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WIMBLEDON / NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE
A Grade II listed Edwardian theatre built by the theatre lover J. B. Mulholland, who at the time was also owner of the King's Theatre in Hammersmith and had owned the Theatre Metropole in Camberwell in the 1890's.
Panto history at Wimbledon / New Wimbledon Theatre
1924: Cinderella
1925: Bo Peep
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1948: Jack and the Beanstalk
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1959: Jack and the Beanstalk
1960: Dick Whittington
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1963: ALaddin
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1965: Little Red Riding Hood
1966: Babes in the Wood
1967: Aladdin
1968: Robin Hood
1969: Sleeping Beauty
1970: Cinderella
1971: Dick Whittington
1972: Jack and the Beanstalk
1973: Cinderella
1974: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1975: Dick Whittington
1976: Mother Goose
1977: Babes in the Wood
1978: Emu in Pantoland
1979: Aladdin
1980: Cinderella
1981: Dick Whittington
1982: Mother Goose
1983: Sinbad the Sailor
1984: Cinderella
1985: Aladdin
1986: Jack and the Beanstalk
1987: Robinson Crusoe
1988: Peter Pan
1989: Aladdin
1990: Cinderella
1991: Dick Whittington
1992: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1993: Jack and the Beanstalk
1994: Cinderella
1995: Aladdin
1996: Robin Hood
1997: Dick Whittington
1998: Cinderella
1999: Peter Pan
2000: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2001: Jack and the Beanstalk
2002: Dick Whittington
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2004: Aladdin
2005: Cinderella
2006: Peter Pan
2007: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2008: Cinderella
2009: Aladdin
2010: Peter Pan
2011: Dick Whittington
2012: Snow White and the Severn Dwarfs
2013: Aladdin
2014: Cinderella
2015: Peter Pan
2016: Dick Whittington
2017: Jack and the Beanstalk
2018: Aladdin
2019: Cinderella
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2021: Dick Whittington
2022: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2023: Cinderella
2024: Jack and the Beanstalk
2025: Robin Hood
2026: Peter Pan
1924
1924/25: Cinderella
Cast
Marjorie Battiss: Prince Charming
Laurie Grimshaw: The Duke
Cedric Miller: Dandini
Rowand Hill: Baroness
Frank Hemming: Baron Hardup
Alf Rose: Billy
Gwen Kinross: Fairy Godmother
Chris Weede: Pickles
Nelly Carlyle: Cinderella
1925
1925/26: Bo Peep
Cast
Ernie Mayne
Ivy Close
Victoria Carmen
1948
1948/49: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Frankie Howerd as Simple Simon
John Essex as Grimm
Eddie and Jack Falcon as Snap and Snorum
Bunny Doyle as Dame Durden
Marion Gordon as Jack Durden
Eva Kane as Fairy Gleam
Alec Duck as Giant Blunderbore
Shanks and Gay as Constance the Cow
Gordon Henson as Squire
Marjorie Russell as Princess Crystal
1959
1959/60: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Tommy Trinder
1960
1960/61: Dick Whittington
Cast
Adam Faith
1963
1963/64: Aladdin
Cast
Tommy Cooper, Hylda Baker
1965
1965/66: Little Red Riding Hood
Cast
Cilla Black
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge)
Jack Haig
1966
1966/67: Babes in the Wood
Cast
Arthur Askey
Roy Castle
Lulu
1967
1967/68: Aladdin
Cast
Bruce Forsyth
Jack Haig
Tommy Tinder
1968
1968/69: Robin Hood
Cast Dicki Henderson
Terry Scott (Terry and June, Carry On Films)
Hugh Lloyd
Peter Gilmore
John Gower
David Hartley
Melanie Munro
David Hartley
Mary Hewing
1969
1969/70: Sleeping Beauty
Cast
Roy Hudd
Arthur Askey
Alan Haynes
Ian Calvin
June Shand
Dorothy Dampier
1970
1970/71: Cinderella
Cast
John Inman (Are You Being Served? Grace and Favour)
1971
1971/72: Dick Whittington
Cast
Dana: Alice Fitzwarren
Jack Douglas (Carry On Films): Idle Jack
Norman Vaughan: Sarah the Cook
Jess Conrad
Martin Dell
Jacqui Toye
Sadie Corre
1972
1972/73: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Jimmy Tarbuck
1973
1973/74: Cinderella
Cast
David Nixon
Basil Brush
1974
1974/75: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Cast
Dick Emery
Jess Conrad
Brian Marshall
Sheila White
Bill Ryan
1975
1975/76: Dick Whittington
Cast
Jimmy Tarbuck
Hugh Lloyd
Bill Kerr
Ian Lindsay
Linda Bryan
Lionel Murton
Terry Doogan
1976
1976/77: Mother Goose
Cast
John Inman (Are You Being Served?, Grace and Favour)
Arthur English (Are You Being Served?)
