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In
the United Kingdom, the word "Pantomime" means a
form of entertainment,
generally performed during the Christmas season. The
first pantomime was performed at Lincoln's Inn
Fields Theatre in 1714,
and was called 'Harlequin Sorcerer'. It was John
Rich an actor manager
who gave pantomime its name.
Most
cities and towns
throughout the UK have a form of Pantomime at this
time of year. The
origins of British Pantomime or "Panto" as it is
known date back to the
middle ages, taking on board the traditions of the
Italian "Commedia
dell’ Arte, the Italian night scenes and British
Music hall to produce
an intrinsic art form that constantly adapted to
survive up to the
present day.Pantomime
has
been attempted abroad, usually with a small amount of
success. Not surprisingly it has proved popular in
countries such as
Canada, Australia and South Africa- recently a
production of "Babes in
the wood" ran at the Rainbow Seven Arts Theatre in
Harare, Zimbabwe! In
America this very British art form has fared less
favourably, although
in 1868 a production of "Humpty Dumpty" ran for over
1,200 performances
at the Olympic Theatre, New York, making it the most
successful
Pantomime in American history.
The
Subjects
Pantomime,
as we know it today is a show predominantly aimed at
children, based on
a popular fairy tale or folk legend. The most
popular subjects being
"Cinderella", followed by "Aladdin", "Dick
Whittington" and "Snow
White". Other popular titles are "Jack & the
Beanstalk", "Babes in
the Wood",( usually combining the legend of Robin
Hood) and "Sleeping
Beauty". Rising in popularity is "Peter Pan",
although purists would
argue that this is not strictly a pantomime, but a
children’s story,
based on J.M Barrie’s play. "Peter Pan" first
performed at the Duke of
York’s Theatre, London in 1904 transferred
successfully to America
shortly afterwards. Today the story has had elements
of Pantomime
introduced, and is one of the highly popular
Christmas shows around the
British Isles. Pantomime has become a
thriving business in
this country. Large theatres vie with each other for
the subjects and
"star" names that will attract full houses, and the
pantomime can often
run for six to eight weeks, providing much needed
revenue to box
offices up and down the country. Twenty years ago
the average run of a
pantomime could be from the week before Christmas up
until the end of
February, but today few theatres can sustain such a
length of run. The
exceptions recently being the Hippodrome Theatre,
Birmingham, Mayflower
Theatre, Southampton, and the Grand Theatre,
Wolverhampton.
Pantomime
giants, such as Qdos, present as many as thirty
pantomimes in Great
Britain, and several others abroad. During its long
existence Pantomime
has witnessed other panto impresarios, such as
Augustus Harris, "Father
of modern Pantomime" at the Drury Lane Theatre in
the 1870’s. Harris,
the manager of Drury Lane introduced the first stars
of the popular
Music Hall into his productions, and created the
lavish productions
that popularised the genre, forcing managements not
just in London, but
around the country to ensure that every town had at
least one, if not
two Pantomimes running every Christmas season. Francis
Laidler
took on the mantle "King of Pantomimes" in the
1930’s,
producing shows at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford,
which were then
presented all over the country. The subjects on
offer in the 1930’s and
1940’s included those now fallen from popularity.
Titles like "Goody
Two Shoes", "Humpty Dumpty" and "Red Riding Hood"
have almost
completely vanished today., while in recent times
Pantomime has seen
the gradual disappearance of titles like "Puss in
boots", "Mother
Goose" and "Robinson Crusoe". And who can forget the
Littlers! In
the 1950’s and 1960’s the Pantomime crown rested
upon the head of Derek
Salberg, who created pantomimes from the Alexandra
Theatre, Birmingham
in the style and tradition that made them
justifiably famous, along
with producing managements such as Howard and
Wyndham, and Emile
Littler. In recent times companies such as Triumph
and the impresario
Paul Elliott have been the guiding force behind
provincial pantomimes.The
cost of presenting a modern pantomime could be
estimated at anything
between £150,000 and over half a million pounds.
These
productions will
be expected to tour for a number of years, and
recoup their costs. This
however is not an innovation. In 1827 the pantomimes
staged at Covent
Garden and Drury Lane cost up to £1,000 each.
Tradition
Pantomime has combined many elements of theatre
throughout its
existence, and by adapting it has survived. The
element of "novelty"
has always been to the forefront, as has its ability
to encompass
modern trends and topicality, within its structured
framework. People
talk about "traditional" pantomime, but to remain
popular this form of
theatre has had to keep its eye firmly on modern
trends, and by weaving
these into its format, remains one of the most
popular forms of
entertainment in this country. Elements that a
pantomime should have,
to be described as "Traditional"
begin with a strong story line. The fable or fairy
tale has to be well
told, incorporating the all important elements of
good battling against
evil, and emerging triumphant. In this respect, the
concept varies
little from the medieval morality plays, performed
on village greens.
To this day "tradition" says that the Pantomime
villain should be the
first to enter, from the "dark side", stage left,
followed by his
adversary the good fairy from stage right. This
echoes the tradition in
medieval times when the entrances to heaven and hell
were placed on
these sides.
Commedia
Dell'Arte
The element of song and
dance in Pantomime
are very important. The
influences of the Italian "Commedia dell’Arte" can
be seen here. This
form of entertainment traveled through Italy to
France, where it became
very popular. It consisted of a number of stock
characters performing
comic situations, with a highly visual content. The
actors generally
improvised their way through a plot involving
characters such as
Arlecchino, or Harlequin and his true love,
Columbina or Columbine.
Other stock characters were the over protective
father, Pantaloon, who
refused to allow the heroic Harlequin to seek his
daughter’s
affections. In various versions Pantaloon has a
servant, Pulchinello,
later to be known as Clown, and a soldier, an
unsuitable suitor who
seeks the hand of Columbine. Comic chases and tricks
were employed to
full effect. Although the character of "Pulchinello"
has vanished from
the Pantomime today, he still exists in this country
as "Mr. Punch",
the anti-heroic puppet, who along with his wife Judy
can still be seen
in seaside towns and parks entertaining children
today.
Italian Night Scenes
The difficulty with Commedia dell’Arte transferring
from France to
Great Britain was that, in the main, the actors did
not speak English.
The scenes from their continental shows had now to
be mimed, and more
emphasis was put on to singing and dancing. These
shows evolved into
what were known as "Italian Night Scenes", and
became highly popular in
this country, particularly at Drury Lane. The comic
chases and
"business" that emerged from these productions
eventually became known
as "Slapstick", still a very important element in
modern Pantomimes.
Slapstick
"Slapstick" takes its name from a device used in
these early
entertainments, and most especially from
"Harlequinades", scenes that
were later to develop from the "Night Scenes".
Harlequin was considered
to be a magical creation. He carried with him a
sword, made of wood
which alternated between being a weapon and a magic
wand. This sword or
bat had a hinged flap, which created a very loud
"slapping" noise when
used, generally to give a more theatrical effect
when used to slap
fellow actors. To this day a pantomime comic will
insist on using the
talents of a drummer in the orchestra pit to "point"
his comic stage
business of slaps, falls or trips.
The slapstick may also have had a secondary purpose.
Harlequin, in
these semi improvised scenes would be in control of
the situation. He
would know when the scenery should be changed, and
it is believed he
would "Clap" his slapstick to indicate that this
should happen, in the
form of an audible cue. This may well be the basis
of the theatrical
superstition that one should never clap backstage,
for fear of bad
luck, Since bringing heavy scenery down upon your
head could be bad
luck indeed!
Harlequinade
By the early eighteenth
century, the first
use of the word "Pantomime" emerges. A
"ballet-pantomime" was created,
"The loves of Mars and Venus" in 1717, followed by
"Harlequin
Sorcerer", produced by John Rich, who under his
stage name "Lun" played
Harlequin. Rich was responsible for creating the
first "Harlequinade.
Harlequinades were produced all year round at his
Lincoln Inn Fields
Theatre, and these became so popular that David
Garrick at Drury Lane
felt obliged to mount his own pantomime, the
difference being that his
Harlequin spoke the lines, with less emphasis on
mime. By 1773 the
Theatre Royal in Drury Lane presented the first
pantomime story that
has a direct descendant today, "Jack the Giant
Killer". The
Harlequinades continued to be played as short pieces
put on after the
main drama of the evening was concluded, as a sort
of antidote to the
tragedy.
With time these Harlequinades grew longer, and by
1781 with the
creation of "Robinson Crusoe", the characters of
Clown, Harlequin and
Pantaloon were firmly established in their desert
Island environment.
"Aladdin and his wonderful Lamp" followed in 1788,
followed by "Babes
in the wood" and finally in 1804 "Cinderella" was
created on stage.
The most famous of the pantomime clowns was Joseph
Grimaldi, who made
his first appearance in 1800, and such was his
eminence that to this
day clowns are called "Joeys" in his memory. His
influence on these
early pantomimes was immense. The public clamoured
to see his
performances at Sadlers Wells and Drury Lane, and
left the Theatre
singing the comic choruses of the songs he
introduced. Pantomime had
its first real star, and by this time the elements
of comedy songs and
slapstick were firmly rooted, as they have remained
to this present day.
Enter
Grimaldi
Grimaldi also pioneered
the next important
element that a "Traditional" pantomime should have,
the art of cross
dressing- the Pantomime Dame. Amongst his roles were
Queen
Rondabellyana in "Harlequin and the red dwarf", and
Dame Cecily Suet in
"Harlequin Whittington". The Theatrical tradition of
men playing women
can be traced back to the early days of theatre,
when it was deemed not
appropriate for women to enter the theatrical
profession. Boys played
all the female roles in Shakespeare’s plays, and
even during the
Restoration, when actresses were established on the
stage, often middle
aged actors played the roles of older or comedic
ladies, since the new
breed of actress either did not possess the years,
or the inclination
to play such unglamorous roles.
Enter
The Dame
In
fond memory of
Danny La Rue OBE 26th
July 1927 - 31st
May 2009
The Pantomime Dame,
usually the
hero’s mother, such as Widow
Twankey in "Aladdin" or "Dame Trott" in Jack and the
Beanstalk was a
creation that emerged from the early Music Halls of
the Victorian era.
The public warmed to seeing their favourite comedian
playing the role
of Jack’s mother, or the King’s cook and
bottlewasher. Often the Dame’s
costumes would be used to good comic effect by
parodying the fashions
of the day, in much the same way as the modern Dame
or Ugly Sister does
at the moment.
The Ugly Sisters were first seen played by women in
Rossini’s opera,
"La Cenerentola" in London, but were swiftly
transformed into men
playing the roles in 1860, at the Royal Strand
Theatre, London. The
Ugly Sisters differ from the Dame in that they have
to tread the thin
tightrope between being hugely comic characters, and
yet still remain
the villains of the piece. This author, having trod
that tightrope for
twenty years is all too aware of having to keep the
balance between
comedy, which to achieve needs a degree of warmth
and sympathy from the
audience, and then being able to turn on the
villainy when bullying the
unfortunate Cinderella. The Panto Dame, on the other
hand should exude
warmth and comedy, even pathos, but is never
required to do any "dirty
Deeds". The exception to this being the Dame role of
"Mother Goose".
Dan
Leno
Dan
LenoMother Goose was created again at the Theatre
Royal, Drury Lane in
1902. The role was created for Dan Leno, one of the
most popular
comedians of the day. He had already achieved fame
through playing Dame
roles in Pantomime, into which he injected the stage
business and comic
songs that had made him the idol of the Music Halls.
The Role of
"Mother Goose" gave Leno the opportunity to play the
comic old lady
who, through friendship with the goose "Priscilla"
achieves wealth.
However, money cannot buy beauty, and tempted by the
Demon King, the
Dame is persuaded to sell Priscilla to the Demon in
exchange for Youth
and beauty. The scene where the Dame rejects the
goose is what makes it
unique. The Dame, having been warm and loveable, is
now seen to be
cruel and selfish. The task for the actor concerned
is to regain not
just Priscilla, but the forgiveness of the audience
by the end of the
pantomime.
Dan
Leno became the biggest star in an era that was to draw
many stars
from Music Hall in Great Britain, and establish the
trend that remains
today of using well known personalities to "Top the
Bill" in
Pantomimes. Garrick in the Eighteenth century had
contributed to the
lavish and spectacular elements that can be found in
modern day
pantomime, and Augustus Harris continued to build on
this concept
during the 16 years he produced the Drury Lane
spectacular pantomimes.
He teamed up Dan Leno with Herbert Campbell in 1888, and
created a
comic partnership that had no rival.
The Principal Boy
The other element of
"Traditional"
pantomime is on the decline today,
namely the "Principal boy" role, played by a girl.
Women had for a long
time played the "breeches role" in theatre, as far
back as the early
1800’s. By the middle of the nineteenth century the
vogue for ladies to
take on the heroic roles of "Jack" or "Dick
Whittington" or "Aladdin"
was beginning, and with the rise of Music Hall it
became the rule.
Quite simply, the Victorian male, living in a society
where even the
legs of the parlour piano were covered for modesty’s
sake , craved the
vision of a well turned calf, or shapely ankle.Whilst
ladies were
corseted, crinolined or bustled on the street,
artistic license allowed
ladies upon the stage to wear costumes that revealed
shapely legs in
tights on condition that they were playing a male
role!
The "Principal Boy" held sway in Pantomime through the
first and second
world wars, creating stars like Dorothy Ward, one of
the stalwarts of
British Pantomime, and Evelyn Laye, Hy Hazel, Noel
Gorden, and Pat
Kirkwood. By the 1950’s the emergence of men playing
the role began
with Norman Wisdom, and the influx of "pop" stars such
as (Sir) Cliff
Richard and Marty Wilde , a trend that has waned as
ladies once again
returned to the role, such notables as Barbara
Windsor, Cilla Black and
Anita Harris taking the reins4. Today the trend seems
to be reversing
in favour of men playing the parts, but, as has been
mentioned,
Pantomime constantly adapts in favour of "The flavour
of the day", and
we may well see the Pantomime Hero return to the safe
keeping of those
glamorous ladies yet again.
The Chorus & Juveniles
Seldom featured, and yet indispensable, Pantomime
could not survive
without its chorus of dancers, and indeed its troupes
of juveniles or
“Babes” as they are known.
Today, for reasons of economy, the average chorus in a
provincial
pantomime can number anything between six or eight
dancers. Some
productions can boast as many as ten or twelve, but
that is the
exception. Some have as few as two or four
professional dancers,
supplemented by more adult juveniles.
Famous troupes include The Tiller Girls and The
Sunbeams.
Guest
celebrity
in pantomime
Another contemporary
pantomime tradition is
the celebrity guest star, a practice that dates back
to the late 19th
century, when Augustus Harris, proprietor of the
Theatre Royal, Drury
Lane, hired well-known variety artists for his
pantomimes.
Until the decline of the British music hall tradition
by the late
1950s, many popular artists played in pantomimes
across the country.
Many modern pantomimes use popular artists to promote
the pantomime,
and the play is often adapted to allow the star to
showcase their
well-known act, even when such a spot has little
relation to the plot,
for example, Rolf Harris might perform Jake the Peg in
a pantomime
about Aladdin.
Nowadays, a pantomime occasionally pulls off a coup by
engaging a guest
star with an unquestionable thespian reputation, as
was the case with
the Christmas 2004 production of Aladdin that featured
Sir Ian McKellen
as Widow Twankey, which he reprised in the 2005
production at the Old
Vic theatre in London.
As well as being an actor in the Shakespearean
tradition, McKellen had
become hugely famous with children as Gandalf in The
Lord of the Rings
and Magneto in X-Men. "At least we can tell our
grandchildren that we
saw McKellen's Twankey and it was huge," said Michael
Billington,
theatre critic of The Guardian, December 20, 2004,
entering into the
pantomime spirit of double entendre. In recent times,
the in pantomimes
have featured soap stars, comedians or former
sportsmen rather as
celebrity attractions, supplemented by jobbing actors
and pantomime
specialists.
The recently renovated Hackney Empire has presented an
enormously
successful and highly regarded panto with multi-racial
cast since 1988.
York's Theatre Royal pantomime features no guest
celebrities, but a
regular cast headed by Berwick Kaler, who has played
the dame there for
30 years.
Christopher Biggins was a pantomime dame for 38 years
running until
2007 when his attendance on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me
Out of Here! made
it impossible for him to do a panto that year.
In Canterbury, the Marlowe Theatre traditionally has a
famous person
from EastEnders or Neighbours, both popular soap
operas.
Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre has a pantomime which has a
fully
professional cast (apart from the young
chorus/dancers), none of whom
are 'star' soap opera performers, stand-up comedians
or pop singers as
a matter of policy. The panto is traditional in style,
and the
principal boy is played by a female actor.
In summer of 1974 the Old Vic staged Jack and the
Beanstalk on a double
bill with Euripides' Bacchae at the Edinburgh
Festival. Jack and the
Beanstalk was the perfect antidote to the passionate
violence of
Euripides' tragedy.
Since 2005, British television and theatre actor John
Barrowman has
been returning repeatedly to the pantomime, playing
Prince Charming in
2005's Cinderella; Jack in 2006's Jack and the
Beanstalk; Aladdin in
2007's Aladdin; and most recently the title character
of Robin
Hood .
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PALLADIUM
PANTOMIMES THE
THEATRE
The
London Palladium can trace its history
back to 1870,
when a hall known as The Corinthian
Bazaar was erected on the site of
the Duke of Argyll’s residence- the
current Palladium stands on Argyll
Street. Twelve years later the building
was enlarged, and renamed
Hengler’s Circus. Early pantomimes were
produced there-Cinderella, Jack
the Giant Killer and Red Riding Hood
amongst others, but it was not
until it became The London Palladium in
1910, that the building began a
tradition of presenting top class
Pantomimes. In 1914, for matinees
only the Palladium presented Dick
Whittington and his Cat for a few
short weeks, starring Clarice Mayne and
Harry Weldon. The
following year (1915) the Palladium
presented Cinderella, following
that with The House That Jack Built in
1916. After the end of the First
World War the Palladium did not present
another pantomime until 1922,
with Aladdin. The next year Clarice
Mayne and Nellie Wallace starred in
Dick Whittington. In 1925 Clarice Mayne
returned in Cinderella, with
Charlie Austin, to be followed by
Aladdin in 1926 and once again
Cinderella in 1927.
In 1928 The Palladium was bought by
The General
Theatre Corporation and remarkably they
turned it into a Cinema, but
this was a dismal failure and only
lasted three months.
Peter Pan became so popular that it was
a fixture at Christmas at the
Theatre every year from 1930 to 1938.
After this period, the Palladium changed
its policy, with George Black
as Managing Director. The Palladium was
to present different seasonal
programmes.
It
was not until the late 1940’s that the
London Palladium established
itself as
the home of the most prestigious West
End Pantomimes. Notable
productions
included “Humpty Dumpty” in 1951 with
Norman Evans (Over the Garden
Wall)
and Terry Thomas, The 1953 production
of “Cinderella” with Julie
Andrews as
“Cinders”, with Max Bygraves and
Richard Hearne, and the 1954 “Mother
Goose”, starring Peter Sellers,
Richard Hearne (Mr Pastry) as Dame,
and
Max
Bygraves. The script for this panto
was written by Eric Sykes and Spike
Milligan. The 1956“Aladdin”
saw a break in tradition with Norman
Wisdom cast
in the role of Principal boy,
launching an era that was to last for
fifteen years. The role of “boy” was
filled by stars such as Cliff
Richard, Frank Ifield, Frankie Vaughan
and Tommy Steele. It was not
until Cilla Black played the role of
“Aladdin” in 1970 that the balance
was restored, and the Palladium
returned to using male performers in
the role from 1972 onwards, with a few
exceptions- Marti Webb in 1987
for instance.
Other notable Pantomimes
were the
1969 “Dick Whittington” with Tommy
Steele, the 1972 “Cinderella”
featuring Terry Scott and Julian Orchard
as the Ugly Sisters, and the
“Cinderella” featuring Dame Anna Neagle
as Fairy Godmother, her last
stage appearance, in 1985/6.
The London Palladium:
The Story of the Theatre and
it's Stars by Chris Woodward (2009)
Published by Jeremy
Mills Publishing
ISBN 978-1-906600-39-6
The glamour, the
excitement,
the
riotous
laughter, the
beauty and the memories; Chris Woodward
succeeds in capturing them all
in his chronicle of the London Palladium
over the century of its
existence. He draws on the experiences
and memories of the countless
individuals who have played a part in
its journey through the years,
from those who experienced its heyday as
the flagship theatre for
Variety, when it played host to all the
stars of the day, to the
present time where it has evolved into a
venue for hit musicals and
popular television programmes. The
author’s own vast collection of
Palladium programmes and memorabilia
helps to bring his account to life
with stunning images.
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THE
PANTOMIMES
Year
Production
Starring
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on image to enlarge
1948
Cinderella
Tommy Trinder as Buttons
Evelyn Laye as Ciderella
and
George & Bert Bernard as the
Ugly Sisters
1949
Puss in Boots
Tommy
Trinder
Zoe Gail and
George & Bert Bernard
1950
Babes in the
Wood
Jewel
&
Warris,
Eunice Gayson,
Adele Dixon,
Sonnie Hale,
Herbert Hare
1951
Humpty Dumpty
Norman
Evans,
Terry Thomas,
Peggy Mount,
Gillian Lynne,
Noele Gordon
1952
Dick
Whittington
Frankie
Howerd,
Richard Hearne,
Sonnie Hale,
Warren Mitchell
and Vanessa Lee.
1953
Cinderella
Max
Bygraves- Buttons
Julie Andrews -
Cinderella
Richard Hearne - Baron Pastry
Adele Dixon - Price
Charming
Jon Pertwee- Ugly Sister
Tony Simpson - Ugly Sister
Ted &
George Durante,
Joan Mann,
David Dale,
Cyril Wells,
Elaine Garreau,
Silvia Ashmole
The
springboard of Julie Andrews'
career, it was while appearing in
the
title role of the London Palladium
1953 pantomime that she was
spotted
by the producers of "The
Boyfriend". This Broadway role
would make her
name in America, and lead to the
movie roles for which she is most
famous. "Cinderella" was the West
End's only panto in that season,
and
much comment was made about the
adult humour contained in the
show. Not
surprising really, as the script
was by a young team of writers
including Spike Milligan ! Julie
was not the only cast member who
would
go on to greater things, 'Buttons'
was a young comic called Max
Bygraves, and Jon Pertwee (a
future 'Doctor Who') was one of
the ugly
sisters. Richard Hearne ('Mr.
Pastry') performed his famous
lancers
act, and was at one point trapped
in an automatic washing machine !
This truly was one of the first
"modern" pantomimes !
1954
Mother Goose
Peter
Sellers,
Richard Hearne,
Max Bygraves, Shirley
Eaton,
Margaret Burton
The
Palladium could break even the
most talented of performers,
and in 1954
it almost broke Peter Sellers.
Signed to
appear in
the pantomime Mother Goose, he
used material from his radio
hit, The
Goon Show. But
what worked on radio failed on
stage, and every night Sellers
died a
death, without laughter or
applause. When he attempted to
change the
material, he was ordered to
stick to the script or he would
be ‘kicked
out of the theatre’.
1956
Aladdin
Norman
Wisdom,
Sonnie Hale,
Valentine
Dyall,
Ken Wilson,
Stephanie Voss,
David Davenport
and Hope Jackman
1957
Robinson
Crusoe
Tommy
Cooper,
Arthur
Askey 1900 - 1982
David
Whitfield
1958
Sleeping
Beauty
Charlie
Drake,
Edmund Hockridge,
Bruce Forsyth, Bernard
Bresslaw
1959
Humpty Dumpty
Harry
Secombe,
Roy Castle,
Alfred Marks
1960
Dick
Whittington
Norman
Wisdom,
Yana,
Billy Whittaker,
Desmond Walter-Ellis,
Dave Jackley & Tommy Locky,
Eddie Leslie,
Thelma Ruby,
Ken Wilson,
David Davenport
and Sadie Corre.
Charlie
Drake
with Janette Scott,
Jackie Ray,
Gary Miller,
Bert Brownbill,
Billy Danvers,
Roger Delgado,
Sandra Michaels,
Pamela Cundell
& the
Seven Volants
1962
Puss in Boots
Frankie
Vaughan,
Joan Reagan,
Jimmy Edwards,
Mike &
Bernie Winters,
Dick Emery,
Gillian Lynne
1964
Aladdin
Cliff
Richard,
The Shadows, Arthur Askey, Una
Stubbs
1965
Babes in the
Wood
Frank
Ifield, Arthur Askey, Sid James, Kenneth
Connor and Roy
Kinnear.
Elaine Paige
and Sharon
Osbourne
(Arden)
were part of the Aida Foster
Children.
Cliff
Richard
starred as Buttons in "Cinderella"
with The
Shadows as Broker's
Men,
Terry Scott
and Hugh Lloyd as Ugly Sisters,
Peter Gilmore
as The
Prince,
Tudor Davies as
Dandini,
Jack Douglas as
Baron Hardup,
Pippa
Steele as Cinderella
and speciality
act The
Adorable Tanya - a
baby
elephant!
Although not
listed Sharon
Osbourne
(Arden)
was part of the Aida Foster Children
for this production.
1967
Robinson
Crusoe
Engelbert
Humperdink, Arthur Askey, Jimmy
Logan, Hope & Keen and Tricia
Money
1968
Jack and the
Beanstalk
Jimmy
Tarbuck,
Arthur Askey, Jean Bayless and
Ivor Emmanuel
1969
Dick
Whittington
Tommy
Steele, Mary
Hopkin, Billy Dainty, Kenneth
Connor
It has recently
come to light that David Essex was
in the ensemble of this production
and actually understudied Tommy
Steele in the title role,
performing
the role on occasion.
1970
Aladdin
Cilla
Black, Leslie Crowther, Terry
Scott,Alfred
Marks
1971
Cinderella
Ronnie
Corbett, Terry Scott & Julian
Orchard, Clodagh Rogers, The
Patton
Brothers
1972
Babes in the Wood
Edward
Woodward,
Adrienne Posta, Julian Orchard,
Derek Nimmo, Rod Hull and Emu
1973
Jack and the
Beanstalk
Frankie
Howerd,
Dora
Bryan 1923
-
, Mark
Wynter,
Alfie
Bass
,
Calli,
Michael Kilgarrif
1976
Cinderella
Richard
O’Sullivan, Richard Hearne,Yootha Joyce,
Brian
Murphy, Gordon & Bunny Jay,Fiona
Fullerton, Robert Young
1978
Aladdin
Danny
La Rue,
Wayne Sleep, Wei Wei Wong
1980
Dick Whittington
Jim
Davidson, Mollie Sugden, Windsor
Davies,
Lionel Blair,
Melvyn Hayes
1985
Cinderella
Des
O’Connor, Dame
Anna Neagle, Paul Nicholas, Hope
& Keen, Lambert & Ross
(as the ugly Sisters), Sarah Payne
and John Junkin
1987
Babes in
the Wood
Cannon & Ball,
Marti
Webb, Barbara Windsor, John
Inman, Derek Griffiths, Cheryl
Baker, Peter
Howitt, Nicholas Smith, The
Sanctus Troupe, Rod Hull &
Emu
THE
PLAYERS
Julie
Andrews
1935 - Dame
Julia Elizabeth
Andrews, DBE (née Wells is an
English film and stage
actress, singer, and author. She is
the recipient of Golden Globe,
Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice
Award, Theatre World Award, Screen
Actors Guild and Academy Award. In
1996, she famously declined the Tony
Award nomination for Best Actress in a
Musical, an award she was
favourite to win. Andrews was a former
British child actress and singer
who made her Broadway debut in 1954
with The Boy Friend, and rose to
prominence starring in other musicals
such as My Fair LadyCamelot, and
in musical films such as Mary Poppins
(1964), for which she won the
Academy Award for Best Actress, and
The Sound of Music Andrews
had a revival of her film career in
the 2000s in family films such as
The Princess Diaries (2001), its
sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal
Engagement (2004), the Shrek animated
films (2004–2010), and Despicable
Me (2010). In 2003 Andrews revisited
her first Broadway success, this
time as a stage director, with a
revival of The Boy Friend at the Bay
Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, New York
(and later at the Goodspeed Opera
House, in East Haddam, Connecticut in
2005). Andrews is also an author
of children's books, and in 2008
published an autobiography, Home: A
Memoir of My Early Years. and (1965):
the roles for which she is still
best-known. Her voice, which
originally spanned four octaves, was
damaged by a throat operation in 1997.
One
of many
comedians hailing from Liverpool, a
veteran pantomime, radio, television
and film performer. Famous from
appearances in radio's 'Band Wagon',
Big Hearted Arthur later had his
own TV show 'Before Your Very Eyes'
the title echoing one of his many
catch phrases. Others were: 'Aye thang
yew'; 'Doesn't it make you want
to spit?' and 'Hello playmates'.
Cheryl Baker Cheryl Baker (born Rita Maria
Crudgington,
8 March 1954, Bethnal Green, London)
is an English television presenter
and singer. She is most famous for
being a member of 1980s pop group
Bucks Fizz, and has performed for the
UK in the Eurovision Song Contest
twice, winning it the second time.
Alfie
Bass
1920 - 1987
Radio, television, stage and film actor
who appeared
in TV's popular comedy series 'The Army
Game' and its spin-off 'Bootsie
and Snudge'.
Jean
Bayless
She was born in London Part of
her childhood was spent at the
Italia Conti Stage School from where
she went into a London production
of the Christmas staple Where the
Rainbow Ends. She had a stab at
revue
- two revues in fact - Sauce Tartare
and Sauce Picquante, at the
Cambridge Theatre, and then went
into cabaret at the
fashionable
Ciro's. In 1951 she was in the
revue Fancy Free at the Prince of
Wales Theatre with Tommy Trinder and
Pat Kirkwood, and that Christmas
she was Princess Miranda at the
London Palladium in Humpty
Dumpty. In 1954 she appeared
with Norman Wisdom in a Christmas
show, but her big break seemed to
have arrived when she was hired to
play Polly Browne in The Boy Friend,
taking over from the show's
original Broadway star, Julie
Andrews, in October 1955 at New
York's
Royale Theatre. She returned
home after a year of The Boy Friend
to get the leading role in
Harmony Close, a musical with a
workmanlike but zestful score. She
was now Jo Ann Bayless, and played
Jill Grant opposite the unappealing
male lead Zack Matalon, but the
show didn't impress, and Londoners
left it alone to live out its
existence at the Lyric Theatre,
Hammersmith, without ever inviting
it
to Shaftesbury Avenue. The
following year, in March 1958, she
was
really the star of School,
transferred into the Princes Theatre
from
Birmingham, where it had been much
loved. Many connected with the West
End edition said that it was hideous
when it opened there. Jo Ann
Bayless was now Jean Bayless - her
final metamorphosis - and played
Bella, singing 'A prince for
Cinderella' and 'Places and faces I
love',
but some agreed that it was really
Eleanor Drew in the role of Naomi
who got the best song of the night.
School managed a few performances
and was closed down without
regret. Things seemed to be
looking
up when she was given the starring
role as Maria in the first British
production of Rodgers and
Hammerstein's The Sound of Music at
the
Palace Theatre in May 1961.
There was a tour in The World of
Ivor Novello, in which she took
audiences' minds off her
throat-straining co-star John
Hanson, and in 1968 she was back at
the
London Palladium for another
pantomime, playing the title role in
Jack
and the Beanstalk with Arthur Askey
and Jimmy Tarbuck. So far as we can
tell, there was to be one more
musical, when in March 1972 she
packed
her suitcase for a brief tour in an
exotic piece called Samarkand,
playing Scheherazade and the
Princess Layla of Bengal. It didn't
detain her for very long. There was
some television fame when she
played a leading role in the
notorious ITV Crossroads, and there
was
much other work in television,
including The Jubilee Show.
Cilla Black OBE (born
Priscilla
Maria Veronica White, 27 May 1943)
is an English singer, actress,
entertainer and media personality,
who has been consistently popular
as
a light entertainment figure since
1963. She is most famous for her
singles Anyone Who Had A Heart,
You're My World, and Alfie. After
a
successful recording career and a
brief time as a comedy actress,
she
became the best paid female
presenter in British television
history. In
September 2009, Black's 45 years
in showbusiness were celebrated by
EMI
(the record label which launched
her career in 1963) with the
release
of a new CD/DVD set alongside an
album of club remixes (aka Cilla
All
Mixed Up). In May 2010, new
research published by BBC Radio 2
claimed
that Cilla Black's version of
Anyone Who Had a Heart was the
UK's
biggest selling single by a female
artist in the 1960s.
Lionel
Blair (born Henry Lionel Blair Ogus
12 December 1931, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada) is a British actor,
choreographer, tap dancer and
television
presenter. He is the son of Myer
Ogus and Deborah (Della) Greenbaum
(Mother's name given as Brenner on
FreeBMD). His father was a Russian
barber; he changed the family name
to Blair in his youth.
Bernard
Bresslaw
1934 - 1993
was an English actor. He is
best remembered for his comedy work,
especially as a member of the Carry On
team.
Bert Brownbill
Dora
Bryan
1923 -
Stage actress who had many successes,
also appearing
as character actress in several films
and broadcasting regularly. On
television in 'Our Dora' in 1956 and
'Happily Ever After' in 1961 and
still performing. (2005)
Margaret
Burton 1924 - 1984
THE makers of The Life and Death of
Peter Sellers may not have known
about the star's relationship with
Margaret Burton but one of her
closest friends has revealed that the
Yorkshire actress had a very
famous admirer.
"Their
relationship has eluded every Sellers
biographer to date, largely
because it was kept under wraps for so
many years, and she would never
discuss it, even with her family,
Margaret
Burton was a talented actress and singer
who grew up in Keighley and,
after a brief marriage to TV star David
Nixon, married Harrogate
methodist Arnold Moseley, who was nine
years her senior. The
wedding took place on June 28, 1952 at
the Trinity Methodist Chapel in
Harrogate and the couple lived in Spring
Lane, Burn Bridge, until their
eventual divorce in 1960.
Yet within a couple of years of
her second marriage Maggie, who was by
then playing principal boy in
the 1954 Palladium pantomime Mother
Goose, was the object of Peter
Sellers's desires.
She seldom discussed the
relationship, refused ever to mention
Sellers in interviews and
destroyed his letters before her death
in 1984. Soon after her
Harrogate wedding Maggie's career took
off and she began to earn big
money. Then,
in 1955, she was signed to star as
principal boy in the London
Palladium pantomime Mother Goose
alongside Max Bygraves, Richard
Hearne, Shirley Eaton and, of course,
Peter Sellers.
Michael
said her attitude towards Sellers was
cool at the start because she
didn't think he was a team player but
her affection for him grew.
It
was duringa low point in his career that
Sellers turned to Maggie
for comfort. She helped him by working
on his scripts with him.
One
desperate moment was glimpsed by dancer
Juliet Prowse as she
unsuspectingly flung open Margaret's
dressing-room door backstage at
the London Palladium. Sellers's
arms were wrapped around Maggie's
legs and he was sobbing at her feet
. It
was after this that the couple became
lovers and Sellers became
obsessed with the Yorkshire star, so
much so that Maggie eventually
confided in her agent, Charles Tucker.
Tucker stepped in and warned the
couple of the consequences if the affair
ever became public knowledge.
Soon
after that Maggie discovered she was
pregnant and realised that her
husband, who was living in Harrogate as
she pursued her career in
London, would know the baby couldn't be
his.
Fearing
condemnation from her family and the
effect the pregnancy would have on
her career, Maggie went to a private
nursing home where she had an
abortion. Sellers was devastated.
"She found out that she
was pregnant and that Sellers was the
father but although Sellers
pleaded with her to keep the child she
went ahead with an abortion, .
At the time Sellers was enjoying screen
success in The Ladykillers and Maggie
had been signed to play the lead
in a new musical, Twenty Minutes South,
at the Players' Theatre.
In
1956 Maggie and her husband, Arnold,
decided to try for a baby but the
pregnancy ended in miscarriage and
Maggie was warned that she should
not risk a further pregnancy.
The
film makers may not have picked up on
this turbulent time in Sellers'
life but the incident affected
both of them deeply and
could not have helped her faltering
marriage to the Harrogate man she
affectionately called Mo. Maggie and
Arnold divorced in 1960 and she
went on to marry antique dealer Michael
Garvey in 1979. However,
Maggie was fighting a losing battle
against drink and weight and on
November 23, 1984 Garvey found her dead
in bed at the age of just 60.
Max
Bygraves
1922 -
Popular entertainer who appeared on
radio's
'Educating Archie' in 1950 which made
his name and he became famous on
stage and television, also making
popular records and appearing in some
films.
Cannon
and Ball are an English comedy
double act consisting of Tommy
Cannon
and Bobby Ball. The duo met in the
early 1960s while working as welders
in Oldham, Lancashire. They started
out as singers working the pubs and
clubs of Lancashire and switched to
comedy after being told comics
earned an extra £3 a night.
Roy Castle
1932
- 1994 Roy Castle OBE (31 August 1932
in Scholes,
near Holmfirth, Yorkshire – 2
September 1994 in Buckinghamshire[2])
was
an English dancer, singer, comedian,
actor, television presenter and
musician. He attended Honley High
School, where there is now a building
in his name. He was a talented
jazztrumpet player.
Kenneth
Connor 1916 - 1993
Came from revue to comedy roles on
radio, including
'Ray's A Laugh' as Sidney Mincing (catch
phrase: 'Oh well, there's
always the other'), and as Herbert Toil.
Also with Ted Ray (qv) on TV
and in numerous other shows.
Tommy
Cooper 1921 - 1984 Thomas
Frederick
"Tommy" Cooper was a very
popular British prop comedian and
magician from Caerphilly, Wales.
Cooper was a member of The Magic
Circle, and respected by traditional
magicians. Famed for his red fez, his
appearance was large and
lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m)
and more than 15 stone (210 lb;
95 kg) in weight.[1] While his
stage persona required that his
act intentionally went wrong for comic
purposes, on 15 April 1984,
Cooper famously collapsed and soon
after died from a heart attack in
front of millions of television
viewers, midway through his act on the
London Weekend Television variety show
Live From Her Majesty's,
transmitted live from Her Majesty's
Theatre.
Ronnie
Corbett 1930 - Ronald
Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, OBE
(born 4 December 1930) is a
Scottish
actor and comedian of Scottish and
English parentage who had a long
association with Ronnie Barker in
the British television comedy
series
The Two Ronnies. He achieved
prominence in David Frost's 1960s
satirical comedy programme, The
Frost Report and later starred in
the
sitcoms Sorry! and No -
That's Me Over Here!
Sadie Corre
1918 - 2009
Sadie Corré in Bognor Regis,
Sussex, ) was a 4'2"
English actress, tap dancer, comic
performer and leading pantomime cat
Pamela
Cundell
1920 -
Pamela I. Cundell, born in Croydon,
England) is a British character
actress. Her best known role was
Mrs Fox in the long-running TV
comedy Dad's Army. She is a descendant
of Henry Condell, one of the
managers of the Lord Chamberlain's
Men, the playing company of William
Shakespeare. Henry Condell also
helped put together the first
folio of Shakespeare's works after his
death.
Billy Dainty
1927 - 1986 William Hooper Frank John
(Billy)
Dainty was a British comedian,
dancer, physical comedian and
pantomime and television star.
Billy Danvers
David
Davenport
Ballet dancer turned popular actor
David Davenport was best known for
his work on the London stage, but he
also appeared occasionally in
feature films and on television. Born
on Boxing Day in Fairhill,
England, he took up ballet as a teen
and, in 1938, joined the Lydia
Kysht Russian Ballet in London. He was
a well-established theatrical
figure by the time he made his film
debut in It Takes a Thief (1959).
The distinguished-looking Davenport's
television credits include a
recurring role in the popular British
series All Creatures Great and
Small.
Jim
Davidson 1953 - Jim Davidson OBE (born James
Cameron
Davidson on 13 December 1953) is a
British comedian, actor and
television presenter. He has been made
an Officer of the Order of the
British Empire for services to
entertainment, particularly of British
service personnel in conflict zones.
Tudor
Davies
1892 - 1958
Tudor Davies was born in Cymmer, near
Porth, South Wales, on 12
November 1892. He studied in Cardiff and
at the Royal College of Music
in London. He served as an engineer in
the Royal Navy during World War
I. He toured the United States, Canada
and Australia (where he shared
the stage with Maggie Teyte and
then returned to Britain, where
he sang with the British National Opera
Company, Sadler's Wells Opera
and the Carl Rosa Opera Company. He sang
Rodolfo to Dame Nellie Melba's
Mimi in La bohème in 1922 at Covent
Garden. He sang a number of
leading tenor parts from the Italian,
French and German repertoire,
such as Lohengrin, Tamino, Florestan,
Faust, Don José and the
Duke of Mantua. He also appeared in
English operas such as Dame Ethel
Smyth's Fête Galante, and Arthur
Benjamin's The Devil Take
Her.[3] He created the title role in
Ralph Vaughan Williams' opera Hugh
the Drover in 1924, excerpts from which
he also recorded. (In 1928, he
also sang in the United States premiere
of the opera, with the
Washington National Opera.) He created
Prince Hal in Gustav Holst's At
the Boar's Head in 1925. He sang the
title role in Giuseppe Verdi's Don
Carlos in the opera's first performance
in England in 1938, and he
appeared in the first Sadler's Wells
performance of Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden. In
his later career he was mainly a
concert singer, and teacher in Cardiff
Windsor Davies 1929
- Windsor Davies (born
Canning Town,
West Ham, London) is a British actor,
well known for playing the part
of Battery Sergeant Major Williams in
the 1970s/1980s British sitcom It
Ain't Half Hot Mum.
