Crusoe
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Cast
Madelaine Du Val
Maggie Allwood
John Thompson
Billy Bracey
1908
1909: Babes in the wood
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Cast
Irene Damdeoa
John Richard
1909
1911: Cinderella
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Cast
Barry Howard
Dorothy Clark
Kitty Douglas
Damerell
Rutland and Cinda, Maria Ault
Miss B. Cadman
J.W. Hooper
1911
1912: Aladdin
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Cast
Daisy Hurdle
Leonard Teel
Hettie Critchley
Iris Vaughan
Vera Lennie
Marie Gilbert
1912
1913: Mother Goose
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Cast
Nellie Le Breton
Gladys Johnson
Reg London
William H. Wright
Nellie James
Hal Lester
Nellie James
1913
1914: Babes in the wood
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Cast
Olive Sparke
Kathleen Severn
Dorothy Edwards
Lydia Williams
Alan Kennedy
Preston and Copper
Glanroy Troupe
1914
1915: Aladdin
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Cast
Lillie Lassali
Billy Evelyn
Gertie Orchard
Will Judge
Sisters Oxley
Hartley and Mellor
1915
1916: Cinderella​
Cast
Minnie Rayner
Maud Diamond
1916 - 1922
1917: Dick Whittington ​
Cast
Ena Lestrange
1918: Babes in the wood​
Cast
Tina Frank
May Romayne
Frank Hood
1919: Humpty Dumpty​
Cast
Pauline Gilmer
Dot Eden
1920: Cinderella​
Cast
Frank Leigh
Lorna Cherry
Evelyn Grace
Frank Johns
Pauline Rivers
Scholey and Scholey
1921: Dick Whittington​
Cast
Ada Wise
Frank Leigh
1925: Robinson Crusoe​
Cast
Leon Salbury
Val Edwards
Madame Tardy Thomas
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1926: Aladdin​
Cast
Bert Symes
Gwen Highley
Jay Highley
Rosina May
Simple and Smart
Koppah and Sloppah
1922: Babes in the Wood​
Cast
Ada Wise
Willie Cave
Kenna Brother
1923: Cinderella
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Cast
Nita Jarche
Lorna Cherry
Kitty and Olga Sherry
Vanda Rees
Daisy Bartholomew
The Dainty Danes,
Queenie Edwards
Tom Wiles
Leonard Holford
Talberto and Douglas
Jack Murray
1923
1924: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Dorothy Brett
Lester Holwood
Fred Hutchings
1924-1931
1926/27: Dick Whittington​
Cast
Gloria Gay
Nellie Ryan
Charles Harvard
Wal Watson
Ivy Raymond
Archie Wallen
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​​​1927/28: Cinderella
Cast
Eva Renee
Ray Rayson
Billy Royll
Doris Pearce
Lily Rose
Zoie Sheld
Walter Cranbury
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1928/29: Aladdin
Cast
Renda Rudd
Bessie Evans
Zena Carol
Billy Revell
Bobbie Hall
The Ventons
The Zeimar Brothers
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1929/30: Cinderella
Cast
Tom Dixon
Angela Guilberte
Broadway Girls
Doris Tilly
Nell Campbell
Roy Walters
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1931: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Edward Houghton
Maisie Griffiths
Hazel Glenn
Archie Wallen
Betty Millar
Gene Durham
Smarte Brothers Clowns
1932/33: Puss in Boots
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Cast
Billy Barr
Eileen Merrie
Betty Millar
Shaun Desmond
Pat Walcott
Oliver and Proctor
Joe Somers
Johnny Fel
1932
1933/34: Babes in the Woods
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Cast
Eileen Merrie
Rita Kerva
Rene and June Gray
Cecil Roche
Irene Walters
Shaun Desmond
Mary E. Wilkins
Charles Stevens
Fred Weedon
Fred Sylvester
Rosa Langue
1933
1947/48: Babes in the Wood
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Cast
Gus Elton
Jack Noyes
Irene Mansel
Joan Macfarlane
Clifton James
Zoe Wheeler
Sheila Money
Betty Long