Hope & Keen
1977
1977/78: Baes in the Wood
Cast
Windsor Davies (Never the Twain)
Jim Davidson (Big Break, The Generation Game)
Don Smoothey
Don Estelle
1978
1978/79: Emu in Pantoland
Cast
Rod Hull & Emu
Billy Dainty
Barbara New
Ton Chatto
JJ King
Gerald Martin
1979
1979/80: Aladdin
Cast
Cilla Black
Don Maclean
Frankie Desmond
John Gower
1980
1980/81: Cinderella
Cast
Frankie Howerd
Henry McGee
Veronica Page
1981
1981/82: Dick Whittington
Cast
Brian Murphy (Man About the House, George and Mildred)
Eric Sykes
Jan Hunt
Roy Kinnear
Michael Robbins (On the Buses)
Sandy Strallen
Gwyn Jones
Cherida Langford
Philip Compton
Scott Mackee
1982
1982/83: Mother Goose
Cast
Larry Grayson
Honor Blackman
Dilys Watling
Anna Dawson
David Morton
Cheryl Taylor
David Brody
1983
1983/84: Sinbad the Sailor
Cast
Ken Dodd as Sinbad the Sailor
Michael Robbins as The Sorcerer
Syubbie Jones as Scheherezade
Philip Compton as Captain
David Brody as Mate
Jacquie Toye as Ali Baba
Christopher Beck as Feef
Freddie Lee as Bertha Wazir
Jonathan Lindsay as Pirate King
Gail Ivey as Princess
1984
1984/85: Cinderella
Cast
Kathy Staff (Last of the Summer Wine, Crossroads)
Bonnie Langford (Eastenders)
Paul Nicholas (Eastenders)
Bill Owen (Last of the Summer Wine) as Baron Hardup
Ward Allen
Simon Barry & Alan Vickers as The Ugly Sisters
Jean Fergusson
Elsie Tebith
1985
1985/86: Aladdin
Cast
Peter Davison (Doctor Who)
Bob Carolgees, George Sewell, Sandra Dickinson, Lena Zavaroni
1986
1986/87: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Harry Worth
Denise Nolan
David Griffin (Hi De Hi, Keeping Up Appearances)
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)
Robin Askwith
Linda Regan (Hi De Hi)
Barrie Gosney
1987
1987/88: Robinson Crusoe
Cast
Dennis Waterman (Minder, New Tricks) as Billy Crusoe
Rula Lenska (Coronation Street) as Robinson Crusoe
Colin Baker (Brothers, Doctor Who) as The Pirate
Roy Kinnear as The Captain
Jan Leeming as Fairy
Tudor Davies as Mrs Crusoe
1988
1988/89: Peter Pan
Cast
Lulu
Christopher Timothy
1989
1989/90: Aladdin
Cast
Cilla Black
Gareth Hunt
Bob Carolgees
Gordon Honeycombe
Katie Budd
David Morton
1990
1990/91: Cinderella
Cast
Bonnie Langford (Eastenders)
Brian Conley
Gyles Brandreth
Jan Hunt
Ed Stewart
Barabra Windsor (Carry on Films, Eastenders)
Ray Alan
1991
1991/92: Dick Whittington
Cast
Les Dawson (Blankety Blank)
Rula Lenska Coronation Street)
John Nettles (Bergerac)
Dooby Duck, Tracy Hardwick
Jeff Stevenson
Les Dawson was replaced by Bernard Cribbins part way through the run due to ill health
1992
1992/93: Goldilocks and the three bears
Cast
Bobby Davro
Michaela Strachan
Ray Meagher (Home and Away)
Victor Spinetti
Nobby the Sheep
Charlie Cairoli
1993
1993/94: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Stefan Dennis (Neighbours)
Vicki Michelle (Allo Allo)
Kevin Lloyd (The Bill)
Tudor Davies
Little & Large
1994
1994/95: Cinderella
Cast
Rolf Harris
June Whitfield (Absolutely Fabulous, Last of the Summer Wine)
Ian Botham
Mark Curry (Blue Peter)
Robin Askwith
Sally Meen
Nigel Ellacott
Peter Robbins
Charlotte Dennis
1995
1995/96: Aladdin
Cast
Danny La Rue
Derek Griffiths
Karl Howman
Amanda ReddingtonDawson Chance
1996
1996/97: Robin Hood
Cast
Paul Nicholas
Hope & Keen
Forbes Collins
Tudor Davies
Jane Danielle
Jan Hunt
Note the typo on the dates! this did not run fron Dec 1995 - Jan 1997 as it says!