Roger
Delgado 1918 - 1973
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado
Torres Castillo Roberto
was an English actor, best known for his
role as the first Master in
Doctor Who. He was born in Whitechapel,
in the East End of
London—Delgado often remarked to Doctor
Who actor Jon Pertwee, a close
friend, that this made him a true
Cockney, ] as he was born within the
sound of the Bow Bells—although his
mother was Belgian and his father
Spanish. He attended the CVMS, a Roman
Catholic secondary school in
Holland Park.
Adele Dixon, 1908
- 1992
Adele Dixon was a London-born
British musical theatre and film
actress best known for performing in
Broadway musicals, British
musicals and in musical, comedy films
of the 1930s and 1940s. Dixon
starred in the Broadway musical Nikki
which ran from September 29, 1931
until October 31, 1931. She also
co-starred in the Broadway musical
comedy Between the Devil with fellow
British theatre stars Jack
Buchanan and Evelyn Laye which ran
from December 22, 1937 until March
12, 1938. In the late 1940s she
appeared in the Broadway flop, Don't
Listen Ladies, which ran for a mere 12
days. Dixon starred as Hope
Harcourt in the London production of
Cole Porter's Broadway hit,
Anything Goes (1935). She also
appeared in these other British
musicals: Youth at the Helm (1935),
Hulbert Follies (1948) and How Do
You View? (1949). Dixon starred in
several musical comedy films in the
1930s and 1940s. Her first was in the
role of Consuelo Pratt in Uneasy
Virtue in 1931. She then went on to
play Julia Harbord in Calling the
Tune in 1936. In 1941, she appeared as
Mrs. Pound in Banana Ridge. Her
last film role was as Sylvia Anson in
1946's Woman to Woman. Dixon had
the honor of being the first performer
in the first regular,
high-definition television broadcast.
She sang a musical number with
lyrics by James Dyrenforth and music
by Kenneth Leslie-Smith simply
called "Television" in the opening of
this historic BBC television
broadcast in London on November 2,
1936.
Jack
Douglas 1929 - 2008
Jack Douglas, born John Roberton
was an English actor most famous
for his roles in the Carry On films.
Charlie
Drake
1925 - 2006 Charlie
Drake
was an English comedian, actor, writer
and
singer. With his small stature
(5' 1" tall), curly red hair and
liking for slapstick he was a popular
comedian with children in his
early years, becoming nationally-known
for his "Hello, my darlings"
catchphrase. The catchphrase came
about because he was short, and so
his eyes would often be naturally
directly level with a lady's bosom.
Because of this and because in his
work he preferred working with the
fuller, bigger busted lady, the
catchphrase was born.
Ted
&
George Durante
The son of Edward Aston, a notable
weight-lifting champion, Durante,
born Edward Albert Aston on March 5,
1926, was at one time part of an
acrobatic troupe that featured comedy
work he developed with George
Mooney. They later broke away to
become a double act, Ted and George
Durante.As stage brothers Ted and
George Durante they worked out a
routine based on missed cues and
unlikely contortions. When George
leapt on to his partner's shoulders,
Ted would frantically signal panic
as his neck disappeared into his
chest, and wander around like Quasimod
Valentine
Dyall
1908 - 1985 Valentine Dyall (7 May 1908 – 24 June
1985) was an
English character actor, the son
of veteran actor Franklin Dyall.
Dyall was especially popular as a
voice actor, due to his very
distinctive sepulchral voice, he was
known for many years as "The Man
in Black", narrator of the BBC Radio
horror series Appointment With
Fear.
Shirley
Eaton 1937
-
Blonde actress who appeared on
Children's TV in 1951 in 'Parent-craft'.
Her first straight TV role was in 'The
Dance Dress' ans also appeared
in 'Great Scott - It's Maynard!' in
1955/56 with Terry Scott and Bill
Maynard (both qv). In many films,
especially comedies, but notably as
the fatally gold-painted girl in
'Goldfinger'.
Jimmy
Edwards
1920
- 1988
Well known for his comedy roles (and his
handlebar
moustache) in films and on television
and a 'Take It From Here' (as Pa
Glum) stalwart on radio. 'Whacko!' was a
popular hit on TV from 1956 in
which he played the headmaster of a
fairly dubious public school.
Created the radio panel game 'Does The
team Think' and in many other
radio and TV shows.
Dick
Emery 1915 - 1983 Richard Gilbert "Dick"
Emery was an
English comedian and actor.
Beginning on radio in the 1950s, an
eponymous television series ran from
1963 to 1981. He was the brother
of Ann Emery.
Ivor Emmanuel
1927 - 2007 Ivor Lewis Emmanuel was
a Welsh
musical theatre and television singer
and actor. He led the rendition
of "Men of Harlech" in the 1964 film
Zulu.
Norman
Evans 1901
- 1962
Popular comic who had his own TV shows
'The Norman
Evans Show', 'Evans Abode' and 'Make
Yourself At Home'. Appeared in
drag as a toothless old woman gossiping
with a neighbour 'over the
garden wall'.
Bruce Forsyth
1928
- Sir Bruce Joseph
Forsyth-Johnson, CBE (born
22 February 1928 commonly known
as Bruce Forsyth, or Brucie, is a
British TV personality. He became
known through the series Sunday Night
at the London Palladium, going on to
present television series such as
The Generation Game, Play Your Cards
Right, The Price Is Right (UK),
You Bet! and Strictly Come Dancing,
the latter of which he presents
with Tess Daly.
Fiona
Fullerton
1956 - Fiona
Elizabeth
Fullerton (born 10 October 1956) is a
Nigerian-born British actress.
She is perhaps best known for her role
as KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the
1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill
and as Alice in the 1972 film
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Fullerton made her film debut in 1969
with a role in Run Wild, Run
Free. Subsequent credits include:
Nicholas and Alexandra (as
Anastasia), Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland (as Alice) and The Human
Factor.
On television, she was an original
cast member on the BBC hospital
drama Angels before moving on to
appear in serials such as The Charmer,
Hold the Dream and To Be the Best. In
1982, she starred on the West End
stage as Guinevere in the musical
Camelot, alongside Richard Harris
Zoe
Gail 1920 -
From South Africa- once married to
Hubert Gregg. Mother of actress
Stacey Gregg. Starred in film No Orchids
for
Miss Blandish (1948)
Eunice
Gayson
1928 -
Glamorous actress whose regular TV
appearances
included being a panellist in 'Guess My
Story' as well as parts in
several series such as the 'Douglas
Fairbanks Presentations'. Film
parts include the first two Bond
pictures.
Peter
Gilmore
1931 - Peter Gilmore (born 25
August 1931 in Leipzig, Germany) is a
British actor, perhaps best known for
his portrayal of Captain James
Onedin in the BBCThe Onedin Line. He
also had roles in eleven Carry On
films, and played the heroic lead in the
adventure film Warlords of
Atlantis. He is also remembered by
Doctor Who viewers as Brazen in the
1984 series Frontios.
Gilmore also played a role as a young
soldier in the World War I satirical
musical Oh! What A Lovely War
(1969). He was once married to Worzel
Gummidge actress, Una Stubbs; and
is now married to actress and Onedin
Line co-star Anne Stallybrass.
Television period drama
Noele
Gordon 1920
- 1985
Actress who worked on stage and hosted
the programme
'Lunch Box' on ATV and appeared in other
shows. In 1964 took the lead
role in the television soap 'Crossroads'
for 17 years.
Derek Griffiths
1946 - Derek Griffiths
Woking, Surrey,
England) is a British actor who
appeared in numerous British
children's
television series in the 1960s to
1980s and more recently has played
parts in TV drama.
Sonnie Hale 1902 -
1959 Sonnie Hale (1 May 1902 –
9 June 1959) was an English theatre and
cinema actor and director. John Robert Hale-Monro was born
in London,
the son of Robert Hale and Belle
Reynolds. His father and sister, Binnie
Hale were actors. He worked
chiefly in musical and revue
theatre, but also acted in several films
with occasional screenwriting
or directing credits. A major personal
investment in a show to tour the
country planned for late 1939 proved
financially ruinous due to the
outbreak of war and closure of most
theatres.
Herbert
Hare
Melvyn
Hayes
1935 - Melvyn
Hayes is an English actor
probably best known for playing
the effeminate Gunner (later
Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the
1970s
BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum,
Richard
Hearne 1909
- 1979
Actor who also appeared with his
father's circus
act. Later famous as 'Mr Pastry', mostly
on children's TV. In some
films and appeared on US television in
'The Ed Sullivan Show'.
Edmund Hockridge
1919 - 2009 Edmund
Hockridge was a
Canadian baritone and actor who had an
active performance career in
musicals, operas, concerts, plays, and
on radio.
Hope
&
Keen
Mike Hope and Albie Keen were a British
comedy double act. Cousins, the
sons of British variety comedians Syd
and Max Harrison, they first
formed their act in 1956.
Mary
Hopkin 1950 - Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950),
credited on
some recordings as Mary Visconti, is a
Welsh folk singer best
known for her 1968 UK number one
singleThose Were The Days". She was
one of the first musicians to sign to
The Beatles' Apple label. "
Frankie
Howerd
1917 - 1992
Appeared on radio in 'Variety Bandbox'
and later in
'The Howerd Crowd' on BBC TV and in
several other television and radio
shows. An appearance in 'That Was The
Week That Was' helped revive his
career and in 1969 'Up Pompeii' became a
popular series, followed by
more shows and films. Many catch
phrases, 'Please yourselves!" being
one of them.
Peter
Howitt 1957 - Peter
Howitt
is an English actor and film director.
He grew up in Eltham, London and
Bromley, Kent, Peter used to be a part
of the Priory Players in the
Priory behind Christ Church, Eltham.
He studied at the Drama Studio
London. He has two children, Luke
(born 1990) and Amy (born
2008). He currently resides in
Vancouver, Canada.
He first found success playing Joey
Boswell in the British TV series
Bread. In 1998 he wrote and directed
his first film, Sliding Doors
(1998). Since then he has directed
several films, including AntiTrust
(2001), Johnny English (2003), Laws of
Attraction (2004) and Dangerous
Parking (2008) which he adapted from
the novel by Stuart Browne,
produced and directed as well as
playing the lead role.
Rod Hull & Emu
1935 - 1999 better
known as Rod
Hull, was a popular entertainer on
British television in the 1970s and
1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a
mute, highly aggressive
arm-length puppet of the flightless emu
bird. However, Hull was careful
to tailor its conduct according to his
audience, and always ensured
that it displayed a friendly demeanour
when in the company of children.
Engelbert
Humperdink 1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck is
a British pop
singer, best known for his hits
including "Release Me (And Let Me Love
Again)" and "After the Lovin'" as well
as "The Last Waltz" ("The Last
Waltz with You").
Frank
Ifield, 1937 - Francis
Edward Ifield (born 30 November 1937)
is an early Australian-English
easy listening and country music
singer. He achieved considerable
success in the early 1960s, especially
in the UK Singles Chart, where
he had four Number 1 hits between 1962
and 1963.
John Inman 1935 -
2007 Frederick
John
Inman was an English actor
best known for his role as Mr.
Humphries in Are You Being Served?, a
British sitcom in the 1970s and
1980s. Inman was also well known in
the United Kingdom as a pantomime
dame.
Born in 1935, Inman made his stage
debut aged 13. He worked in retail
in London as a young adult and after
four years left to earn his Equity
Card. He made his West End debut in
the 1960s, and his television debut
in an episode of A Slight Case of ...
entitled The Enemy Within in
1965, next appearing in an episode of
Two In Clover in 1970. After a
successful pilot of Are You Being
Served?, Inman played the camp Mr.
Humphries in the sitcom from 1972 to
1985. This role made him a
household name and won him awards,
including BBC TV Personality of the
Year. In his later years, John Inman
became a well known pantomime
dame.
Hope Jackman
Sid
James 1913 -
1976
South African-born actor who appeared in
many films
in straight roles but later famous as a
comedy performer in the Carry
On films and in many radio and
television shows, including 'Hancock's
Half Hour' and 'Bless This House'.
Gordon
& Bunny Jay
Jimmy
Jewel and Ben
Warris 1909 -
1995 and 1909 - 1993
Comedy pair who were actually cousins
who teamed up
in 1934. In music hall originally, 'Up
The Pole' was their first (of
several) radio series from 1947 to 1952.
On ATV in 'The Jewel And
Warris Show' from 1957 to 1960. In the
1960s they split up with Ben
continuing a variety act and Jimmy
starring with Hylda Baker (qv) in
'Nearest And Dearest. Also great
pantomime stars.
Yootha Joyce 1927
- 1980
was an English actress, best known for
playing Mildred Roper in Man
About the House and George and
Mildred.
John
Junkin 1930 - 2006
John Francis Junkin was an
English radio, television and film
performer and scriptwriter. In 1960
Junkin joined Joan Littlewood's
Stratford East Theatre Workshop, and
played the lead in the original
production of Sparrows Can't Sing. A few
years later he joined the
Royal Court Theatre company and was the
foil to Tony Hancock in some of
Hancock's last work for British
television. He played a diverse range
of roles on the small screen; however he
is best remembered for his
comedy roles, and his appearances as a
television quiz master.
Worldwide moviegoers will remember him
best for playing "Shake", the
assistant to Norman Rossington, in the
Beatles movie A Hard Day's
Night. In comedy roles, Junkin was
rarely short of work, on account of
his outstanding ability to play the
stoney-faced symbol of low level,
petty-minded and unquestioning
authority, whether the army sergeant,
police constable or site foreman. One of
his rare leading roles was in
the BBC series The Rough with the
Smooth, in which he and Tim
Brooke-Taylor played comedy writers
(with both actors contributing
scripts to the series as well).
Junkin has an entry in the
Guinness Book of Records as the voice of
"Mr Shifter", one of the
chimps in the PG Tips tea advertisement,
the longest-running series of
commercials on television. Junkin
lived in Wendover,
Buckinghamshire, where he was a popular
regular at the Red Lion pub. He
married Jenny Claybourn in 1977 and had
one daughter. He died on 7
March 2006 in the Florence Nightingale
House, Stoke Mandeville, several
miles from his home. He had been
suffering from lung cancer, emphysema
and asthma.[2] His life and work were
honoured at the British Academy
Television Awards in 2006.
Michael
Kilgarrif 1937 -
Michael Kilgarriff is a British actor,
born in Brighton. As an
actor he is well known for two things:
his rich voice, leading to much
radio and voice over work; and his
height. At six feet seven inches
(2.01 metres) tall, he is sought for
certain roles, the most notable of
which has been The Cyber Controller in
Doctor Who, a role he played in
1967 and 1985. He also appeared in the
series as an Ogron (1973) and as
the eponymous K1 Robot in the story
Robot in 1974. He returned to play
the K1 Robot in the Big Finish
Productions Bernice Summerfield audio
adventure The Relics of Jegg-Sau. He
also did voice work for the Jim
Henson movie The Dark Crystal in 1982
as SkekUng, the Garthim master
(Named "The General" in the movie),
and played the part of the Green
King in the 1970s serial The Moon
Stallion. Michael Kilgarriff is a
music hall enthusiast, and wrote what
is considered the definitive
guide to music hall songs : Sing us
one of the old songs - A guide to
popular song from 1860 -1920 published
by Oxford University press 1998.
This work lists thousands of
influential songs by singer, lyricist
and
composer. He is also the author of a
series of children's joke books.[
Roy Kinnear 1934
-1988
Roy Mitchell Kinnear ( was an English
character actor. He is best
remembered for playing Veruca Salt's
father, Mr. Salt, in Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory.
Danny
La
Rue 1927 - 2009
Danny La Rue, OBE was an
Irish-born British entertainer known
for
his singing and drag impersonations.
Lambert &
Ross
Evelyn
Laye 1900 -
1996
Successful on stage, initially in
musical comedies,
she also acted in many plays and
appeared on TV, becoming a stalwart of
the theatre and continuing her career
into her nineties.
Eddie
Leslie 1894 - 1975
Hugh
Lloyd
1923 - 2008
Hugh Lewis Lloyd, MBE was an
English actor who made his name in
television and film comedy from the
1960s to the 1980s. He was best
known for appearances in Hugh and I and
other sitcoms of the 1960s.
Jimmy
Logan 1928 -
2001
Scots-born comedian, part of a
showbusiness family
he began in radio in Scotland with 'It's
All Yours', and his stage
shows won him lasting acclaim. Brother
of singer Annie Ross (qv).
was a leading soloist with Sadler’s
Wells
Ballet, the star dancer at the
Palladium, played opposite Errol Flynn
in the movies and danced with all the
greats on TV. She became
instrumental in the development of
jazz dance in Britain and her
distinctive style - a fusion of
classical and jazz - led to her
groundbreaking work on the world
famous CATS, which was recognised with
a new category of Olivier Award,
specially created for her to
acknowledge Outstanding Achievement of
the Year in a Musical.CATS
continues to be produced
worldwide Gillian’s
fifty-plus Broadway and West End shows
include - Tonight at 8.30, Love
on the Dole, The Match Girls,
Tomfoolery, Jeeves Takes Charge,
Cabaret,
The Roar of the Greasepaint, Pickwick,
The Card, Phil The Fluter, Hans
Christian Andersen, My Fair Lady,
Songbook, The Phantom of the Opera
and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
For
the Royal Shakespeare Company - A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy
of Errors, The Way of the World, As
You Like It, Once in a Lifetime and
The Boyfriend. She has previously
worked with Adrian Noble on the RSC
production The Secret Garden.
Gillian’s
opera productions include the
direction of Bluebeard, The Trojans,
The
Midsummer Marriage, The Flying
Dutchman, and Parsifal. Among
Gillian’s
ballets are Breakaway, Lippizaner, The
Brontes, and Journey for the
Bolshoi. On television, Gillian has
directed The Various Ends of Mrs F’s
Friends, Easy Money, The Look of
Love, The Morte d’Arthur, which won
the Samuel G Engel Award in America
and A Simple Man, which won a 1987
BAFTA.
She staged
many of The
Muppet Show for ATV and her 11 feature
films include A Wonderful Life,
Half a Sixpence, Man of La Mancha and
Yentl.Gillian’s most recent
productions include the staging of a
special Gala
in New York to celebrate THE Phantom
of the Opera overtaking CATS as
the longest running show on Broadway
and Phantom – the Las Vegas
Spectacular, which opened in 2006. ABC-TV
awarded Fool on the Hill, Gillian’s
special featuring the Australian
Ballet, Best Musical and Best
Production; she was awarded the
Austrian
Silver Order of Merit for her
production CATS in Vienna; a Moliere
award for CATS in Paris and in 2001
she was honoured by the Royal
Academy of Dance with the Queen
Elizabeth II Coronation
Award.Gillian
was awarded the CBE in 1997.
Joan
Mann
Alfred
Marks 1921
- 1996
Very deep-voiced actor who appeared in
comedy and
drama. His own shows were 'Don't Look
Now' in 1950 and 'Alfred Marks
Time' from 1956.
Sandra
Michaels 1944 -
English actress, Her first television
role was in March 1957, playing
Phyllis in the second BBC adaptation of
The Railway Children.[2][3]
Later that year she appeared as Pamela
Gwendolyn Stuart in The
Adventures of Clint and Mac, a
British-made serial commissioned by Walt
Disney Studios for The Mickey Mouse
Club. Also in 1957 she played
Caroline, a modern teenager who got up
to mischief in the ITV sitcom,
The Thompsons She appeared in a
variety of programmes, ranging
from the 1959 adaptation of Great
Expectations and Dixon of Dock Green
(also 1959), to The Ronnie Barker
Playhouse (1968) and Gaslight Theatre
(1968) Stage work varied from
plays to pantomimes and light
musicals; she appeared in Little Old
King Cole with Charlie Drake at
the London Palladium in 1961, Puss In
Boots at the Coventry Theatre
with Sid James and Frankie Howerd in
1962-63, and Mandrake at the
Criterion Theatre with Roy Kinnear in
1970. In the 1980s Michaels
appeared in a number of documentaries
and short films, including
the 1987 BAFTA nominated Mohammed's
Daughter, directed by Suri
Krishnamma
Gary Miller
Warren
Mitchell
1926 -
Warren Mitchell (born Warren
Misel, ) is an English actor
who
rose to initial prominence in the
role of bigoted cockney Alf Garnett
in the BBC television sitcom Till
Death Us Do Part (1965–75), and its
sequels Till Death... (ATV) (1981)
and In Sickness and in Health (BBC)
(1985–92), all of which were written
by Johnny Speight. He holds both
British and Australian
citizenship and has enjoyed
considerable
success in stage performances in
both countries.
Tricia
Money
Actress best known for being in
Emergency Ward 10
Peggy Mount, 1915
- 2001
Margaret Rose "Peggy" Mount OBE,
was an English actress of stage
and screen. She is perhaps best known
for playing battleaxe characters,
though her real personality was said
to have been far removed from such
roles. She was also well-known for her
distinctive voice.
Brian
Murphy 1933 -
Brian Murphy (born 25 September 1933)
is a British actor. Murphy was
born in Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Although a prolific actor in many
films
and theatre productions for almost
half a century, Murphy's most famous
role was as the henpecked husband
George Roper in the sitcom Man About
the House and spin-off George and
Mildred. He was called up to do his
military service at RAF Northwood,
where he met future The Good Life
actor Richard Briers. On leaving the
RAF the two aspiring actors both
performed in productions by the
Dramatic Society at the Borough
Polytechnic Institute, now London
South Bank University. Murphy was a
member of Joan Littlewood's Theatre
Workshop (alongside Yootha Joyce),
and a jobbing actor in the 1960s and
early 1970s, combining his theatre
work with appearances in television
shows such as The Avengers, Z-Cars
and Dixon of Dock Green, before being
cast in the role which would make
him a household name. In Man About The
House, Murphy played the lazy
and scheming George Roper, the
landlord of a house converted into
flats
who had a young man and two women
renting the flat above. His wife,
Mildred, was played by Yootha Joyce.
Her domineering, social-climbing
characteristic was a sharp contrast to
George's desire for an easy and
quiet life and the pairing were an
instant hit. A contributing factor
to their immediate chemistry was the
fact they had been friends for
many years. Aside from their Theatre
Workshop years, Murphy starred in
Joyce's first movie, Sparrows Can't
Sing in 1963. When Man About The
House reached a conclusion in 1976, a
spin-off was created for Murphy
and Joyce, entitled George and
Mildred. This ran for five series
until
1979. Murphy reprised his role in
feature films of both sitcoms. Joyce
died in 1980. Murphy returned to the
theatre but has been sporadically
on television ever since, with
memorable roles in On Your Way, Riley
(1985) as Arthur Lucan, Lame
Ducks (as a private investigator);
The Bill (as a drunken tramp dressed
as an elf at Christmas); comedy
series One Foot in the Grave starring
Richard Wilson (playing a
character called Mr Foskett);
Last of the Summer Wine (as Alvin
Smedley); Brookside; and as a
shopkeeper called Stan in Wizadora. He
most recently made an appearance on
The Catherine Tate Show.
Des O’Connor
1932
-
Des O'Connor, CBE (born Desmond
Bernard O'Connor 2) is an
English
comedian and singer. A former talkshow
host, he was the presenter of
the long-running Channel 4 gameshow
Countdown for two years. He has
also recorded thirty-six albums and
has had four top-ten singles,
including a number one hit with I
Pretend.
Richard
O’Sullivan 1944 -
Richard O'Sullivan (born
Chiswick, Middlesex) is an English
comedy actor who is probably best
known to British and Australian
audiences for his role as Robin Tripp
in the 1970s sitcoms Man About
the House (1973–1976) and Robin's Nest
and as the title character in
the period family adventure series
Dick Turpin. O'Sullivan also starred
in Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge,
Trouble in Mind, Alcock and
Gander and Me and My Girl.
Julian Orchard 1930
-
1979
Julian Dean C. Orchard (born in
Wheatley, Oxfordshire) was an
English comedy actor.
Anna Neagle 1904 -
1986
Dame Anna Neagle, DBE ), born Florence
Marjorie Robertson, was a
popular British stage and motion
picture actress and singer. Neagle
proved to be a box-office sensation in
British films for over 25 years.
She was noted for providing glamour
and sophistication to war-torn
London audiences with her lightweight
musicals, comedies and historical
dramas. She won several awards as
Britain's favourite actress and
biggest female box-office draw. Almost
all of her films were produced
and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom
she married in 1943. In her
historical dramas, Neagle was renowned
for her portrayals of real-life
British heroines, including Nell Gwynn
(Nell Gwynn, 1934), Queen
Victoria (Victoria the Great, 1937,
and Sixty Glorious Years, 1938) and
Edith Cavell (Nurse Edith Cavell,
1939).
Paul Nicholas
1945 -
Paul Nicholas is an English
actor and singer who has had
considerable success on stage, screen
and in the pop charts.
Derek Nimmo
1930 - 1999
Derek Robert Nimmo ) was an English
character actor. He was
particularly associated with
upper-class "silly-ass" roles, and
clerical roles. He married Patricia
Brown in 1955; they had three
children, Amanda, Timothy and Piers.
Elaine
Paige 1948
Elaine Paige OBE (née Bickerstaff ) is
an English singer and
actress best known for her work in
musical theatre. Raised in Barnet,
North London, Paige attended the Aida
Foster stage school, making her
first professional appearance on stage
in 1964, at the age of 16. Her
appearance in the 1968 production of
Hair marked her West End debut.
Following a number of roles over the
next decade, Paige was selected to
play Eva Perón in the first production
of Evita in 1978, which
brought her to the attention of the
broader public. For this role, she
won the Laurence Olivier Award for
Performance of the Year in a
Musical. She went on to originate the
role of Grizabella in Cats and
had a Top 10 hit with "Memory", a song
from the show. In 1985, Paige
released "I Know Him So Well" with
Barbara Dickson from the musical
Chess, which remains the biggest-selling
record by a female duo. She
then appeared in the original stage
production of Chess, followed by a
starring role in Anything Goes which she
also co-produced. Paige made
her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard
in 1996, playing the lead role
of Norma Desmond, to critical acclaim.
She appeared in The King and I
from 2000 to 2001, and six years later
she returned to the West End
stage in The Drowsy Chaperone. She has
also worked sporadically in
television. In addition to being
nominated for five Laurence Olivier
Awards, Paige has won many other awards
for her theatre roles and has
been called the First Lady of British
Musical Theatre. She has released
22 solo albums, of which eight were
consecutively certified gold and
another four multi-platinum. Paige is
also featured on seven cast
albums and has sung in concerts across
the world. Since 2004 she has
hosted her own show on BBC Radio 2
called Elaine Paige on Sunday.
Jack
Parnell 1923 - 2010
Drummer who formed his own band after
playing with
Ted Heath (qv). His band appeared on
many ATV shows including 'Sunday
Night At The London Palladium'. Later
had his own television show and
became one of the best known bands
around.
The Patton
Brothers
The Patton Brothers, Jimmy Patton and
Brian Patton, are the two elder
brothers of Paul and Barry Elliot, The
Chuckle Brothers. They began
their career as a double act in 1954,
and their father was comedian,
Gene Patton. They have starred in many
a pantomime in their careers and
have not missed a performance in
fifty-two years. Both Jimmy and Brian
have made many appearances in
ChuckleVision with their younger
brothers, Jimmy taking the moniker No
Slacking due to the catchphrase
that he constantly has to relay to the
Chuckle Brothers. "And remember
- No Slacking!" Indeed, the four all
appeared together as the Chuckle
Brothers on hit quiz/game show 3-2-1
with Ted Rogers on 17 April 1982
(Season 4, Episode 13), and also on
New Faces.
Sarah
Payne
Sarah Payne is a British actress and
singer. She has worked extensively
in London’s West End, and has played
various roles in theatre, comedy,
musical theatre, and opera.
Payne initially trained as a musician,
and studied music at Durham
University. She was offered a part in a
musical, and within two years
she received a nomination for a Best
Actress Olivier Award for creating
the role of Lina Lamont in Singin' in
the Rain (1983) at London's
Palladium Theatre. Payne's major theatre
credits also include such
shows as The Rocky Horror Show (1979),
Barnum (1981), Cricket (1986),
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1987), Risky
Kisses (1990), The Marriage of
Figaro (1991), Showtune (1998, then
titled The Best of Times), High
Spirits (2001), and Follies (2006). She
also appeared in the 1985 Royal
Variety Performance. Payne sings on the
1986 studio cast recording of
the concept musical Josephine, and on
the 1992 London Concert Album of
Nine. She sang Donna Elvira in Don
Giovanni at the Greenwich Theatre in
1990.
Jon Pertwee 1919 -
1996
John Devon Roland Pertwee ), was
an English actor. Pertwee is
best known for his role in the BBC
science fiction television series
Doctor Who, in which he played the
third incarnation of the Doctor from
1970 to 1974, and as the title
character in the series Worzel
Gummidge.
He is also well-known for his 18-year
stint on BBC Radio as Chief Petty
Officer Pertwee in The Navy Lark.
Adrienne Posta
1949 -
Adrienne Posta (born Adrienne Poster)
is an English film and television
actress and singer, prominent during
the 1960s and 1970s. She adopted
the surname Posta in 1966 She
recorded a number of singles. She
is now semi-retired and works as a
teacher in the Midlands and at
Italia Conti (Goswell Road). She is a
patron of The Music Hall Guild of
Great Britain and America.
Jackie
Rae
1922 - 2006
Jackie Rae, CM DFC was a Canadian
singer, songwriter and television
performer. He was born John Arthur Rae
in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1922.
Rae began performing at the age of three
with his brother and sister on
the vaudeville circuit in Canada. Rae
flew Spitfires as a member of the
Royal Canadian Air Force during World
War II and earned the
Distinguished Flying Cross. During the
1950s, he was the host of The
Jackie Rae Show, a variety show on CBC
Television. Rae later moved to
London where he performed on television
for the BBC, ATV, and Granada
Television where he compered the popular
show Spot The Tune for 2 years
(1959-60) with singer Marion Ryan, and
was subsequently the host of the
first series of The Golden Shot. He
formed a dance band known as the
Spitfire Band in 1981 which toured
across Canada. In 2002, he was
awarded the Order of Canada. Songs
written by Rae were hits for Eddie
Arnold and Andy Williams. He
collaborated with Les Reed on songs
performed by Engelbert Humperdinck and
Tony Bennett.
Joan
Regan 1928 -
Popular singer who appeared in 'Quite
Contrary' and
later had her own television show 'Be My
Guest' in the 1950's. Several
hit records and appearances in variety
shows and in pantomime.
Cliff Richard 1940 - Sir
Cliff Richard,
OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb, is
a British pop singer, musician,
performer, actor and philanthropist,
who has sold over an estimated 250
million records worldwide. With
his backing group The Shadows,
Richard, originally positioned as a
rebellious rock and roll singer in
the style of Little Richard and Elvis
Presley, dominated the British
popular music scene in the pre-Beatles
period of the late 1950s and
early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move
It" is often described as
Britain's first authentic rock and
roll song, and John Lennon once
claimed that "before Cliff and the
Shadows, there had been nothing
worth listening to in British music."
A conversion to Christianity and
subsequent softening of his music
later led to a more middle of the
road pop image, sometimes venturing
into gospel music.
Clodagh Rogers
1947 -
Clodagh Rodgers (English
pronunciation: Clo-da) ( ) is a singer
and
actress from Northern Ireland, best
known for her hit single, "Jack in
the Box".[
Thelma
Ruby 1925 -
Best known for being in Coronation
Street
The
Sanctus Troupe
Janette
Scott 1938 -
Thora Janette Scott is an English
actress. She was born in Morecambe,
England. She is the daughter of actors
Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird. She
started her acting career as a child
actress, known as Janette Scott,
and became a popular leading lady. Among
her best known roles was as
April Smith in the 1960 film School for
Scoundrels, based on the
"One-upmanship" books by Stephen Potter,
in which Ian Carmichael and
Terry-Thomas competed for her attention.
Scott wrote her autobiography
at the age of 14. Her film appearances
include The Day of the Triffids;
her appearance there is referenced in
The Rocky Horror Picture Show:
Terry
Scott
1927 - 1994
Actor who became a comedian and appeared
with Bill
Maynard (qv) in TV's 'Great Scott, It's
Maynard'. When the act broke
up, Terry had a successful show with
Hugh Lloyd, 'Hugh and I' and was
in 'Terry And June' with June Whitfield
(qv). Also in some of the
'Carry On' films.
(Sir)
Harry
Secombe
1921 - 2001
Welsh-born popular comedian and singer
who began at
the Windmill Theatre. Devised 'The Goon
Show', originally called 'Crazy
People', with Peter Sellers and Spike
Milligan (both qv). Toured in
variety and later appeared in musicals
on stage. Presented the
religious prog-ramme 'Highway' on ITV in
later years.
Peter
Sellers
1925 - 1980
Popular comedian and actor who was an
original
member of 'The Goon Show' on radio in
the 1950's. Also appeared in
'Ray's A Laugh' as Russian Serge Suit.
Later famous for his film roles,
especially the Pink Panther series and
he made some records as well as
frequent TV appearances.
Seven Volants
The
Shadows
The Shadows are a British pop group with
a total of 69 UK hit-charted
singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as
'Cliff Richard and the Shadows',
from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff
Richard in casual conversation with
the British rock press frequently refers
to the Shadows by their
nickname: 'The Shads'.
Tony
Simpson
Wayne Sleep 1948 -
Wayne Philip Colin Sleep OBE is
a British dancer, director,
choreographer and panelist. He was a
Principal Dancer with the Royal
Ballet and has appeared as a Guest
Artist with several other ballet
companies.
Nicholas
Smith 1934 -
Nicholas Smith is an English
actor who is best known for playing
the bald, jug-eared manager Mr.
Rumbold in the sitcom Are You Being
Served?
Are You Being Served? began in 1972,
with Smith playing Mr. Cuthbert
Rumbold, the manager of the menswear
and ladieswear departments in a
large fictional London store called
Grace Brothers. He remained with
the programme until its end in 1985,
as well as appearing in the
spin-off film in 1977, and the sitcom
sequel Grace & Favour - known
as "Are Your Being Served? Again!" in
the United States - in 1992 and
1993. From September 1972, in contrast
to his contemporaneous work in
Are You Being Served, he also had a
semi-regular role as PC Yates in
the series Z Cars. His last appearance
as Yates was in February 1975.
He had a cameo in the film The
Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter
Brother as Sigerson Holmes' servant.
In 1978 he appeared in Worzel
Gummidge as Mr Foster, the Headmaster
of the school. He appeared in the
TV mini-series Martin Chuzzlewit. In
2005 Nicholas Smith was also
featured in a supporting role as Vicar
Clement Hedges in the Academy
Award-winning film, Wallace and
Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
In 2008 he appeared as a vicar in Last
of the Summer Wine. In 2010 he
appeared in children's TV programme MI
High as Professor Quakermass.
Smith also writes music and poetry. He
is the father of actress
Catherine Russell.
Pippa
Steele 1948 - 1992
Pippa Steel was a British actress
best known for her roles in
two Hammer horror films: The Vampire
Lovers (1970) and Lust for a
Vampire (1971). She was also active on
television, making guest
appearances in series such as Department
S, Z-Cars, UFO, Public Eye,
The Adventurer and Blake's 7.
Tommy
Steele 1936
-
Tommy Steele OBE (born Thomas William
Hicks in Bermondsey, London), is
an English entertainer. Steele is
widely regarded as Britain's first
teen idol and rock and roll star
Una
Stubbs 1937 -
Una Stubbs is an English actress
and former dancer who has
appeared extensively on British
television and in the theatre, and
less
frequently in films. She is
particularly known for her roles in
the
sitcom Till Death Us Do Part and Aunt
Sally in the children's series
Worzel Gummidge.
Mollie Sugden 1922
-
2009
Isobel Mary 'Mollie' Sugden (2
was an English comedy actress best
known for portraying the saleswoman
Mrs. Slocombe in the British sitcom
Are You Being Served? from 1972 to
1985. She later reprised this role
in Grace & Favour, which ran from
1992 to 1993. Sugden appeared in
many other television series,
including The Liver Birds and
Coronation
Street.
Jimmy Tarbuck
1940 -
Jimmy Tarbuck OBE or Tarby is
an English comedian. Growing up he
was a schoolmate of John Lennon.His
first television show was It's
Tarbuck 65! on ITV in 1964. He has
also hosted numerous quiz shows,
including Winner Takes All, Full
Swing, and Tarby's Frame Game. He was
the last original host of Sunday Night
at the London Palladium from
1965. In the 1980s, he hosted similar
Sunday night variety shows, Live
From Her Majesty's, Live from the
Piccadilly and finally Live from the
Palladium, which were produced by
London Weekend Television for ITV.
Nicknamed Tarby, he is a Conservative
Party supporter, and at the
height of his celebrity was a
prominent supporter of Margaret
Thatcher
and her policies, once baking her a
cake for her 60th birthday in
October 1985. He was appearing on the
fourth series of BBC One's
Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, but he
was forced to pull out on medical
advice . In 2008, he returned to
a variety format on television
screens when he co-hosted, alongside
Emma Bunton, an edition of ITV1's
new variety show, For One Night
Only. He lives with his wife,
Pauline, in Coombe, Kingston upon
Thames, Surrey. His daughter is the
actress, television and radio
presenter, Liza Tarbuck. He is also
known
for the large gap between his two top
front teeth and for his passion
for golf. Tarbuck was once convicted
of stealing a diamond encrusted
cigarette holder from Terry-Thomas.He
is a supporter of Liverpool F.C
Terry
Thomas 1911
- 1990
Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens was a
distinctive English comic actor, known
as Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his
portrayal of disreputable
members of the upper classes, especially
cads and toffs, with the
trademark gap in his front teeth,
cigarette holder, smoking jacket, and
catch-phrases such as "What an absolute
shower!", "Good show!", "You
dirty rotter" and "Hard cheese."
Tommy
Trinder
1909 - 1989
Variety artist and popular radio
comedian. First
compere of ITV's 'Sunday Night At The
London Palladium' and had his own
show 'Trinder Box' on BBC in 1959. Catch
phrase: 'You lucky people!'.
He was also Chairman of Fulham Football
Club.
Frankie
Vaughan
1928 - 1999
One of the UK's most popular singers
who had several
hit records and appeared on TV
frequently, including 'The Frankie
Vaughan Show' in 1966. Did much
charity work and also made some films.
Stephanie Voss
Desmond
Walter-Ellis, 1914 - 1994
Actor who appeared on stage but also
did comedy roles in films and on
TV in 'These Are The Days', 1951, 'Mr
Little At Large', 1952, and
'Beggar My Neighbour', 1956.
Marti
Webb 1944 -
Marti Webb (born Cricklewood,
North West London) is a musical
actress from England, who appeared on
stage in Evita, before starring
in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one woman
show Tell Me on a Sunday in 1980.
This included her biggest hit single,
"Take That Look Off Your Face", a
UK top three hit, with the parent
album also reaching the top three
David Whitfield
1925 - 1980
David Whitfield was a popular
British male tenor vocalist. This
operatic-style tenor had a formidable
and predominantly female fan base
in the 1950s
Billy
Whittaker
Ken
Wilson
Barbara Windsor 1937 - Barbara
Ann Deeks,
MBE (born 6 August 1937),better known
by her stage name Barbara
Windsor, is an English actress. Her
best known roles are in the Carry
On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the
BBC soap opera EastEnders.Born in
Shoreditch, London in 1937,
Windsor was the only child of John
Deeks, a costermonger, and his wife,
formerly Rose Ellis, a dressmaker.
Windsor is of English and Irish
ancestry.[4] She passed her 11-plus
exams with the highest marks in North
London, and won a place at Our
Lady’s Convent in Stamford Hill. Her
mother paid for her to have
elocution lessons, and she trained at
the Aida Foster School in Golders
Green, making her stage debut at 13
and her West End debut in 1952 in
the chorus of the musical Love From
Judy. Her first film role was in
The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954.
She joined Joan Littlewood's
Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal,
Stratford East, coming to
prominence in their stage production
Fings Ain't Wot They Used to Be
and Littlewood's film Sparrows Can't
Sing in 1963, achieving a BAFTA
nomination for Best British Film
Actress. She also appeared in the 1964
film comedy Crooks in Cloisters, the
1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
and in the sitcoms The Rag Trade and
Wild, Wild Women.
Mike
&
Bernie Winters Mike
&
Bernie Winters were English
brothers who formed a comedy double act, consisting of
Mike Winters, born Michael Weinstein
(15 November 1930) and Bernie Winters, born Bernie
Weinstein (6 September 1932 – 4 May
1991). The act was very popular in
the UK from the
mid-1950s to the early 1970s.
(Sir)
Norman Wisdom
1915 -
2010
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE was an
English actor, comedian and
singer-songwriter best known for a
series of comedy films produced
between 1953 and 1966 featuring his
hapless onscreen character Norman
Pitkin. These films initially made more
money than the James Bond film
series and secured Wisdom a
celebrity status in lands as far
apart as South America, Iran and many
Eastern Bloc countries,
particularly in Albania where his films
were permitted by Enver Hoxha –
Wisdom was the only Western actor to
enjoy this privilege. Charlie
Chaplin famously referred to Wisdom as
his "favourite clown".