Bobbie Pattison
Doreen Richards
Joyce Randall
1947
1948/49: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Avril Vane
Bobby Vernon
Jack Noyes
Dorothy Lorraine
Teddy Knox
Melville Birley
Bobby Pattison
Charles Regan
Irma Hanson
Derrick Kaye
1948
1949: Aladdin
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Cast
Eleanor Drew
Wilfrid Brambell
Jackie Lester
Pamela Reed
Antonia Pemberton
Paul Lee
Harry Davies
1949
1950/51: Little Red Riding Hood
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Cast
Maudie Edwards
Ossie Morris
Stan Stennett
Mary Sullivan
Fairies Snowflakes
Royston Smith
Frank James
Rita Page
Maurice Keary
The Welcome Singers
Marianne James
1950
1951/52: Cinderella
Cast
Gladys Morgan
Joan Laurie
Wyn Calvin
Eddie Connor
Sylvia and Doreen Stephens
Bert Cecil
Frank Laurie
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1952/53: Mother Goose
Cast
Maudie Edwards
Ossie Morris
Olivia Jevons
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1953/54: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Cast
Cyril Dowler
Rhoda Rogers
Marcia Owen
Hilda Heath
Norman McGlenn
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1954/55 Little Bo Beep
Cyril Dowler
Rhoda Rogers
Joy Royston
1951 -1954
1955/56: The Little Old Woman who lived in a shoe
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Cast
Cyril Dowler
Rita Page
Rhoda Rogers
Monica Wood
Billy Shenton
Campbell and Rogerson
1955
1956/57: Sleeping Beauty
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Cast
Cyril Dowler
Joe O'Gorman
Phyllis Bartell
Angela Scott
1956
1957/58: Cinderella
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Cast
Des O'Connor
Jacqueline Farrell
1957
1958/59: Aladdin
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Cast
Ossie Morris
1958
1959/50: Mother Goose
Cast
Stan Stennett
1960/61: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Cast
Wyn Calvin
George Bolton
Rex Rashley
Haval and Byl
Alan Wells
Yvoe Marlow
Sylvia Norman
The Five Romas
Eddie Fields
Tom Kyffin
Elizabeth Richards
1960
1961/62: Babes in the Wood
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Cast
Kenneth Earle
Malcolm Vaughan
Phyllis Mellor
Stan Sanders
Howell Evans
Pat Evans
Ossie Morris
1961
1962/63: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Johnny De Lilttle
Johnny Stewart
Sylvia Norman
Peter Boyce
Jill Alison
Reginald Vincent
Linda Lee
Ted Gatt
Pat Somers
1962
1963/64: Cinderella
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Cast
Johnny Stewart
Johnny De Little
Sian Hopkins
Grande & Mars
Jonathan Prince
Brian Freeman
Monty Bond
Debbie Dean
Wendy Roberts
1963
1964/65: Aladdin
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Cast
Vince Eager
Duuggie Clark
Alan Wells
1964
1965/66: Puss in Boots
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Cast
Jess Conrad
Bryan Burden
1965
1966/67: Robin Hood
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Cast
Marty Wilde
Ivor Owen
1966
1967/68: Dick Whittington
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Cast
Peter Kaye
Johnny De Little
Tommy Rose
The Manetti Twins
1967
1968/69: Jack and the Beanstalk
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Cast
Wayne Fontana
Trevor Moreton
Peter Barbour
Roy Lance
1968
1969/70: Robinson Cruesoe
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Cast
Stan Stennett
Johnny Tudor
Ronne Coyles
Johnny Worthy
1969
1970/71: Puss in Boots​
Cast
Dave Swann
Derek Roy
Barry Hopkins
The Simmons Brothers
Mike Fields
Cindy Williams
Colin Cresswell
Vivien Black
Danny O'Dea
1970
1971/72: Aladdin​
Cast
Reg Dixon
Noel Talbot