1997
1997/98: Dick Whittington
Cast
Lesley Joseph
John Nettles
Bill Pertwee
Jeffrey Holland
Katie Budd
1998
1998/99: Cinderella
Cast
Bradley Walsh
Britt Ekland
Melanie Stace
Kriss Akabussi
Gary Bushall
Produced by: Qdos
1999
1999/00: Peter Pan
Cast
Leslie Grantham: Captain Hook
Joe Pasquale: Smee
Bonnie Langford: Peter Pan
Jan Hunt: Mrs Darling
Sarah Hillier
The Acromaniacs
Produced by Qdos
2000
2000/01: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Cast
Lionel Blair
Sam Kane
Linda Lusardi
Produced by: A Talentspot.com pantomime
2001
2001/02: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Shane Richie
Geoffrey Hayes
Allan Stewart
Sadie Nine
Caey Lee-Jolleys
Produced by: Qdos
2002
2000/01: Dick Whittington
Cast
Russ Abbot
Bobby Bennett
Russ Kane
Produced by: Qdos
2004
2004/05: Aladdin
Cast
Claire Sweeney
Paul Zerdin
Roger Royle
Russ Kane
Robin Askwith
Produced by: Qdos
2005
2005/06: Cinderella
Cast
Susan Hampshire
Naomi Wilkinson
John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Dancing on Ice)
Richard Wilson (One Foot in the Grave)
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2006
2006/07: Peter Pan
Cast
Bobby Davro
Henry Winkler
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2007
2007/08: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Cast
Ross Kemp (Eastenders)
Bobby Davro
Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter)
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2008
2008/09: Cinderella
Cast
Gareth Gates (X Factor)
Alistair McGoawan
Joanna Page (Gavin and Stacey, Love Actually)
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2009
2009/10: Aladdin
Cast
Pamela Anderson - Anita Dobson - Ruby Wax - All sharing one role
Paul O'Grady
Brian Blessed
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2010
2010/11: Peter Pan
Cast
David Hasslehoff /Jerry Springer / Jeremy Jackson - Sharing the same role
with Louie Spence
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2011
2011/12: Dick Whittington
Cast
Sam Attwater
Anna Williams
Eric Pots
Dame Edna Everage
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2012
Trailer video:
2012/13: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Cast
Priscilla Presley (Dallas)
Jared Christmas
Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Tenable)
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2013
2013/14: Aladdin
Cast
Jo Brand
Matthew Kelly
David Badella
Oliver Thornton
Flawless
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2014
Trailer video:
2014/15: Cinderella
Cast
Tim Vine
Linda Gray (Dallas)
Matthew Kelly
Wayne Sleep
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2015
Trailer video:
2015/16: Peter Pan
Cast
Verne Troyer (Austin Powers)
Marcus Brigstocke
Jared Christmas
Flawless
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2016
2016/17: Dick Whittington
Cast
Matthew Kelly
Arlene Phillips
Tim Vine
Produced by: First Family Entertainment
2017
2017/18: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Al Murray
Clive Rowe
Produced by: Qdos
2018
2018/19: Aladdin
Cast
Paul Merton
Lee Ryan
Pete Firman
Linda John-Pieirre
Lauren Chia
During the performance on Friday 28th December Lee Ryan became ill and his understudy took over the title role for Act 2. It was later confirmed Lee was suffering with a chest infection leading to him missing several performances.
Produced by: Qdos
2019
2019/20: Cinderella
Cast
Samantha Womack (Game On, Eastenders): Wicked Stepmother
Lesley Garrett: Fairy Godmother
Melody Thornton: Cinderella
Pete Firman: Buttons
Produced by: Qdos
2021
2021/22: Dick Whittington
Cast
Shane Richie (Eastenders)
Peter Piper
Hiba Elchikhe
Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2022
2022/23: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Cast
Brenda Edwards
Matthew Kelly
Lee Mead
Hannah Lowther
John Archer
Dick and Dom
Ruthie Hensall
Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2023
2023/24: Cinderella
Cast
Craig Revel Horwood
Pete Firman
Alison Jiear
Daniel Norford
Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2024
2024/25: Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast
Alexandra Burke
Joe Pasquale
Ceri Dupree
Ria Jones
Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2025
2025/26: Robin Hood
Cast
ASHLEY BANJO & DIVERSITY
STEVE ARNOTT
LAUREN HAMPTON
AMELIA WALKER
Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
2026
2026/27: Peter Pan
Cast
Jessie Wallace
Ashton Merrygold
Tom Read Wilson
Pete Firman
Produced by: Crossroads Pantomimes
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