Wisdom later forged a career on Broadway
and as a television actor,
winning critical acclaim for his
dramatic role of a dying cancer
patient in the television play Going
Gently in 1981. It was broadcast
on 5 June that year. He toured Australia
and South Africa.[3] After the
1986 Chernobyl disaster, a hospice was
named in his honour. In
1995 he was given the Freedom of the
City of London and of Tirana.[ The
same year he received an OBE. Wisdom was
knighted in 2000 and spent
much of his later life on the Isle of
Man. Some of his later
appearances included roles in Last of
the Summer Wine and Coronation
Street, and he retired from acting
at the age of 90 after his
health declined. Past Chairman of the Heritage
Foundation.
Edward
Woodward 1930 - 2009
Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE
( was an English stage and
screen actor and singer. After
graduating from the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art (RADA), Woodward began
his career on stage, and throughout
his career he appeared in productions
in both the West End in London
and on Broadway in New York. He came
to wider attention from 1967 in
the title role of the British
television spy drama Callan, earning
him
the 1970 British Academy Television
Award for Best Actor. Among his
film credits, Woodward starred as
Police Sergeant Howie in the 1973
cult British horror film The Wicker
Man, and in the title role of the
noted 1980 Australian biopic Breaker
Morant. From 1985 Woodward starred
as British ex-secret agent and
vigilante Robert McCall in the
American
television series The Equalizer,
earning him the 1986 Golden Globe
Award for Best Television Drama Actor.
Wei Wei Wong
Mark Wynter 1943
-
Mark Wynter (born Terence Sidney
Lewis, ) is an English actor and
former singer, who had four Top 20
singles in the 1960s, including
"Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away
Little Girl". He enjoyed a lengthy
career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop
singer and teen idol, but developed
later into an actor in film, musicals
and plays.
Yana
1932 - 1989
Yana, (Real name Pamella
Guard). Yana always spelt her
Christian
name Pamella, and chose the stage name
Yana, by which she is best
known. Yana was a very talented lady,
being a singer, actress, and
model, as well as speaking seven
different languages.
Robert Young
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Stories
The
story
that Dick Whittington was a pauper with
a cat who came to London with a handkerchief
tied to the end of a stick
to see if the streets were paved with gold is
a load of old tripe.
Unlike his pantomime counterpart, he was never
poor. Richard
Whittington was born around 1350 in Pauntley,
Gloucestershire, the
younger son of William Whittington, Lord of
the Manor of Pauntley. Sir
William died in 1358. The oldest son inherited
the estate, so Richard
travelled to London to find work. As for the
cat, I really doubt that
he had one. The people in medieval England had
an entirely different
attitude to felines - a lad of Dick's age
would have been more likely
to stone a cat to death for sport than keep
one as a pet. Not very
nice, but true.
He started his life in
London as an apprentice to a merchant, and
afterwards set up in
business on his own. And this is where the cat
comes in. Richard traded
in coals brought to London in a type of
sailing vessel known as a
'cat'. Or maybe it came in because he was
making a profit, and a term
in common use in those days for a profit was
the French word 'achat',
meaning 'a purchase', whereas the French
'chat' means 'cat'. Whichever
it was, no feline is ever mentioned in any
biography of Richard
Whittington.
He eventually became a
'mercer', dealing in valuable cloth from
abroad, such as silks, velvets
and cloth of gold. The main market for selling
these cloths was the
Royal Court. He supplied large quantities to
King Richard II (who owed
him £1,000 when he was deposed in 1399) and to
King Henry IV.
Richard
became rich. After 1397 he often lent large
sums of money to the Crown.
In return he was allowed to export wool
without paying customs duty on
it.
He became a City
alderman, or
magistrate, in 1393. In 1397 the Mayor, Adam
Bamme, died in office and
the King chose Whittington to become the new
mayor. And here is another
discrepancy with the myth - 'Lord Mayor' was
not a title used in
Whittington's lifetime. It didn't come into
being until 1540. He was
elected as mayor for the following year, and
again for 1406-7 and
1419-20. This made him Mayor of London four
times, although he was only
elected to that position three times, which
undoubtedly gave rise to
the 'three times Lord Mayor'. Whittington died
in March 1423. His wife
Alice, daughter of Sir Ivo Fitzwaryn (or
Fitzwarren) of Dorset, had
died before him. They had no children.
By
the time of his death, Whittington had amassed
a fortune totalling over
£7,000 - making him the medieval equivalent of
multi-millionaire.
In
his will he asked that his great wealth be
used to the benefit of the
City of London. And so the money was used to
establish an almshouse, a
college of priests and a library, and also to
carry out a number of
other public works. These included
improvements to the water supply and
building a public lavatory, which became known
as 'Whittington's
Longhouse'. These gifts left in his will made
him famous. However, the
people of London had no idea how he had made
his money. Stories began
about how a poor boy became rich with the help
of his cat. There is no
evidence that Whittington ever kept a cat, and
as the son of a Lord he
was never very poor. But, despite being
untrue, the stories flourished.
In 1606 a play was produced which undoubtedly
brought the story to the
attention of people who could not read. The
story continued to grow in
the 17th and 18th centuries. In the 19th
century, the story became the
subject for pantomimes, and other characters
were added. And with the
popularity of pantomimes over the years the
story of Dick Whittington
and the cat that made him rich and famous is
familiar to thousands, if
not millions, of people who have never heard
of the 'real' Richard
Whittington.
Theatre performances of
Peter Pan in
the UK
Performances
and productions of Peter Pan
happen nationwide throughout the
year, including plays, musicals,
pantos, ballets and ice
shows.
Performances
benefit Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children's Charity, so keep an eye
out for one happening near you.
If you are putting on a
production of Peter Pan not
listed below, and would like to it to
be included, please contact peterpan@gosh.org
For school performances, please read
our Schools
and
youth groups page.
Peter Pan and
the Great Ormond Street Hospital
There
are many
places around the hospital that
show our close affiliation
with
Peter Pan - have you spotted them
all?
We
all
know the story of the boy who would
not grow up, but here you
can find out more about the man who
created Peter Pan, the
children
that inspired him and how Barrie's
legacy lives on in Great Ormond
Street Hospital.
Presented by the EEC Ltd. For the
first
time
outside China the spectacular 2-hour show
combines the martial arts
warriors from the Shaolin temple and acrobatic
stars of the Chinese
State Circus.
John Lawson's Circus is
acknowledged as one
of
Britain's finest small circuses. Established in
1974 it still stays
true to its roots visiting villages and small
towns which often do not
enjoy any live entertainment.
The Gandey Organisation operate a number
of
Circuses
including Cirque Surreal, Bolshoi Circus,
Circus on Ice,
Spirit of the Horse & Cirque de Celebrite
- for Sky Television.
It is now a full twelve years since the
Circus of
Horrors
first
trampled the bloody boards and has since
toured relentlessly around the
World achieving cult status and generally
dragging Circus screaming and
shouting into the 21st century and beyond. www.circusofhorrors.co.uk
Happy's Circus
HAPPY's CIRCUS is owned and run
by the
Randelle
family, Russ's father a
clown, who worked for Billy Smarts circus in
the 1940's and 50's. Russ
is following in his father's footsteps and has
worked as Happy the
clown since the 1980's. www.happyscircus.co.uk
Giffords Circus
Giffords Circus is a traditional,
1930's village
green
circus ... it
doesn't have the tacky commercialism that
has come to typify English
circus. www.giffordscircus.com
The
Blackpool Tower Circus.
Presented in probably the most famous
Circus
building in
the world,
this astounding show always includes fantastic
acts from all over the
world including clown Mooky & a brilliant
water finale.
A cavalcade of international circus
artistes who
have
delighted our
audiences through the years whilst staggeringly
raising millions Pounds
for local
charities caring for a wide range of people.
returns to the UK with a brand new show for
20011/12,
bringing with it a
35 strong cast of Russia’s greatest and most
flexible circus performers
that have never before been seen in the UK. Many
of the award-winning
acts are pushing the boundary of human physical
ingenuity to its
limits.
Since 1986,
Zippos has established a reputation as London's
Favourite Circus,
recognised by more than sixteen circus awards
including Best Circus and
a record eight equestrian awards. Zippos
continues to lead the way in
affordable entertainment with its unique blend
of the traditional and
the modern, creating lifelong family memories.
Probably the most famous name in British
Circus.
Billy Smart's Circus was first established in
1946,
building a reputation synonymous with high
quality
performance and production, Billy Smart's Circus
continues to reign as Britain's premier
traditional
circus.
Gerry Cottle's long awaited dream of
creating a
Circus
school has come
to fruition at WOOKEY HOLE CIRCUS SCHOOL The
local youngsters come
along after school to learn circus skills and
they then perform a show
to the public at weekends and during school
holidays a wonderful
example of a successful youth project.
Pantomime
- We will change from 2011-2012 to 2012-2013 when
notified by the
Theatres. So Please look at the dates.
Bedfordshire
Ampthill
Aladdin
and his Wonderful Lamp
: Parkside Hall
Woburn Street, Ampthill 29th Dec 2012 to
30th Dec 2012
Maurice Kachuk will be
headlining
another traditional family
pantomime in Ampthill this year. Maurice, with
over 30 years experience
in show business has decided to present his show
at Parkside Hall over
the period between Christmas and New
Year.Everyone knows and loves this
traditional rags to riches tale of Aladdin who
lives with his mum Widow
Twankey (Maurice Kachuk) and his brothers Wishey
and
Washey. They are very poor, but the arrival of
so called 'uncle'
Abanazar changes everything forever. A journey
to an enchanted cave,
the discovery of a magic lamp, a genie (Gordon
Hodges) and the rest as
they say…………..well you'll just have to come
along and see for
yourself.Returning
from last years success of Puss in Boots are Jo
Bigg who plays The
Empress, Alisha Conley as Slave of the Ring plus
Andrew Oxford and Andy
Wharam as Wishey and Washey. Join that together
with the script by Stan
Abbott who also appears as Abanazar, the
outrageous costumes of Widow
Twankey and 20 dancers from The Studio in
Ampthill and you have a
fabulous show. No need to get your Christmas
panto fix from anywhere
else. Aladdin is played by Isabelle Steadman and
Princess Maisu by
Charlotte d'E.Vallancey. Aladdin
will be on in
Parkside Hall,
Ampthill on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 December
at 2pm and 6pm. Tickets
available from 01525 405432. This is a show
suitable for all the
family. A discounted family ticket is available,
2 adults and 2
concessions (child under 16 or senior citizen)
priced at £32. Websitehttp://www.mauricekachuk.co.uk/
Bedford
Cinderella ,Bedford Corn Exchange , St
Paul's Square Bedford MK40 1SL
28th December
2012-2nd January 2013
Welcome to The Bedford
Pantomime Company, bringing you
the best family pantomime in Bedford.
Cinderella is everyone's
favourite panto, and with good reason.It's a
lovely, classic story, filled with great
characters that have embedded
themselves deep into British culture, like
Cinderella, Buttons, the
Ugly Sisters and the Fairy Godmother.We are
going to give Cinderella the Bedford
Pantomime Company treatment, with
a live band, every child invited on stage
and lovely lighting, costumes
and sets. It's a treat for the whole family
that won't break the bank.
Wild ThingsThe Place TheatreBradgate Road
off Goldington Road 12th Dec 2011 to
24th Dec 2012 Following
the success of last year's
Christmas show "George's Marvellous Medicine",
Dumbstruck! Productions
and No Loss Productions bring you an adventure
for all the family as
young Max sets off from home and finds
himself... Where the Wild Things
Are. A
multi media show with music, monsters and just
a little touch of
magic, all inspired by the classic Maurice
Sendak book. Local
illustrator David Litchfield with his
distinctive style has created a
whole new set of Wild Things while the music
has been written by local
composer Sophie Viney. Drawing on the pool of
talented professionals in
Bedfordshire this is set to be a truly wild
adventure.... the perfect
Christmas treat on your doorstep! Websitehttp://www.theplacebedford.org.uk/
Dunstable
Snow
White and The Seven Dwarfs
Grove
Theatre Grove Park, Court Drive,
Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5
4GP 14th Dec 2012 to 6th Jan 2013
Sue Holdnerness, most famously known for playing
the role of Marleen
Boyce in Only Fools and Horses, joins the Grove
as the Wicked Queen in
this year?s pantomime, complete with a full
company of seven dwarfs. Website:Grove Theatre
website
Berkshire
Ascot
Rumpelstiltzkin, Cordes
Hall Kings Road, Sunninghill,
Ascot, Berkshire SL5 9NE Thursday 17th
- Sunday 20th and Wednesday 23rd
- Saturday 26th January 2013Directed by
Melanie
TrapnellFrom Grimm's Fairy Tales, the
QPs are
delighted to present their pantomime
Rumpelstiltzkin. A mistaken boast
lands poor Grettle, a goose girl, in the
King's tower. She has to turn
flax into gold by morning or lose her
life! Despite the
protests
of the Prince, who is in love with her, and
the antics of her friends
and mother, Dame Hubbard, to save Grettle,
only a strange gnome has the
magic to help her - at a price.
Complications arise from the
wicked Baron and his henchmen. Can you help
the Prince defeat the gnome
by the guessing of his secret name? Come and
meet the delightful
characters of Merryvale who welcome you to the
Cordes Hall, Sunninghill
with music and laughter for all ages. Websitehttp://www.quinceplayers.co.uk/
Bracknell
Jack and
the
BeanstalkWilde Theatre
South Hill Park,
Ringmead, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7PA
1st Dec 2012 to 5th Jan
2013
South Hill Park brings the first ever pantomime,
Jack and the
Beanstalk, to the Wilde Stage in 2012! The
famous story of Jack, his
beans and the cow comes to life at South Hill
Park. Websitehttp://www.southhillpark.org.uk/
Bracknell
Aladdin on Ice John
Nike Leisuresport Complex . John Nike Way,
Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12
8TN 12th Dec 2012 to 16th Dec 2012
This will be the 25th production of an ice
pantomime at Bracknell Ice
Rink. The large cast is made up by members of
the ice skating club, ice
professionals and special guests. Prices start
from
££££7.95 per
person.
Website http://www.jnlbracknell.co.uk/
Maidenhead
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
:Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
Altwood Road,
Maidenhead SL4 6PF 27th Nov 2012 to 4th
Jan 2013
It's the night before Christmas and Plop wants
to join in the
excitement. He peeps over the edge of his nest,
wobbles a bit, and
falls off his branch! Based on the book by Jill
Tomlinson. Websitehttp://www.nordenfarm.org/
Maidenhead
Robin Hood Desborough
Suite ,Maidenhead Town Hall, St Ives Road,
Maidenhead SL6
1RF 12th Dec 2012 to 16th Dec 2012
In the days of Olde England, while good King
Richard was off crusading,
the Evil Prince John - aided by the not quite so
evil and a bit stupid
Sheriff of Nottingham - ruled the kingdom. Who
can save the poor from
ever increasing taxes?
Website http://www.maidenhead-drama.co.uk/
Newbury
Arabian
Nights The
Watermill Theatre Bagnor, Newbury,
Berkshire, RG20 8AE 22nd Nov 2012 to
6th Jan 2013
Full of mystical creatures, magical
transformations and enchanting
music, expect a show crammed full with delights
and surprises drawn
from one of the greatest collection of stories
ever. Websitehttp://www.watermill.org.uk/
Newbury
Cinderella
The Corn
Exchange Market Place, Newbury,
Berkshire, RG14 5BD
30th Nov 2012 to 6th Jan 2013
Favourite panto tale of the girl with a glass
slipper. Websitehttp://www.cornexchangenew.com/
Reading
Beauty and the Beast The
Hexagon Queens Walk, Reading, RG1
7UA 8th Dec 2012 to
6th Jan 2013
CBeebies superstar Justin Fletcher returns once
more for the
spectacular family panto. Joining Justin is
Vicki Michelle, better
known as Yvette from 'Allo 'Allo, as the
Enchantress. Websitehttp://www.readingarts.com/thehexagon/
Reading
Snow White &
The 7 Dwarfs The Oakwood
Theatre Headley Road,
Woodley, Reading, Berkshire RG5 4JZ 18th
Jan 2013 to 20th Jan
2013
Join Snow White on her journey to find her
Prince and escape the evil
clutches of her wicked stepmother. Then join
Snow and her Prince for
tea and cake to celebrate their union!
Website http://www.zuloo.co.uk/
Windsor
.Jack and the
BeanstalkTheatre Royal
Windsor Thames
Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4
1PS 5th Dec 2012 to
6th Jan 2013
Windsor regulars Steven Blakeley and Kevin
Cruise are joined by Anita
Harris, Bond Girl Britt Eckland and Matthew
Kelly. Websitehttp://www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk/
Windsor
Dear Santa
The
Firestation Arts Centre St. Leonards Road,
Windsor 6th Dec
2012 to 9th Dec 2012
A child writes to Santa for a special present
for Christmas. After
wrapping some unsuitable presents, he finds the
perfect one and
delivers it on Christmas Eve.
Website http://www.firestationartscentre.com/
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury
Peter Pan
Waterside
Theatre
Exchange Street, Aylesbury HP20
1UG
8th-30th December 2012
The croc is ticking so hook your
tickets
now for this year’s family Christmas 2012
pantomime adventure!
Take the second star to the right and straight
on till morning with Peter
Pan, starring everyone's favourite Strictly
Come Dancing
star Russell Grant leading a
world-class cast in
this swashbuckling adventure. Direct from
playing the Wizard in Andrew
Lloyd Webber's Wizard of Oz, TV, film
and theatre star
Russell is set to entertain in true
cannon-popping
style!Buckinghamshire singer, actress and MK's
Top Talent winner Holly
Brewer returns to the Waterside stage
after wowing audiences
at Best of Bucks Talent Show. Local
comedy hero Andy
Collins joins the cast of this years
pantomime, having wowed
audiences in the Waterside's first ever panto Cinderella
alongside
superstar Cilla Black. Heart Thames Valley
Breakfast presenter Matt
Brown, consummate baddy Steven
Serlin and
West End star Adam Pettigrew will
also be joining
this year’s all-star cast for a pantomime to
remember! Fly away
on a spectacular journey of wonder and
excitement into the
magical world of Neverland this festive season.
Join Peter, Wendy and
the Lost Boys in their thrilling adventure to
save Tinkerbell from the
villainous Captain Hook and his crew of
dastardly pirates. With
stunning special effects (including amazing
flying!), sumptuous
costumes, superb sets and a good helping of
fairydust, Peter Pan is the
perfect treat for the whole family and for those
who never want to grow
up!Jump onboard shipmates as Peter Pan sets sail
for Aylesbury this
festive season! Websitehttp://www.ambassadortickets.com/aylesbury
Beaconsfield
Sleeping Beauty The
Curzon Centre Maxwell Road,
Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9
1RG 23rd Dec 2012 to 26th Dec
2012
The story of Princess
Aurora
destined to prick her
finger on her eighteenth birthday and... well,
you know the rest. All
the traditional panto madness is on offer, with
slapstick, splat and
the rock throwing finale. Plenty of laughs and
plenty of fun to be had
at The Curzon Centre this year. This
is the 4th Beaconsfield family panto from the
Young Theatre, and the
umpteenth from the creative mind behind the
Tight Fit Theatre pantos. A
good time is guaranteed, and if that wasn’t
enough we are offering an
EARLY BIRD discount for tickets purchased before
1st October 2012!! Go
on, treat yourself to a traditional family show. Websitehttp://www.youngtheatre.org.uk/
Chesham
Aladdin The
Elgiva Theatre St Mary's Way,
Chesham, Bucks, HP5
1HR 6th Dec 2012 to 4th
Jan 2013
The greatest panto of them all, with magical
flying carpets, and a
cartoon genie. Websitehttp://www.elgiva.com/
Lane
End
Sinbad the
Sailor Lane End Village
Hall Lane End Village
Hall 11th Jan 2013 to 27th Jan 2013
Traditional pantomime with big characters, fun
songs, audience
participation and general panto silliness!
Website http://www.laneendplayers.com/
High
Wycombe
Snow
White Wycombe
Swan St Mary Street, High Wycombe,
Bucks, HP11 2XE 7th
Dec 2012 to 5th Jan 2013
The FAB-U-LOUS Craig
Revel
Horwood will be
leading the cast of this year’s Wycombe Swan
panto, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs as The Wicked Queen. As an added
bonus Craig will be
joined on stage be the former MP Ann
Widdecombe in
the role of ‘Widdy’ in Waiting! With his
reputation for being
direct with contestants as a judge on
Strictly Come Dancing, acid-tongued
choreographer Craig is hitting the
Wycombe stage as the ultimate pantomime
baddie. Qdos
Entertainment, the world’s biggest pantomime
producer and the team
behind last year’s enchanting production of
Cinderella are producing
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, so you can be
assured of stunning
costumes, fabulous sets, great songs and an
abundance of comedy -
making Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
unmissable entertainment for all
the family. A ‘strictly’ wicked show!
Quick step over to Wycombe
Swan and book your tickets today! Websitehttp://www.wycombeswan.co.uk/
High
Wycombe
Jack and
the
Beanstalk Micklefield
Community Centre Centre
Approach, High Wycombe HP13 7FY 16th Jan 2013 to
19th Jan 2013
Family friendly traditional pantomime. Highly
recommended evening of
fun at easily affordable prices. Contact
boxofficemad@gmail.com for
more details.
Website http://www.facebook.com/Micklefield.Pantomime
Milton
Keynes
Puss In
Boots , Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury,
Milton
Keynes MK14 6BN 22nd December 2012to5th January 2013
The triple award winning Dreams
?n? Wishes
bring you a new and fin
tastic Panto full of Romance and Adventure. And
you you won?t need a
hook or a peg leg to get there either, tickets
won?t cost you an arm
and a leg! Call Box Office 07785 084193 Websitehttp://www.dreamsnwishes.co.uk/mermaid/lm.htm
Milton
Keynes
Dick Whittington
and his Cat The Venue Walton
High, Fyfield Barrow, Milton
Keynes, MK7 7WH 19th Dec 2012 to 30th Dec
2012
MK Theatre of Comedy bring you this sensibly
priced traditional family
pantomime with slapstick galore, live band,
pirates and all the fun of
the season. Featuring David Lovesy as the Dame.
Directed by David
Pibworth.
Website http://www.mktoc.co.uk/
Milton
Keynes
Cinderella,
Milton
Keynes Theatre Marlborough Gate, Milton
Keynes MK9
3NZ 7thDec
2012
to 6th Jan 2013
This
Christmas
we're going to have a ball as Cinderella
comes alive on the Milton Keynes Theatre stage.
Everyone's favourite TV
personality Louie Spence
(ITV's Dancing on Ice,
Sky TV's Pineapple Dance Studios and
Louie Spence's Showbusiness)
heads a sensational cast as the Prince's loyal
and slightly outrageous
servant, Dandini. 'His Dandini is a
one-man chorus line,
leaping, twirling, purring and pirouetting
with exhausting enthusiasm'
Manchester Confidential 'He
steals practically every scene he is in and
leaves you amazed at his
energy and constant dance moves executed
with an extreme excitability' Manchester's
Finest
Along with the dance a minute Dandini, Cinderella
features
a glittering combination of everything a
traditional pantomime could
wish for, a handsome Price, enchanting Fairy
Godmother, the boo-able
Ugly Sisters and we must not forget our unsung
hero Buttons. With a
sprinkling of magic from the Fairy Godmother,
will Cinderella beat the
clock and find the happy ending she deserves?
You'll have to wait until
the clock strikes midnight to find out! Check
out some new exciting
ticket offers including a special family groups
discount, super-groups
discount for 50+, free ice creams for school
parties and a senior
citizen special. MILTON
KEYNES
THEATRE CLICK
Dick Whittington
and his Cat , Beechurst Hall
Soham Village
College, Sand St, Soham, Ely, CB7
5AA 5th Dec 2012 to
9th Dec 2012
Join KD Theatre Productions for the 8th
adventure into the magical
world of Pantomime and this years story of DICK
WHITTINGTON. With live
music, spectacular costumes and scenery and lots
of gunge; this
pantomime is not to be missed! Websitehttp://www.kdtheatre.co.uk/
Ely
Little Red Riding Hood Witchford
Village
College Manor Court Road, Witchford,
Nr Ely,
Cambridgeshire. 31st Jan 2013 to 2nd Feb
2013
Red Riding Hood WADS style, with the widowed
mother, good fairy and her
trainees battling against the Big Bad Wolf who
appears as a Yeti to try
and outwit the fairy and RRH, but to no avail!!!
Website http://www.wads.me.uk/
Cambridge
.Dick
Whittington Mumford
Theatre , Anglia Ruskin University,
East
Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT Friday 21
December 2012, 6.30pm
Saturday 22 December 2012, 11.00am, 2.30pm &
6.30pm
Dick and his loyal cat head to London in search
of fame, fortune and
streets paved with gold. Captain Blood has other
ideas. But who will
prevail?
Packed with comedy, excitement and adventure,
this traditional panto
will have you cheering the hero Dick, jeering
the evil Captain Blood
and laughing at the antics of Idle Jack and
Sarah the Cook. ~ Suitable
for ages 4+ Tickets: £7.50 Please note
that a valid ticket
is required for every person attending,
including babies and children
of all ages
Book online, call the Box Office on 0845 196
2320 Websitehttp://www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre
Cambridge
Roald Dahl's
George's Marvellous MedicineCambridge
Corn Exchange
,Wheeler Street, Cambridge,
CB2 3QB Thursday 13 December 2012-
Thursday 3 January 2013
If you're looking for fizztickling fun and
wizzpopping magic for all
the family, then don't miss Roald Dahl's classic
tale of George and his
Marvellous Medicine! The award-winning
Birmingham Stage Company
(Horrible Histories, Why The Whales Came and
Danny Champion of the
World) is back on tour with a brand new
adaptation of one of Roald
Dahl's funniest and most exciting stories.
George makes a marvellous
new medicine to cure his grandmother of her
terrifying temper. But when
his grandmother drinks his special new potion,
the most incredible
things start to happen. And George's adventure
has just begun! With a
shrinking and growing granny, giant chickens,
magic potions and madcap
chases - there's loads of chances to shout out
and join in the mayhem!
A great Christmas show for all the family! Websitehttp://www.cornex.co.uk/
Cambridge
Jack and the
Beanstalk Cambridge Arts Theatre
6 St Edward's
Passage, Cambridge CB2 3PJ 6th Dec 2012 to
13th Jan 2013
Following the great success of last year's
production of Cinderella,
Cambridge Arts Theatre's traditional pantomime
is back! Full of the
usual thrills, spills, magic and laughter, this
is a giant of an
adventure for the whole family to enjoy. The
Trott's are in trouble and
Dame Trott needs her two sons, our hero Jack and
the ever-so silly
Billy, to help her make some money... and fast!
Jack does his best and
sells his beloved cow, but when he returns home
with just some measly
beans for payment, his mother is furious and
tosses them out in the
garden. But these beans are not what they seem
and soon an enormous
beanstalk mysteriously takes root in the Trott's
garden. It appears
Jack's adventures are only just beginning... Websitehttp://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/
Peterborough
Mother GooseThe Key Theatre
Embankment Road,
Peterborough Thursday 6 December
2012 - Sunday 6 January
2013
We are pleased to announce that our next
pantomime will be the
ever popular tale of Mother Goose. Key Theatre
pantomimes are renowned
for their quality, action, magic and adventure
and this year’s tale of
the Goose that lays golden eggs will make the
perfect Christmas treat
for all the family. Written and directed by
Michael Cross, Key Theatre
pantomimes are renowned throughout the region
for their quality and
traditional sense of good, clean, family fun.
And with over 30 years of
experience, it’s no wonder that thousands of
children have grown up
enjoying panto at the Key and many now bring
their own families too!
Created by local people for local people, it’s
very much a Peterborough
‘thing’ and the Key’s wonderfully intimate
auditorium ensures that
everyone is part of the fun and also enjoy the
best seat in the house!
Tickets are now on sale and with over 50
performances to choose from,
there’s sure to be a time and date to suit
everyone!
Join the Golden Egg Hunt and win a FREE FAMILY
TICKET to any pantomime
performance! Websitehttp://www.peterboroughkeytheatre.co.uk/
Peterborough
Dick Whittington, The Cresset, Rightwell, Bretton,
Peterborough, PE3 8DX
T: 01733 265705 15th-30th December 2012
With the best deal in town on prices AND
with a special early
Christmas present as tickets for all shows are
available at LAST YEAR'S
PRICES, if booked before the end of Septemer.
For extra special group
rates call the Box Office on 01733 265705.
Following the spectacular
success of the Cresset's pantomime Cinderella in
December, which was
seen by over 11,000 people, The Cresset together
with Premier
Pantomimes is planning bigger and better for
this Christmas. With the
eyes of the world on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
and The London
Olympics The Cresset are preparing to round off
2012 by bringing a
slice of the big city to Peterborough with the
magical pantomime Dick
Whittington. This fascinating enchanting tale of
a young man who
travels from Peterborough (Oh yes he does!) to
the City of London to
find his fortune is a classic pantomime
favourite and promises to be a
fantastic family show. Starring Eastenders
favourite Ricky Groves as
Idle Jack, and singing hearth-throb Andy
Scott-Lee as Dick Whittington,
with a welcome return from Zach Vanderfelt as
Sarah the Cook. Why not
make a day of it? On 17th and 20th December,
group bookers can take
advantage of a fantastic deal and get a
two-course Christmas lunch,
plus a ticket to the 2pm show for just £21.
Contact the Box
Office on 01733 265705 for details of this
fantastic offer. Book early
as places are limited. WebsiteThe Cresset
Wisbech
Cinderella The Angles Theatre Alexandra
Road,
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13
1HQ Wednesday 12th to
Monday 31st December 2012
Cinderella,
Forum Studio Theatre, Chester
December 8th - 30th 2012
Traditional family pantomime. Join us for
the most
magical panto of them all.
Following the success of last year's show we
have added even more
performances to this year's schedule.... but
you're still advised to
book early so you don't miss out! www.tiptopproductions.co.uk/productions/
Crewe
CinderellaLyceum TheatreHeath Street, Crewe
CW1
2DA 30th Nov 2012 to
31st Dec
2012 Cinderella
dreams of
escaping the life she has fallen into. With
the
arrival of invitations to Prince Charming's
grand ball, it seems she
may get her wish. However, the Ugliest Sisters
in pantoland are
determined to keep her as their servant. Websitehttp://www.lyceumtheatre.net/
Hartford
Sleeping
Beauty The Grange Theatre
Bradburns Lane,
Hartford, Cheshire, CW8 1LU 13th Dec 2012
to 31st Dec 2012
Following their spectacular family pantomime
'Jack and the Beanstalk'
last year, AB Productions are returning to The
Grange Theatre in
Northwich with the enchanting 'Sleeping Beauty'
this Christmas. Websitehttp://www.thegrangetheatre.com/
Hyde
Red Riding Hood - The
Panto Festival Theatre,
Corporation Street, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14
1AB 3rd- 8th December
2012
HLT’s annual traditional
pantomime,
once again written by Barry Crossley and
directed by Janice Haughton.
Their production of last year’s panto SANTA
CLAUS won the award for
best panto at the Greater Manchester Drama
Awards in June.Red Riding
Hood contains all the usual suspects, Dame,
Principle Boy, Village
Idiots, Fairies, Monsters and the evil Count.
Will Red Riding Hood
outwit the evil Wolf? It is always a sell
out so book early and
don't miss out on this Christmas treat.
Come along, join in the
fun, laugh, boo and cheer. You can even bring
the Kids!! Website
CLICK
Macclesfield
Dick
Whittington,
MADS
Theatre, Lord Street, Macclesfield SK11 6SY
(from 21/1/2013 to
26/1/2013) We are a
locally based
theatre group, who produce Musicals, and
Pantomimes several times a
year in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.. Websitehttp://www.mmtg.co.uk/
Stockport
Beauty and the
Beast Woodford Centre Woodford,
Stockport, Cheshire
8th Jan 2013 to 12th Jan 2013
CHYPS Presents Beauty and the Beast this
January. With a cast and live
band made up of some of the most talented 11 ?
19 year olds in
Cheshire, Beauty and the Beast will be an
exciting and magical show for
all the family.
Website http://www.chypspanto.com/
Stockport
The
Magical Adventures of Robin HoodForum TheatreCompstall Road,
Romiley, Stockport, SK6 4EA 13th Dec 2012 to
22nd Dec 2013 A
traditional family panto suitable for all.
Follow the antics of Robin
Hood and His Men in this magical productions.
Performances daily and
maintees at the weekend. Booking Line:
07979788760. Websitehttp://www.nktheatrearts.org.uk/
Winsford
Jack and the Beanstalk
Winsford Lifestyle
Centre, Cheshire Monday
17 December 2012 to
Monday 24 December 2012
Make Believe Entertainment in
association
with Brio Entertainment are proud to present a
spectacular pantomime
for all the family. Featuring slapstick, songs
and lots of giggles a
professional principal cast and performers from
Cheshire Academy of
Performing Arts. WINSFORD LIFESTYLE CENTRE
Monday 17 - Monday 24
December 2012 Tickets; Peak Shows: Full Price
£11.50, Concessions
£9, Family Ticket £42. Off Peak Shows: Full
Price
£10, Concessions £9, Family Ticket £36
Concessions:
Groups of 10+, senior citizens, unemployed,
disabled and students.
Please bring proof of eligibility.info@makebelieve-entertainment.co.uk www.makebelieve-entertainment.co.uk/book-aladdin-tickets
Cornwall
Falmouth
Cinderella Princess
Pavilion Melvill Road, Falmouth,
TR11 21st Feb 2013 to
23rd Feb 2013
Carnon Downs Drama Group proudly present
Cinderella, a traditional
pantomime for all the family. The stage will be
brought alive with
acting, music and dance as this magical
fairytale unfolds. Websitehttp://www.princesspavilion.co.uk/
Truro
Aladdin Hall
for Cornwall Back Quay, Truro, TR1
2LL. 14th Dec 2012
to 6th Jan 2013
Join Aladdin as he meets a genie from a Magic
Lamp, fights for the love
of the Princess and rides a magic flying carpet.
Will Aladdin make his
fortune, will he be allowed to marry the
Princess and will the genie
ever be free from his lamp? Websitehttp://www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/
Cumbria
Barrow
in Furness
Red Riding Hood
Forum twenty eight Duke Street,
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria LA14 1HH 17th
Dec 2012 to 30th Dec
2012
This adaptation of this family favourite tells
the familiar tale with
some new twists and turns added. Who knows who
you might meet along the
way!
Website http://www.forumtwentyeight.co.uk/
Carlisle
Dick
Whittington.
Carlisle
Green Room Club , West Walls,
Carlisle, CA3
8UB Dick Whittington and his Cat
December 2nd to 14th 2012
Our pantomime this year returns to the
traditional efforts of young
Dick Whittington to make his fame and fortune in
....... the streets of
London. Helped by his astounding cat, Dick
eventually overcomes all
obstacles and good triumphs over evil, leading
to a happy pantomime
ending.
Tickets
available carlisle information centre old town
hall Telephone: 01228
625600 Payment for tickets at the Ticket Office.
Websitehttp://www.carlislegreenroom.co.uk/
Carlisle
Aladdin . The
Sands Centre,
Carlisle CA1 1FQ 16th - 31st
Dec 09 Friday,
31 December 2010, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Thursday, 20 December 2012,
6:00pm - 8:00pm Times: Finish times are a
guide only Tickets:
Adults £13.50, under 16s & over 60s £12,
Family Ticket
£40, group 10+ £11.50. Plus a booking fee.
PLEASE NOTE FAMILY TICKETS AND GROUP BOOKINGS
CANNOT BE PURCHASED
ONLINE. PLEASE CALL THE BOX OFFICE ON 01228
633766
This Christmas take a magical carpet ride to
the Far East in our
fun-packed family pantomime! Starring
Lloyd Warbey (Disney’s Art
Attack Presenter) as Aladdin, Chris Stanton
(Mr Flatley from CBBC’s hit
show M.I. High) as Abanazar, hilarious
ventriloquist Gareth Oliver
(Britain’s Got Talent Semi-Finalist) as Wishee
Washee and, back by
popular demand, CFM Radio’s Robbie Dee as
Widow Twankey. The show also
features a full supporting cast, fantastic
live band and amazing
dancers.Website: Sands
Centre
website
The
Railway
Children , Theatre by the Lake
, Lakeside, Keswick,
Cumbria, CA12 5DJ Fri 30 November -
Sat 19 January 2013
Theatre by the Lake continues its
successful Christmas tradition
of staging popular children's books for all the
family, with this new
smash-hit adaptation by Mike Kenny of Edith
Nesbit's timeless classic
story of childhood, families and growing up. Websitehttp://www.theatrebythelake.com/
Penrith
The Owl who
was Afriad of the Dark.The
Rheged Centre ,
Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0DQ
27 Dec
2012 - 28 Dec 2012 11.00am
and
2.00pm
Family Theatre: The Owl who was Afriad of
the
Dark Join us for an interactive and
festive themed family
theatre. The fabulous children's theatre
production company Blunderbus
have once again taken a classic storybook and
turned it into a magical
piece of family theatre. Suitable not just for
the little ones but for
the adults too!
Age 3+ All tickets £6.50. Websitehttp://www.rheged.com/
Windermere
The
Lakes
School , The Lakes School,
Troutbeck
Bridge, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1HW
Further information:
015394 62470 Website: http://thelakesschool.net/
Derbyshire
Buxton
Peter Pan
Buxton
Opera House Water Street, Buxton,
Derbyshire, SK17 6XN 17th
Dec 2012 to 1st Jan 2013
Starring Louis Emerick (Brookside, Last of the
Summer Wine) as Captain
Hook and Glen Davies (Mr Prank in CBBC?s Bear
Behaving Badly) as Smee.
With Matt Kennedy (direct from the West End
production of We Will Rock
You) as Peter Pan. Websitehttp://www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk/
Derby
Robert
Ludlam Theatre ,
Duffield Road, Derby DE22 1JD
First reading in Derby for over 50 years. Website : http://www.robertludlamtheatre.com
Derby
Peter Pan Assembly
Rooms Market Place, Derby, DE1
3AH 5th Dec 2012 to 6th
Jan 2013
Starring Larry Lamb (EastEnders and Gavin &
Stacey) as Captain Hook
and George Sampson(Britain?s Got Talent and
Waterloo Road) as Peter
Pan. Mike ‘Squeaky’ McClean will be a barrel of
laughs as hereturns to
Derby to play the villainous Hook’s shipmate,
Smee, while Jason Sutton
as Dame Able Mabel will betrying to keep
everyone ship-shape and sea
worthy! The croc is ticking so don’t delay! Join
us for sumptuous
costumes, superb sets, lots of audience
participation and a good
helping of fairydust! Websitehttp://www.derbylive.co.uk/
Derby
Aladdin St.
Nicholas' Church Hall Allestree
Lane, Allestree, Derby 25th Jan 2013 to
9th Feb 2013
Aladdin Twankey is unaware that he is the only
direct descendant of the
Great Ruler and Grand Wizard of Egypt, Pharaoh
Rocher. This gives him
the power to enter the Cave of Dreams and
retrieve the Mystical Magical
Lamp.
Website http://www.stnicholasplayers.co.uk/new/
Robin
Hood, Queens Theatre Barnstaple
Boutport
Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1SY 13th Dec 2011
to 2nd Jan
2012
Based on the much-loved English folk
tale,
Robin Hood will be an action packed pantomime
extravaganza with
stunning new costumes, fantastic live music,
brand new script and the
usual comedy mayhem you would expect from the
Queen’s Theatre
pantomime. Journey with us into the enchanted
world of Sherwood Forest
with Robin and his motley band of Merry Men as
they take on the wicked
Sheriff of Nottingham and battle to rescue Maid
Marian from his evil
clutches… and all without laddering their
tights! We are delighted to
present star of BBC1's Call The Midwife, Laura
Main as our fair Maid
Marian, a welcome return from Richard Alan as
our
lovely-larger-than-life Dame (with a twist!),
and Jon Wadey as the
wicked Sherriff of Nottingham (last year's
Herman the Henchman). Websitehttp://www.northdevontheatres.org.uk/
Barnstaple
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe Arlington Court and the
National Trust Carriage
Museum, Arlington, near Barnstaple, Devon
EX31 4LP
Sat 26 Nov 2011, Sun 27 Nov, Sat 3 Dec, Sun 4
Dec, Sat 10 Dec, Sun 11
Dec, Sat 17 Dec, Sun 18 Dec. 2011
A National Trust Event: Be enchanted this winter
as C.S. Lewis’s
classic tale is recreated around the gardens,
house and carriage
museum. Go through the wardrobe, vanquish the
White Witch, find Aslan
and finally be crowned a king or queen of
Narnia. . The trail starts
from the moment you arrive at reception.. Wear
suitable outdoor
clothing as the trail goes around the grounds..