Barry Hopkins
Nicky Stevens
Colin Cresswell
Jonathan Blake
Ann Rutherford
1971
1972/73: Cinderella​
Cast
Ryan and Ronnie
John Chilvers
Desmond King
Ian Calvin
1972
1973/74: Dick Whittington​
Cast
Ryan and Ronnie
Bryn Williams
Paul & Barry Denver
Clifford Henry
1973
1974/75: Mother Goose​
Cast
Ryan
Bryn Williams
Billy James
Roger Howlett
Alison Temple-Savage
1974
1975/76: Jack and the Beanstalk​
Cast
Ryan
Freddie Lees
Bryan Evans
1975
1976/77: Babes in the Wood​
Cast
Ryan
Glyn Houston
Barry Hopkins
Elaine Gibbs
Andy Baker
1976
1977/78: Cinderella​
Cast
Clive Dunn
Bryn Williams
Debbie Young
Frank Leyton
1977
1977/78: Aladdin​
Cast
Ann Aston
Ivor Emmanuel
Kenny Smiles
Nicholas Nickleby
John Chilvers
Freddie Lees
Graham Cole
1978
1979/80: Robinson Crusoe​
Cast
Kenny SMiles
Tom Foolert
Philip Griffiths
Ben Ellison
Maggie Ryder
Barry Howard
1979
1980/81: Puss in Boots​
Cast
Davy Jones
Kenny Smiles
Freddie Lees
Diana Gibson
Graham Cole
Peter Holbrook
1980
1981/82: Dick Whittington​
Cast
Harry H Corbett
The Chuckle Brothers
Mike Holloway
Desmond Barrit
Wendy Smith
Menna Trussler
1981
1982/83: Jack and the Beanstalk​
Cast
Freddie Lee
Don Maclean
Steve Dewitt
Wendy Weaver
Graham Cole
1982
1983/84: Babes in the Wood​
Cast
Melvyn Hayes
Windsor Davies
John Conroy
Gareth Snook
Wendy Eaver
Desmond Barrit
1983
1984/85: Cinderella
Cast
Roy Barraclough
Paul Henry
Caroline Berry
Mark Bond
Michael Harding
Jonathan Kiley
1984
1985/86: Aladdin​
Cast
Bernie Clifton
Simon Oates
Ria JOnes
Mark White
Freddie Lees
1985
1986/87: Mother Goose​
Cast
Les Dennis
Christopher Biggins
Juie Paton
Dorothy Vernon
Aiden Waters
Christina Sherpherd
Peter Sutherford
Michael Boothe
Geoffrey Russell
Noel Butler
1986
1987/88: Dick Whittington​
Cast
Bobby Crush
Nigel Pivaro
Roy Lance
Andrew Ryan
Ken Goodwin
Glyn Houstin
1987
1988/89: Goldilocks and the 3 bears​
Cast
John Inman
Susan Maughan
David Copperfield
Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion
1988
1989/90:Babes in the Wood​
Cast
Little & Large
Patsy Ann Scott
David Hopkins
Douglas Fielding
Frankie Desmond
Paul Keown
1989
1990/91: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs​
Cast
Linda Lusardi
Stu Francis
Neil Morrissey
1990
1991/92: Cinderella
Cast
Bobby Davro
Linda Nolan
Owen Money
Charlie Cairolo
1991
1992/93: Robinson Crusoe​
Cast
Cheryl Baker
Rod Hull & Emu
Mark Greenstreet
Dave Benson-Phillips
Joe Pasquale
Owen Money
1992
1993/94: Sleeping Beauty​
Cast
Bruce Roberts
Paul Shane
Joe Pasquale
Carol Lee Scott / Grotbags
Windsor Davies
1993
1994/95: Aladdin​
Cast
Adam Woodyatt
Jean Ferguson
Joe Pasquale
Sally Ann Matthews
Owen Money
Cobra (Gladiators)
1994
1995/96: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Dan Falzon
The Chuckle Brothers
Patrick Mower
Vicki Michelle
Owen Money
1995
1996/97: Robin Hood​
Cast
Little & Large
Ruth Madoc
Mark Cameron
Mike Burns
Kevin Johns
Sarah Vandernberg
1996
1997/98: Peter Pan​
Cast
Norman Bowler
Michaela Strachan
Deborah McAndrew
Owen Money
Warrior (Gladiator)
1997
1998/99: Cinderella
Cast
Stephen Houghton
Melinda Messenger
Jonathon Morris
Andrew Mackintosh
Owen Money
1998
1999/00: Aladdin​
Cast
Vicki Michelle
Tim Vincent
Barry Howard
Andrew Lynford
Ria Jones
The Simmons Brothers
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Below: Video clips from this production
1999
2000/01: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs​
Cast
Jansen Spencer
Mike Doyle
Scorpio / Nikki Diamond (Gladiators)
Shaun Scott
Kevin Johns
Poppy Tierney
2000
2001/02: Peter Pan​
Cast
John Challis
Mike Doyle
Dora Bryan
Kevin Johns
2001