This is an event to
suit all ages, especially children.. Dogs on
leads welcome
Contact:Arlington Court 01271 85029
website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-arlingtoncourt
Buckfastleigh
Cinderella, Town Hall Bossell Road,
Buckfastleigh, Devon,
TQ11 0DD 8th Dec 2012 to 16th
Dec 2012
Come along and bring your little prince and
princesses, grannies and
grandpa's. Hold on to your hats and enjoy the
hilarious cinderella.
family ticket £16.50, concs £3.50, adults £6.50.
box
office bradleys. 01364642642 07912887474
Dartmouth
Jack And
The
Beanstalk, The Flavel Flavel Place,
Dartmouth TQ6 9ND 28th
Dec 2012 to 31st Dec 2012
A classic pantomime for all the family. Websitehttp://www.theflavel.org.uk/
Dawlish
GOLDILOCKS
and
the THREE BEARS, Shaftesbury
Theatre, Brunswick
Place, Dawlish Devon EX7
9PB6th -14th
January 2012 Matinees on 7th & 14th A traditional pantomime with
all
the well-loved characters, lots of singing and
dancing, colourful
costumes and plenty of audience participation.
A show with something
for all the family. NOTE ADVANCED
BOOKING SATURDAY
10th
DECEMBER.PERSONAL
CALLERS FROM 10.00 – 12.00 TELEPHONE BOOKINGS 2.00 – 3.30 DAWLISH
REPETORY
COMPANY CLICK
Devonport
Puss in Boots. Devonport
Playhouse
on Saturday, December 12
The stage version of Charles Perrault’s fairy
story has been scripted
by Leonard Caddy. Come
and see how a lowly cat and his master, cast out
of from the mill where
they worked, find their fortune and the hand in
marriage to the
beautiful princess. The rags to royalty tale has
songs, dances and
comedy for all the family. There
are shows at 2.30pm
and again at
7.30pm. Tickets are £8 for adults and £6
children and the
over-60s.
Devonport New Deal for Communities area
residents’ tickets will be
£2
for adults and £1 for children and the over-60s,
subsidised by
the
Devonport RDC Partnership. They
are available in
advance from Theresa on 01752 228127.
Exeter
Cinderella , America Hall
De La Rue Way, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon, EX4
8PX 11th Jan 2012 to
14th Jan 2012
A traditional pantomime held in a large village
hall on the outskirts
of Exeter. Tickets available in October. £6
adults £5
children. Please
see web site for further information. Websitehttp://www.pinhoepantomime.co.uk/
Exeter
Aladdin Exeter
Corn
Exchange Market Street, Exeter, EX1
1BW 15th
Dec 2012 to 6th Jan
2013
Starring Exeter's favourite
professional
Dame Steve Bennett in his 17th consecutive panto
appearance in Exeter,
supported by a professional company with years
of West End experience,
Aladdin will be a hit with the whole family. , Websitehttp://www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange
Exeter
Sleeping
Beauty ,
Barnfield Theatre
Barnfield Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1
1SN 21st Dec 2012 to 5th
Jan
2013 Exeter's Longest Running
Pantomime is Back! This year we see the
magical story of 'SLEEPING
BEAUTY' told out by the players of ELTC.Websitehttp://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk/
Exmouth
Aladdin Exmouth
Pavillion The Esplanade,
Exmouth, Devon, EX8
2AZ 26th Dec 2012 to 28th Jan
2013
Flying in on a magical carpet ride this
spectacular Pantomime delivers
all that is expected of a good pantomime but
even more so because it's
written by Scott Clarkson and produced by Fame
Factory Spotlight you
know you are guaranteed a great show. Websitehttp://www.famefactoryspotlight.co.uk/
Holsworthy
Snow White.
HATS
Theatre, Bodmin
Street,
Holsworthy, Devon EX21 6BH, Tel: 01409 253826.
Mon-Sat 30th
Jan - 4th Feb Mon-Sat
6th Feb - 11th Feb 2012
The experiences of the beautiful princess
with
wicked mother and seven small friends. Tickets: £8
(£6 conc)
tbc Booking:
starts 07
Jan 2012. 10am - 3pm. No phone bookings on first
day. Thereafter
Mon-Sat 10am-3pm at Box Office or 01409 253826. Book early if you
want seats
on Fridays or Saturdays. Review booking
information for HATS Shows Performance
Information: Doors
Open: 7.00pm. Starts 7.30pm Further
Information: HATS
Website
Paignton
Cinderella.
Palace Theatre Paignton. Palace Avenue.
Paignton. Tel:01803 665800 TQ3
3H Sunday
8th
January 2012 - 3.00pm
With a brand new cast, flamboyant costumes,
this
years panto from
Wonder Productions is sure to be a sure fire hit
with all the family.
Whilst incorporating all the traditional panto
favourites like the
ghost gag and the song sheet, Cinderella will
have the audience tapping
their feet to some of the latest songs to hit
the charts as well as
howling at the mad cap antics of Buttons and the
horrible Ugly Sisters
as they try to stop Cinderella from attemding
the ball.
All turns out well in the end though and with
the help of the fairy
Godmother, Prince Charming finally manages to
find the rightful owner
of the Crystal Slipper.
Tickets now on Sale, Adults £9 / Concessions £8
/ U18
£7
. PALACE
THEATRE
CLICK
Paignton
Dick
Whittington ,
Palace Theatre
Paignton. Palace Avenue.
Paignton. Tel:01803 665800 TQ3
3H Weds
21st December 2011 - Mon 2nd
January 2012
Join Paignton Pantomime Productions as they
deliver another
fabulous
show for Christmas 2011... With all your
favourite characters, this
show is sure to be a hit with children of all
ages..
Website: WEBSITE
CLICK
Plymouth
Beauty And
The Beast From Mars
Barbican
Theatre , 11-13 Castle St, Plymouth
Friday 17th 7.30pm Sat
18th December 2010 2.30pm/7:30pm £10/£8
Family
£30 A fantastic space-inspired homage to
the swinging
sixities and science ficton B movies of the era.
Beauty and the Beast
from Mars retains all the elements of a
traditional family pantomime
with-out-of-this-world extras, from rock and
roll tunes to ruthless
space aliens. Having been cheated out of his
rightful claim to the
Queen's daughter,
he returns in this wonderfully original sequel
to the classic fairy
tale. Websitehttp://www.barbicantheatre.co.uk/
Plymouth
Peter PanThe
Globe Theatre Stonehouse,
Plymouth 21st Feb 2013 to
23rd Feb 2013
Wendy and the Darling children fly to Neverland
with Peter Pan to fight
the darstadly Captain Hook. Who will win! Will
it be the crocodile.
Come along to find out. Websitehttp://www.ermingtonplayers.org.uk/
Plymouth
Dick
Whittington Theatre
Royal Plymouth Royal Parade,
Plymouth,
PL1
2TR
14th Dec 2012 to 19th
Jan 2013
Starring Christpher Biggins as Sarah The Cook
and Basil Brush as
Alderman Foxwarren. Websitehttp://www.theatreroyal.com/
Teignmouth
Jack
and the BeanstalkThe
Carlton
Theatre, The Den, Teignmouth,
Devon,England. TQ14 8BD. Telephone: 01626 778991Opens December 27th
2011 and
runs until January 7th 2012
The
2011
Teignmouth Players Traditional Pantomime is
Jack and the Beanstalk by
John Morley
Directed by Rodney Bowen, Musical Director
Eric Searle
. Jack and the Beanstalk, written by John
Morley contains all the
elements of a traditional pantomime – a
dame, a principal boy in
tights, a princess, a fairy, a villain and,
of course, a cow.
Cinderella, Princess
Theatre Torbay Road, Torquay, TQ2
5EZ
T 14th Dec
2012 to 6th Jan 2013
Starring Coronation Street's Stephen Arnold as
the Prince, alongside
Last of the Summer Wine's Tom Owen and family
favourite Stuart Wade. Websitehttp://www.princesstheatre.org.uk/
Torquay
Aladdin
.
The Little Theatre, St.Marks Road,
Meadfoot,Torquay,Devon
TQ1 2EL 2EL
Box Office: 01803 299330
DECEMBER
2011 Sat 10th - Sat 17th
7.00pm
By Alan P. Frayn, Directed by Jill
Pettigrew
A Magical Pantomime for all the Family -
Let this imaginative
traditional
pantomime,
full of artistry and magic, re-awaken your
senses! Meet Nurse Dottie
Dettol, the puddle-brained Muddles and two
hapless heralds, Fetch and
Carrie, as they ensure the laughs come
thick and fast, especially when
they meet head-tohead in a hilarious
schoolroom scene!
Saturday Matinee - 10th and 17th - 2.30pm
All children just £2.50
when accompanied by an adult. (No perf’ on
Sunday) By arrangement with
Stage Right Creations.
Jack in
the Beanstalk
. ,
Pavilion
Theatre Westover Road, Bournemouth,
BH1 2BU Saturday 3
December 2011 to Monday 2 January 2012
The Bournemouth Pavilion
Pantomime -
Sponsored by Aruba
Restaurant. Aruba Kid's Meal Deal - kid's main course,
dessert and
drink for only £5 when you book Panto
tickets!*
Official radio station Wave
105.2 FM
After
spectacularly breaking box office records with
‘Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs’ in 2009, and following the
overwhelming success of
‘Cinderella’ last year - UK Productions brings
you a giant production
of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ for this year’s
Bournemouth Pavilion
Pantomime. Make sure the whole family is full of
beans this
Christmas and follow the hilarious tale of the
ups and downs of young
Jack Trott played by Debra Stephenson (The
Impressions Show &
Coronation Street), the boy who manages to sell
the family’s only
valuable possession, Daisy the Cow, for a
handful of beans (and they
weren’t even Heinz!). He ends up having to climb
a giant beanstalk into
the clouds and a whole heap of trouble, to
retrieve the cow and to try
and impress the King.
Jack is helped and hindered along the way
by his less than bright brother Silly Billy
played by CBeebies star and
Bournemouth panto favourite Chris Jarvis, the
Good Fairy, Kate Weston
from Wave 105, and his long-suffering mother
Dame Trott played
hilariously by one of the country’s top panto
dames, Nick Wilton better
known as Mr Lister from Eastenders. Join Jack on
his quest to
defeat the evil Giant Blunderbore and his nasty
henchman Fleshcreep
played by Brian Capron (Coronation Street’s bad
boy Richard Hillman),
to win not only his fortune but also the hand of
the Kings beautiful
daughter. The whole production is complimented
by lavish
costumes and a sumptuous set and promises to be
another spectacular
success from producers UK Productions. It’s a
giant of a
pantomime…don’t miss it! *Aruba
kid's meal deal - one voucher for up to 6 kid's
meal deals. Main course
and dessert must be chosen from the kid's menu.
Not valid in
conjunction with any other ofer. Drink included
in the meal is a soft
drink. Voucher valid 01/09/2011 - 02/01/2012.
One voucher issued per
Jack and the Beanstalk booking. Voucher must be
presented at restaurant. Websitehttp://www.bic.co.uk/
Christchurch
Jack in
the Beanstalk
. Twynham School
, Sopers Lane, Christchurch, Dorset
6th-8th Jan 2011
Get ready to join our
hero Jack
on a magical adventure to climb the
beanstalk, defeat the giant and retrieve the
golden treasure!
Dame Trott's behind with the rent and her two
sons need to make some
money fast. When Jack goes to sell his beloved
cow all he can get is a
measly bag of beans, but these are no ordinary
beans! When a giant
beanstalk appears in the back garden, Jack
realises his extraordinary
adventures are just about to begin ....With
great gags, catchy tunes
and lots of audience participation
Jack and the Beanstalk remains one of the
best-loved family pantomimes
of all-time Websitehttp://www.twynhampantogroup.co.uk/
Gillingham
Cinderella , Gillingham Youth
Centre Cemetery Rd,
Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4AZ 10th Dec
2010 to 12th Dec 2010
Cinderella comes to Gillingham, Dorset with a
superb cast bringing a
magical and musical pantomime to the town for
the first time in many
years. Gillingham Amateur Dramatics Society are
sure to exceed your
expectations in this fantastic pantomime.
Parkstone
Robin Hood , Jellicoe Theatre
Lower Constition
Hill, Parkstone 3rd Dec
2011 to 3rd Dec 2011
Family pantomime (Robin Hood)in aid of two
charities (Poole Heart Club
and Cancer Research) for Sat Dec 3rd 2011. Two
shows on the one day. Websitehttp://www.poolechristmaspantomimes.net/
Poole
Cinderella.
Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, Poole Dorset BH15
1UG tel: 0844
406 8666 9 December
2011 - 8 January 2012 We are going to have a
ball with
the most magical pantomime of them all! Cinderella
is
one of the best-loved fairy tales of all time.
With pumpkins, plenty
of laughs, music and magic, this classic rags to
riches story has
everything a traditional pantomime could wish
for. Starring
actor, comedian and CBBC presenter ED
PETRIE, known
to children across the country as one half
of double act 'Ed and
Oucho'. Allo Allo legend GUY SINER,
and Last of
the Summer Wine's SARAH THOMAS. A
festive
family treat for all ages featuring live
Shetland Ponies! Free
ice cream for parties of 20+ (If
booked and paid for by
21/10/11)
Jack and the Beanstalk Weymouth Pavilion Theatre Weymouth,
The
Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8ED 15th
Dec 2012 to 6th Jan 2013
A brand new production of Jack and the Beanstalk
is coming to the
Pavilion Theatre Weymouth. Starring Home and
Away's Lynne McGranger, X
Factor's Andy Abraham, and 90's pop sensation
LOLLY. Websitehttp://www.weymouthpanto.com/
Durham
Bishop
Auckland
Goldilocks
and the Three Bears.
Bishop Auckland Town Hall ,
Market Place,
Bishop
Auckland DL14 7NP
Jan 2012
Join us for this year biggest, most daring,
thigh slapping adventure
ever to hit Pantoland, as Fame factory Spotlight
present
Goldilocks & The Three Bears Websitehttp://www.bishopaucklandtownhall.org.uk/
Darlington
Sleeping
Beauty Civic Theatre
Parkgate,
Darlington, DL1 1RR 8th Dec 2012 to
20th Jan 2013
Starring husband-and-wife team Linda Lusardi and
Sam Kane in theor 15th
year as a panto team. Websitehttp://www.darlingtonarts.co.uk/
Consett
Dick
Whittington. Empire
Theatre
& Cinema , Front Street,
Consett,
Co Durham DH8 5AB Wed 07 Dec 2011 -
Mon 02 Jan 2012 This year’s
pantomime production is a fast moving,
energetic and up to
the minute interpretation of the legend of
Dick Whittington. Our new
production company headed by Leah Bell brings
a fresh and innovative
style to the pantomime season at The Empire
Theatre Consett. Also
starring David Ducasse (Scooch) and Bionik
Funk (Britain's Got Talent). Websitehttp://www.leisureworksonline.co.uk//empiredetail.cfm?item=1092
Spennymoor
Everyman
Theatre , O'Hanlan St, Spennymoor, County
Durham DL16
6RY
6th Dec 2010 to 8th Dec
2010
Charlie
and Lola's Best Bestest
Play . ARC
, Stockton
Arts Centre, Dovecot Street,
Stockton
on Tees TS18 1LL Wed 7 -
Fri 23 Dec 2011
Don’t
miss
everyone’s favourite brother and sister,
Charlie and
Lola, this Christmas with their
extremely everso wonderful
stage show!
The stars of the hit BBC TV series and books
by Lauren Child are
brought to life by a magical mix of puppets,
live action and
music.
We
find out if Lola will ever tidy her room or if
Charlie will get Lola to
sleep, even though she is not sleepy and will
not go to bed. The
Tigers want their bedtime milk, the Dancing
Dogs have borrowed Lola’s
pyjamas – not to mention the Ogre in the
wardrobe! Who’d have
known
there were so many problems to overcome? Websitehttp://www.arconline.co.uk/detail.php?id=2423
Essex
Barking
Aladdin, The
BROADWAY
,
Broadway, Barking, IG11 7LS 30th November
- 30 December 2011
The Lamp, the Genie and Aladdin.So,
hi-ho,
hi-ho
it's off to the Broadway you go to get your
tickets for the most
magical show of the year! Websitehttp://www.thebroadwaybarking.com/
Basildon
Peter PanTowngate Theatre St
Martins Square, Basildon, SS14 1DW
5th Dec 2012 to 6th Jan
2013
Join the boy who never grew up in this high
flying adventure. This
Christmas everyone can be a child as they take
the second star to the
right and fly far far away to Neverland with
Peter Pan and his friends. Websitehttp://www.towngatetheatre.co.uk/
Billericay
Jack &
The Beanstalk
The
Fold, 72 Laindon Road, Billericay, Essex. CM12
9LD Bookings & Information:
tel:01277
659286 Saturday
3rd December 2011 at 11am
and 2.30pm Sit
back and be
entertained with this magical production of Jack &
The Beanstalk. The story
is brought to life in
the traditional pantomime style.
Tickets for last
year’s panto went so fast we decided to book 2
performances for 2011.
2 hour performance including interval. http://www.baathefold.org.uk/
Braintree
Snow
White
- The Panto Bocking Arts Theatre The Bocking,
Bocking End, Braintree,
Essex, CM7 9AE 20th Dec 2012 to 26th Jan 2013
'Potty' Patrick Jacobs and his team of West End
actors present the
famous story of Snow White. The story features
the Evil Queen and the
magic talking mirror, the beautiful Snow White
and of course the Seven
little men..Websitehttp://www.thebockingartstheatrecomplex.co.uk/
Braintree
Robin
Hood Braintree Arts Theatre
Notley High School,
Braintree 18th Jan 2013 to 26th Jan 2013
Braintree's very own Pantomime group Pantoloons
are proud to present
Robin Hood at Braintree Arts Theatre. This is a
fun entertaining show
for all. New venue Websitehttp://www.pantoloons.org/
Brentwood
Jemima
Puddle-Duck and her friends.
Brentwood
Theatre, 15 Shenfield Road,
Brentwood Essex CM15 8AG
tel:01277
200305 5 - 30 December
2011
Once upon a time, there was a
woman called
Beatrix Potter. She loved
animals. She painted pictures of animals and
wrote little books about
their adventures. We’re going to tell you some
of these stories.
Please join us as
Beatrix
Potter
‘herself’ introduces you to the magic of
theatre and the wonder of four
of her stories, written especially for the
younger family in mind.
The first story that Beatrix Potter introduces
is about Jemima
Puddle-Duck. Jemima is a little upset as she
wants to lay a nest-full
of eggs and hatch a family of ducklings, but
the Farmer’s Wife keeps
collecting her fresh eggs for baking. Jemima
flies off to a distant,
green wood where she meets Fox – but never
having ventured from the
farmyard she does not suspect danger. Fox
offers her a ‘safe’ nesting
place – his summerhouse which is
curiously overflowing with feathers and which
Fox frequents to count
the growing number of eggs. Fox invites Jemima
to a ‘dinner party’ for
which she helps by collecting ingredients –
without realising that it
is her family that is at risk. But Kep, the
faithful Collie, realises
Fox’s plans and, with the help of two beagle
pups, sets off to Fox’s
summerhouse.Standing up to Fox, they find that
he has locked Jemima
away and so,
with a noisy chase, see him off before taking
Jemima back to the farm,
where the Farmer’s Wife does let her hatch a
brood of four ducklings,
the Puddle-Duck family.
Beatrix Potter will also introduce you to the
stories of
Squirrel Nutkin and how he lost his tail,
Jeremy Fisher and the perils
of his fishing trip, and The Roly Poly Pudding
when a fearsome Rat
catches Tom Kitten!
So join us for an interactive,
fun, musical production of some of the best
stories ever written for
children, brought to life in front of your very
eyes. Jemima likes to
have lots of friends, and we hope that you will
become her friend too!
http://www.brentwood-theatre.org/
Chelmsford
Dick
Whittington.
Civic Theatre Chelmsford Fairfield Road,
Chelmsford, CM1 1JG 5th Dec 2012 to 6th Jan 2013
The Family Pantomime adventure. Tickets:Full
price £19.00 Conc
£16.00 Family Ticket:£58.00 Group & School
rates
available + 1 in 10 FREE Sun 9 Dec & Fri 14
Dec 6pm perfs all seats
£12.00 Websitehttp://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres
Chelmsford
Treasure
Island.
Riverside Ice
& Leisure tel:01245615089
15th
– 19th Dec 2010
The centre’s Ice Show Spectacular is the only
Christmas ice show in the
whole of Essex, and provides magical
entertainment that your children
(and you!) will not forget. Riverside
Ice and
Leisure is home to the longest running ice show
in Essex, which takes
place every year in December. http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9479
Clacton-on-Sea
Cinderella Princes Theatre Town Hall, Station
Road, Clacton-On-Sea 15th Dec 2012 to 1st
Jan 2013
Following the incredible success of Snow White,
Polka Dot Pantomimes
return to the Princes Theatre, with the nation?s
favourite pantomime
full of magic, laughter, audience participation
and spectacular
surprises! Websitehttp://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/tendringdc/leisure/arts+and+entertainment/princes+theatre/
Coggeshall
Dick TurpinSt Peter ad Vincula Church
Church
St,
Coggeshall, Essex 10th Jan 2013 to
12th Jan 2013
CATS present 'Dick Turpin', the family pantomime
by Paul Reakes
performed in typical Coggeshall style in the
stunning St.Peters church.
Tickets available from Normans newsagents,
Market Hill, Coggeshall or
by calling Andy on 07703 829314.
Colchester
Beauty
And The Beast, Mercury
Theatre , Balkerne Gate, Colchester,
CO1 1PT. 2
December 2011 - 7 January 2012
Beauty
And The Beast by Janice
Dunn
Director Janice Dunn | Designer
Foxton
What better way to share that festive feeling
than with a trip to the
Mercury’s traditional panto this Christmas?
An enchanting fairy tale for all the family.
Once upon a time the
beautiful Belle stumbles across someone big,
hairy and a little bit
scary lurking in the forest.
Dame Twiggy and the villagers swiftly launch a
brave but
ever-so-unnecessary rescue attempt! Can the
beast be tamed? Can Belle’s
heart be claimed? Can the evil
sorceress Botoxia be restrained? All will be
revealed in this magical
adventure full of slapstick humour, sparkling
sets, sumptuous costumes
and sing-a-long songs.
Laughter, romance, song and dance… sorcerers,
lumberjacks, toxic
monkeys and a beast … this story has it all!
Brought to you by our
Queen of panto, Janice Dunn, and Company
favourites including Ignatius
Anthony and Roger Delves-Broughton. Don’t miss
the best Christmas Party
in town! Tickets sell fast so please book early
to avoid disappointment. Websitehttp://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/
Danbury
Pinocchio Danbury Village Hall Maldon
Road, Danbury, Essex CM3
4NQ 12th Dec 2012 to 16th Dec 2012
A Traditional Panto for all the family with an
inportant message for
children.Tickets £6.50 & £5.50. 7.30 PM
Matinee Sat
& Sun
Website http://www.danburyplayers.co.uk/ Websitehttp://www.danburyplayers.co.uk/
Grays
Aladdin ,
Thameside
Theatre , Orsett Road, Grays, Essex RM17
5DX Wednesday,
21st December 2011
Come and see the classic pantomime Aladdin this
Christmas 2011 / New
Year 2012, presented by Thurrock Council and
Polka Dot Pantomime Ltd.
. Websitehttp://www.thurrock.gov.uk/theatre/
Grays
AladdinBlackshots
Civic Hall Blackshots Lane, Grays,
RM16 2LB 30th Dec 2010 to 9th Jan 2011
Aladdin (played by JOSH DUBOVIE, this years UK
Eurovision star);
Abanazar (played by Gray's very own DAVID VAN
DAY - the man we all love
to hate!); Wishee Washee is played by FRAZER
HINES (Joe Sugden in
Emmerdale) Websitehttp://www.theatre-productions.com/
Great
Dunmow
Cinderella The
Arts Centre 1 Haslers
Lane, Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 1XS
30th Nov 2012 to 6th Dec
2012
Cinders, her ugly sisters and all the other
characters come alive in
Great Dunmow!
Website http://www.artscentretickets.com/
Harlow
.Peter
Pan .
Harlow Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Harlow,
Essex, CM20 1LS
Telephone : 01279 431945 Fri
02/12/11 to Mon 02/01/12 All children
grow up,
except one… Let your
dreams take flight at Harlow Playhouse this
Christmas. Join Wendy,
Michael and John as they take off to Neverland
with the boy who never
grows up - Peter Pan. Take part in their
adventures and meet a
fantastical range of characters along the way
- Nana, Tinkerbell, the
Lost Children, Tiger Lily, mermaids, pirates,
Smee and, of course, the
deadly Captain Hook. Don’t miss this
spectacular family pantomime from
the team behind Cinderella and Aladdin. With
lush sets and costumes,
impressive live music, energetic routines,
lots and lots of laughter
and flying that will thrill the child in all
of us, come and see Peter
Pan soar to new heights at Harlow Playhouse. Websitehttp://www.playhouseharlow.com/
Hornchurch
AladdinQueen's
Theatre ,
Billet Lane, Hornchurch, RM11 1QT 3
December 2011-- 14
January 2012
Join Cinderella on a magical adventure from
rags to
riches as The
Fairy Godmother transforms her into a dazzling
beauty fit for a Prince!
There’s no more scrubbing for Cinders, she’s off
to The Ball and you’re
all invited!
Expect magic, mayhem and comedy capers from your
favourite panto
characters! Cheer, boo and laugh at the
riotously wicked Ugly
Sisters, stupendously silly Buttons,
handsome Prince Charming,
thigh-slapping Dandini and
bumbling Baron Hardup.
With everything you want from panto and more…
catchy songs,
spectacular sets, colourful costumes,
side-splitting slapstick and of
course lots of audience participation… oh yes
there is! Websitehttp://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/
Ilford
Cinderella
Kenneth More Theatre
Oakfield Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1BT
15th Dec 2012 to 19th
Jan 2013
Buttons is in love, the Ugly Sisters are
fighting over a husband and
Cinderella is dreaming of a better life. With a
wave of the magic wand
the rags to riches heroine is set to arrive in
the most popular and
enchanting pantomime of them all.
WEBSITE
CLICK
Ilford
Babes In The Wood , Parkside
Community Centre 176
Goodmayes Lane, Ilford, Essex IG3 9PP 2nd
Dec 2010 to 5th Dec
2010
Start feeling all Christmassy & share in the
laughter with the
'Parkside Players' Christmas Pantomime! A
traditional tale, with Robin
Hood (Hurray!) & the wicked Sheriff of
Nottingham (Boo! Hiss!) Fun
for all the family!!! Websitehttp://www.parksideplayers.co.uk/
Rayleigh
Red
Riding Hood The Mill
Arts & Events Centre
Bellingham Lane, Rayleigh, Essex 6th Dec
2012 to 8th Dec 2012
Red Riding Hood journeys to Granny's cottage
unaware of a plot between
the evil squire and wolf. Luckily she has
friends to help along the way
with hilarious consequences! Tickets available
from our Box Office
01268 771751. Websitehttp://www.rods.org.uk/
Rayleigh
Dick WhittingtonThe
Warehouse Centre Studio Theatre 7
Brook
Road,
Rayleigh, Essex 15th Feb 2012 to 18th Feb
2012
Abstract Theatre bring you thsir award winning
Traditional family panto
with some modern day twists. £10 and £8 tickets
available
from our
website. Websitehttp://www.abstracttheatre.com/
South
Woodham Ferrers
Snow
White
Dame Elizabeth Hall
Trinity Square, South Woodham Ferrers,
Essex 22nd Dec 2012 to
23rd Dec 2012
Snow White, evicted from her home by the Evil
Queen, runs away and
stumbles into a creepy forest... just as she's
about to enter danger,
someone special joins her life and takes her on
a magical adventure
she'll never forget!
Website http://www.starsofsomethingnew.co.uk/
Westcliff-on-Sea
CINDERELLA , Cliffs
Pavilion
, Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0
7RA
15th Dec 2012 to 6th Jan 2013
Starring Shane Richie as Buttons with Peter
Piper and Carly Day. Websitehttp://www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk/
Witham
Aladdin
and the Sultan of Inzybar,
Public Hall, Witham Collingwood Road, Witham
20th Dec 2012 to 24th Dec
2012
Presented by the award winning Essex Group,
promises fun for all the
family. Performances at 7.30p.m. On 20th and
21st, 1.00p.m. And
5.00p.m. On 22nd and 23rd, and 10.30p.m. And
2.30p.m. On 24th. Various
ticket prices, call 01376 567677 for details. Websitehttp://www.thesxgroup.co.uk/
Woodford
Peter
Pan ,
Sir James Hawkey Hall
Broomhill Road,
Woodford Green, IG8 0BG 2nd Jan
to 16th Jan 2012
A Jubilee production to celebrate 51 years of
Pantomime in Woodford.
Ample parking. Tiered seating, so even the
tiniest can see. Signing for
the deaf on selected performances. Tickets £11.
Box office
01279423853/077763880057. Websitehttp://www.woodfordpantomime.co.uk/
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham
Jack
and the Beanstalk Everyman
Theatre
Regent Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50
1HQ 25th Nov 2011
to 8th Jan 2012
Emma Samms, star of hit TV shows Dynasty and
General Hospital, will on
stage at the Everyman this Christmas, playing
the Good Fairy in Jack
and the Beanstalk. Websitehttp://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/
Cheltenham
Aladdin , The
Bacon Theatre Dean Close School,
Shelburne Road, Cheltenham,
GL51 6HE 12th Jan 2011 to 16th Jan 2011
PROMENADE PRODUCTIONS winners of the GDA's award
for Best Pantomime
2010, present their TRADITIONAL FAMILY PANTOMIME
ALADDDIN.Seat prices
£7 to £12. Phone 01242 224144 to book. Websitehttp://www.bacontheatre.co.uk/
Cheltenham
Toad of
Toad Hall in
Cheltenham, Dreamshed
Theatre, Bath Road, GL53 7HG
Thursday 16
December 2010 to Saturday 1 January 2011
Dreamshed
Theatre, headed up by Cheltenham playwright and
director Bill Cronshaw,
will be bringing a professional Christmas
production to The Playhouse
in the form of the classic tale featuring Toad,
Ratty, Mole and Badger. Tickets
cost £12, £10 for senior
citizens and £8 for under 16s.
Telephone:(01242) 522852 The Playhouse is
an intimate theatre run
by volunteers in a former
municipal swimming baths. Also offering
workshops.
website
click
Dursley
Sleeping
BeautyLister HallLong Street,
Dursley GL11 4JB 19th Jan 2013 to
26th Jan 2013 What
to do when your incompetent Chancellor forgot
to send out one of
the invitations for little Princess Beauty's
christening, and that
invitation was for the black fairy Carabosse?
You get a dreadful curse
and a 118 year pantomime. Websitehttp://www.the-dods.com/
Gloucester
CINDERELLA
A Well-Loved Tale Picturedrome
Theatre, Barton Street, Gloucester Glos. GL1 4EU 28- 31
December 2010
Set in the present day, Cinderella and Prince
Charming, now older
and bankrupt, are touring village halls with a
cart, attempting to
scratch a living with an ancient Karaoke
machine. Throughout the
evening, with the wisdom of hindsight, they tell
their well-loved story
through re-enactment, dance and the rocking 70’s
hits that brought them
together. The evening draws to a romantic end,
reminding us all that
you're never too old for love.
From down-at-heart to the heart and soul of the
party, Cinderella’s
timeless story, combined with a lyrical script
directed by Jo
Bousfield, musical direction by Thomas Johnson,
choreography by Naomi
Said, and design by The Stand + Stare
Collective, all ensure a
high-energy, moving and unforgettable night.
Suitable for families and dreamers of all ages.
Tues 28th Dec 2010 at 2.30pm
Wed 29th Dec 2010 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Thurs 30th Dec 2010 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
Fri 31st Dec 2010 at 11.00am
For enquiries, please contact:
01242 695570
enquiries@fairgametheatre.com HTTP://www.fairgametheatre.com
Gloucester
Red
Riding Hood Gloucester
Guildhall
,
Eastgate Street
, Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 1NS
Tel: +44 01452 503050 17th Dec
2012 to 22nd Dec 2012
Traditional family pantomime written by John
Morley, fun for all the
family. Websitehttp://www.gloucesterguildhall.co.uk/
Tewkesbury
Dick Whittington ,
The Roses Theatre, Sun Street, Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire, GL20
5NX 27th Nov
2010 to 2nd Jan 2011
Dick Whittington will be
springing
onto The Roses Theatre’s stage
this November, for a traditional Christmas
pantomime set to entertain
all ages from Tewkesbury and beyond this festive
season. Described as a
show fit for all the family, and a wonderful way
to
introduce children to the magical world of
theatre, the audience will
be able to join Dick and Tommy the cat as they
take to the high seas
and embark on a journey paved with adventure,
fun and slapstick, heroic
battles, romance and magic.
With lashings of festive frivolity, gorgeously
glittering costumes,
spectacular sets, custard pies and plenty of
cries of ‘he’s behind you’
to enjoy, find out if Dick and Tommy can defeat
the wicked King Rat and
free the Sultan’s palace of those pesky vermin,
if Dick will marry the
lovely Alice, and whether his Mum, Sarah the
Cook, will ever stop the
outrageous flirting, in a pantomime which
promise to ‘shine as brightly
as all the gold in London’. Websitehttp://www.rosestheatre.org/
Greater
Manchester
Salford
White
Christmas The Lowry
Pier 8, Salford Quays,
Salford, M50 3AZ 30th Nov 2012 to 5th Jan
2013
Based on the 1954 movie with Irving Berlin's
music Starring Claire
Sweeney, Wendi Peters, Steven Houghton
(Coronation Street, London's
Burning) and Ken Kercheval (Dallas). Websitehttp://www.thelowry.com/
Salford
Scrooge The Lowry Pier 8,
Salford Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ 12th Dec 2011 to
7th Jan 2012
Tommy Steele returns to the role that he has
made his own, Ebenezer
Scrooge, in the record-breaking London Palladium
production of Scrooge.
Website http://www.thelowry.com/ Musical
Adventure The
Lowry Pier 8, Salford
Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ 8th Dec 2010 to
1st Jan 2011
Let your dreams take flight this Christmas and
join us on a thrilling
musical journey to Neverland for an
unforgettable treat for all the
family. Websitehttp://www.thelowry.com/
Manchester
The Lion
King
Palace Theatre Oxford Street, Manchester
M1 6FT 1st Dec
2012 to 31st Mar 2013
Disney's Lion King visits Manchester! The Lion
King is a worldwide
theatrical phenomenon, seen by over 65 million
people and still drawing
sell-out crowds at London's Lyceum Theatre in
its 13th year.
Website http://www.manchesterpalace.org.uk/
Manchester
Peter
PanOpera
House Quay St, Manchester, M3 3HP
8th Dec 2012 to 13th Jan
2013
David Hasselhoff stars as Captain Hook in this
year's pantomime for
Christmas 2012 at the Opera House Manchester! Websitehttp://www.manchesteroperahouse.org.uk/
Manchester
Winnie the
WitchDancehouse
Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester. M1
5DA
17th Dec 2010 to 8th Jan 2011
Based on the award winning books! With singalong
songs, terrific
actors, eccentric puppets and a colourful set
which looks just like the
books.Children from 4 to 7 and their families
will be enchanted. Websitehttp://www.thedancehouse.co.uk/
.
Oldham
Jack and
the
Beanstalk , St. Anne's School
Ormerod Avenue,
Royton, Oldham 19th Nov 2010 to 27th Nov
2010
Annual attempt by local folk to entertain the
masses. Usual mix of
slapstick and mayhem. Come and pat the cow and
take a magical trip up
the beanstalk with Jack, but watch out for
unexpected suprises along
the way! Websitehttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54791287790
Radcliffe
Aladdin
Civic Centre Radcliffe Thomas Street, Radcliffe,
Manchester, M26 2UH
28th Dec 2012 to 29th Dec 2012
Starring Big Brothers Grace Adams Short and
Hollyoaks Laura Handley.
Tickets from £6.00 per person. Websitehttp://www.trio-entertainment.co.uk/
Rochdale
Beauty And The
Beast , The Gracie Fields Theatre
Hudsons Walk,
Rochdale OL11 5EF 19th Dec 2010 to
2nd Jan 2011
The perfect Christmas treat for all the family
and one of the most
sensational and magical pantomimes ever to be
seen at the Gracie Fields
Theatre.
Adult £15.00, Concession £12.50, Child £11.50,
Family
Ticket £49.00 Websitehttp://www.graciefieldstheatre.com/
Sale
Charlotte's
Web
- The Musical Waterside Arts Centre
Waterside Plaza, Sale,
M33 7ZF 14th Dec 2012 to 5th Jan 2013
Charlotte's a spider. Wilbur's a pig.. They can
talk, naturally, but
Charlotte is a spider who can write! Find out
how Charlotte's amazing
talent saves Wilbur's bacon and how love and
friendship win the day! A
wonderful show for over fives.
Website http://www.watersideartscentre.co.uk/
Salford
Dick
WhittingtonSalford Arts
TheatreKemsing Walk,
Off Liverpool St, Salford M5 4BS 13th Dec 2012 to
24th Dec 2012 Join
us at Salford Arts Theatre for our traditional
festive pantomime.
Dick Whittington and his trusty cat Tommy set
off to seek fame and
fortune or will the evil King Rat win the day!
Websitehttp://www.salfordartstheatre.co.uk/
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Aldershot
Cinderella Princes
Hall
, Princes Way, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU12
4RR 9th Dec
2010 to 2nd Jan 2011
Rags to riches story of beautiful young
girl who is confined to
the kitchen, and is picked upon by her Ugly
Sisters and wicked
Stepmother. With a little help from her fairy
godmother, a magical
pumpkin and a glass slipper, Cinderella hopes to
win the heart of the
gallant Princes Charming and her chance of a
happy ending. Websitehttp://www.princeshall.com/
Andover
Dick Whittington
The Lights West Street, Andover,
Hampshire, SP10 1AH 18th
Dec 2012 to 19th Dec 2012
Humorous, musical version of the classic and
traditional pantomime. Set
in the 1400's with all the slapstick and
adventure you would expect,
complimented by modern song, dance routines and
topical jokes for
everyone!
Website http://www.thelights.org.uk/
Andover
Alice in Wonderland: The
Panto! King Edward VII
Memorial Hall
Upper Clatford, Andover, Hampshire, SP11
7QL 26th Nov 2011 to 4th
Dec 2012
Come and see all of your favourite characters
from Wonderland, plus a
few additions in this year's
village Panto! Entertainment
for all the
family!
The Wind
in the Willows, Haymarket
Theatre , Wote Street, Basingstoke, RG21
7NW Fri
3 Dec 2010 - Sun 2 Jan 2-11
When
Mole grows tired of spring cleaning and decides
to explore
instead, he discovers the river. Here he meets
Ratty who takes him
boating and a new world of excitement opens up.
Follow the adventures
of good natured Mole, friendly Ratty, loyal
Badger and the jovial but
conceited Toad as they tangle with motor-cars,
policeman, caravans and
Weasels in this adaptation of the well-loved
story.
This production is sure to be another festive
treat following last
year’s record-breaking The Lion, The Witch
and The Wardrobe.
Websitehttp://www.anvilarts.org.uk/
Basingstoke
Peter
Pan, The Anvil Churchill Way,
Basingstoke, Hampshire 8th
Dec 2011 to 2nd Jan 2012
Starring Ben-Ryan Davies (Waterloo Road) as
Peter Pan, Peter Hillier
(Cbeebies' Boogie Beebies) as Smee and Gary
Turner (Emmerdale) who
returns to The Anvil as Captain Hook. Websitehttp://www.anvilarts.org.uk/
Bordon
PinocchioPhoenix
Theatre and Arts Centre Phoenix,
Station Road, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 OLR
17th Jan 2013 to 26th
Jan 2013
Come and join Pinocchio and his friends in this
brand new fun packed
Pantomime adventure! Filled with comedy,
laughter and spectacular songs
plus all the traditional panto elements this
pantomime has plenty to
offer! Websitehttp://www.phoenixarts.co.uk/
Fareham
Aladdin
, Ferneham Hall, Osborn Road, Fareham.
PO16 7DB 10th Dec 2010 to 2nd
Jan 2011
Take a magic carpet ride through a spectacular
adventure jam-packed
with comedy, fantastic musical numbers and a
top class live band and
dazzling sets. Widow Twankey wants a husband,
evil Abanazaar wants the
magic lamp, Aladdin wants adventure and
Wishee-Washee wants a clean
vest! Can Aladdin defeat the evil magician
Abanazaar? Will Widow
Twankey get her hands on the Emperor's smalls?
Stars Peter Duncan (ex
Blue Peter presenter and former Chief Scout)
as Aladdin’s evil uncle
Abanazaar with Chris Edgerley (Hi-5) as
Wishee-Washee. Lisa Mathieson
takes the title role of Aladdin with Robert
Rawles as Widow Twankey.Websitehttp://www.fernehamhall.co.uk/
Fareham
Sinbad
the Sailor .Millennium
Hall,
HMS Collingwood,
Newgate Lane, Fareham. 1st-5th Dec 2010 PANTOMIME
by
Kevin T. Mitchell 7.30 pm.
on 1st, 3rd, and 4th and at 8.00 on 2nd
Matinees on Saturday 4th and
Sunday 5th COLLINGWOOD
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Havant
Cinderella:
A Christmas Adventure! , The Spring Arts and
Heritage Centre
56 East Street, Havant, Hampshire PO9 1BS
10th Dec 2010 to 19th
Dec 2010
This wonderful show, specially written for the
Bench by Mark Wakeman,
is scheduled to be performed at The Spring there
will be 10
performances in all, including 5 matinees.