2002/03: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears​
Cast
Lisa Riley
Mark Jardine
Kevin Johns
Sooty
Clive Webb
Danny Adams
2002
2003/04: Cinderella​
Cast
Dan Paris
Mike Doyle
Geoffrey Hayes
Kevin Johns
2003
2004/05: Jack and the Beanstalk​
Cast
Gary Beadle
Mike Doyle
Kevin Johns
Kim Gee
2004
2005/06: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs​
Cast
Gillian Taylforth
Kevin Johns
Simon Lipkin
2005
2006/07: Aladdin​
Cast
Mark Little
Mike Doyle
Kevin Johns
Craig Gallivan
2006
2007/08: Dick Whittington​
Cast
Ray Meagher
Anne Charleston
Hannah Waterman
Rik Gaynor
Kevin Johns
2007
2008/09: Cinderella​
Cast
Chris Jarvis
Su Pollard
Sarah Thomas
Kevin Johns
Frank Vickery
Nia Jermin
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Below: Cast interview video
2008
2009/10: Sleeping Beauty​
Cast
Malandra Burrows
Andrew Agnew
Helen Fraser
Lewis Bradley
Kevin Johns
Nia Jermin
2009
2010/11: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs​
Cast
Melanie Walters
Kevin Sacre
Pete Hillier
Kevin Johns
Sarah Lark
2010
Below: Cast interviews video
2011/12: Aladdin​
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Cast
Jimmy Osmond
Kevin Johns
Zoe George
2011
2012/13: Cinderella​
Cast
Chico
Kevin Johns
Mike Doyle
2012
2013/14: Peter Pan​
Cast
Jimmy Osmond
Kevin Johns
Liam Mellor
2013
2014/15: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs​
Cast
John Partridge
Kevin Johns
Matt Edwards
2014
2015/16: Jack and the Beanstalk​
Cast
Louise Spence
Kevin Johns
Zoe George
Peter Piper
2015
2016/17: Sleeping Beauty
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Cast
Richard Jones
Kevin Johns
Brendan Sheerin
Niki Evans
Matt Edwards
2016
2017/18: Aladdin​
Cast
Tony Maudsley
Kevin Johns
Matt Edwards
Dooby Duck
2017
2018/19: Cinderella​
Cast
Ian H Watkins
Kevin Johns
Ceri Dupree
Paul Burling
Jalisa Andrews
2018
2019/11: Peter Pan​
Cast
Kevin Johns
Tristan Gemmill
Ricky K
2019
2021/22: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs​
Cast
Kevin Johns
Colin Jackson
Jon Clegg
Zoe George
Zac Marx
Emma Dempsey
2021
2022/23: Beauty and the Beast​
Cast
Kevin Johns
Matt Edwards
Joe McFadden
Hayley Gallivan
Stefan Pejic
2022
2023/24: Cinderella​
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Cast
AJ Pritchard
Curtis Pritchard
Matt Edwards
Kev Johns
2023
2024/25: Jack and the Beanstalk​
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Cast
Scott Mills
Kev Johns
Matt Edwards
2024
2025/26: Aladdin​
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Cast
JOE PASQUALE
KEV JOHNS
CELYN CARTWRIGHT
Andrew Fleming
Jo Danels-White
Freya Humberstone
Nic Cain
Emma Dempsey
Sam Jamison
Tom Johnson
Natalie Twist
2025
2026/27: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs​
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Cast
TBC
2026
Marketing / Programmes
CINE VARIETY THEATRE
1934 Babes in the Wood
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1943 Aladdin
Elsie Percival
Fred Gwyn
Jackson Brownw
Percy Le Fre
Leo Dennis
Gay & Gay
Margherita Stanley
Lawrence Kingston
Nina Forster
Helen Craig
Mela Carter
Catherine Summerton
Jimmy Holmes
SWANSEA EMPIRE
1944 Cinderella
Ford and Sheen
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1948 Goody Two Shoes
Sonny Jenks
Morecombe & Wise
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1950 Robinson Crusoe
Max Wall
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1952 Puss in Boots
Harry Seacombe
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1954 Babes in the Wood
Stan Stennett
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1956 Jack and the Beanstalk
Ossie Morris
Wyn Calvin