Discount for early bookings! Websitehttp://www.thespring.co.uk/
Holybourne
Sleeping BeautyBy Alan P
Frayn Holybourne Theatre, London
Road,Holybourne,Alton,Hants GU34
4EL By Phone: 01420 86457
* Friday 30th
Jan (evening)
* Saturday 31st Jan
(evening), *
Friday 6th Feb (evening), *
Saturday 7th Feb
(evening), * Saturday 14th
(matinee & evening)
The matinee performances start at 2pm and the
evening performances at
7pm Directed
by Kathy McGill and Ross Baillie The pantomime
tickets are now in Waterstones bookshop in
Alton High Street (01420
80888). Please come along and have a fun time
supporting your
performing friends. Tickets are £8 per adult
£5 per
concession.
Hayling
Island
Wizard Of
Oz Station
Theatre, Station Road, Hayling
Island . 22nd to 29th January at
7.30pm. Matinees on
Saturdays at 2:30pm.
This traditional pantomime
version of
the Wizard of Oz is based on the original story
by Frank L Baum. Young
Dorothy is transported to the land of Oz, where
she meets the Lion man,
the Tin man and the Scarecrow. They set off in a
quest to find the
Wizard and for Dorothy to find her way back
home. Helped and hindered
by various characters including the Wicked Witch
of the West, the
Munchkin Mayor and others, this is a familiar
and fantastical tale for
all the family. Directed by Rob Finn
Dick
Whittington Ventnor
Winter
Gardens , Pier Street, Ventnor, IoW PO38
9th-12th December 2010.
Heart warming version of the rags to riches
story. The exciting
adventure features a high spirited hero, a
plucky young heroine and the
biggest pantomime baddy of them all – King Rat!
With lots of
opportunities to join in the cheering, booing
and hissing, this
traditional pantomime is great for all the
family!. Website http://www.ventnorwintergardens.co.uk/
Isle of Wight
Dick Whittington
and The Pirates of Blackgang Chine Medina
Theatre
,
Fairlee Road Newport Isle of Wight PO30
2DX 21st - 30th December
2010
The classic tale of rags to riches; a well-loved
story which simply
bursts with romance, hilarious comedy and evil
villains. Starring from
The Really Wild Show - Howie Watkins and
featuring the Islands own
Samara Stanton and the Hillary Hall School of
Dance.
Website http://www.medinatheatre.co.uk/
Otterbourne
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs Otterbourne Village
Hall Cranbourne Drive, Otterbourne,
Winchester SO21
2ET 11th Jan 2013 to 20th Jan 2013
Hours of fun and laughter!
Website http://www.otterbournevillagehall.org.uk/
Petersfield
Robin
Hood and The Babes in the Wood Petersfield
Festival
Hall Heath Road, Petersfield, Hampshire
GU31 4EA 11th Jan
2013 to 19th Jan 2013
Only Robin Hood can save the Babes from their
wicked Uncle, the Sheriff
of Nottingham. Come and join the fun in our
traditional family panto
along with Nurse Nellie, Nutty Ned and Men in
Tights! Websitehttp://www.wintonplayers.org.uk/
Portsmouth
Alice In
Wonderland The New
Theatre Royal, 20 - 24 Guildhall Walk,
Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1
2DD Tel: +44 023 9264 9000 17 Dec
’09 - 02 Jan ‘09
The New Theatre Royal’s own Christmas show - not
a pantomime but a
beautiful family musical telling this much loved
classic, with live
music, songs and lots of laughs.
All the well-loved characters will be onstage –
the Mad Hatter, the
Queen of Hearts and the White Rabbit. Meet
Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee,
join in the caucus race (if you dare!) and have
tea with the Mad Hatter
A colourful, magical show that will be a
wonderful Christmas treat for
children and their families!NEW
THEATRE ROYAL CLICK
Portsmouth
Aladdin,
Fisher Hall, Whale Island, Portsmouth
Saturday, 1-5 December 2010
PANTOMIME by Stuart Ardern Tel: 023 9272 7961 ADMIRALS'
PLAYERS
Purbrook
Aladdin
. Purbrook Amateur Theatre, Deverell Hall,
London Road, Purbrook Friday
10th
and Saturday 11th December 2010
P.A.T.S Proudly present our
next
panto "The Sword in The Stone" by Tina and Rob
Burbidge
The Pied Piper
, Plaza
Theatre Winchester Road, Romsey,
Hampshire SO51 8JA
14th Jan 2011 to 29th Jan 2011
The Pied Piper, a traditional family pantomime
by Bob Heather. The town
of Hamlin is plagued with rats so badly, that
the mayor decides to
contact rat catcher extraordinaire, The Pied
Piper. A pantomime so full
of fun, even the rats are in stitches. Websitehttp://www.plazatheatre.com/
Southampton
Jack &
The Beanstalk The
Mayflower Theatre Commercial Road, Southampton
SO15 1GE 22nd Dec 2012
to 19th Jan 2013
Starring Julian Clary as Spirit of the Beans,
Nigel Havers as
Fleshcreep, Lee Mead as Jack, Jeffrey Holland as
Dame Trot and special
guest star Paul Zerdin. Websitehttp://www.the-mayflower.com/
Southampton
Dick
Whittington , The
Hub Theatre
City College, Chapel Road, Southampton, SO14
1AR 1st Dec 2010 to
4th Dec 2010
With the help of his good friend Tiddles, Dick
goes on an intrepid
adventure to find his riches and win back the
heart of his beloved
Alice as well as thwart King Rat's plans for
world domination. Websitehttp://www.southampton-city.ac.uk/hubtheatre/
Southsea
Cinderella,
King's Theatre
Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hants. PO5
2QJ 7th Dec 2011 to
1st Jan 2012
The traditional fun filled family panto!
Starring: From Coronation
Street Tracy Shaw, From Hollyoaks Marcus
Patrick, From Emmerdale Stuart
Wade, From Last of the Summer Wine Tom Owen,
From Emmerdale Leah
Bracknell
Snow
White &
the Magnificent SevenCrofton
Community Centre Theatre, Stubbington Lane,
Stubbington. PO14 2PP 9th-12th
December
2010
7.30 pm on 9th and 10th,
2.00 pm on
11th and 12th
Peter PanTheatre
Royal, Jewry Street, Winchester,
Hampshire S023 8SB, 01962
840440 8th
December
2010 - 3rd January 2011
Based
on J M Barrie's
classic children's tale - once in
Neverland, Peter and Wendy embark on
a host of adventures. the lost boys,
mermaids, Tiger Lily, and a
mischievous fairy called Tinker Bell. But
the biggest challenge is to
evade Captain Hook and his accomplice
Smee. Peter Pan and Captain Hook
fight a deadly duel. Will Wendy ever find
her way to her home in
London? Fun for all the family.To
find
out more please click here.
Herefordshire
Hereford
Sleeping
BeautyThe
Courtyard
, Edgar Street, Hereford, HR4 9JR
November 25th 2011 to
Sat 7 Jan 2012
Join us at The Courtyard as we reawaken
the magic of everyone's
favourite fairy tale, in an enchanted world of
castles and curses,
forests and fairies. Once upon a time, in a land
far, far away, a
Princess lived in a magical castle where fairies
bestowed her with
gifts. But someone forgot to invite the
wickedest fairy of all to join
in the celebrations! When she turns up invited
the Wicked Fairy places
a curse on the Princess: to prick her finger on
a spinning wheel and
die on her 18th birthday! The kindest of all the
fairies casts a spell
to counter the curse so that instead of dying
the Princess will fall
into a deep, deep sleep. Only true love's kiss
can awaken her and undo
the evil spell. Will Sleeping Beauty wake once
more? Book your tickets
now to find out.Box Office: 01432 340555 Prices
between £10.50
and £17. Prices vary per performance. Visit
www.courtyard.org.uk
or call the Box Office for more information. Websitehttp://www.courtyard.org.uk/
Hereford
The Life
& Adventures of Santa
Claus,
The
Courtyard Centre For The Arts, Edgar Street,
Hereford Tuesday 07
December until Friday 24 December 2010
Written by L Frank Baum Adapted for the
stage and directed by
Adam Bampton-Smith Lighting by Will Evans,
Music by Shock
Productions, Lyrics by Guy PicotCopy Based on
the book by L Frank Baum,
author of The Wizard of Oz, this exciting story
follows the early life
of Santa Claus from being abandoned in the
forest and adopted by the
wood-nymphs, through to making and delivering
the very first toys. Meet
the original reindeer Glossie and Flossie as
well as the chilly rogue
Jack Frost and find out the answer to lots of
Christmas
questions! Why do we hang
stockings? When was the
first Christmas tree? And why on earth
does Santa climb down the
chimney??? With original music and lots of
audience participation this
is a wonderful seasonal show from Artsdepot and
Big Wooden Horse, the
creators of the hit shows Don’t Let the Pigeon
Drive the Bus! and The
Night Before Christmas.Our new production of The
Life and Adventures of
Santa Claus, based on the book by L Frank Baum,
was a huge success. The
show was resident at the Artsdepot, London over
Christmas 2009. .
COURTYARD CENTRE CLICK
Ledbury
Snow White
The
Market Theatre, Market Street, LEDBURY
Herefordshire HR8
2AQ Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd
and Wednesday 26th to
Saturday 29th January 2011 at 19:30, with
matinées at 14:30 on
Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd and Saturday 29th.
# LADS’ Fantastic Panto - Snow White
by Bruce
Gardner.Last performed in Ledbury 100 years
ago. Not the same
script though - which is probably just as
well!! All the usual
corny jokes, great music and colourful costumes
that you have come to
expect from a LADS great sell-out panto.
Tickets £8
(£4 students). .
MARKET THEATRE CLICK
Hertfordshire
Bishop's
Stortford
Robin Hood
and The
Babes in the Wood. .
Rhodes Arts Complex, 1-3
South Road, Bishop's
Stortford, Herts 90th December 2011
- 2nd January 2012
After the
success of The Rhodes Pantomime 2010, Jack and
the
Beanstalk, Rhodes is pleased to
confirm that the same
production team
are back this year with Robin Hood and The Babes
in the Wood. Panto
producer Phil Dale (who played Squire Basil
Nasty in the 2010 panto)
said, “We
were delighted with the response from Bishop’s
Stortford theatre goers
and I personally enjoyed hurling abuse at each
and every one! We
couldn’t have asked for more, and we’re now
looking forward to 2011’s
panto. It promises to be another Christmas
treat for the while family.
The spectacular sets and costumes will of
course make a return, and you
can certainly be prepared for a few surprises
as well. I’ll be back as
the Sheriff of Nottingham – and this time I
don’t expect to be on the
losing side!” . RHODES
ART
CENTRE CLICK
Harpenden
Aladdin
Eric
Morecambe
Theatre,
Harpenden Public Halls , Southdown Road,
Harpenden AL5
1PD 15th Dec 2011 to 18th Dec
2011
Will YOU be in the audience for the best panto
in the area?! Book your
tickets now 01582 767 525. Starring CBBC Stars
Big Howard Little
Howard. Websitehttp://www.harpendenpublichalls.co.uk
Hertford
Aladdin
, Hertford Theatre
Hertford Theatre, The Wash,
Hertford, SG14 1PS 9th Dec 2011 to 1st Jan
2012
Aladdin, a fabulous new, funky, fun filled
seventies style show for all
the family. Websitehttp://www.hertfordtheatre.com/
Hertford
Robin Hood,
Hertford Theatre The Wash,
Hertford, SG14 1PS
11th Jan
2012 to 15th Jan 2012
This year?s HDOS traditional pantomime offers
once again the fabulous
mix of comedy, colourful costumes and memorable
musical numbers. Prices
from £10, families £38, group discounts. Shows
at 2pm and
7pm Websitehttp://www.hertfordpanto.com/
Hoddesdon
Sleeping
Beauty Broxbourne Civic
Theatre Civic
Hall, High Street, Hoddesdon 9th
Dec 2011 to 31st
Dec 2011
This panto really does have the X Factor
starring X
Factor finalists 'Same Difference'
Lots of songs, dance, comedy and mayhem in this
sensational fun filled
pantomime! Book early to ensure best seats in
the house! Websitehttp://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/
Hoddesdon
Jack
and the Beanstalk
Broxbourne
Civic
Theatre , Civic Hall, High Street,
Hoddesdon Herts EN11
8BE 6th Jan 2012 to 14th Jan 2012
It is time to book for another Giant Panto from
the 2007 10 NODA local
panto winner. Lots of fun, a large cast,
costumes, scenery, plenty of
music and dance make it ideal for all the family
and as an outing for
larger parties. Websitehttp://www.panto.org.uk/
Welwyn
Cinderella.
Campus West , The Campus, Welwyn Garden City,
Hertfordshire, AL8
6BX Box Office Telephone: 01707
357117 9th Jan 2011 to 1st
Jan 2011 This magical Family Pantomime
adaptation of the famous
fairytale is loaded with beautiful songs,
gorgeous costumes and
exciting magic that makes this production tons
of fun for
everyone! The Magic of Christmas
with this fabulous family
pantomime.
This year Campus West brings you the enchanting
story of Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs. CAMPUS
WEST
CLICK
Hertford
Aladdin.
Castle
Theatre, Castle Hall, Hertford
12th to 16th January
2011
Aladdin is one of the more traditional pantos
and has an excellent
story line. Come and enjoy this family
fun-packed show with
plenty of audience participation and
groan-worthy jokes! Find out if
Window Twanky is able to save the family from
the fate of the bailiffs
and whether the Genie of the Lamp will ever be
freed. Can Aladdin
marry his heart's desire, Princess
Lotus-Blossum? Tickets are available
from the Hertford Tourist Information Office and
later Hertford
Theatre, or online at www.castle-hall.com
Tickets are £12 for
adults, £10 concessions. First night tickets are
all £10.
A Tickets on sale now. CASTLE
HALL
CLICK
Letchworth
Sleeping
Beauty. Plinston
Hall
, Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, Herts,
SG6 3NX
Tel: 01462 672003 27th Dec 2011 to 1st
January 2012
Letchworth's local and famous panto using local
talent. A panto for all
the family. Come and see thesleeping beauty
& the wicked witch.Fun
for all the
family. Websitehttp://www.spads-drama.org.uk/
Letchworth
A
Christmas
Carol Letchworth Garden City
Church Icknield
Way East, Letchworth, SG6 1EF 15th Dec
2010 to 23rd Dec 2010
Come to Letchworth's very own professional panto
this December, brought
to you by an award winning creative team!
Websitehttp://www.humbletheatre.com/
Potters
Bar
Jack
& the Beanstalk
Wyllyotts
Theatre , Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6
2HN
10th Dec 2011 to 1st Jan 2012
Traditional fun filled family pantomime
produced by Jordan
Productions. Websitehttp://www.wyllyottscentre.co.uk/
Radlett
Sleeping
Beauty
The
Radlett Centre, 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett
Herts. WD7 8HL Box
Office: 01923
859291
10th Dec 2011 to 1st Jan 2012
An extremely popular traditional pantomime,
including all your
favourite comic characters such as Nanny Annie
and Lester the Jester!
Follow the adventures of a brave prince as he
travels to rescue his
beautiful princess from a wicked spell. Websitehttp://www.radlettcentre.co.uk/
St
Albans
Snow White
And The Seven Dwarfs
Alban Arena,
Civic Centre, St. Albans, Herts, AL1 3LD Friday
9 Dec 2011 - Sunday 1 Jan 2012 This
Christmas, don’t
miss our magical, fun-packed, family
pantomime.
With comedy, singing, dancing, audience
participation, stunning sets
and dazzling costumes, this year’s Alban Arena
pantomime promises to be
our BIGGEST and BEST PANTO
EVER! Our star-studded cast includes
pop icon, Toyah Willcox as the Wicked
Queen; children’s
favourite Phil Gallagher (CBeebies’
Mister Maker) as The Jester;
the hilarious Bob Golding (from the
Olivier Award winning
‘Morecambe’) as The Henchman; actress Jemma Carlisle as Snow White,
and US TV star Brody Hutzler
(‘Angel’, ‘Days of Our Lives’) as The Prince.
They are joined by a top
quality supporting cast and seven of the best
professional dwarfs in
the country. Written
by Paul Hendy and produced by
Evolution,
the same team that brought you last year’s
smash hit ‘Peter Pan’, Snow
White will be a fantastic festive treat not to
be missed!ALBAN
ARENA
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Stevenage
Beauty
and the Beast
Gordon
Craig
Theatre , Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre,
Lytton Way,
Stevenage, Herts SG1 1LZ Tel: 01438
363200.
Sat Nov 26
- Sun Jan
22 There's
a baddie wanting boos, goodies with
reels of outrageous gags, a
beautiful heroine in a tragic
situation...but what has happened to the
handsome prince? Will
the last petal fall
before the day can be saved or will the evil
witch get her malevolent
way? From Jordan Productions the team that
bought you last year's
critically
acclaimed show 'Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs', once again we promise
you live music and a fabulous cast for a
rip-roaring adventure.
STARRING: BERNIE NOLAN & LEANNE JONES! Join
us at the Gordon Craig
Theatre, Stevenage for our much anticipated
pantomime, 'Beauty and the
Beast'. 'Beauty and the Beast' is a classic tale
told in true panto
style. We
are thrilled to welcome Singing Superstar:
Bernie Nolan and star of
'Hairspray': Leanne Jones who will be heading up
the cast, abd much
loved dame and Stevenage favourite Paul Laidlaw
who is guaranteed to
entertain and delight audiences of all ages.
Stunning sets, slick
choreography, sensational costumes and
spectacular musical numbers
ensure this is a show not to be missed! Mirror
Mirror on the wall, a
Perfect Panto for one and all! Join us for
this classic tale told in true pantomime
style... Starring Sue
Holderness (from Only Fools and Horses and The
Green Green Grass) as
the Wicked Queen, Paul Laidlaw (everyone's
favourite Dame) as Dame
Dolly, Daniel Boys (BBC TV's Any Dream Will Do)
as Prince Simon and
Katie Rowley-Jones (direct from Sister Act on
London's West End) as
Snow White.Nothing is more dangerous than a
paranoid Wicked Queen! Will
Snow White escape her jealous clutches? Can Dame
Totty (Paul Laidlaw -
back by popular demand) get her man? Can Herbie
the Huntsman work out
if he is a goodie or a baddie? Can Prince Simon
or Sofaria ensure a
happy ending? Bring on the Magnificent Seven! STEVENAGE
LEISURE
CLICK
Rickmansworth
Cinderella
Watersmeet,
High Street, Rickmansworth
Herts WD3 1EH Box Office on 01923
711063 7th-31st December
2011
Jonathan Ansell, from the multi-million
record
selling group G4, will
be joining forces with a very creative cast to
deliver the classic
fairy tale pantomime Cinderella, in the role of
Prince Charming.
Michael Otton will be returning by popular
demand to the venue and
bringing new magic and illusions to the
production in the shape of
Cinderella’s best buddy Buttons.A production of
Cinderella is never
complete without the Ugly Sisters
and Lav and Lou are certain to raise more than
an eyebrow with their
outrageous, colourful costumes. Oliver Gray and
Dean Horner will be
doing all they can to see Cinderella does not go
to the ball.
Website WATERSMEET
CLICK
Tring
Cinderella
, The
Court Theatre Station Road, Tring,
Hertfordshire HP23
5QY 30 December 2011 - 8
January 2012 A Pantomime by Ian Gower and Nick
Russon Once
again The Court Theatre brings you its annual
family pantomime a show
full of fun for all. Unlike many more
expensive Pantomimes we don’t
have any ‘has beens’ from TV land or expensive
ticket prices. What we
do have is over 40 years of experience of
producing family Pantomimes
in Tring featuring many well know faces and a
host of kids. Plus
everyone who wants to can get up on the stage
and join in with our
sing-along song before the finale. Don’t
forget to tell the Court
Theatre staff it is your birthday and we’ll do
our best to mention it
on stage and sing Happy Birthday to you.
You’ll also get a chance to
meet Cinderella after the show. So don’t miss
out, get your tickets
early for this sell out pantomime so you
can cheer
Cinderella, Prince
Charming and Buttons and boo those very, very
ugly sisters, Wicked
Stepmother and those horrid debt collectors.Websitehttp://www.courttheatre.co.uk/
Watford
Jack and
the Beanstalk Watford
Palace
Theatre , Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17
1JZ
25th Nov
2011 to 31st Dec 2011
Join Jack, Dame Trott and Buttercup the cow on
the most giant adventure
of all in this brand-new show, packed with
laughter, popular tunes and
a never-ending beanstalk. Websitehttp://www.watfordtheatre.co.uk/Book Tickets Now
Watford
Cinderella
St.
Peters
Church Hall , Bushey Mill Lane, Watford
26th Jan 2012 to4th
February 2012
Knutsford Phoenix Theatre Group proudly presents
Cinderella.
Fun for all the family, suitable for all ages.
Lot's of laughs and the
occasional custard pie! Websitehttp://www.kptg.co.uk/
Welwyn
Garden City
AladdinHawthorne
Theatre The Campus, Welwyn Garden
City, Herts AL8
6AE 8th Dec 2011 to 1st Jan
2012
Writer and Director Michael Courtney has pulled
it out of the bag again
featuring another magical production with great
songs, gorgeous
costumes, side splitting comedy and fabulous
characters. Websitehttp://www.hawthornetheatre.co.uk/
Kent
Birchington
Cinderella
, The Centre Alpha Road ,
Birchington, Kent 3rd Dec
2010 to 5th Dec 2010
Act 1 Theatre Group present their annual
pantomime. Written and
directed by Ben Friday.
Fri 3rd Dec 7:30pm
Sat 4th Dec 2:30 and 7:30pm
Sun 5th Dec 2:30pm
Tickets £6 each family ticket of four £20.
Websitehttp://www.wix.com/mikey4act1/act-1-theatre-group
Bromley
Aladdin
Churchill
Theatre
, High Street,
Bromley,
Kent, BR1 1HA 3rd Dec 2010 to 9th
Jan 2011
Melinda Messenger stars as the Genie in
Churchill Theatre Bromley?s
magical Christmas pantomime Aladdin. With
comedy, audience
participation, spectacular sets and song and
dance, action, and special
effects it?s the magic carpet ride of your life!
Website http://www.ambassadortickets.com/bromley
Canterbury
Robin Hood
, The Marlowe
Theatre, Canterbury Sat
4 Dec 2010 - Sun 9 Jan
2011
"A classic piece of family theatre...warm,
witty, daft, and, yes silly,
but brilliantly so! And the tent is a
success!"
Yourcanterbury
(Review of Peter Pan)
Join us this Christmas for our spectacular
pantomime adventure at the
Marlowe Theatre Arena. This year's fantastic
production stars top comic
actor and star of Cold Feet, The Fast Show and
Coronation Street, John
Thomson as the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham.
CBeebies' Sid Sloane
plays Robin Hood with comedy legend Dave Lee as
Lady Nellie of Herne
Bay. THE
MARLOWE
CLICK
Chatham
Jack and
the Beanstalk The
Central
Theatre , 170 High Street, Chatham, Kent,
ME4 4AS 10th
Dec 2010 to 2nd Jan 2011
Starring Emma Barton (Honey from EastEnders) and
top comedy
impressionist Paul Burling, Phil Gallagher
(Cbeebies? Mister Maker) is
back by popular demand to play Jack and the
fantastic Doc (Ministry of
Mayhem) will play Dr Fleshcreep. Websitehttp://www.medwaypanto.co.uk/
Chatham
Peter
Pan The
Britannia
Theatre, Dickens World , Leviathan Way,
Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4
4LL 11th Dec 2010 to 2nd Jan 2011
For every person who comes to enjoy Peter Pan,
Dickens World will
donate to Great Ormond Street Hospital. Websitehttp://www.dickensworld.co.uk/
Dartford
Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs The
Orchard,
Dartford ,The Orchard, Home Gardens,
Dartford, Kent DA1 1ED Friday
9 December to Saturday 31 December 2011
Unsuspecting passers-by stumbled
across a
sensational tea dance at Spitalfields Market on
Friday 24 June 2011,
when Craig Revel Horwood took Ann Widdecombe
onto the dance-floor to
launch The Orchard’s forthcoming pantomime! This
Christmas the duo will
be heading the cast of Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, for a limited
run from Friday 9 December to Saturday 31
December 2011. Craig Revel
Horwood has swapped his black tie and tuxedo for
an amazing array of
glittering gowns as he becomes one of
pantomime’s ultimate villains -
The Wicked Queen! Ann Widdecombe will be making
her pantomime debut
playing the role of Widdy in Waiting. This is
Craig’s third year
working with Qdos Entertainment, the world’s
largest pantomime
producer, in the role of Wicked Queen and he and
Ann are sure to
recreate some of the banter that occurred when
Craig was judging her on
the last series of Strictly Come Dancing! Craig
is a well-known face on
television, seen by millions of viewers for his
appearances on eight
series of Strictly Come Dancing. Craig has also
appeared on Comic
Relief Does Fame Academy and Strictly Ice
Dancing, as well as countless
other programmes including Celebrity Masterchef,
Ready Steady Cook,
Blue Peter and Hider in the House, to name but a
few. For the stage,
Craig has most recently directed and
choreographed the UK Tour of
Chess. Ann Widdecombe, who spent 25 years as MP
for Maidstone and
Weald, says: “I am delighted that my first
appearance in pantomime is
in Kent and I’m really looking forward to
spending the Christmas season
with Craig in Dartford. Given that the theatre
is close to home it
means that many of my friends will want to come
along which I am
thrilled about.” Crowds at Spitalfields Market
were thrilled to see
Craig Revel Horwood and Ann Widdecombe appear at
the market’s
bi-monthly tea dance along with its regular
participants. With music by
the acclaimed New Covent Garden Dance Orchestra,
the dances at
Spitalfields Market are enjoyed by seasoned
dancers and beginners
alike. Tickets can be booked at
www.orchardtheatre.co.uk or on
01322 220000. Websitehttp://www.orchardtheatre.co.uk/
East
Malling
Panto at
the OK
Corral , The East Malling Institute
Mill Street,
East Malling, ME19 6DB 2nd Dec 2010 to 4th
Dec 2010
Mosey on down to the OK Corral. Cheer on Clint
Westwood as he takes on
the evil Sheriff Small Holding and his deputies.
All the fun of the
Wild West Yee Haw! Ticket prices: Adults £8.00
Children
£5.00 Family of
4 £25.00. Book 01732 847265 Websitehttp://www.heathplayers.com/
Folkestone
Jack and
the Beanstalk
Leas Cliff Hall
The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DZ 23rd Dec
2011 to 7th Jan 2012
Come and see Jack and the gang on this fabulous
pantomime adventure.
Join Jack as he sells his cow for magic beans
and climbs the gigantic
beanstalk. Websitehttp://www.leascliffhall.org.uk/
Folkestone
Babes in
the Wood The
Tower Theatre
,North Road, Folkestone,
Kent
CT20 3DH Friday 7th Jan 7.00pm,
Saturday 8th Jan 2.00pm
& 7.00pm,
Sunday 9th Jan 2.00pm, Tuesday 11th, Wednesday
12th, Thursday 13th,
Friday 14th Jan at 7.00pm, Saturday 15th Jan
2.00pm & 7.00pm,
Sunday 16th Jan 2.00pm Directed
by
Claire Beddow, Musical director Chris Hall,
Designer David
Springett Group bookings available
Fabulous, family show by the
FHODS.
Full of colour and spectacle.
Tickets from £7.00 concessions avalaible. Box
Office 01303
223925. Free
parking in Theatre car park. Websitehttp://towertheatrefolkestone.co.uk/
Hawkhurst
Cinderella
Marlborough
House
School Theatre , High Street, Hawkhurst
dECEMBER 2010
JA panto for all the family. Come
and see the ugly
sisters lose
the hansome prince to the lovely cinderella.
Loads of slap stick and
comedy. Fun for all the familyTickets
just
£5/£4(conc's) Visit the website or call the box
office on
07807544872. Websitehttp://www.hawkhurstamdram.co.uk/
Herne
Bay
Sleeping
Beauty Kings
Hall
, East Cliff Parade, Herne Bay, Kent CT6
5HU 6th to
9th January 2011
Theatrecraft Herne Bay will be
casting its
spell over the Christmas
period and presenting Sleeping Beauty, a
spectacular fairytale
pantomime for all of the family. Sleeping
Beauty is the classic tale of good
versus evil - full of
romance and intrigue, wonderful music and
dance, a cast of
well-known local faces, and comic
performances which will have you
laughing in the aisles, you will not want
to miss this fabulous
family
pantomime.
So join us at the Kings Hall,
Herne Bay and
be transported to a magical kingdom where dreams
really do come true. Tickets
are available here
online
or call the Theatrecraft Booking Line on 07842
535596. Websitehttp://www.theatrecraft.org.uk/
Maidstone
Beauty and the
Beast, Hazlitt Theatre Earl Street,
Maidstone ME14 1PL 4th
Dec 2010 to 9th Jan 2011
Starring Melissa Suffield (Lucy Beale from
EastEnders) as Beauty, Ben
Freeman (Scott Windsor from Emmerdale) as Prince
and Danielle McCormack
(Mel Barker from My Parents Are Aliens) as Good
Fairy. Website http://www.hazlittartscentre.co.uk/
Margate
Dick
Whittington Winter
Gardens Fort
Crescent, Margate, CT9 1HX 30th Nov 2011
to 4th Dec 2011
Margate Operatic Society present thier annual
Pantomime so come along
and see Dick and Tommy the Cat seek their
forutne in London. Featuring
the very nest of local talent.
MOS Box Office 01843 297780 or
The Winter Gardens Box Office 01843 296111 Websitehttp://www.margatewintergardens.co.uk/
Margate
Hansel
&
GretelTheatre
Royal
Addington Street, Margate, Kent CT9 1PW
7th Dec 2011 to 31st Dec
2011
Join Hansel and Gretel on their adventure
through the wood, and
discover the fabulous (but deadly) Gingerbread
House, with its
icing-sugar roof and its walls of fudge. Websitehttp://www.theatreroyalmargate.com/
Ramsgate
Jack
and The Beanstalk
, Granville Theatre
Victoria Parade Ramsgate CT11 8DG 9th Dec
2011 to 2nd Jan 2012
There?s nothing better to put you in an
exuberant festive spirit ? Oh
no there isn?t! The production features Frank
Tucker, back by popular
demand, as Dame Trott and?Nasty Nick? Bateman
from Channel 4?s Big
Brother. Websitehttp://www.granvilletheatre.com/
Sevenoaks
Mother
Goose Stag
Theatre London
Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1ZZ 9th Dec
2011 to 1st Jan 2012
Leslie Grantham (Eastenders' Dirty Den),
Terrence Hardiman (the Demon
Headmaster), Nate James (URBAN Music Award
winning soul singer), Anna
Kumble (90's pop star Lolly), and Sevenoaks
favourties Robert Pearce
and Ant Payne star. Websitehttp://www.sevenoakspanto.com/
Sheerness
Jack and
the
Beanstalk , Sheppey Little Theatre
32-36 Meyrick
Road, Sheerness, Kent ME12 2NX 30th Dec
2010 to 2nd Jan 2011
Shooting Star Entertainments are back for their
third year of fun and
slapstick in Sheppey, again collaborating with
the Razzamataz dancers.
Thurs 30th Dec 7pm, Fri 31st Dec 2pm, Sat 1st
Jan 2pm and Sun 2nd Jan
2pm. All tickets £5 Websitehttp://www.sheppeylittletheatre.org/
Tonbridge
Dick Whittington
, Angel Centre Angel Lane,
Tonbridge, Kent TN9
1SF 17th Dec 2010 to 18th Dec 2010
Tonbridge Lions Club present the annual
pantomime Dick Whittington at
the Angel Centre Tonbridge in aid of Demelza
Hospice. December 17th and
18th. Tickets £8 adults/£5 concessions.
01732359966 Websitehttp://www.angelcentre.co.uk/
Tunbridge
Wells
Sleeping
Beauty
Assembly Hall Theatre
Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1
2LU 10th Dec 2011 to
2nd Jan 2012
A pantomime extravaganza for the whole family,
staring Glynis Barber
(Dempsey & makepeace, EastEnders) as Bad
Fairy, Derek Moran
(Milkshake) as Muddles, and Christopher Beeny
(Last of the Summer Wine)
as King. Websitehttp://www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk/
Westgate-on-sea
CinderellaWestgate
Pavilion The Pavilion, Sea Road,
Westgate-on-sea, Kent, CT8
8QW 16th Dec 2011 to 17th Dec 2011
The Wickes Panto is all for charity. We are
supporting Leukaemia &
Lymphoma Research as this is our charity of the
year. The production is
being put on by collegues of Wickes Broadstairs.
We greatly appreciate
your support for such a worthy cause. Websitehttp://www.kententertainments.co.uk/
West
Malling
Cinderella , West Malling Village
Hall Norman
Road, West Malling, ME19 6RW
3rd Dec 2010 to 5th Dec
2010
Cinderella The Pantomime is an adaptation by
Julian Jacobs. It is not
the usual tale of Cinderella but nonetheless
there is laughter, Ugly
Sisters and a Happy Ending. What more could you
want for some fun for
all the family! Websitehttp://www.chipproductions.co.uk/
Lancashire
Bacup
Dick
Whittington and his Cat
The Royal
Court Theatre Rochdale Road, Bacup,
Lancashire, OL13 9NR
1st Dec 2011 to 1st Jan 2012
Award Winning Best Panto Nwest Region.
Traditional Family Panto, set in
a Victorian Theatre. Tickets now on sale via on
website
Website http://www.brct.co/
Blackburn
Mother GooseThwaites
Empire
Theatre ,Aqueduct Road, Blackburn 1st
December 2010 - 2
January 2011
What happens when you cross the
most
wonderful time of the year with
the most magical fairy tale of all time? Pendle
Productions in
association with the Thwaites Empire Theatre
present the spectacular
professional family pantomime "Mother
Goose".Pendle
Productions and the Thwaites Empire Theatre are
renowned for their high
quality pantomimes and this "Mother Goose" will
dazzle and delight with
sumptuous sets, amazing costumes, a Goose that
has to be seen to be
believed, and the fountain of wishes where
dreams really do come
true.Our
story starts in the woods where we meet the good
"Fairy Virtue" and the
evil "Fairy Vanity". The challenge is set to
make Mother Goose vain and
think more about her looks than her family. With
‘Silly Billy’, ‘Jack
and Jill’ and the wicked Squire McNasty all your
favourite pantomime
characters will tumble onto the stage in
glorious technicolour.But
how will our Goose save the day? And will good
triumph over evil in the
end? Don’t forget to BOO and BOO again every
time you see Fairy Vanity
up to her evil ways !With all the elements that
Panto
audiences have come to expect - big song and
dance numbers, lavish
scenes, romance, comedy and lots of audience
participation - Mother
Goose is sure to be the ONLY pantomime to see in
Lancashire this
Christmas so book your tickets now before it’s
too late!
01254685500 Websitehttp://www.thwaitesempiretheatre.co.uk/
Blackburn
Dick
WhittingtonKing George's
Hall Northgate, Blackburn, BB2
1AA 7th Dec 2011 to 31st
Dec 2011
King George's Hall and Stageworks worldwide
productions present Dick
Whittington starring Phil Walker in his 10th
year at king george's hall
with a great cast, fantastic costumes,scenery
.fabulous fun for the
whole family. Websitehttp://www.kinggeorgeshall.com/
Blackpool
Aladdin
Grand
Theatre, 33 Church Street,
Blackpool, Lancashire FY1 1HTBox
Office 01253
290190 3rd Dec 2010 to 2nd Jan 2011
Starring Alex Ferns (Eastenders) and Amy Thopsom
(Milkshake). Websitehttp://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/
Blackpool
Mooky?s
off to see the Wizard
Blackpool
Tower Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire,
FY1 4BJ 26th Nov 2011
to 22nd Jan 2012
Spectacular and fun family entertainment,
featuring Britain?s favourite
clowns ? Mooky as the brainless Scarecrow and Mr
Booo as the mysterious
Wizard, plus a cast of talented actors and
world-class Circus
performers. Websitehttp://www.theblackpooltower.co.uk/
Bolton
Aladdin and his
Wonderful LampBolton Albert Halls
Victoria Square,
Bolton, BL1 1RU 3rd Dec 2010 to 8th
Jan 2011
Starring ex Coronation Street legend, Ken
Morley, as the hilarious
Widow Twankey, this year's panto at the Bolton
Albert Halls is Aladdin
and his Wonderful Lamp. Tickets from £12. Call
the box office on
01204
334400 Websitehttp://www.alberthalls-bolton.co.uk/
Bury
The
Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe , The Met
Market Street, Bury,
Lancs BL9 0BW 14th Dec 2010 to 24th Dec
2010
CS Lewis' classic tale for children (and
adults!) comes alive on stage
with wondrous characters and special theatrical
tricks to help re-tell
this extraordinary story that will draw you in
from the moment you sit
in your seat. Websitehttp://www.themet.biz/
Chorley
Sleeping Beauty
The Chorley Little Theatre, Dole Lane, Chorley
PR7 2RL 10- 18
December 2010
A family-show based on the
well-known
children's fairy-tale published by Charles
Perrault. Website
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Clitheroe
Jack and
the Beanstalk
St. Mary's
Centre Church Street, Clitheroe,
Lancashire BB7 2DG 5th Dec
2011 to 10th Dec 2011
Pendle Productions produce this spectacular
professional pantomime.
Starring Eggheads CJ de Mooi, BBC Radio
Lancashires Sally Naden and
Corries Conor Ryan. A percentage of all sales go
to support Child
Action North West.
Website http://www.clitheroecentre.co.uk/
Colne
Dick
WhittingtonPendle
Hippodrome
Theatre, New Market St, Colne, Lancs BB8
9BJ 7 & 8 January 2011 7.15 PM
Nightly St. John Southworth
Youth Theatre
Present Dick Whittington Tickets: Adults £5,
Concessions
£3.50 Book
online or call the Hippodrome Box
Office on 01282 863210 Websitehttp://www.phtheatre.co.uk/
Darwen
Cinderella
Darwen Library Theatre Knott
Street, Darwen,
BB3 3BU 8th Dec 2011 to 24th Dec 2011
Full of music, dance and all the usual pantomime
wit and charm - it's
fun for all the family. Websitehttp://www.darwenlibrarytheatre.com/
Lytham St Annes,
Jack
and the Beanstalk
Lowther
Pavilion Theatre West Beach, Lytham
St Annes, FY8 5QQ
12th Dec 2011 to 30th Dec 2011
Pendle Productions return after last years Box
Office hit, Cinderella.
This year sees BBC radio Lancashires Sally Naden
joined by BBC Eggheads
CJ De Mooi and Corries Conor Ryan. And the
return of Panto favourites
Ian Fox and Kivan Dene. Websitehttp://www.lowtherpavilion.co.uk/
Nelson
Alice in Wonderland at
The
Ace Centre Cross Street Nelson BB9 7NN
01282 661228-
17-18 December 2010
Join
Alice
as she enters the wacky,
weird and wonderful world of
Wonderland,
meeting characters like
Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
The White Rabbit,
and the wicked Queen of
Hearts along the way.
George Critchley
for PMA Productions Ltd
brings you this new musical
comedy version for
all the family based on the
books Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland and
Through the Looking Glass by
Lewis Carroll.ACE
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Wigan
Snow White &
The Seven Dwarfs , Monaco Ballroom
Atherton Road
Hindley Wigan WN2 3EU 14th Jan 2011 to
16th Jan 2011
Mirror, mirror on the wall, where is the
funniest panto of them all?
Don't miss our spectacular, fun packed, family
pantomime Snow White
& the Seven Dwarfs.Ticket Hotline 07831
436429 Discounts for Groups
and for the Family. Websitehttp://www.megadance.co.uk/
Leicestershire
& Rutland
Birstal
Babes in the WoodStonehill
High
School Stonehill Avenue, Birstall,
Leicester LE4 4JG
10th Dec 2010 to 11th Dec 2010
Join us for a thrilling fun packed show for all
the family this
Christmas as 11th Hour Productions proudly
presents Babes in the
Wood.Fun for everyone on a daring adventure to
rescue Hansel and Gretel
from the Sheriff of Nottingham! Websitehttp://www.11hr-productions.co.uk/
Leicester
Robin
& The Bog freeze
Peepul Centre
, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester. LE4 6DP 13th
– Saturday
18th
December 2010.
Not Wed 15th
Following
the
spectacular
success of
last year’s
Christmas show
‘Aladdin’ -
which
sold over
eight and a
half thousand
tickets –
Peepul
Theatre,
commissioned
by the Dome in
Brighton and
supported by
Arts Council
England, is
proud to
present Robin
& The Big
Freeze!
A
festive feast
of a show with
fantastic live
music, songs,
puppetry and
high octane
physicality to
tell a
wonderful
winter tale
about home, snow and unexpected friendships! Perfect for
the whole
family! With
suitcases and
sat-navs, the
birds are
getting ready
to leave town.
Robin remains,
he's got lots
to do, like
tweeting at
anyone who
comes
near his patch
and posing for
Christmas
cards. But the
snow is on its
way and lots
of it... is
everyone ready
for the big
freeze?
Annie
, De
Montfort Hall, Granville Rd, Leicester
LE1 7RU. Box Office: 0116 233 3111 20-31
December 2010
The
world's
best-loved Christmas musical! This
heart-warming rags-to-riches story of Annie’s
adventures, from Miss
Hannigan’s orphanage to the luxurious home of
Oliver Warbucks, has been
told all over the world for decades. First
seen on stage in 1976, it
really has become one of the best loved family
musicals of all time!
With a memorable score including It’s A
Hard Knock Life, Easy
Street and, of course, the legendary Tomorrow,
brilliantly visual choreography, and a side
splittingly hilarious
script, Annie is a spectacular treat for the
whole family. Book now…
don’t wait until tomorrow.
DE
MONTFORT
HALL CLICK
Leicester
The
King
& I: A Musical
Curve Rutland
Street, Leicester, LE1
1TQ. Tel:
0116-253-0021 3 DEC 2010 - 15
JAN 2011 The King
and I comes
to
Curve for Christmas. This endearing story of the
British governess
brought to the court of Siam to tutor the King’s
many children has
already captured the hearts and minds millions
in stage and screen
versions. It is told using one of the most
sumptuous and heart warming
scores ever written including The March
of the Siamese Children, Shall
We Dance, I Whistle A Happy
Tune, Hello Young Lovers
and the
unforgettable Getting To Know You.
Cast includes:
West End star, Janie Dee (Comic Potential,
Mack and Mabel and Woman in Mind)
and Chook Sebtain (Doctor
Who, Sarah Jane Adventures). The
King and Iwill
be lavishly
brought to life by Curve’s Artistic Director Paul
Kerryson
with new orchestrations and musical direction by
Julian Kelly.
. E-mail:enquiries@leicestertheatretrust.co.ukWeb:http://www.curveonline.co.uk
Leicester
Dick
WhittingtonThe Little
TheatreDover Street,
Leicester, LE1 6PW 16th Dec 2011 to
7th Jan 2012 Come
with us into pantoland with Dick and his
clever cat. Go with them
to London. Are the streets paved with gold?
Will our hero make his
fortune and win the hand of the fair daughter
of Alderman FitzWarren? Websitehttp://www.thelittletheatre.net/
Loughborough
CinderellaLoughborough Town HallMarket Place, Loughborough, Leics,
LE11 3EB. Tel: 01509 231914 Fax:
01509-240617 28th Nov 2010 to 9th Jan
2011
Join Cinders on the adventure of a lifetime to a
place where dreams
come true ... A land of excitement and romance,
of daring princes,
flying coaches, magic spells and two nasty ugly
sisters whose evil
plans must be thwarted. Websitehttp://www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk/
Market Harborough
Uglies
Do
HarboroughHarborough
TheatreChurch Square,
Market Harborough LE16 7NB 27th Dec 2011 to
30th Dec 2011 The
tale of what happened next to Cinderella's
Ugly Sisters all the
(original) songs, costume changes and double
entendres you would expect
in a traditional style family panto. Websitehttp://www.ugliesdo.com/
Lincolnshire
Boston
The Frog
PrinceBlackfriars Arts
CentreSpain Lane,
Boston, PE21 6HP 15th Feb 2012 to
18th Feb 2012 This
February Boston Playgoers will present The
Frog Prince by Kei
Bailey, a spectacular pantomime full of
laughter, music and outrageous
characters. Buy your tickets as soon as
possible and don't miss out. Websitehttp://www.blackfriarsartscentre.co.uk/
Caistor
AladdinCaistor
Town
Hall High Street, Caistor, LN7
6TX 30th Nov 2011
to 3rd Dec 2011
A traditional family pantomime, with brillant
jokes; popular music and
familiar songs; colourful scenery and costumes;
and an enthusiastic
local cast. Going strong for 20 years, CATS
always deliver a show to
remember! Websitehttp://www.catstheatre.co.uk/
Gainsborough
Cinderella
Old Town Hall,
Lord Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21
19
December 2010
No story captures the imagination
of
children more than Cinderella!
For 2 hours they will be transported into the
home of Baron Hardup
where they will meet Cinderella and all her
friends. Packed
solidly with comedy, excitement and adventure,
the children will love
to cheer their Hero Prince Charming, and Boo the
horrible Step Sisters
Fifi and Lola as they try to stop Cinderella
from attending the Ball!
They will roar with laughter at the comedy
antics of Buttons and shout
as they have never shouted before when telling
Prince Charming who owns
the glass slipper! There are 3 ticket types
available ADULT £10
CHILD £6 FAMILY TICKET £25 (2 adults and 2
children) Website
Grimsby
Snow White
and the Seven DwarfsGrimsby
Auditorium Cromwell Road, Great
Grimsby, NE Lincolnshire,
Grimsby, DN31 2BH 8th Dec 2011 to 26th Jan 2012
Sue Holderness ('Marlene Boyce' in
BBC's
Only Fools and Horses &
Green Green Grass) stars as the Wicked Queen who
will stop at nothing
to dispose of the beautiful Snow White.
She asks her magic mirror 'Mirror, mirror on the
wall, who is the
fairest of them all?' When it declares Snow
White to be the fairest in
the land, the Wicked Queen plots to get rid of
Snow White with the help
of her evil henchman.
Snow White flees into the forest helped to
safety by her magical
friends and the seven dwarfs, but who is the
curious old woman selling
apples at the door?
Will a handsome prince come to the rescue? To
find out you will have to
follow us deep into the magical forest.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs promises to be a
deliciously wicked
pantomime with lavish costumes, a dame called
Dumpling, a magical fairy
called Goodheart, fun dance routines, modern pop
songs and the usual
slapstick comedy and laughs. Websitehttp://www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk/
Heckington
The
Sleeping Beauty
Heckington Village
Hall High Street, Heckington,
Sleaford 19th Jan 2012 to
28th Jan 2012
With Andrew Key again directing another original
& fun filled
script by local professional writer, Kei Bailey,
and a fabulous cast of
talented actors, you'll be in for another
exciting pantomime
spectacular!
Lincoln
Dick WhittingtonLincoln
Drill
Hall ,Free School Lane, Lincoln LN2
1EY Tuesday
14 Dec 2010 1.30pm and 6pm Tickets: £14 (£9 concessions)
Join
us
for this year’s spectacular festive pantomime
and follow Dick and
his cat Tommy, on his journey from Lincoln to
London Town. Can
he defeat the evil Queen Rat, win the heart of
the beautiful Alice
Fitzwarren and find his ‘streets paved with
gold’? We couldn’t possibly
say, so you’ll simply have to come along and
find out! Julie
Fox returns as the devilishly devious Queen Rat,
full of mischief and
mayhem and Lincolnshire’s No 1 DJ from Lincs FM
John Marshall joins the
cast as ‘The Sultan of Morocco’. Harry Potter
Star Chris Rankin (Percy
Weasly) appears as ‘King Weasly Rat’ in a
spectacular animated
underwater shipwreck sequence and the winner of
our Find Our Star
competition ‘Rochelle Ayris’ takes the lead as
Dick Whittington. If
you saw last year’s incredible fire-breathing
dragon in ‘Sleeping
Beauty’, then you’ll love this year’s “jaw
dropping” underwater
animated sequence! Kids and adults alike will
love this traditional
pantomime and for an extra treat meet your
favourite characters after
the show. With well-known songs, dazzling
costumes, stunning scenery
this panto has all the ingredients for a
wonderful Christmas treat! .
Book early Websitehttp://www.lincolndrillhall.com/
North Hykeham
Treasure
Island the Panto!The Terry O'Toole
TheatreMoor
Lane, North Hykeham 18th Jan 2011 to
22nd Jan 2011 Shiver me
timbers! Join
brave Jim Hawkins as he sets sail in search of
adventure and buried treasure! A swash
buckling tale of high drama, low
cunning and some very bad jokes in this
perfectly piratical
panto! Websitehttp://www.terryotooletheatre.org.uk/
Skegness
Snow White
& The Seven Dwarfs
The
Embassy Theatre Grand Parade, Skegness,
PE25 2UG 14th Dec 2011 to
31st Dec 2011
Can Snow White meet the Prince of her dreams or
will the evil Queen
stop her? Laugh at the outrageous 'Nurse
Knickerbocker' and the very
silly 'Muddles', and sing along with the
loveable dwarfs.
Don't miss the magic! Websitehttp://www.embassytheatre.co.uk/
Skegness
Aladdin Butlins
SkegnessButlins
Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE25
1NJ 5th Jan 2011 to
5th
Jan 2012 Every
Butlins break gives
you the opportunity to see a Storybook
Panto.
At Butlins Skegness see the classic
pantomine story of Aladdin as part
of the entertainment included in every
break, all year round. Websitehttp://www.butlins.com/resorts/skegness/
Sleaford
CinderellaSleaford
Playhouse54 Westgate,
Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 7PS 6th Dec 2011 to
17th Dec 2012 The
famous story of Cinderella comes to life in a
magical fairytale for
the whole family. Full of dazzling special
effects, be prepared to be
amazed as you are transported on a spectacular
journey with our heroine Websitehttp://www.sleafordplayhouse.co.uk/
Stamford
The
Little Mermaid
Casterton
Business & Enterprise College , Ryhall
Road, Great Casterton,
Stamford, Lincs PE9 4AT 22-23 January 2011 Websitehttp://www.skamp.webs.com/
Greater
London
&
Middlesex Pantomimes 20010/2011
THE PANTOMIME CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Roll
up! Roll
up! For The Wessex Tourist Board's
A-Z complete list of Christmas
shows and family pantomimes in London
& Middlesex. Our round-up
includes treats for tiny tots, festive
family productions and, of
course, traditional pantos. It wouldn't be
Christmas without them
21 December 2011
The Ark TheatreWD6 1TS[map]
Mike Maran’s sparkling
production of
the seasonal favourite is a pocket
pantomime - epic in the scope of it’s
imagination and intimate in the
scale of its presentation. It is
Christmas Eve and terrible miser
Scrooge is miserable, lonely and
unhappy. He is visited by Ghosts who
show him the past, present, and
future. But will he ever change his
miserly ways? A story that plumbs the
depth of misery only to rescue us
and uplift our hearts to a place
filled with joy.
Aladdin
17
December 2011 to 8
January 2012 The
Beck TheatreUB3 2UE[map]
Classic panto with the
evil sorcerer
Abanazer coming to town to offer
the young Aladdin a chance of
adventure and respite from Widow
Twanky
and her launderette, which she runs
with the vigour of Chairman Mao.
The lesser Genie helps our hero find
the magic lamp and escape from the
depths of the cave. Returning home a
new man and with the magic of the
Genie of the lamp, Aladdin becomes one
of the most powerful and richest
men in the whole of China and even
manages to pull a princess. Now with
Abanazer in control of the all
powerful Genie of the lamp and the
kidnapped heroine, our beloved
Princess, Aladdin dawns his magic
carpet
and sets out with Twanky and brother
Wishee on a disastrous rescue
mission. http://www.becktheatre.org.uk/
Aladdin
26
November 2011 to 29
January 2012 Colour
House TheatreSW19 2RD[map]
Poor Aladdin is tricked
by his evil
'uncle' to enter a dangerous cave
and look for a magic lamp. Soon he is
trapped inside. Will poor Aladdin
escape, find love and make his
fortune? Of course he will! It’s
pantomime time again at the Colour
House. Come and boo, hiss and enjoy
this wonderful new adaptation with the
whole family.
Aladdin
2
December 2011 to 2
January 2012 The
Fairfield Halls & Ashcroft
TheatreCR9 1DG[map]
Aladdin is a story of
medieval
Arabian origin in The Book of One
Thousand and One Nights.starring Larry Lamb WEBSITE
CLICK
Aladdin
24
November 2011 to 8
January 2012 Greenwich
TheatreSE10 8ES[map]
A musical pantomime for
all the
family, written by and starring Andrew
Pollard, complete with a genie, a
villain, a magic lamp and plenty of
comedy and romance. GREENWICH
THEATRE
CLICK
Aladdin
19
November 2011 to 31
December 2011 Lyric
Theatre
HammersmithW6 0QL[map]
The Lyric Hammersmith
presents it's
annual panto event: Aladdin. http://www.lyric.co.uk/
Aladdin
9
December 2011 to 17
December 2011 Mary
Wallace
TheatreTW1 3DU[map]
Pantomime staged by the
Richmond
Shakespeare Society.
Aladdin
27 November 2011
NY Bar & GrillKT11 1HY[map]
The Disney cartoon of
'Aladdin' is
likely to be the best known versionm
set in ancient Arabia, with the
villain of the piece named 'Jaffar',
an
evil vizier and magician. The
pantomime version predates the Disney
film by almost two hundred years. The
first recorded performance of
'Aladdin' was in 1788, at the Theatre
Royal, Covent Garden. Around the
time the NY Bar and Grill was a
Coaching Inn. With widow Twankey, and
slap-stick scenes in the Laundry,
along with her other son 'Wishee
Washee'. The and the Genie of the
Lampgiving Aladdin free wishes for as
long as he holds the lamp.
Aladdin
30
November 2011 to 31
December 2011 The
Broadway BarkingIG11 7LS[map]
Join Aladdin, Jasmine
and the Genie
as they take you on a magic carpet
ride in Folkestone's spectacular
pantomime. THE
BROADWAY
CLICK
Aladdin 4th Jan
2012 to 7th Jan 2012 St.
Mary's Church HallChurch
Path, Merton Park, London SW19 3HJ A family
pantomime by Peter Long &
Keith Rawnsley. Evening performances
at 7.45pm, and Saturday matinee at
2.30pm.
All seats £9 (£4 for under 12s at
the Matinee only). Book
online via our website or phone
07546 065267. Websitehttp://www.parishplayers.net/
7
December 2011 to 10
December 2011 St Anne's Church
HallSE1 5QH[map]
The Quay Players 2011 Pantomime -
Aladdin.
Ali the
Barber
Ali
the
Barber
17th Dec 2010
to 18th Dec
2011 The Ryan
Theatre Harrow School, 5 High
Street, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex
HA1 3HP
Ali is a barber, business is not
good. Luckily he stumbles across
a
robbers stash & helps himself to a
few quid. However, Ali's greedy
brother,Cassim,hearing of Ali's good
fortune, is intent on taking the
lot.
Website http://www.hillplayers.co.uk/
Alice in Pantoland
22
December 2011 Foots Cray Social
ClubEC1N 8SB[map]
Alice starts her first year at Uni,
following her heart and a white
rabbit. Soon she is plunged into a
crazy world of sex and booze and
rolling round in circles. A good white
Queen and an evil red Queen
fight for supremacy over the magical
land of Wales. Fit rugby boys show
off their muscles as sexy cheerleaders
swoon away. Will Alice ever get
the man of her dreams in this crazy
new world? Featuring all your
favourites from Alice in Wonderland
(messed-up a bit all panto-style)
including: The Mad Hatter, Cheshire
Katt, Tweedle-One &
Tweedle-Three and the Knave of Tarts
plus a pantomime cow.
Alice in
Wonderland 10 September 2011
to 13 November 2011
Colour
House TheatreSW19 2RD[map]
+44 (0)20 8640
5111
Alice takes a fantastical adventure
down the rabbit hole to a
topsy-turvy world of tea parties,
talking animals and one very
bad-tempered Queen.
Babes In The Wood
6
December 2011 to 16
December 2011
South London Theatre
2a Norwood High Street,
London SE27 9NS [map]
The Sheriff of
Nottingham has just
learned that his wards, the
eponymous Babes of the story, are
worth more to him dead than alive and
sends his hapless henchmen, Toyle and
Trubble into the Woods to finish
them off. Websitehttp://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/
Beauty
And The Beast
24th Nov 2011 to 8th Jan 2012 Millfield
Arts
Centre Silver Street,
Edmonton, London N18 1PJ
A beautiful panto full of
beastly good fun. Join us in the
enchanted
forest where curses need to be broken,
true love must save the day and
the princes aren't always so handsome.
Websitehttp://www.millfieldartscentre.co.uk/
Beauty & The Beast
15
December 2011 to 23
December 2011 Harrow Arts CentreHA5 4EA[map]
This is the timeless tale of a
beautiful young girl who is taken to
live with the Beast to save the life
of her father. Will Beauty
overcome her fear, will the Beast
learn the value of kindness and can
true love break a terrible curse?
Beowulf
Beowulf
9th Dec 2011 to 8th Jan 2012 Rosemary
Branch
Theatre 2 Shepperton Road,
London N1 3DT
From the brilliant Charles Court Opera
comes their Xmas panto Beowulf.
Note some performances are adults
only. Websitehttp://www.rosemarybranch.co.uk/
Beowulf
Beowulf
13 January
2012 to 14 January 2012
The Vera
Fletcher HallKT7 0LQ[map]
Charles Court Opera’s legendary
boutique panto scales new heights of
sublime silliness as the most
scholarly epic of Anglo-Saxon
literature
is given a wickedly entertaining
Christmas makeover. Join Beowulf
himself, along with Grendel, Grendel’s
mother, Wiglaff, King Hrothgar,
and a bladderful of other characters
in a maelstrom of bad jokes, great
music, excruciating audience
participation and downright dangerous
dough dodging.
Bob & The Beanstalk
Bob
& The
Beanstalk 14
December 2011 to 18
December 2011 Riverhouse
Barn Gallery StudioKT12 2PF[map]
A show full of madcap fun and mayhem,
it's Hotbuckle's Christmas
pantomime bonanza.
Bollywood Cinderella
Bollywood Cinderella
1 December
2011 to 24 December 2011
Various
venues
Hardeep Singh Kohli cooks up his own
inimitable brand of fun for all
the family - spicing the much loved
Christmas classic with Indian
colours, smells and sounds. While
Cinderella slaves night and day
making shoes for her ugly stepsisters’
- Wang, Choo, Blahnik, whatever
style they want - little does she know
her luck is about to change. The
local Raja, desperate for his handsome
but painfully shy son to find a
wife, summons the finest shoemaker in
the kingdom to craft 'the
perfect' slipper to fit a Princess.
What size will Cinders choose to
makethe perfect slipper? Will the
Prince fall in love with the cobbler?
Will their love be shoe-horned?.
Cambrian Panto
Cambrian Panto
27 November 2011
to 18 December 2011
Christmas Adventure in
Nurseryland
13 December
2011 to 24 December 2011
The
Charles Cryer Studio TheatreSM5 3BB[map]
Come on a fun-packed journey through
Nurseryland with this special
interactive shows especially for our
tiny audience members. Join in
with the as we travel through all your
favourite Nursery Rhymes in this
magical adventure with lots for
everyone to join in with.
Christmas Treat
Christmas Treat
10
December 2011 Charlie's BarEC3N 2JY[map]
This year we are taking you for a tour
of the West End musicals and
pantomimes. Featuring Costumes by Miss
Sarah Lloyd with a cast of
WayOut talent.
Cinderella
29 December
2011 to 28 January 2012
Bob
Hope TheatreSE9 5TG[map]
Cinderella is a young woman living
with her step mother and two step
sisters. She works as a servant for
them and caters to their every
need. She does all the cooking and
cleaning, and is treated like a
servant. The step sisters are very
mean. When the Prince of the Village
sends out invitations to a ball held
in his honour to all the
villagers, Cinderella begs to go but
her step mother will not let her.
The night of the ball arrives, and the
sisters and mother laugh and
leave. Cinderella cries and wishes she
could attend also. At that
moment her Fairy God Mother appears
and uses her magic so that
Cinderella can attend, giving her a
dress, glass slippers, and turning
a pumpkin into a carriage. She also
informs Cinderella that this spell
will only last until midnight.
Cinderella goes off onto the ball, and
while she is there she attracts quite
a bit of attention especially
from the Prince. The two dance all
night, till Cinderella hears the
clock chime. She remembers what her
god mother said, and dashes off,
leaving only a slipper behind. The
Prince, desperate to find this
mystery woman, has his assistant go to
all the women of the village to
find its owner. Just when all hope is
gone the assistant tries the
slipper on the step sisters and
despite a hard effort the shoe does
not
fit. Cinderella then tries on the shoe
and it fits perfectly shocking
everyone, especially her step sisters
and evil step mother. Cinderella
marries her Prince Charming and lives
happily ever after.
Cinderella
14 January
2012 to 3 March 2012
Brick
Lane Music HallE16 2DA[map]
A pantomime performance of the
Cinderella story.
Cinderella
16 December
2011 to 8 January 2012
The
Epsom PlayhouseKT18 5AL[map]
Watch the magic unfold when Cinders
meets her handsome Prince. Starring
comedy vocalist Andy Pelos as Buttons,
and the Disney Channel's
Samantha Dorrance as Cinderella.
Featuring recording artist Tom Yeates
as The Prince and Britain's premier
dames, Mark Two and Jamie Steen as
The Ugly Sisters.
Cinderella
11
December 2011 NY Bar &
GrillKT11 1HY[map]
With Christmas all but here, don't
miss this great chance to see the
classic Christmas panto. The most
magical fairytale of them all,
Cinderella, is told live on stage with
a fantastic cast in an NY
production.The NY Bar and Grill is
becoming renowned for its high fun,
pantomimes and ourCinderella will
dazzle and delight everyone who
comes, with the freshest casts in the
country.
Cinderella
24 November
2011 to 26 November 2011
OWG
CentreDA1 1PX[map]
Cinderella
9 December
2011 to 15 January 2012
Richmond TheatreTW9 1QJ[map]
Featuring a glittering parade of
everything you could possibly wish for
in a traditional family pantomime –
including sensational costumes,
dazzling songs, superb dance routines,
wonderful comedy and with star
casting to be announced – this
enchanting show will appeal to all
ages. with comic Jenny
Eclair as the Fairy Godmother
and panto veteran Gary Wilmot as
Buttons.
Cinderella
29 November
2011 to 8 January 2012
Tabard
TheatreW4 1LW[map]
Following the successes of Stig of the
Dump, The Famous Five and Just
So, this Christmas, the Tabard Theatre
brings you a perfect union: the
architects of the modern musical,
Rodgers & Hammerstein and the
classic fairy tale of all time,
Cinderella. First presented on
television in 1957 starring Julie
Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Cinderella was the most widely viewed
program in the history of the
medium. It then found a new lease of
life when it was remade for the
stage and played to great success on
Broadway. Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Cinderella is an
enchanting version of the classic tale
played with great warmth and a touch
of merriment. Rodgers and
Hammerstein created a string of
popular Broadway musicals in the
1950‘s
during what is considered a golden age
of musical theatre with hits
such as South Pacific, Oklahoma!,
Carousel, The King and I and The
Sound of Music.
Cinderella
3 December
2011 to 21 January 2012
Theatre
Royal Stratford EastE15 1BN[map]
Written by Trish Cooke and Robert
Hyman, this year's panto is a
whirlwind of lost slippers, a handsome
prince, and not just one but
four delicious dames. Websitehttp://www.stratfordeast.com/
Cinderella
3 December
2011 to 14 January 2012
Queen's
Theatre HornchurchRM11 1QT[map]
Expect magic, mayhem and comedy capers
from your favourite panto
characters. Cheer, boo and laugh at
the wicked Ugly Sisters, the
stupendously silly Buttons, handsome
Prince Charming, thigh-slapping
Dandini and bumbling Baron Hardup.
Cinderella
7 December
2011 to 31 December 2011
Watersmeet
TheatreWD3 1EH[map]
Family pantomime.
Cinderella 26th Nov 2011 to
8th Jan
2012 Hackney
Empire 291 Mare
Street, London E8 1EJ
Join beautiful Cinderella, two
hideous Ugly Sisters, one
seriously mean
Stepmother, one huge pumpkin, a glitzy
Palace Ball and lots of very
cute mice. Add to these thrilling
adventure, knockabout comedy. Websitehttp://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/
Cinderella
30th Nov 2011 to 14th Jan 2012 Chickenshed
Chase
Side, Southgate, London N14 4PE
30th Nov 2011 to 14th Jan 2012
A spectacular, magical, musical
version of this much loved fairy tale
with a modern twist! Follow our feisty
heroine on her tough talking
journey to the palace. Websitehttp://www.chickenshed.org.uk/
Cinderella 19th Jan 2012
to 22nd Jan
2012
Winston Churchill Hall TheatrePinn Way,
Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 7QL Following
last years critically acclaimed
Peter Pan. Aropsy are back in
Jan 2012 with West Londons biggest
and best pantomime 'Cinderella'.
Hilarious Jokes, Laughs, Music and
Magic. All for around 10 quid! Wow!
Websitehttp://www.argosyplayers.org.uk/
Dick
Whittington
14 December
2011 to 29 December 2011
Compass
Theatre & Arts CentreUB10 8PD[map]
Playing Richard Whittington, the boy
who sought fame, fortune and
streets paved with gold in London,
will be Hillingdon’s own Josh Barry
who made it to the semi-finals of
ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent in 2010
after impressing Simon Cowell and
fellow judges, Piers Morgan and
Amanda Holden in the audition stages
with his remarkable rendition of
My Girl by The Temptations. Josh,
who’s just turned 18, has also
appeared in the West End production of
The Lion King, and sang at last
year’s Hayes Carnival as well as
Hillingdon’s Hidden Talent, where he
was also a very special guest judge.
Dick Whittington and His Cat
promises fun and spectacle complete
with a King Rat worthy of your Boos
and Hisses as well as top quality
singing and dancing.Websitehttp://www.compasstheatre.co.uk/
Dick
Whittington
9 December
2011 to 15 January 2012
New Wimbledon
TheatreSW19 1QG[map]
First Family Entertainment and New
Wimbledon Theatre are thrilled to
announce the casting of Dame Edna
Everage in this year's pantomime Dick
Whittington. The original desperate
housewife turned global megastar
makes her pantomime debut as the
Spirit of London and will be joined by
Dancing on Ice champion Sam Attwater
as Dick Whittington and
Nickelodeon presenter Anna Williamson
as Alice.
Dick
Whittington
8th Dec 2011 to 10th Dec
2011 Burnt
Ash
Methodist Church Hall
Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, London, SE12
0QD
A singing and dancing College
Park Players version of the tale
following the hero Dick on his journey
to London and his adventures
with the friends he finds there. Websitehttp://www.collegeparkplayers.com/
Fee Fo Panto
Fee
Fo Panto 5
November 2011 to 10
December 2011 Watford Palace
TheatreWD17 1JZ[map]
A chance to plant your magic beans of
imagination and grow your own
panto. Learn the tricks of the panto
trade through games, drama
activities and a whole bucket load of
fun. Includes a ticket to both
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Jack
and the Beanstalk.
Frog Prince
Frog
Prince 3 December 2011
Lauderdale
HouseN6 5HG[map]
The poor handsome Prince has been
turned into a frog by a fairy called
Honey. But the Princess Coral is a
mermaid who makes the Frog Prince
swim down to her Water Kingdom. Over
100 puppets bring this magical
tale to life.
Jack
and
the Beanstalk Shaw
Theatre
,
100-110, Euston Road, London, NW1
2AJ 6
December 2011 to 31
December 2011 [map]
Produced by James Hill and directed by
The Shaw Theatre's own Artistic
Director John-Jackson Almond, Jack and
the Beanstalk will make you
laugh, cry, roar with laughter, and
take you on a magical journey to
the Giant Blunderbore’s Castle in the
Sky as our daring hero takes on
the evil sorceress Venus Flytrap.
Starring Linda and
Maureen from THE NOLANS
with Devon Anderson (Billie Jackson)
from EASTENDERS, Chris Stanton
from CBBC's M.I. HIGH.
Website http://www.shaw-theatre.com/
Jack and the
Beanstalk
12
December 2011 to 22
January 2012 Kenneth More TheatreIG1 1BT[map]
WEBSITE
CLICK
Jack
and the Beanstalk
10
December 2011 to 2
January 2012 The Broadway TheatreSE6 4RU[map]
This year's pantomime has all the
ingredients of a mouth watering feast
of fun, frivolity and festive cheer!
Our traditional pantomime tale
with be served up with spectacular
scenery, colourful costumes,
creative choreography accompanied by
live music and a huge side dish of
slapstick delivered by a very talented
cast who promise plenty of magic
in the giant kingdom of Sunnyvale!
Jack and the
Beanstalk
23
November 2011 to 26
November 2011
Jack
and
the Beanstalk
5th Jan 2012 to 8th Jan 2012
Intimate
Theatre 521 Green Lanes, Palmers
Green N13 4DH
Come join Jack Trott & all
the residents of Much Twittering
as they
battle the evil Giant Snot! We promise
a fun filled, exciting &
magical performance for everyone from
3 to 103! Proceeds donated to the
Friends of Cheviots Children's Centre,
Enfield. Websitehttp://www.acorntheatre.com/
Little Red
Riding Hood
5th Jan 2012 to 7th Jan 2012
Oldfield
Primary School
Oldfield Lane North, Greenford,
Middlesex
Holy Cross Players proudly
present their 30th anniversary
production.
With tickets from £6 to £8, it's the
best value show in
town! Websitehttp://www.holycrossplayers.org.uk/
Miss Whittington & Her
Cat
14 December
2011 to 15 December 2011
Drill HallWC1E 7EX[map]
Miss Richenda Whittington, Whit to her
mates, leaves her small town
life with only her cat Kitty for
company. Will they find love and
fortune in good old London Town? Is
the woman of her dreams to be found
in the clubs and bars? And with such
dim lighting will Whit even see
her? With a fairy godmother, who lives
life in the fast lane and the
Queen of all Rats pursuing Whit for
her own pleasure, what is a girl to
do? Whit finds a job in a
not-for-profit outlet run by the
thoughtful
Ms Fitzwarren, but her daughter Gemma
is jealous of Kitty and tries to
persuade Whit to rehome her. Will Whit
be true to herself? Will the
fairy godmother ever stop partying to
help? Will Kitty like her new
home? Is there such a thing as true
love? This panto might not answer
all of these questions but it will be
a great night out - a truly
special treat for the festive season.
Mother Goose 11
December
2011 Capel Manor GardensEN1 4RQ[map]
In this magical tale her handsome but
silly son Jack and his gorgeous
girlfriend Jill discover that beauty
and wealth do not always equal
happiness as Priscilla the Goose
teaches them the true value of
friendship.
Now That's What I Call Panto
Now That's What I Call
Panto
6 December
2011 to 11 December 2011
The Beck
TheatreUB3 2UE[map]
There’s trouble in Pantovania.
Abanazar, the Sheriff of Nottingham
and
Carabosse are plotting to seize all
the magical panto items including
the magic lamp and glass slippers! By
doing this, they will ensure
there will be no Christmas Boo!They
kidnap Cinderella, Snow White and
Sleeping Beauty and threaten to do
horrible things to them if the
people of Pantovania don’t hand the
goods over! The Fairy Godmother,
plus Buttons, Simple Simon, Dame
Trott, Sarah Suet, Widow Twankey and
several Prince Charmings are eager to
thwart the evil plot!
Hurrah!
http://www.becktheatre.org.uk/
Oz
Oz 7 January
2012 to 21 January 2012
Erith PlayhouseDA8 1QY[map]
Will the Wicked Witch of West
Thamesmead prevent Dotty and her new
friends from getting to Oz? Come and
follow them along the yellow brick
road for plenty of fun, lots of laughs
and maybe a few surprises in
this brand new family pantomime.
Potted
Panto
Potted
Panto
18th Dec 2011
to 8th Jan 2012
Vaudeville
Theatre 404 Strand,
London WC2R 0NH
From the makers of Potte Potter comes
seven classic pantos in 80
minutes! With CBBC's Dan and Jeff. Websitehttp://www.pottedpanto.com/
Pantolympics
2012 - A Herculean Pantomime
Pantolympics
2012
- A Herculean Pantomime
7th Jan 2012 to 14th Jan
2012 New
Eltham
Methodist Church 435-9
Footscray Road, New Eltham, SE9
3UL
Our hero Hercules with the help
of wimpy Achilles and self
obsessed
Narcissus must do battle with horrible
Hades for the hand of the
beautiful Helen. Will he succeed
against all the odds come along to
find out! Websitehttp://www.newelthampantomime.co.uk/
The
Railway Children
The
Railway Children Waterloo Railway
Theatre York Road, London, SE1
8SW 28 June
2011 Booking
through until: 8 January 2012 York Theatre
Royal’s stage production of E
Nesbit’s 1906 novel The
Railway Children is to be staged
in the former Eurostar terminal at
Waterloo Station this summer. A
specially created auditorium will
be
constructed around the
disused tracks - which
until 2007 served as London's
main Eurostar
terminal - with the audience
seated on both sides of the track
and
the
action taking place on the
platforms and the track itself. E
Nesbit's
story follows Bobby, Peter and
Phyllis, three children
whose lives change dramatically
when their father is mysteriously
taken
away. Moving with their mother
from London to a cottage in rural
Yorkshire, they befriend the local
railway porter and embark on a
journey of discovery, friendship
and adventure. But the mystery
remains; where is their father and
is he ever coming back? The
Railway
Children is being staged to
coincide with the 40th
anniversary of the popular film
adaptation and uses the
saloon
carriage
that featured in the film along
with a period steam train from the
National Railway Museum in York.
Red Riding Hoodie
Red
Riding Hoodie
4
December 2011 to 8
December 2011 Battersea BargeSW8 5BP[map]
Enjoy the debauched and debased
pantomime antics of some of the most
popular and talented cabaret stars on
the London scene in this all-new
Christmas adventure. Written by Paul L
Martin who returns to the Barge
stage after a two year hiatus, Red
Riding Hoodie also stars the
reigning Alternative Miss World, Fancy
Chance, and stalwart of the
Cabaret Burlesque scene, Dusty Limits.
Featuring Laurie Hagen, Jamie
Anderson, Louise Hollamby and Becky
Finlay-Hall.
SANTA CLAUS AND THE CHRISTMAS
ADVENTURE
SANTA
CLAUS AND THE CHRISTMAS
ADVENTURE AMBASSADORS
THEATRE West
Street, London, WC2H 9ND 3-31
December 2011
The adventure takes place
at Santa’s
HQ in the North Pole. The
Reindeer Sat Nav is programmed and the
toys are piled high on the
sleigh, then… chaos strikes! Rudolph
is missing and the Elves are
misbehaving... will Santa ever deliver
the presents to all the boys and
girls?!
Santa needs your help, and in
return the
children will get to meet
him after the show and even receive a
present. Don’t forget to bring
your camera to capture the magic
moment your little ones meet Father
Christmas for the very first time!
A truly unforgettable experience,
Santa Claus
and the Christmas
Adventure promises to be the festive
treat you won’t want to miss –
come and join the fun and help Santa
save the day!
Sinderella
Sinderella
6
December 2011 to 11
December 2011 Etcetera
TheatreNW1 7BU[map]
Sweet, beautiful
but very
dumb poor Sinderella is trapped in the
home
of her Ugly Sisters. Is the Prince
really that charming? Will the
feisty Fairy sober up enough to create
magic? And will Buttons ever get
laid? With audience participation,
sing-a-longs and risqué
humour
prepare for a brand new big adult
panto. Treat yourself to something
naughty this Christmas.
The
Sleeping
Beauty
10
December 2011 to 1
January 2012 Radlett CentreWD7
8HL[map]
An extremely popular traditional
pantomime, including all your
favourite comic characters such as
Nanny Annie and Lester the Jester!
Follow the adventures of a brave
prince as he travels to rescue his
beautiful princess from a wicked
spell. Cheer the Good Fairy who cares
for our heroine and boo the Evil Fairy
who vows revenge. With fabulous
live music, lots of laughs, stunning
costumes, dazzling scenery and
loads of audience participation, this
is good traditional fun for all
the family.
The
Sleeping
Beauty
13
December 2011 to 24
December 2011 The Charles Cryer
Studio TheatreSM5 3BB[map]
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far,
far away, a beautiful Princess was
born. Everyone was invited to the
christening of the Princess, everyone
that is except the wicked Fairy
Vistana, who was furious and cursed
the
baby Princess so that when she reached
18, she would prick her finger
on a spinning wheel and fall into an
enchanted slumber to become
Sleeping Beauty.
The
Sleeping
Beauty
11th Nov 2011 to 21st Dec 2011 Royal
Opera
House Covent Garden,
London WC2E 9DD
The Sleeping Beauty has become a
much-loved classical ballet and
a
perennial delight that combines in a
single work all the charms and
virtuosity that ballet has to offer. Websitehttp://www.roh.org.uk/
The
Snowman
The
Peacock Theatre Portugal
Street, LONDON, WC2A 2HT
to 8th Jan 2012
The annual favourite, Raymond Briggs'
Snowman, returns to The Peacock
Theatre for another year. Websitehttp://www.peacocktheatre.com/
The
Sooty Christmas Show Garrick
Theatre 2 Charing Cross Road,
London, WC2H 0HH 13
December 2011 Booking through until:
31
December 2011
The show, which is Sooty's first
in 13 years,
will also feature the
world's greatest ringmaster, Norman
Barrett and his performing budgies,
alongside Father Christmas and Harry
the Robot. Iconic Sooty Show
characters Butch the bull dog and
Ramsbottom the snake-both will also
be joining the ensemble, as Carol
singers. The show opens as Sooty,
Sweep, Soo and Richard are getting
ready for
their Christmas Party. Sooty is having
a few problems rehearsing his
magic show, while Sweep's Christmas
cake is a recipe for disaster. Poor
little Soo just can't decide which
dress to wear. Luckily Uncle Norman
drops by to lend a hand assisted by
his amazing troupe of performing
budgies! Plus Father Christmas flies
in to deliver a present for every
child in the theatre to take home.
Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs
28th
Dec 2011 to 29th Dec 2011 Greenford
Hall
Ruislip Road, Greenford, UB6
9QN
A traditional family pantomime
suitable for the whole family. There
is
lots of fun, laughter, slapstick,
plenty of audience participation, and
so much more. Websitehttp://www.heos.org.uk/
This drag panto returns to the
Leicester
Square Theatre for the second
year in a row, with 2009 Drag Idol
winner Tanya Hyde reprising her
performance in the title role.
Needless to say that this show - which
stars 'visual comedienne
extraordinaire' Titti La Camp as The
Queen -
is not suitable for children.
Merseyside
Liverpool
ScroogeLiverpool
Empire , Lime Street, Liverpool, L1
1JE 5th Dec 2011 to 10th December 2011
The ideal Christmas treat, Leslie
Bricusse's
musical extravaganza
Scrooge is a heartwarming story based on Charles
Dickens' A Christmas
Carol. So join Ebenezer, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim,
the Ghosts of
Christmas Past, Present and Future and a whole
host of Dickensain
characters in this award-winning, international
smash hit musical!
With stunning sets and costumes, specially
created illusions by
magician Paul Kieve, acclaimed for the magic
effects in the Harry
Potter films, and a fantastic musical score
including December The
Twenty-fifth, I Hate Christmas and the
Oscar-nominated hit Thank You
Very Much, this spectacular musical is the
perfect Christmas treat for
the family. Websitehttp://www.liverpoolempire.org.uk/
Liverpool
White
Christmas
Liverpool
Empire , Lime Street, Liverpool, L1
1JE 22
December 2011- 7 January 2012
With an ensemble of over thirty and
a
dynamic 17 piece orchestra,
this dazzling musical is full of tap dancing,
laughter and some of the
greatest songs ever written, Irving Berlin’s
White Christmas The
Musical promises to be a merry and bright
theatrical experience for the
whole family. Brimming with
classic Irving Berlin hits
like Blue
Skies, How Deep
is the Ocean, Happy Holiday, Sisters and of
course the unforgettable
title song White Christmas, it tells the story
of two buddies putting
on a show in a magical Vermont inn, and finding
their perfect mates in
the process. Websitehttp://www.liverpoolempire.org.uk/
Liverpool
Snow White
& The 7 Dwarfs
Kirkby
Suite Cherryfield Drive, Liverpool,
Merseyside L32 8XY 1st
Dec 2011 to 2nd Dec 2011
Following the success of Cinderella last
December at the Kirkby Civic
Suite.
We our pleased to be able to announce that we
will be returning to the
Kirkby Civic this December with the magical
family pantomime Snow
White. Websitehttp://www.trio-entertainment.co.uk/
Liverpool
The
Voyages
Of Sinbad The Sailor Unity
Theatre, Liverpool Merseyside L1 9BG Wed
30 Nov 2011 to Sat 21 Jan 2012
Imagine a life on the high seas
filled with
action, adventure and adversity! Prepare for an
epic adventure with
Sinbad as he confronts genies and giants,
explores mysterious islands
and faraway kingdoms and searches for the thing
he wants most; a home.
A boy living by his wits on the streets becomes
the most famous sailor
the world has ever seen. Don’t miss this
intimate and creative new
production. Perfect for ages 5+ and featuring
puppetry, song, dance and
traditional storytelling let your imagination
run wild this Christmas
with unitytheatre. Times vary £12.00 full price
£10.00
discounts £7.00 children £32.00 (2 adults + 2
children) Website:www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk
New
Brighton
Dick
Whittington Floral
Pavilion Theatre
Virginia Road, New Brighton, Wirral. CH45 2LH
4th Jan 2012 to 6th Jan
2012
This year the Chrysanths Pantomime Society
proudly present Dick
Whittington at the Floral Pavilion. Websitehttp://www.chrysanths-pantomime.com/
St.
Helens
AladdinSt.
Helens
Theatre Royal Corporation Street,
St.Helens,
Merseyside WA10 1LQ 2nd Dec 2011 to
8th Jan 2012
Come away with us to the
mystical
East ... of St Helens town centre for this
glittering family pantomime,
which stars Master of Illusions Richard De Vere
as the evil Abanazer,
with Coronation Street’s very own Andy McDonald,
Nick Cochrane, as
Aladdin. Kev Seed from 102.4 Wish FM has grabbed
his truncheon and will
play PC Noodle, whilst Radio City 96.7’s Claire
Simonson flies in as
Slave of the Ring. Websitehttp://www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com/
Southport
Snow White
Southport Theatre Promenade, Southport,
SOUTHPORT, PR9 0DZ 8th
Dec 2011 to 2nd Jan 2012
A mixture of high-energy song and dance
routines, lavish sets and
costumes, and all the usual pantomime fun and
jokes, not forgetting a
glittering finale!
Website http://www.southporttheatre.org.uk
Southport
Jack
and the Beanstalk Greenbank
School
Theatre Hastings Road, Southport,
Merseyside PR8 2LT
6th Jan 2012 to 15th Jan 2012
All Souls is back Formally performed at the
Southport Arts Centre now
closed due to refurbishment.Jack & the
beanstalk is a snappy panto
that appeals to all, Come see a Traditional
Family Pantomime.
Wirral
Sleeping Beauty
- Gladstone Theatre
Greendale
Road, Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside CH62
4XB 9th - 17th
December 2011
Based on the traditional story of Sleeping
Beauty. A show suitable for
all the
family, packed with comedy, audience
participation and dance routines
with a liberal helping of familiar Rock and Pop
songs. Websitehttp://www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk/
The
Christmas Seaside Special ShowCromer
Pavilion Theatre The Pier, Cromer,
Norfolk NR27 9HE Telephone:
01263
512495 3rd to 31st
December 2011n selected perform A
home-grown comedian, amazing singers, energetic
dancers and a theatre
filled with Christmas sparkle and festive cheer.
Now in its sixth year,
Cromer Pier's Christmas Seaside Special is the
must see show on the
North Norfolk Coast. With all the magic of
Christmas, we
promise more laughter, more sparkle and more
high energy dance routines
than ever before. This show is a dazzling
spectacle for all the family
and for an extra special seasonal treat you can
bring your kids for
free! (Selected performances only).
Website : http://www.cromer-pier.com/seaside-special.asp?id=13&parent_ID=2
Dereham
Mother GooseDereham
Memorial
Hall , Hallmark, 12 Nelson Pl Dereham, NR19
1EA Tel:
01362 694222 27th
Dec 2011 to 1st
Jan 2012
We are delighted to announce
that our 2011 Christmas
Pantomime, Mother Goose, will mark our
long-awaited return to Dereham
Memorial Hall. For more information visit the Dereham
Operatic
Societywebsite.
Gorleston
Cinderella
Gorleston Pavillion Theatre
Pier
Gardens, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston-On-Sea, NR31
6PP 7th Dec 2011
to 31st Dec 2011
Favourite Panto tale of the girl with the glass
slipper. Websitehttp://www.gorlestonpavilion.co.uk/
Great Yarmouth
Christmas
Spectacular and Water
Show Great
Yarmouth Hippodrome, St.
Georges Road. Great Yarmouth. Norfolk NR302EU.
BOX OFFICE
Telephone 01493 844172- 10th
December 2011 – 8th January 2012 For more information visit the Great
Yarmouth
Hippodromewebsite.
Cinderella King's
Lynn Corn Exchange, Tuesday Market Place,
King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30
1JW . tel: 01553 765
565 - Wednesday 14th December - Sunday 15th
January 2012
The timeless tale of laughter, magic
and true
love.
Spend a fairy tale Christmas at the Kings Lynn
Corn Exchange for the
best-loved pantomime of them all.
Starring EastEnders' Letitia Dean and with the
West Ends Claire
Fishenden, this year's magical extravaganza is
brought to you by the
team behind last year's smash hit Jack and the
Beanstalk and once again
we promise you live music, stunning sets, slick
choreography,
sensational costumes and spectacular musical
numbers.
Left at home by the ugliest of sisters, Cinders
can not go to the
ball. However, with help from her magical Fairy
Godmother and brilliant
buffoonery from Buttons, the most exciting night
of her life is about
to begin... Websitehttp://www.kingslynncornexchange.co.uk/
Norwich
Sleeping
Beauty,
Theatre Royal Theatre Street,
Norwich, NR2 1RL 14th Dec 2011 to 15th Jan
2012
Hayley Tamaddon (Dancing On Ice, Spamalot,
Emmerdale) and Richard
Gauntlett, Helen Fraser (Bad Girls) and Jake
Dean (Hollyoaks). Websitehttp://www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk/
Norwich
A
Christmas CarolNorwich
Maddermarket Theatre , St Johns Alley, Norwich
NR2 1DR Tel: 01603
620917 (Box Office)
17December 2011 -
3 January 2012 For more information visit the
Maddermarket
Theatre
website.
Norwich
SantaMation Norwich
Puppet
Theatre, St James, Whitefriars Norwich Norfolk
NR3 1TN
Telelphone:01603
629921 -
10 December 2011
A fantastically traditional family pantomime.
Show stopping chorus
numbers, beautiful love duets, free sweets and
who could forget the
Pantomime Horse. Websitehttp://www.puppettheatre.co.uk/
Sheringham
Dick
Whittington
Sheringham
Little
Theatre, 2 Station Road, Sheringham
Norfolk NR26 8RE Box
Office: 01263 822347 - 7th Dec 2011 - 2nd Jan 2012 Dick
Whittington and his cat, written by
Joel Horwood, Morgan Lloyd
Malcolm
and Steve Marmion. Originally produced by
the Lyric HammersmithWebsitehttp://sheringhamlittletheatre.yolasite.com/
Swaffham
Hammonds High School
Brandon Road,
Swaffham, Norfolk PE37 7DZ 28th Dec 2010
to 1st Jan 2011
Swaffham Players present . Contact us on
tandpsaunders@hotmail.co.uk
for further details or to purchase tickets.
Thetford
CinderellaCarnegie
RoomCage
Lane, Thetford IP24 2DS 12th Jan 2012 to
14th Jan 2012 The Thetford
Players
present Cinderella, with a brand new script, a
fantastic pantomime for
all the family to enjoy. Websitehttp://www.leapinghare.org/.
Thetford
Robin
HoodQueens
Hall
Norwich Rd, Watton, Thetford, Norfolk IP25
6DA 26th Jan 2012 to
28th Jan 2012
As children, Robin and Marian say their goodbyes
? Robin leaves for
Knight school promising Marian ?He will be
back!? Fifteen years later
Robin returns to find Sherwood under the rule of
The Sheriff of
Nottingham.
Westacre
The
Inaccurate ConceptionWestacre
Theatre River Road Westacre King's Lynn
Norfolk PE32 1UD When
Miss Wibley is
given the task of directing the school nativity
play with a group of 7 year olds she doesn't
realise that the story of
the baby in a manger may never be the same
again. A seriously funny
seasonal treat for all the family from 5 to 105
and older! The
Westacre Theatre Company Christmas production of
The Inaccurate
Conception is selling very well and there are
now a few performances
that are now SOLD OUT. Get you tickets now!
For
more information visit theWestacre
Theatrewebsite.
Northamptonshire
Barton Seagrave
Babes In
The
WoodMasque
Theatre
, Latimer Arts College, Castle Way,
Barton Seagrave 20th - 21st January 2012
Box Office:07857
186005
All is not well in Nottingham! The
wicked
Sheriff is growing rich on the many taxes he is
forcing the poor
townsfolk to pay and he is just about to become
even richer. Pip and
Penny, recently orphaned and heirs to vast
fortunes have been entrusted
into his care and he is hatching a horrible plan
to make sure that he
will inherit the cash and marry Maid Marion into
the bargain. All that
stands in his way is the very brave and dashing
Robin Hood and his
Merry Men, the fearsome Nanny Coddle, brainless
Dave Knave (the wannabe
outlaw) and a rather overworked Fairy.
Will they succeed in thwarting the evil plot and
beat the Sheriff and
his villainous henchmen?
To find that out you will have to come and see
the show and see for
yourself... Websitehttp://www.the-nomads.org.uk/
Kettering
Cinderella Lighthouse Theatre Thurston
Drive,
Kettering NN15 6PB 13th Dec 2011 to
31st Dec 2011
This timeless classic will be brought to life by
a fantastic all star
cast, fabulous sets and breathtaking costumes
alongside incredible live
music! Staring Danny Young as Prince Charming. Websitehttp://www.lighthousetheatre.co.uk/
Northampton
The Deco
,
Abington Square,
Northampton NN1 4AE
Visit
www.thedeco.co.uk for further details. Websitehttp://www.thedeco.co.uk/
Northampton
Aladdin R,oyal
&
Derngate , Guildhall Road, Northampton,
NN1
1DP Friday
9 December 2011
to Sunday 8 January 2012
This Christmas Royal &
Derngate will
stage a spectacular and unmissable production of
Aladdin with a superb
cast led by one of the UK’s funniest and
best-known celebrity comedians
Bobby Davro together with an icon of children’s
television, Basil
Brush! Bobby Davro is a man of many talents;
comedian, impressionist,
game-show host and actor. Bobby’s major
breakthrough came with his
appearance in Live at Her Majesty’s, this led to
his own Saturday night
series Bobby Davro on The Box, which topped the
ratings for six
consecutive years and made Bobby a household
name. Bobby has also
presented a number of game shows, hosting
programmes such as Winner
Takes All and Public Enemy Number One. Bobby
featured, along with a
number of other celebrities, in Peter Kay's
Comic Relief music video
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). Last year Bobby was
seen gingerly taking to
the ice in ITV1’s Dancing on Ice. His other
television appearances
include Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway,
Come Dine with Me and
as the loveable rogue Vinnie Monks in
EastEnders. This year’s pantomime
also stars television favourite and the world’s
most famous fox - Basil
Brush, in the role of Chief Inspector Basil -
Boom, Boom! Since making
his screen debut in the 1960s, Basil has
appeared on countless
television programmes including Blue Peter, The
Weakest Link and French
and Saunders, and has hosted numerous series of
his own TV shows.
“Comedy will be at the heart of this year’s
Royal & Derngate
pantomime and we are delighted that Bobby and
Basil will lead a superb
cast in a fabulous production of Aladdin,” says
Jonathan Kiley,
executive producer of the show. “Bobby is an
outstanding performer, a
huge talent and is one of the country’s most
sought-after pantomime
performers and together with Basil Brush I have
no doubt that
Northampton audiences will laugh the whole way
through this unmissable
pantomime,” Jonathan added. Tickets can be
booked on 01604 624811 or
online at www.royalandderngate.co.uk Heart
throb, TV and West End star
Ray Quinn (X Factor and Dancing On
Ice) heads the cast in the role of Jack. Websitehttp://www.royalandderngate.co.uk/
Wellingborough
Cinderella The
CastleCastle Way ,
Wellingborough, Northants, NN8
1XA 17th
Jan 2012 to 22nd Jan
2012 Once again a
spectacular
traditional pantomime with real live ponies to
transport Cinderella to the ball! Signed
Performance, Sun 22 Jan,
2.30pm Websitehttp://www.thecastle.org.uk/
Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Sleeping
Beauty The
Maltings Theatre
Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1AJ 14th Dec 2011
to 29th Dec 2011
Daring duels, stunning sets, outrageous costumes
and bucket loads of
fun, are all here! The team who brought you last
year's smash hit
'Aladdin' return with an all new pantomime
adventure! Tickets start
from just £9. Websitehttp://www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/
Blyth
Dick
Whittington
Phoenix
Theatre, Blyth Beaconsfield Street,
Blyth, Northumberland
NE24 2DS 3rd Dec 2011 to 11th Dec 2011
Much loved classic pantomime tale. Websitehttp://www.blythphoenix.co.uk/
Morpeth
RUMPELSTILTSKINWarkworth
Memorial Hall , Castle Street Morpeth
Northumberland December
15th, 16th and 17th 2011
Following on the success of last
year, Antonia has decided to direct the next
Pantomime. Everyone is now
busy at work enjoying the rehearsals, Antonia
always makes them fun. We
are also delighted that local playwright Daniel
Watkins has written
this pantomime especially for our group.
So book the dates in your diaries folks as it
promises to be a good
show.
. Websitehttp://www.warkworthdrama.org.uk/
Ponteland
The
Memorial Hall Darras Road,
Ponteland, Northumberland
tel:01661 822985 or
on the door. Websitehttp://www.pontelandrep.co.uk/
Jack
and the Beanstalk. Mansfield
Palace
Theatre, Leeming Street, Mansfield , Notts
NG18 1NG Tel:
01623633133 Saturday 3
December 2011 - Sunday 8 January
2012 From Doctor Who Colin Baker as Fleshcreep
, From
The Basil Brush Show Chris Pizzey as Simple Simon
, From
CITV's Hi-5 Emma Nowell as Jack Stephen David as Dame Trott
PALACE
THEATRE CLICK
Newark
Aladdin
Palace TheatreAppletongate,
Newark,
Nottinghamshire, NG24 1JY 1st Dec 2011 to
1st Jan 2012 Sit
back, fasten your seat belts and take off on a
first class flight
to pantoland with Bernie Clifton, Ashes to
Ashes & Dr Who's
Marshall Lancaster and from Any Dream Will Do,
Rob McVeigh. Websitehttp://www.palacenewark.com/
Nottingham
Sleeping BeautyNOTTINGHAM ROYAL
CENTRE , THEATRE SQUARE ,
NOTTINGHAM , NG1 5ND Saturday 10 December
2011 to Sunday 15 January 2012
Comedian, television presenter and
all-round entertainer Joe Pasquale will play
Muddles in this year’s
pantomime. Joe has fronted numerous television
programmes including The
Price is Right, The Paul O’Grady Show and An
Audience With Joe Pasquale
and has appeared on What Do Kids Know?,
Celebrity Mastermind, Ant &
Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, The Weakest Link,
numerous Royal Variety
Performances and an unforgettable and winning
stint in the jungle in
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!. On stage
Joe has starred in The
Producers, several record-breaking pantomimes
around the country as
well as his own show, the latest, the show with
no name, begins a UK
tour next month! There is nothing like a
dame...and there is no other
dame quite like the wonderfully outrageous Ceri
Dupree, who plays the
role of Queen Passionella in Sleeping Beauty.
Theatre Royal audiences
will never have seen such a colourful wardrobe
of costumes! Ceri
Dupree, named the most glamorous dame in the
world, has been delighting
audiences worldwide for over 25 years. His
unique talents have taken
him through musical theatre, pantomime, summer
season, television and
cabaret and his extensive repertoire of theatre
shows include Hello
Dolly!, Rock Hard, Hot Stuff, The Ultimate Hen
Party and The Rocky
Horror Show. Tickets can be booked on 0115 989
5555 or online at
www.trch.co.uk.
. ROYAL
CENTRE
CLICK
Nottingham
Cinderella Nottingham
Playhouse Wellington Circus, Nottingham
NG1 5AF 25th Nov 2011
to 14th Jan 2012
Playhouse favourites John Elkington and Anthony
Hoggard are Ugly Sister
Act Bella and Donna, whilst Rebecca Little
returns as Dandini. Websitehttp://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/
Retford
Majestic
Theatre , Coronation Street, Retford,
Nottinghamshire 6th Jan
2010 to 9th Jan 2010
The Majestic
Theatre is delighted to announce the arrival of
a New Pantomime company
coming to Retford. Box
office 01777 706866 Websitehttp://www.majestictheatre.co.uk/
Oxfordshire
Banbury
James and
the Giant Peach he
Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park Banbury
OX16 5QE Nov 17 - 19 19:45 and
Nov 19 14:00 Nov 24 - 26
19:45 and Nov 26 14:00
Roald Dahl’s glorious story celebrating its
50th
Birthday - adapted for the stage by David Wood.
The story surrounds how
hard life is for orphan James until a mysterious
stranger arrives with
a bag of magical crystals... what happens next
is for you to find out.
Join James and his friends Grasshopper,
Centipede, Ladybird, Earthworm
and Spider as they go on a juicy journey and use
their individual
skills to save the giant peach from marauding
sharks, a giant octopus
and a very tricky landing in New York. more Website:www.banburycrossplayers.co.uk
Banbury
Snow White
& The (twenty)
Seven Dwarfs
Mill Arts
Centre Spiceball
Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5QE Tel: 01295
252050 13
January 2012 - 22
January 2012 When the wicked Queen Catrina asks
the
mystical magic mirror who
is the fairest in the land... he replies with
Snow White! Jealous of
her beauty the Queen devises a devious and
particularly poisonous plan
to eliminate her step daughter. Lost
in
the dark and dangerous forest Snow White is
befriended by Seven
dwarfs. Can her new friends help save Snow
White from her evil step
mother? Will her Prince Charming save her in
time? Cherwell
Theatre Company's version of this much loved
classic fairy tale will
amuse the whole family with plenty of
'heigh-ho' hilarity leaving it's
audience enchanted happily ever after. WEBSITE
CLICK
Carterton
Dick
Whittington
RAF Brize
Norton Station Theatre
Carterton, Oxfordshire 28th Jan 2012 to
5th Feb 2012
Brize Norton returns with Pantomime for 2012
Dick Whittington (and his
cat of course!)
Website http://www.brizetheatre.com/
Carterton
Carterton
Community
College , Upavon Way, Carterton, Oxon.
OX18
1BU
Ali Baba
and the Forty Thieves
The
Theatre 2 Spring Street, Chipping Norton,
Oxfordshire, OX7 5NL 22nd
Nov 2011 to 7th Jan 2012
The story of the penniless woodcutter, the
greedy brother, the secret
cave and the biggest baddest band of blaggers in
all Baghdad.
Spectacle, wonder and a swag-bag full of laughs.
Websitehttp://www.chippingnortontheatre.com/
Didcot
One Snowy Night
Cornerstone
Arts Centre, 25 Station Road,
Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7NE Wednesday 17
December 2011 7pm
Christmas is special at Cornerstone. Our
festive
family shows are a
treat for all to share together. This year is no
exception when we have
the beautiful and heartwarming 'One Snowy Night'
coming to us for
fourteen shows. Based on the Percy the Park
Keeper books by Nick
Butterworth these shows are suitable for
children from 3 up but are not
too young for ten and eleven year olds and
adults too. A really great
way to get into the Christmas spirit. WEBSITE
CLICK
Faringdon
Cinderella Faringdon Junior School
Gloucester Street,
Faringdon 27th Jan 2012 to 4th Feb
2012
Tickets £8 and £6 (Concessions) available online
from
website, from The
Nut Tree, Corn Market, Faringdon or on the door.
Enquiries ? Fiona
Merrick 01367 242967.
Website http://www.faringdondramatic.org.uk/
Forest
Hill
Cinderella The Village Hall Main
Street, Forest
Hill 11th Dec 2011 to 17th Dec 2011
Cinders is but a lowly housemaid with two rather
ugly sisters. The
handsome prince is looking for a bride. Will
true love take its course
(assisted by our heroine's Fairy Godmother and
the broken hearted
Buttons)?
Website http://www.foresthill-online.com/
Oxford
Mother GooseOxford
Playhouse 11 - 12 Beaumont Street, Oxford,
OX1 2LW 2nd Dec
2011 to 15th Jan 2012
One of the best traditional pantos,
Mother
Goose is back on the
Playhouse stage and it's one golden egg of a
show. Written and directed
by panto king Peter Duncan it's going to be an
eggs-travaganza.
Dame Mother Goose's luck is down and out. She's
feeling old and
haggard, she can't pay her bills and the Duke is
always nagging her.
That is until the Good and Bad Fairies start
meddling and a golden egg
is laid. Mother Goose's life changes forever but
will her new-found
luck bring happiness? Can the search for eternal
beauty ever have a
happy ending? And will the Good Fairy conquer
all in the end? Be
careful what you wish for in pantoland...
Packed with heroes and villains, boo-ing and
cheering, plenty of
panto mischief, not to mention one very magical
goose - you won't want
to miss the only pantomime in Oxford with true
eggs-factor this festive
season.
Scrooge
New
Theatre, George St, Oxford, OX1 2AG -
Tel:
0870 606 3500 9th January 2012- 14th January 2012
The ideal Christmas treat, Leslie
Bricusse's
musical extravaganza
Scrooge is a heartwarming story based on Charles
Dickens' A Christmas
Carol. So join Ebenezer, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim,
the Ghosts of
Christmas Past, Present and Future and a whole
host of Dickensain
characters in this award-winning, international
smash hit musical!
With stunning sets and costumes, specially
created illusions by
magician Paul Kieve, acclaimed for the magic
effects in the Harry
Potter films, and a fantastic musical score
including December The
Twenty-fifth, I Hate Christmas and the
Oscar-nominated hit Thank You
Very Much, this spectacular musical is the
perfect Christmas treat for
the family. Websitehttp://www.newtheatreoxford.org.uk/
AladdinWallingford Corn Exchange Market
Place,
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England OX10 0EG
13th Jan 2012 to 28th
Jan 2012
Brand new script! Fantastic sets! Amazing SFX!
If see only one
Pantomime this season make it 'Aladdin' at the
Wallingford Corn
Exchange. Websitehttp://www.cornexchange.org.uk/
Shropshire
Lilleshall
Alice In WonderlandLilleshall Memorial Hall
Hillside,
Lilleshall, Nr Newport, TF10 9HG 10th Jan
2012 to 13th Jan 2012
A trip into a dream land where there's always
time for tea! Websitehttp://www.lilleshallpanto.co.uk/
Ludlow
Cinderella, Ludlow Assembly Rooms 1 Mill
Street, Ludlow,
Shropshire SY8 1AZ 15th Dec 2011 to 19th
Dec 2011
The most magical fairytale of them all is coming
to Ludlow!
Professional, rags to riches production suitable
for the whole family.
Starring Mike Christie from X Factor?s G4! Lots
of fun songs and dances
in this magical show.
Website http://www.ludlowpanto.co.uk//
Shawbury
Peter
PanShawbury
Village Hall Shawbury,
Shropshire 16th
– 18th February 2012
Is the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous
Boy who
wouldn’t grow up by
the novelist J. M Barrie. Originally written as
a play and later was
adapted into a novel.
Wendy and her brothers are visited by Peter Pan,
who left his shadow
when he came to listen to the stories read by
their mother. He teaches
them to fly and takes them to visit Neverland,
where they meet the Lost
Boys, Tinkerbell, Mermaids, Indians and Pirates.
The pirates are
captained by Hook who hates Peter Pan after he
chopped off his hand and
gave it to the crocodile and he wants to get his
revenge.
In 2011 the novel celebrated is 100th birthday
anniversary.
J. M Barrie gave the copyrights of the story to
Great
Ormond
Street Hospital and till to this day they
still benefit
financially every time the play is performed.
Website:
http://shawburyvillageplayers.co.uk/productions/peter-pan/
Shrewsbury
Aladdin,
Theatre
Severn, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, Shropshire,
SY3
8FT December 1 2011 to January 8, 2012 It's
our
most spectacular pantomime EVER! This
Christmas,
take a magical carpet ride to the Far
East... Don't miss
our fun-packed, family pantomime
ALADDIN. We'll have comedy,
singing, dancing, stunning sets, dazzling
costumes, a talented
West End
cast and lots of audience
participation. Written by
Shropshire's own Paul Hendy
and brought to you by
our top new producers Evolution,
this years
pantomime promises to be our BIGGEST,
BEST
and FUNNIEST PANTO EVER! Tickets are
selling fast so don't
miss out. Book Now...Call
the box office
on (01743)
281281. THEATRE
SEVERN
CLICK
Telford
Robin
Hood & the Babes In The Wood
, Oakengates
Theatre Limes Walk, Oakengates,Telford,
TF2 6EP 8th Dec 2011 to 2nd
Jan 2012
Classic pantomime tale. Websitehttp://www.theplacetelford.com/
Email:
theplace@telford.gov.uk
Dick
Whittington
Theatre
Royal Bath , Sawclose, Bath, BA1 1ET 15
December 2011 Booking
through until: 22 January 2012
This year Dick Whittington promises
everything you
would dream of in
a traditional family pantomime with a fantastic
cast and the much-loved
story of a poor boy who sets off to make his
fortune in London and all
the adventures he encounters along the way.
Naomi Wilkinson is one of children's
television's best-loved
presenters. The star of BBC 2's Saturday morning
show, Live'n'Deadly
and Milkshake! on Channel 5 for ten years, she
will bring her bubbly
personality to the role of Dick.
Chris Harris is nothing less than an institution
in the world of
pantomime. He returns to play the role of Sarah
the Cook after
fantastic reviews and audience comments last
year for his triumphant
Widow Twankey and to direct the show.
Mark Moraghan is a King Rat to swoon for - as
long as youre booing
him! Best known for his regular roles in Holby
City, Dream Team,
Brookside and Harry Enfield, he recently starred
as Bob in Priscilla
Queen of the Desert in the West End and has a
fine singing voice.
Jon Monie returns to play Idle Jack complete
with the mischievous
comedy and hilarious antics Bath panto regulars
love, and once again
the delightful babes from Baths Dorothy Coleborn
School will be joining
the cast. WebsiteTHEATRE
ROYAL CLICK
Bath
Sleeping Beauty The University of Bath, Arts
Lecture Theatre
University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2
7AY 8th Dec 2011 to
10th Dec 2011
The Bath University Student Theatre proudly
presents Sleeping Beauty!
Tickets are only £8 per adult, with £4
concessions. We also
have a
family ticket of £20 for 2 adults and 2
children! Website http://www.bath.ac.uk/icia
Bristol
Peter PanBristol Hippodrome St
Augustine's Parade,
Bristol, Avon, BS1 4UZ 10th Dec 2011 to
8th Jan 2012
David Hasselhoff stars in this year's panto as
Hook. With stunning
special effects (including amazing flying!)
sumptuous costumes, superb
sets and a good helping of fairydust, Peter Pan
is the perfect treat
for the whole family. Hook your
tickets now for this
year’s swashbuckling Panto extravaganza Peter
Pan.
Fly away on a spectacular journey of wonder and
excitement into the
magical world of Neverland. Join Peter, Wendy
and the Lost Boys in
their thrilling adventure to save Tinkerbell
from the villainous
Captain Hook and his crew of dastardly
pirates.
With stunning special effects (including amazing
flying!) sumptuous
costumes, superb sets and a good helping of
fairydust, Peter Pan is the
perfect treat for the whole family.Websitehttp://www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk
Bristol
Cinderella:a
Fairytale
Tobacco
Factory
Theatre, Raleigh Rd, Southville, Bristol,BS3
1TF Wed 7 Dec 2011 to Sun
15 Jan 2012
The team behind BOV’s Treasure
Island and
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves return to the
origins of the Cinderella
story to bring you a brand new version of one of
the oldest, best loved
fairytales of all time. When a rich man’s wife
dies, his daughter Ella
mourns her beloved mother with a grief as deep
as the snow on her
grave. Before the spring sun has time to melt
it, her father takes a
second wife and their peaceful life is taken
over by a host of new and
unpleasant relations. Her only friends are the
woodland birds who roost
in the tree that grows over the grave, but they
are no ordinary
birds... With their quirky visual style,
crystal-clear storytelling,
original live music and pitch-perfect ensemble
acting, director Sally
Cookson and team bring this classic tale of
fortunes reversed
startlingly and imaginatively to life. Age
recommendation 6+ “The
Tobacco Factory… has a superlative record in
creating Christmas hits”
The Guardian Website:www.tobaccofactory.com
The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe
,Merlin
Theatre , Bath Road, Frome BA11 2HG
8 December 2011
-
17 December 2011 Merlin Theatre
Co. presents Directed by
Claudia Pepler Designed by Felix Burne
Musical Director Jamie Mason
Choreographers Jill Wigham & Amy Morgan
Bell Music
by Irita Kutchmy Book and Lyrics by Irita
Kutchmy Based on the novel by
C.S. Lewis Enter
the magical land of Narnia; the land beyond
the wardrobe door. This is
a land where it is always winter but never
Christmas, where animals
talk, trees can walk, a white witch covers
the landscape with snow and
bewitches with Turkish Delight, and a mighty
lion resides. C.S. Lewis’
first tale of Narnia is loved by children
and adults all over the world
and will come to life on the Merlin’s stage
this Christmas in Irita
Kutchmy’s musical adaptation. Just open the
door. You’ll never believe
what you’ll find…. Websitehttp://www.merlintheatre.co.uk/
Frome
Aladdin Frome
Memorial Theatre,
Christchurch Street West, Frome; Somerset BA11
1EB Telephone: 01373 462795
29 December 2011
- Monday 02 January 2012
Once again this Christmas, Frome Amateur
Operatic
Society brings a traditional family pantomime to
our theatre.
This year it is the lavishly colourful tale of
Aladdin, the young
boy who is tricked into going into a cave by his
'Uncle' Abanaza with
the promise of jewels and riches. He is trapped
in the cave when he
doesn't do as Abanaza wants but when Aladdin
finds the magic lamp his
luck changes and he becomes wealthy beyond his
wildest dreams. With
fantastic music, sets and costumes this year's
pantomime promises to be
truly spectacular. MEMORIAL THEATRE CLICK
Frome
The
Ugly Duckling Frome
Memorial Theatre,
Christchurch Street West, Frome; Somerset BA11
1EB Telephone: 01373
462795
Sunday 12 February 2012
Follow the Ugly Duckling on his
eventful
journey – based on the
well-loved tale by Hans Andersen. Meet Mother
Duck, the nasty hunters,
the Farm Cat, Drumstick the Turkey and many
more. This captivating show
includes colourful costumes, comedy, music and
surprises – with PLENTY
of joining in.
Great fun for ALL the family from 3 to 93 –
granny included! Book early! MEMORIAL THEATRE CLICK
Glastonbury
Sleeping BeautyStrode
Theatre Church Road Street BA16 0AB tel:
01458 442846 Tuesday 27th
December 2011 - Monday 2nd January
2012
Glastonbury & Street Musical
Comedy
Society, producers of last
year’s pantomime, are delighted to return to the
Strode stage with
Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Aurora’s
christening, the wicked fairy
Carabosse puts a spell on the baby princess so
that she will touch a
spindle on her eighteenth birthday and die. But
the good fairy Peaceful
changes the curse so that a handsome Prince can
save the sleeping
Princess with a kiss. Billy, the royal butler, a
hilarious Dame and a
lovely pretty cat join a full cast to bring you
music, song, laughter,
and family fun in this amateur production.
Matinees
£11.50/£11/£10; Evenings
£12.50/£12/£11; Parties (10+) & family
specials can only be booked at the Box Office.
Book
Now
For
more information
visit:
Goldilocks
and the Three Bears
Butlins
Minehead , Butlins Minehead, Somerset,
TA24 5SH
5th Jan 2011 to 5th Jan 2012
Every Butlins break gives you the
opportunity to see
a Storybook Panto.
At Butlins Minehead see the much loved tale of
Goldilocks and the Three
Bears as part of the entertainment included in
every break, all year
round. Websitehttp://www.butlins.com/resorts/minehead/
Minehead
Sleeping Beauty.Regal
Theatre,
10-16 The Avenue, Minehead, Somerset, TA24
5AY 01643
706430 30th December 2011- 7th January
2012 mail@regaltheatre.co.uk
l
at regaltheatre dot co dot uk King
Edwin & Queen Henrietta welcome you to the
Kingdom of
Ellandar to celebrate the birth of their
lovely daughter Princess
Beauty. Come on a journey of Good & Evil,
Love & Romance, Magic
& Spells as Fairy Godmother, Nanny Dolly
Tubbs & her hapless
son Tommy strive to protect Beauty from the
evil Wicked Fairy. Will our
hero Prince Andrew win the heart of our
Princess and live happily ever
after?? Loveable
characters, slapstick, cheesy lines and
wonderful music,
under the Direction of Graeme Kelly with
choreography by Caz Kelly
& Manda Clarke.
Snow White &
the Seven Dwarfs The Meyer
Theatre Millfield School, Butleigh Road,
Street,BA16 0YD 27th Dec
2011 to 2nd Jan 2012
A traditional pantomime providing fun for all
the family.
Website http://www.moorlighttheatreproductions.co.uk/
Taunton
Alice
In WonderlandThe
Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre
Coal Orchard, Taunton,
TA1 1JL 2nd Dec 2011 to 31st Dec 2011
With a whole host of strange yet loveable
characters, watch what you
drink at The Mad Hatter's Tea Party; keep hold
of your head in front of
the bad tempered Queen of Hearts; and make sure
you bring your best
smile to charm the Cheshire Cat. Websitehttp://www.thebrewhouse.net/
Taunton
CinderellaWellsprings
Leisure
Centre,
Cheddon Road - Taunton -
Somerset - TA2
7QP
Wednesday 28th
December 2011 at 2pm
(doors open at 1:30pm)
Tickets
available on 01823 27127 Concession
tickets
for children 16 and under only.
With a brand new cast, flamboyant costumes, this
years pantomime at
Wellsprings Leisure Centre in Taunton, is
certain to be another sure
fire hit with all the family.
Whilst incorporating all the traditional pantofavourites like the
ghost gag and the song
sheet, Cinderella
will have the audiences tapping their feet to
some of the latest songs
to hit the charts as well as howling at the mad
cap antics of Buttons
and the horrible Ugly Sisters as
they try to stop Cinderella
from attending the ball. All turns out well in
the end though with the
help the Fairy Godmother. Prince
Charming finally
manages to find the rightful owner of the
Crystal Slipper.
Book now to ensure your family has a post
Christmas treat to
remember, after all the Festive Season wouldn’t
be the same without the
great British tradition of panto.
BLACKBROOK
PAVILION CLICK
Wellington
Robin
Hood & the Babes In The Wood,
Pantomime @
The Wellesley, The
Arts Centre, Eight Acre Lane, Wellington
Somerset TA21 8PS
(01823) 667774
24th January to Saturday 28th
January 2012 at 7:30 pm
Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little
John and
Friar Tuck are the forces of
good as they battle with the wicked Sheriff of
Nottingham to save the
innocent little Babes in the Wood from his
clutches. Along the way they
are helped by the Babes’ nanny, Nurse Norah and
the magical Sprit of
the Greenwood.
Will the Sheriff get his evil way? Will the
Sheriff’s dozy sidekick
Herman drive him completely mad? Will there be
love and romance in
Sherwood Forest? Will the Babes be found safe
and sound? There’s only
one way to find out! This hilarious pantomime
contains all the right
ingredients of good vs
evil, love high comedy and slapstick as well as
plenty of song and
dance. Fun-packed and suitable for all the
family, come and join us for
a warm-hearted romp to banish those winter
blues!
Tickets on sale on 26th November at the
Christmas Fair – Wellington
School. On-Line tickets are available from 3rd
December at: www.ticketsource.co.uk
Telephone bookings from 17th December on
0844-997-9000. E-mail: wellingtonartscentre@live.co.ukWELLINGTON
ARTS
ASSOCIATION CLICK
Weston-super-Mere
AladdinThe Playhouse
High St,
Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1HP 13th Dec 2011
to 8th Jan 2012
Only Fools & Horses would miss Aladdin! John
Challis, known to
millions simply as Boycie, stars as the evil
Abanazar in this first
class flight to pantoland! Websitehttp://www.theplayhouse.co.uk/
Yeovil
CinderellaOctagon Theatre
Hendford, Yeovil, Somerset,
BA20 1UX 10th Dec 2011 to 1st Jan 2012
The tale of a young woman's journey from rags to
riches. Packed with
music, laughter, magic and mayhem get your
tickets for the Ball today. Websitehttp://www.octagon-theatre.co.uk/
Staffordshire
Codsall
Dick
Whittington Codsall Village Hall Staffordshire
WV8 1PL Thurs
24 Nov, Fri 25 Nov,
Thu 1 Dec to Sat 3 Dec.
Performed by Codsall Dramatic
Society, this
is a Christmas play for children aged three to
eleven years. Lasting an
hour and a half, it is a good introduction to
the theatre, telling the
story simply. There is the chance to help Dick
find his way to London,
cheer the Cat in his pursuit of the rats and
join in the disco at the
Empress's Palace. When tickets are bought in
advance (highly
recommended) a colouring competition can be
entered by the children.
The child must be in the audience, and there are
2 prizes in two age
groups at each performance. Refreshments for the
children are free, and
there is the opportunity to buy a souvenir at
the end. Thursday and
Fridays at 7.30pm; Saturday 3rd at 6.30pm All
tickets £4.50 Call
07792784908 or book online at
www.codsalldramaticsociety.co.uk Website:www.codsalldramaticsociety.co.uk
Crewe
Sinbad and
the
Pirates of the Black Pearl The
Madeley Centre New
Road, Madeley, Nr Crewe CW3 9D 16th Dec
2011 to 16th Dec 2011
A swash buckling; musical extravaganza, Sinbad
and the pirates of the
black pearl delivers an action packed pantomime
punch bag of high
stakes, high jinks, high adventure and comedy
upon the high seas!
Website http://www.madeleycentre.co.uk/
Lichfield
A
Christmas Carol Lichfield
Garrick,
Castle Dyke, Lichfield, WS13 6HR Box
Office
01543 412121 20
December 2011 - 2 January 2012
This year's spectacular will
be a new
adaptation of the classic Christmas tale, A
Christmas Carol,
by Charles Dickens. Following the
record breaking
Peter Pan last year, A Christmas
Carol
is set to be another winner and is brought
to you by the same creative
team, Ian Adams will adapt the book and
Adrian Jackson will arrange the
MGM style scores. There will be spectacular
live music and dance
numbers, new scenery and costumes, stunning
scenes on ice and magical
puppets to delight the whole family, oh, and
snow will fall onto the
audience too! A Christmas Carol
tells the story of Scrooge, a
miserly old man who has lost his Christmas
cheer.With
the arrival of three ghosts, Scrooge is
hurled into a journey of
discovery with a lesson he will never
forget. Will he change his ways?
Come along and find out.
Dick
Whittington
Stafford's Gatehouse Theatre
Eastgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2LT 8
December 2011 – 7
January 2012 Climb
aboard the Rock ‘n’ Roll Rollercoaster this
Christmas for an evening of
classic entertainment combined with the very
best in live music. Plus
all the slap stick fun of a traditional
pantomime.Join
Dick Whittington and Taffeta the cat as they
head to London in search
of fame and fortune in this Rock ‘n’ Roll
pantomime extravaganza.As
Dick is given a job by Fitzwarren the local
merchant and falls in love
with his daughter Alice things take a turn for
the worse when King Rat
comes out to play. With only Taffeta for
help can this pair
defeat
King Rat and find the riches and happiness
they search for? Be
amazed as a cast of talented actor/muscians
take to the stage and
provide a fun filled evening of classic Rock
‘n’ Roll numbers. Popular
hits incorporated into this years
Panto include blockbusters Hippy
Hippy Shake, Uptown
Girl, Aint No Mountain High Enough, Dead
Ringer for Love, Tainted Love,
Single Ladies, Walking On Sunshine,
Gimme Some Lovin and
many, many more!This year we
present one late-night performance starting at
9.00pm*,
the perfect addition to your Christmas
celebrations. Book now for your
works night out and make this year's Christmas
party one to remember.*Please
note, due to the start and approximate finish
times, this special late
night performance is not reccomended for young
children. For
further
information please contact our friendly Box
Office team on 01785 254653
between 9.30am and 5.30pm. Websitehttp://www.staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk/
Stoke
On Trent
Aladdin
Regent
Theatre Stoke On Trent 15
December 2011
to02
Jan 2012 This
year,
our genie is making all your panto wishes come
true with The
Regent Theatre's pantomime, Aladdin!
TV star Joe
Swash has been named as the new
leading man for Aladdin,
which opens at The Regent Theatre on 15
December 2011. 29 year old Joe
shot to fame in 2003 playing the part of
Mickey Miller in Eastenders
and in 2008, he was crowned King of the Jungle
when he won ITV's I'm
a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Earlier
this year, Joe
took part in BBC1's Let's Dance for Comic
Relief with
Caroline Flack where the duo performed My
Humps by the Black Eyed Peas
and he can currently be seen presenting the
children's show Gimme
A Break on the CBBC Channel. Joe made
his pantomime debut in Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs at the
Bristol Hippodrome in 2009. For
more than a decade Regent Theatre pantomimes
have become an
essential part of Christmas offering all the
ingredients for the
perfect panto. This year's panto mission
remains as bold as ever! To
provide a fantastically funny, traditional
family pantomime packed with
sensational songs, sparkling sets, hilarious
comedy and lots of
audience participation. Aladdin
also heralds the
introduction of a new producer, the
Liverpool-based company, Pele
Productions Ltd. Husband and Wife
team Viv and Jim Wells have
been producing top musicals and pantomimes for
the last 12 years. It's
the Christmas tradition you don't want to
miss! Featuring the most
recognisable characters in panto, including
our hero Aladdin,
the beautiful princess, the evil sorcerer, and
the ultimate dame -
Widow Twankey; Aladdin is
sure to make Christmas 2011
one to remember for the whole family.
So hop on your magic carpet and get your
tickets for the region's
favourite panto. If you ask your genie for
just one thing this year,
make it a trip to see Aladdin! Websitehttp://www.theambassadors.com/regent/
Suffolk
Bury
St Edmund
Dick
WhittingtonTheatre Royal Westgate
Street, Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 1QR
25 November 2011-Sun
15 January 2012
Many centuries ago
with the
face of England scoured by
the Black Death, young Dick Whittington
arrives in London to make his
fame and fortune. The evil Queen Rat and her
army of ratlings still
roam the city streets trying to infect
everyone with the plague so that
rats can take over the world. And so begins
the epic struggle between
boy, cat and rat in which the very existence
of humanity is at stake. Websitehttp://www.theatreroyal.org/
Felixstowe
Mother
GooseSpa Pavillion Undercliff Road West,
Felixstowe, Suffolk, Felixstowe, IP11 2DX
17th Dec 2011 to 2nd
Jan 2012
Mother Goose has all the ingredients
for a
magic, fantasy-filled
family show; hilarious characters, a giant
goose, an outrageous dame
and of course an evil baddie you'll just love to
hiss and boo! Although
slick and modern, The Dennis Lowe Theatre
Company insists on retaining
the traditional elements of pantomime so
families can let themselves go
and join in with all the panto-land larks! Websitehttp://www.thespapavilion.org/
Haverhill
Aladdin Haverhill Arts
Centre High Street,
Haverhill,
CB9 8AR 216th-19th December 2011
Leading family producer, That#s Entertainment
Productions bring a
pantomime to Haverhill which features a whole
range of talented
performers from stage and TV. CBBC`s Pixel Face
character Anthony
Joblin; Disney`s Lion King West-End star Lloyd
Notice and Tricky TV and
Penn & Teller`s award winning magicians,
High Jinx, join BBCTV`s
Really Wild Show star Howie Watkins who will be
offering his uproarious
Widow Twankey. With magical flying carpets, real
fountains and a
thrilling live band it promises to be more
spectacular, hilarious and
exciting than ever..
Website http://www.haverhillartscentre.co.uk/
Haverhill
Mother Goose Haverhill Arts CentreHigh Street,
Haverhill,
CB9 8AR 20th- 28th January 2012
Henley,
Nr Ipswich
Beauty and the
Beast
Henley Community Centre
Ashbocking Rd, Church Meadows, Henley, Nr
Ipswich, Suffolk IP6
0QX 28th Dec 2011 to 30th Dec 2011
Caution this performance might contain humour,
singing & some good
acting, so persons of a nervous dispostion
should be warned.... Tickets
available from either 01473 833226 or
henleyparishcouncil@gmail.com.
Website http//www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HenleyPC/Whatson/
Jack &
the
Beanstalk , Marina
Theatre
The Marina Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1HH 10th
Dec 2011 to 2nd Jan
2012
Allo Allo's Sue Hodge is joined by Britain's top
piano playing dame
Bobby Crush, with children's Hi 5 favourite
Chris Edgerley in this
GIANT pantomime suitable for all the family. Websitehttp://www.marinatheatre.co.uk/
Cinderella
.Camberley
Theatre, Knoll Road,
Camberley, Surrey GU15 3SY, 01276 707600 7th
December 2011 to 2nd January 2012
We
are
thrilled to announce that TV's Louisa
Lytton will
be playing the lead roll of Cinderella! The
Camberley Theatre promises once again to bring a
breathtaking
production of the most exquisite kind to
Camberley audiences this
Christmas with what will be a truly stunning
interpretation of timeless
classic Cinderella. This wonderful fairytale has
an enduring
quality and will delight every member of the
family. From enchantment
at the glorious magical coach to rapture at the
opulent royal ball, as
well as hilarity over the grotesque Ugly
Sisters, there is guaranteed
to be something for everyone to enjoy in this
top class Christmas show.
As the Director has already lined up Camberley
favourites Scott Burgess
(last year's Abanazer) and Mark Slowey (last
year's Widow Twankey) to
play the parts of the riotous sisters, returning
audiences will know to
expect a show that will raise the roof with
laughter! As with
every year, The Camberley Theatre guarantees its
audiences a totally
unique pantomime which, unlike leading names in
the pantomime business,
is not duplicated anywhere else in the country.
It will bring with it
bounds of originality and bucket loads of
community spirit that will
fill your loved ones with festive cheer and a
merry Christmas all
round. Follow
your heart this year to watch one of the
nation's favourite pantomimes
and accept our invitation to the best ball in
town!
Aladdin, Ashcroft
Theatre,
Fairfield Halls, Croydon, Surrey, CR9, 0208 688
9291 2nd December
2011 - 2nd January 2012.
Starring Larry Lamb (EastEnders,Gavin &
Stacey)
plus a fantastic
West End cast. Big laughs, great music, stunning
sets & costumes
promise a fun packed pantomime.
Snow
White
Dorking
Halls Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4
1SG 17th
Dec 2011 to 31st Dec 2011
Dorking
Halls is proud to present this year's pantomime
Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs - one of the most magical
pantomimes, where poor Snow
White is doomed to live unhappily ever after -
with her evil and ugly
stepmother the Wicked Queen until she is rescued
by a Prince and seven
new friends.
Starring Melissa Suffield (Lucy Beale from
EastEnders) as Snow White, Ben Kerfoot ('Oscar
from CBBC's M.I. High)'
as Prince and back by popular demand hilarious
impressionist Drew
Cameron ('Britain's Got Talent') as Muddles.
In a true rags to
riches story Snow White manages, with the help
of her madcap friend
Muddles the Jester, to meet a handsome Prince
and make all her dreams
come true.
A panto full of surprises, a Good Fairy, a wacky
Magic Mirror and the
craziest Seven Dwarfs you've ever seen.
Website http://www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/
Epsom
Santa Claus and
the Christmas AdventureEpsom
Playhouse Ashley
Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5AL 7th Dec 2011 to
31st Dec 2011
The adventure takes place at Santa?s HQ in the
North Pole, The Reindeer
Sat Nav is programmed and the toys are piled
high on the sleigh,
then?chaos strikes! Rudolph is missing and the
Elves are misbehaving! Websitehttp://www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk/
Epsom
AladdinEpsom Playhouse Ashley Avenue, Epsom,
Surrey, KT18 5AL 11th Jan 2012 to 14th Jan
2012
The YOUtheatre Partnership are proud to present
their annual pantomime
at the Epsom Playhouse yet again this year with
the fantastically
magical ALADDIN! Websitehttp://www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk/
Guildford
Jack &
the
BeanstalkYvonne Arnaud Theatre
Millbrook, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UX 2nd Dec
2011 to 8th Jan 2012
Starring Bonnie Langford, Kit Hesketh-Harvey,
Peter Gordon, Lloyd
Hollett, Royce Mills and Emma Thornett Websitehttp://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/
Englefield
Green
Babes In
The
Wood- A Panto ,
Englefield
Green Social Hall , Harvest Road, Englefield
Green, TW20 0QT 2nd
Dec 2011 to 10th Dec 2011
A battle between the Sheriff of
Nottingham
and Robin Hood over the
custody of the Sheriff’s wards, aided or
confused by the village idiot,
Tom Piper, his mother, Robin’s Merry Men and the
Sheriff’s incompetent
deputies. . Website http://www.stjudesplayers.org/
Leatherhead
Dick
WhittingtonLeatherhead
Theatre7 Church Street,
Leatherhead, KT22 8DN 13th Dec 2011 to
31st Dec 2011 Come
and join us as Dick Whittington(and of course
his cat) drop in to
Leatherhead, on their way to London. The
Leatherhead Theatre becomes
the setting for this classic tale this
Christmas and everyone is
invited. Family tickets (4 seats) only £45. Websitehttp://www.the-theatre.org/
Mytchett
A Lad 'n'
his Lamp
The Mytchett Centre 140 Mytchett Road, Mytchett,
Surrey GU16 6AA
25th Jan 2012 to 28th Jan 2012
The Playmakers present A Lad 'n' his Lamp,
adapted from an original
script for The Playmakers by Tony Bowman. Let us
take you on a fast,
furious, funny and strangely familiar trip!!
Good old fashioned panto
at its best!!
Website http://www.theplaymakers.co.uk/
Redhill
Sleeping BeautyThe Harlequin
Warwick Quadrant,
Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1NN 9th Dec 2011 to
2nd Jan 2012
Listen very carefully, we shall announce this
only once...Vicki
Michelle, star of the classic BBC 1 hit comedy,
'Allo, 'Allo' will be
starring as the Wicked Fairy Carabosse in The
Harlequin's enchanting
pantomime, Sleeping Beauty. Websitehttp://www.harlequintheatre.co.uk/
Sutton
Cinderella The Charles
Cryer Studio TheatreSM5 3BB[map]
7th December
2011 to11th December 2011 It’s behind you . . . The magic of
panto comes
to the Secombe
Theatre in this wonderful production of
Cinderella. Enjoy this classic
fairytale jam packed with all the traditional
ingredients with audience
participation galore and the magic of seeing
Cinders off to
the ball with real ponies drawing her
beautiful carriage.. CHARLES
CRYER
THEATRE CLICK
Woking
Peter PanNew Victoria Theatre
The Ambassadors,
Peacocks Centre, Woking, GU21 6GQ 9th Dec
2011 to 15th Jan 2012
Fly away on a journey of wonder into the magical
world of Neverland.
Starring Steve McFadden, Andy Collins and The
Only Ways Is Essex's
Harry Derbridge, this promises to be the perfect
family treat, book
your tickets now! Websitehttp://www.ambassadortickets.com/13/689/New-Victoria-Theatre
Sussex
Bognor
Regis
Sleeping
Beauty,
Butlins Bognor Regis ,
Butlins Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21
1JJ 5th
Jan 2011 to 5th Jan 2012
Every Butlins break gives you the
opportunity to see a Storybook Panto.
At Butlins Bognor Regis see the ever popular
tale of Sleeping Beauty as
part of the entertainment included in every
break, all year round. Websitehttp://www.butlins.com/resorts/bognor/
Bognor
Regis
Aladdin and His Magical Lamp, Hotham Arts Centre
with the Alexander Theatre, Bognor Regis, Sussex, 01243
861010 11th
December to 3rd January
2011. Take
a
magical carpet
ride to the
ALEXANDRA THEATRE
this festive
season to see
the spectacular
adventure
story of ALADDIN
Back
by public demand
for another
pantomime season,
starring, from
Spirit FM
Breakfast Show,KEVIN KING
as the Evil
Abanazar. With
funny man KEVIN
JAMES in
the comedy role
–Wishee Washee!This ‘fun for
all’ festive
production also
features Britain's
Premier Dame, MARK
HUDSON, co-starring
as the Hilarious
Widow
Twankey and
PHILLIP AMATO
as the 'Crazy'
Copper PC
Ping Pong Recording
artiste
SIMON GREAVES in the
title
role and the Multi
Talented MIKE
PANNELL as the
Emperor of China,along
with a great
supporting
cast.
WEBSITE CLICK
Brighton
Spamalot,
Theatre Royal, Brighton Sussex
Thu
15 Dec 2011
to Sat 14 Jan 2012 And
now for
something completely different... Starring
Marcus
Brigstocke as King Arthur and
Todd Carty as
Patsy
Audiences all around the world have been
roaring with laughter since Monty
Python's Spamalot,
by Eric Idle
and John Du Prez, won the
Tony Award for Best Musical
in 2005. Spamalot tells the
legendary tale of King
Arthur
and the knights of the Round Table and
features a bevy (or possibly a
brace) of beautiful show girls, witch burnings
(Cancelled too
expensive) not to mention cows, killer rabbits
and French people. The
show features the hilarious songs He Is Not
Dead Yet, Knights Of The
Round Table, Find Your Grail and of course the
Nation's Favourite
Comedy Song (Reader’s Digest Poll 2009) Always
look on the
bright side of life.
Don't miss your night with the Knights of The
Round Table at the most
infectiously funny musical of the millennium. Websitehttp://www.ambassadortickets.com/Theatre-Royal-Brighton
Chichester
The
Lion,
the Witch and the Wardrobe, Chichester Festival
Theatre.,
Chichester, Sussex, 01243
781312 17 - 31 December
2011
This spellbinding story of
courage,
treachery, hope and imagination
is cherished by generations and is a perfect
Christmas treat for all
the family.
Join our four young,
heroic
adventurers as they tumble through a
wardrobe into a world frozen in a hundred
year winter; the magnificent
mysterious land of deep magic… Narnia. The
lovable Mr. Tumnus and his
fantastical friends will join
forces to battle with bravery and honour
against the White Witch, under
the watchful eye of Aslan, the majestic King
of the woods.With battles
against good and evil and an abundance of
mythical
creatures-dwarves, giants, beavers,
unicorns, naiads and dryads-there
will be plenty of musicality and adventure
to let your imagination take
you to Narniathis Christmas. The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
has been lovingly
adapted for the stage by Adrian
Mitchell and
faithfully recreated by the award-winning Chichester
Festival
Youth Theatre (CFYT), under the
consummate direction of
Dale Rooks. CFYT has produced
enthralling Christmas
productions for the pa.
WEBSITE
CLICK
Crawley
Peter PanHawth Theatre
Hawth Avenue, Crawley,
West Sussex, RH10 6YZ 9th Dec 2011 to 31st
Dec 2011
Nigel Havers sets sail to The Hawth this
Christmas as the villainous
Captain Hook in this year?s spectacular
pantomime Peter Pan. Websitehttp://www.hawth.co.uk/
Eastbourne
Sleeping
BeautyDevonshire Park
TheatreCompton Street,
Eastbourne, BN21 4BP 13th Dec 2012 to
13th Jan 2013 Eastbourne's
pantomime is the family favourite, Sleeping
Beauty,
starring Bernie Nolan as evil villainess
Carabosse at Devonshire Park
Theatre. A classic tale with live music and
stunning costumes. Websitehttp://www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk/
Hastings
Peter Pan ,
White
Rock Theatre ,
White Rock, Hastings,
Hastings,
TN34 1JX 8th Dec 2012 to
30th Dec 2012
Starring Paul Nicholas as the villainous Captain
Hook in this magical
tale. Websitehttp://www.whiterocktheatre.org.uk/
Horsham
Jack & The Beanstalk
THE
CAPITOL, North Street,, Horsham, West Sussex
RH12 1RG tel:01403
750220 8th December 2011- 2nd January 2012
CBeebies presenter SARAH JANE
HONEYWELL
makes a welcome return to The Capitol this
Christmas following her
appearance as Peter Pan here three years ago
to star as Fairy Twinkle
in this year's 'GIANT' pantomime! Sarah Jane
is the star of CBeebies
TikkaBilla, Higgledy House and the current
sports and activity
programme Mighty Mites.Starring alongside
Sarah Jane will be another
children's television
favourite CONNOR BYRNE, who is best known
for his role as Mike the head
Care worker in the BAFTA award winning CBBC
series Tracy Beaker
Returns.As always the pantomime will be
packed full of fun and music
and
comedy and should not be missed. So get your
tickets booked early and
join us on an adventure up the beanstalk
this Christmas!
Aladdin,,
St. Mary's
Social Centre
, Christie Road, Lewes January
7th to 14th 2012
Saturday 9th ? Saturday 16th January 2010
Saturdays 2pm & 7pm,
Sunday 12 noon and 5pm, Tue Fri 7pm Tickets: £8
Adult / £4
Child Box
Office Open Now! 01273 477733 Websitehttp://www.stmaryspanto.org/
Peacehaven
Beauty and the
Beast Meridian Centre
Peacehaven, East Sussex, BN10
8BB 5th Dec 2012 to 8th Dec 2012
Peacehaven Players present the classic story of
Beauty and the Beast
this xmas, a magical panto with fun for all the
family. Tickets
available on 01273 681861. For more details
please see our website.
Website http://www.peacehavenplayers.co.uk/
Seaford
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs The
Barn Theatre Saxon Lane,
Seaford, BN25 1QL 23rd Jan 2013 to 27th
Jan 2013
Come and watch The Wicked Queen plot against
Snow White in this
traditional fun filled panto for all the family.
Tickets available from
Seaford Tourist Information Centre. 01323
897426.
Southwick
Cinderella The Barn Theatre
Southwick Street, Southwick,
West Sussex, BN42 4TE 16th Dec 2011 to
24th Dec 2011
A traditional family pantomime directed by top
panto director Carole
Todd. Box Office 01273 597094.
Website http://www.ticketlord.com/barn.htm
Worthing
Cinderella , Connaught Theatre
Union Place, Worthing,
West Sussex BN11 1LG 2nd Dec 2011 to 31st
Dec 2011
Coronation Street's Amanda Barrie will be waving
the wand of goodness
as Fairy Godmother & A Touch of Frost's John
Lyons will be playing
Cinder's down trodden father in this classic
rags to riches pantomime. Websitehttp://www.worthingtheatres.co.uk/
Worthing
Peter Pan,
Pavilion Theatre , Marine Parade,
Worthing,
BN11
3PX Thursday 8th
December to Sunday 1st
January 2012 Do you believe in
fairies? Get
hooked
this Christmas as you travel beyond your
imagination and past the stars
to Neverland. Meet Peter Pan, Wendy and
the Lost Boys. Watch in
awe as
Peter battles the dastardly Captain Hook.
Boasting sparkling sets,
sumptuous costumes and a spectacular UV scene.
The star-studded cast is led by Darren
Day as the
villainous Captain Hook, children’s favourite Rollo
as Smee, Heart Breakfast presenters
Tom, Lynsey and
Jack, and Worthing’s own James Lyley as Peter
Pan. Websitehttp://www.worthingtheatres.co.uk/
Tyne & Wear
Belsay
A
Christmas Carol Belsay
Hall, Castle & Gardens Belsay
Northumberland NE20
0DXTel:
01661 881636 Tue 27 -
Thu 29 December 2011
Scrooge meets
the
unusual Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and
Yet to
Come, but will he repent in time for Christmas,
or is Scrooge doomed to
a life of Misery? Storytellers Theatre Company
bring 'rap', song and
mirth, to 'A Christmas Carol' in performances
that is sure to entertain
even the grumpiest of scrooges. This show takes
us through Dickens'
classic novel and makes it easily accessible for
young and old alike.
Wrap up warm and don't forget to visit the shop
for gifts and to sample
English Heritage’s seasonal treats too.
(Warm clothing is recommended as the hall is
unheated.) WEBSITE
CLICK
Heaton
Cinderella
THE
PEOPLE’S THEATRE, Heaton NE6 5QF BOX
OFFICE:
0191 265 5020 10th
December
2011 to 18th December 2011
What a way to finish off our Centenary
year -
oh yes it is!! With the celebrations now
behind you (and us), we
are
proud to bring you the best liked of all
pantomimes.
Toby Cooper's script is full of the usual japes,
pranks and jokes
which make the People's panto the best
value-for-money show in the
North-East.With Baron Hardup and the Ugly
Sisters providing the boos
and Buttons
providing the laughs, ably supported by a strong
chorus and many lovely
characters, this is a night out at the theatre
that simply must not be
missed. WEBSITE
CLICK
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Sleeping
Beauty , Theatre
Royal 100 Grey Street,
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 6BR 29th Nov 2011
to 21st Jan 2012
Sleeping Beauty is one of the most
traditional and popular
pantomimes of all time. Join Theatre Royal
favourites Clive Webb (The
King), Danny Adams (Muddles) and Chris Hayward
(The Queen) along with a
fabulous cast, spectacular sets, stunning
costumes and an abundance of
laughs for the pantomime of your dreams.
Produced by Qdos Entertainment, the world's
largest pantomime
producer, Sleeping Beauty - the Pantomime of
your Dreams will be staged
by the same team that has presented the last
seven record-breaking
pantomimes at Theatre Royal Newcastle. Websitehttp://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Dick WhittingtonJournal
Tyne Theatre Westgate
Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1
4AG 9th Dec 2011 to 2nd Jan 2012
Join Dick Whittington and his cat as they
journey to London to find
their fortune in a brand new show full of
colourful characters, live
music, much mayhem, and the very evil Queen Rat.
Award winning comedians Maxie & Mitch
deliver the very best of
traditional panto entertainment to the families
of the North East this
Christmas. Websitehttp://www.thejournaltynetheatre.co.uk/
South
Shields
Beauty & The
Beast, THE CUSTOMS HOUSE, South Shields
NE33 1ES BOX
OFFICE: 0191 454 1234 30
Nov 2011 - 7 Jan 2012 Join
Tommy, Dame Dotty and the gang for the
usual madness, mayhem
and chaos for 2011's fun filled
family pantomime ALADDIN
In
a far off land, in a far off time,
lived two brothers and their widowed
mother, Dotty Twanky. As
she slaved away in her laundry, she
dreamed of one day winning the
lottery or, at least, getting some
help with her piles of
washing from
the two useless lumacks she called
sons; Tommy, who was very wishy
washy and Aladdin, who was forever
getting into bother in his search
for true love. But
their world is turned upside down when
the evil Abanazar appeared on
the scene... What
happens next is two hours of rip
roaring fun and adventure in a
show filled with with festive
joy...
. WEBSITE
CLICK
Puss in Boots
,
TYNEMOUTH
PRIORY
THEATRE,
BOX
OFFICE: 0191 292 9292 4th
- 14th
January 2012
Written by Damian Trasler, David Lovesy and
Steve
Clark. Directed by David Moy.
Jack,
the miller's son has been left with just the
family cat in his father's
will and although he has great ambitions it is
unlikely he will amount
to much! Things soon change with the arrival of
his Auntie Hettie and
the revelation that Puss can talk (and look
pretty fetching in a pair
of boots)! Soon Jack, Auntie and Puss are
embroiled in a complex scheme
to persuade the King and Queen that Jack
(masquerading as the Marquis
of Carabas) is suitable husband material for the
beautiful Princess.
But first they will have to contend with a
jealous noble suitor, a pair
of dastardly henchmen, and a hideous
shape-shifting Ogre! WEBSITE
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Washington
Dick Whittington
& His Cat The Arts Centre
Biddick Lane, Fatfield,
Washington, Tyne & Wear NE38 8AB
13th
Jan 2012 to 21st Jan 2012
Dick has a dream of becoming a rich merchant in
the town of Washington,
but the town has become infested with rats who
are stopping him! Can
Dick and his cat save the town from King Rat?
Will Dick find the love
of his life?
Website http://www.washingtontheatregroup.co.uk/
Whitley
Bay
AladdinPlayhouse Whitley Bay
Marine Avenue,
Whitley Bay, Tyne And Wear NE26 1LZ 13th
Dec 2011 to 2nd Jan 2012
Starring Kirsty Swain as the Princess Websitehttp://www.playhousewhitleybay.co.uk/
Whitley
Bay
Dick WhittingtonPlayhouse Whitley Bay
Marine Avenue, Whitley
Bay, Tyne And Wear NE26 1LZ 10th Jan 2012
to 15th Jan 2012
Come and join Dick and his faithful cat as they
set out to make their
fortune. Encounter shipwreck and adventure in
strange lands, helping
Dick overcome the plots of the villainous King
Rat(Boo...Hiss) and
return safe and sound to London Town. Websitehttp://www.playhousewhitleybay.co.uk/
Warwickshire
Bedworth
Jack & The Beanstal The Civic Hall High Street,
Bedworth, CV12 8NF
26th Jan 2012 to 28th Jan 2012
Nuneaton Pantomime and Revue Society Proudly
Presents Jack and the
Beanstalk Written & Directed by Gwyn Wright.
Great traditional
pantomime, fun for all the family.
Website http://www.nuneatonpantomimeandrevuesociety.co.uk/
Kenilworth
Robin
Hood
, Talisman Theatre ,
Barrow Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1EG by
Stephen Duckham
Tue 27 Dec
2011 - Sat 7 Jan 2012 (No performances 1st and
3rd January)
Directed by Stephen DuckhamTheatre Box
Office: 01926 856548
Robin,
Earl of
Huntingdon, has been forced to become an outlaw
by the Sheriff of
Nottingham as a result of his constantly
relieving the rich of their
wealth to help the poor. The Sheriff loves money
and can't get enough
of it, so when he hears that his ward, Maid
Marion, has inherited her
late father's estate, he plans to get his hands
on it at any cost. But
Robin, together with his trusty band of men,
thwarts the Sheriff's
plans at almost every turn. Nell Nightshade, the
witch of Sherwood
Forest, is in league with the Sheriff and they
plot to bring about the
downfall of Robin. As always, comedy is high on
the agenda in the shape
of Marion's larger than life 'Aunt', the
Sheriff's two bungling
henchmen and a rather fey medieval balladeer
called Will. Websitehttp://www.talismantheatre.co.uk/
Stratford-upon-Avon
The
Heart of Robin Hoodruns
at Royal
Shakespeare Theatre
in
Stratford-upon-Avon from 18 November 2011 - 7
January 2012
The notorious Robin Hood and his band of
outlaws
steal from the
rich, creating a fearsome reputation amongst
those who dare to travel
through the mighty forest of sherwood. But they
do not share their
spoils with the poor and are unloved by the
people, who must also pay
unfair taxes to the evil Prince John as he plots
to steal his brother's
crown. In this time of chaos and fear, it is
down to Marion to boldly
protect the poor and convince Robin that he must
listen to his heart if
they are to save the country. A spectacular new
production of a great
English legend written by
RSC Associate Director David Farr and directed
by Gisli Örn
Gardarsson,
the Artistic team behind Metamorphosis,
currently touring
worldwide.
.
RSC
WEBSITE
Coventry
Mother Goose
The Belgrade Theatre, Belgrade Square, Coventry.
CV1 1GS
Telephone: 024 7655 3055 29
Nov
2011 - 07 Jan 2012
This year’s Belgrade
panto promises unbeatable fairytale fun, magical
enchantment and
eggs-cruciating jokes and japes by the dozen.
Coventry’s favourite Dame, Andy Hockley,
will star as Mother Goose in
his 16th Belgrade
panto!
Join Mother Goose and her two sons Jack and
Archie as they battle the
wicked schemes of Squire Spartikus Skinflint and
the villainous Demon
King. Travel with them on a spectacular journey
from magic
pools to strange enchanted worlds, awash with
hidden dangers. Will
Mother Goose resist the alluring charms of the
Demon King on his quest
to regain power over the village of Middle
Widdle-on-the-Tiddle? Mother
Goose
boasts one of the oldest traditions of all the
pantomime stories –
bringing the gift of theatrical Christmas magic
to families across
Britain for over 200 years. The Belgrade’s
legendary pantomime is an essential part of
Christmas celebrations for
families young and old, right across the region.
Famed for its lavish
set designs, stunning costumes and sparkling
performances, this
fun-filled festive show is always good value and
guaranteed great fun! BELGRADE
THEATRE
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Coventry
The Tiger
Who Came
To Tea , Warwick Arts Centre
Studio University of Warwick,
Coventry, CV4 7AL 30th Nov
2011 to 31st Dec 2011
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy
are sitting down to
tea. Who could it possibly be? What they
certainly don?t expect to see
at the door is a big, stripy tiger!
Website http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/
Leamington Spa
Sleeping
Beauty Royal Spa Centre
Newbold Terrace, Leamington Spa,
CV32 4HN 9th Dec 2011 to 31st Dec 2011
Join Nurse Nanny Nora, Josh the Jester and the
dashing Prince Valiant
as they battle with dragons and race a time
machine to ensure that the
Prince is ready to wake the sleeping Princess on
time! Websitehttp://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/RoyalSpaCentre/default.htm
Nuneaton
CinderellaThe Abbey TheatrePool Bank St,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11
5DB Tuesday 10th Jan –
Saturday 21st Jan 2012 A rip roaring,
swashbuckling family pantomime by one of the
finest
panto companies in the Midlands. Websitehttp://www.pr-panto.co.uk/
Rugby
Mother Goose
Rugby
Theatre, Henry Street, Rugby CV21 2QA Box
Office: 01788
541234 7th -
15th January 2012
It’s panto time again – oh yes it
is! This
year we are delighted to present the enchanting
tale of Mother Goose –
Edna. Join Edna, and her two sons Jack and Billy
as they befriend the
magical
goose Priscilla – who has a secret that could
put an end to all of
Mother Goose’s worries. However, Mother Goose is
not satisfied with her
lot and longs for beauty and fame. Knowing this,
the wicked Demon
Discontent tempts Mother Goose to the magical
Fountain of Youth. But
there is a price to pay for beauty – in exchange
Priscilla will be lost
forever! So, CHEER our happy band as they
journey to Gooseland to
rescue
Priscilla, BOO the wicked Demon Discontent,
LAUGH at the hysterical
antics of Mother Goose as she bakes a cake for
the party, SCREAM in the
scary Evil Forest and CHEER the Fairy Happiness
as she desperately
tries to bring about the longed-for happy
ending. This is traditional
pantomime for all the family; packed with
audience
participation, lavish costumes, wonderful dance
routines and much
laughter and mirth along the way. Heroes,
villains, slapstick,
dance, magic, song and just plain
silliness all ensure an extravaganza of fun and
laughter; culminating
in the sing-along song sheet and a spectacular
finale. A marvellous
feast of fun for young and old alike!
Christmas
With The Rat Pack Alexandra
Theatre , Station Street, BIRMINGHAM, B5
4DS 28
November 2011 Booking through until: 3 December
2011
Frank, Sammy and Dean will be back this
Christmas
spreading their
own style of festive cheer in Christmas
With The Rat Pack -
Live From
Las Vegas.
Christmas With The Rat Pack - Live From Las
Vegas celebrates the
talent of world-renowned singers Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin and Sammy
Davis Jr, who became famous for their glamorous
careers as live
entertainers at The Sands resort in Las Vegas in
the 1950s and 60s.
This festive production mixes songs from the era
with traditional
tunes in a line-up that includes Baby It’s Cold
Outside, Rudolph The
Red Nosed Reindeer, Let It Snow Let It Snow,
White Christmas and Auld
Lang Syne. A 15-piece orchestra accompanies the
cast. Websitehttp://www.alexandratheatre.org.uk/Book Tickets Now
Birmingham
Cinderella,
Birmingham Hippodrome , Hurst
Street, Birmingham, B5 4TB Saturday 17
December 2011 to Sunday 29
January 2012.
Brian Conley and Lynda
Bellingham,
the stars of this year’s Birmingham Hippodrome
pantomime, paid an early
visit to Birmingham to officially launch the
theatre’s spectacular
Christmas show, a brand new production of
Cinderella. They arrived at
the home of Britain’s biggest pantomime in
Cinderella’s coach and
ponies, together with an early dusting of snow,
to issue an invitation
for everyone to attend the Ball this Festive
Season! Brian Conley, one
of Britain’s most-popular entertainers and the
country’s most sought
after pantomime star, returns to Birmingham
Hippodrome in the role of
Buttons which marks Brian’s fifth pantomime at
Birmingham Hippodrome.
Brian has recently finished touring the UK in
Brother Love’s Travelling
Salvation and has starred in the West End and
touring production of
Hairspray, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (both of
which he played at the
Hippodrome) and portrayed Jolson in the Olivier
award-winning hit
musical of the same name in London and at
Birmingham Hippodrome. On
television he has enjoyed phenomenal success on
programmes such as Let
Me Entertain You, Dirty Rotten Cheater and the
hugely-successful The
Brian Conley Show and Brian Conley: Alive and
Dangerous. He has
guest-hosted The Paul O’Grady Show on a number
of occasions and has
also appeared on several Royal Variety
Performances as well as Ant
& Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Loose Women
and recently on The 5
O’Clock Show and The Michael Ball Show.
Joining Brian on stage is
Lynda Bellingham who plays the role of Fairy
Godmother. Lynda has
enjoyed a rich acting career spanning 40 years,
with highlights
including her roles as Helen Herriot in All
Things Great and Small and
Faith Grayshott in Second Thoughts and Faith in
the Future. As well as
her regular appearances on Loose Women, Lynda
performed in Calendar
Girls both for the national tour and in the West
End. This year’s
pantomime also stars an icon of children’s
television and the world’s
most famous fox - Basil Brush, in the role of
Baron Basil - Boom, Boom!
Since making his screen debut in the 1960s,
Basil has appeared on
numerous television programmes including Blue
Peter, The Weakest Link
and French and Saunders, and has hosted numerous
series of his own
shows. The story of Cinderella, the most popular
panto of them all,
wouldn’t be complete without two ugly-sisters,
and they don’t come any
uglier than David Robbins and Martin Ramsdin!
Together they have one of
the largest and most lavish wardrobes in
pantoland - with at least 10
costume changes each per performance! Staged by
Qdos Entertainment, the
world’s largest pantomime producer, Cinderella
is written and directed
by Michael Harrison, managing director of Qdos
Entertainment’s
pantomime division.
Tickets can be booked on 0844 338 5000 or
online.!
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WEBSITE
Sedgley
Jack & The Beanstalk ,
Dormston Mill Theater ,
The Dormston Centre Mill Bank Sedgley DY3
1SN 22nd Jan 2012
to 28th Jan 2012
Rainbow Pantomimes In association with NODA is
proud to present it`s
20th Production
For more infomation and ticket prices please
visit our web site. Websitehttp://www.rainbowpantomime.co.uk/
Dudley
Christmas
on
the Never Never Stripped Down
Theatre Northfield
Road, Dudley
West Midlands DY2 9ER Sat 3 Dec 2011
Following on from the success of
'Our
Kylie's Gettin' Wed' at ArtsFest 2011, Stripped
Down Theatre brings you
'Christmas on the Never Never'. This four man
play, written by Paul
Fellows, takes a look at Christmas events that
everyone can relate to.
From the scramble to open presents to the
nativity plays that we have
all been made to sit through, this piece truly
embodies the feel good
nature of the season. Each actor plays an array
of characters which
takes you through the story and is sure to fill
you with festive
cheer.
Website:www.strippeddowntheatre.co.uk
Stourbridge
Robinson Crusoe,Stourbridge
Town
Hall Theatre , Crown Centre, Stourbridge,
West Midlands
21st - 28th January, 201 2 Websitehttp://www.stourbridgepanto.co.uk/
Sutton
Coldfield
Sleeping Beauty,
Sutton
Arts Theatre
, South Parade, Sutton Coldfield, B72
1QU 3rd Dec 2011 to
17th Dec 2011
Sleeping
Beauty will take you
on an enchanting journey
of dashing princes, evil witches and dastardly
curses. You'll meet good
fairies, jolly jesters, dotty dames, Kings,
Queens and Princesses and
be swept along on a rollercoaster of hilarious
comedy, gorgeous
costumes, glittering scenery and sleeping bags
full of fun for all the
family.The award-winning team that brought you
Jack and
The Beanstalk and last year's magical sell out
Aladdin take you into
the heart of fairy tale with the beloved
Sleeping Beauty. Don't get
caught napping and get your tickets quickly as
they are sure to be gone
in a blink of an eye.
Websitehttp://www.suttonartstheatre.co.uk/
Wolverhampton
Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs,
The Grand
Theatre Wolverhampton, Lichfield Street,
Wolverhampton WV1 1DE
Box Office: 01902 42 92 12 Saturday
10 December
2011 to Sunday 22 January 2012
Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane, two of the
stars of this
year’s Grand Theatre pantomime, Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs,
brought a bit of early pantomime magic to
Wolverhampton today as the
pair officially launched this year’s spectacular
show!
Undoubtedly the fairest of them all, Linda
Lusardi will play the role
of the Wicked Queen and her real-life husband,
Sam Kane, will play The
Prince in the Christmas show which marks their
14th pantomime season
together! Linda and Sam last appeared on stage
together at the Grand
Theatre in Robin Hood in 1999. Linda has enjoyed
a 25-year career
spanning the world of stage, film and
television. Her many stage roles
include Funny Peculiar, Bedside Manner, Not Now
Darling, Pygmalion and
Rock with Laughter. As well as many summer
seasons and performing in
every major pantomime around the country, Linda
has appeared on
countless television programmes including
Celebrity Masterchef,
Celebrity Come Dine With Me, Dancing On Ice,
Loose Women, The Bill,
Brookside and in Emmerdale where she played the
role of Carrie Nichols.
Sam Kane, who will also be directing the
pantomime, has been a stalwart
of musical theatre for many years. He has
appeared in numerous stage
shows including Popstar, the West End production
of The Rat Pack, Hot
Flush!, Simply Ballroom, Carousel, Boogie Nights
and Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers to name but a few. On television
he has appeared in
programmes such as Brookside, Night Fever,
Hollyoaks, The Royal,
Coronation Street and Emmerdale. Joining Linda
and Sam and returning to
the Grand Theatre stage are Wolverhampton
pantomime favourites, The
Grumbleweeds in the roles of Muddles and
Chambers. The award-winning
comedy duo, Robin Colvill and Graham Walker,
have brought the house
down with their uproarious antics in venues
across the world and have
received rave reviews for their performances in
record-breaking
pantomimes around the country. Niki Evans, who
appeared in Cinderella
at the Grand Theatre two years ago, joins the
cast in the role of The
Fairy. Niki is currently touring the UK as Mrs
Johnston in the
smash-hit musical Blood Brothers, which played
at the Grand Theatre
last year, following a run of the show in
London’s West End. It was
also announced today that the pantomime
producer’s, Qdos Entertainment,
will hold open auditions at The Grand Theatre on
Saturday 13 August
2011 to find 14 young people to play the two
teams required for the
roles of the Seven Dwarfs. Details of the
auditions will announced on
the theatre’s website and in local press in
mid-July.
Tickets can be booked on 01902 42 92 12, or
online at GRAND
THEATRE
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Jack
& The Beanstalkat
Salisbury
Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, Salisbury SP2 7RA
Box Office
& Restaurant Bookings 01722 320
333 7 December
2011 - 7 January 2012
When Jack sells his beloved Daisy
the Cow for
just five beans, it
looks like he and his mother, Dame Trott, will
lose everything. But
little does he know that these are magic
beans, and something strange
is growing in the back garden. Hold your
breath as the beanstalk grows
bigger and bigger and Jack embarks on an
adventure that sees him come
face to face with Giant Blunderbore at his
castle in the clouds. Jack and the Beanstalk has all the
ingredients of
traditional panto – loads of comedy, catchy
songs, audience
participation and a happy ending – plus
glorious puppets specially
created by the Playhouse’s Associate Company,
Stuff and
Nonsense. Ben Occhipinti, who directed
our sell-out
Stage ’65 productions of The Boy Friend,
Oliver! and The Wizard of Oz,
now turns to panto with this
colourful show for all the family.
.Salisbury
Playhouse
Swindon
Mother Goose Swindon Arts Centre Devizes
Road, Old Town, Swindon
SN1 4BJ 22nd Nov 2011 to 26th Nov 2011
The Wicked Squire wants his rent or he will have
them all evicted.
Fortunately Mother Goose finds Priscilla, the
goose who lays the golden
eggs. Will she be able to pay off the rent
before the Squire finds a
way if getting rid of Priscilla?
Website http://www.swindon.gov.uk/boxoffice
Swindon
Cinderella Wyvern Theatre Theatre Square,
Swindon, Wiltshire,
SN1 1QN 10th Dec 2011 to 8th Jan 2012
TV legend and actor Keith Chegwin leads a
fantastic cast in this
hilarious and spectacular show.
Website http://www.wyverntheatre.org.uk/
Trowbridge
Mother GooseArc Theatre
College Road, Trowbridge,
Wiltshire BA14 0ES 17th Nov 2011 to 20th
Nov 2011
Poor Mother Goose has fallen on hard boiled
times. Cue Priscilla. A
magical goose that lays golden eggs.The evil
baddie tempts Mother Goose
with what she doesn't have Youth and Beauty.
Will she realise in time
that beauty is only skin deep? Websitehttp://www.arctheatre.org.uk/
Beauty & the Beast' The Artrix Theatre School Drive,
Bromsgrove B60 1PQ
14th Dec 2011 to 18th Dec 2011
A beauty of a story a beast of a pantomime! Full
of song & dance,
slapstick, corny jokes and general silliness,
with wonderful characters
to take you on a magical journey in this
traditional tale to warm the
coldest of hearts.
Website http://www.artrix.co.uk/
Kidderminster
Peter
Pan , Rose
TheatreChester
Road North, Broadwaters,
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10
2RX Thursday 29th
December 2011 to Saturday 7th
January 2012 They're back! The
team that brought you
"Cinderella with a twist" and
"Aladdin and his amazingly magical lamp" are
weaving their 21st Century
magic on this timeless classic. Join the gang
as they take you to
Neverland where absolutely anything can
happen! Magic and Mermaids,
Lost Boys and Pirates. It's all there..plus a
few new characters we'll
meet along the way!Join the
gang on their adventures as they head for the
second star to
the right and straight on till morning…..
Tick Tock!
Tick Tock!Websitehttp://www.rosetheatre.co.uk/
Malvern
Cinderella
on Ice
Foruml Theatre, Grange Road,
Malvern, Worcestershire,
WR14 3HB. 6 th December
To 11th December 2011
An
evening of awe and wonder awaits as Theatre on
Ice producers, Wild
Rose, present the internationally acclaimed
Russian Ice Stars in a
truly magical production of the well loved
fairytale, Cinderella.
The Russian Ice Stars deliver a dazzling
interpretation of this
enchanting story loved by all ages, a
spectacular treat for the whole
family. The high-speed combination of
extraordinary skating beautifully
staged and breath-taking aerial feats, will
leave you mesmerised
Peter
Pan Festival
Theatre,
Grange Road, Malvern, Worcestershire,
WR14 3HB 15th
December 2011 To 8th
January 2012
Starring
Waterloo
Road's Philip Martin Brown and CBeebie's Andy
Day.
Pantomime
comes to Malvern in the form of the classic
childrens story Peter Pan.
Sure to be full of comedy capers, this is
always a night not to be
missed in the festive season.
Snow White &
the Seven DwarfsPalace Theatre
Alcester Square, Redditch, B98 8AE 5th Dec
2011 to 31st Dec 2011
Heart throb Stefan Booth waves goodbye to Albert
Square to search for
his princess in Snow White & the Seven
Dwarfs, the magical
pantomime suitable for all the family. Websitehttp://www.redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk/
Stourport
on Severn
Dick Whittington Civic Sentre, Stourport on
Severn 21st to the 29th
January 2011. Tickets: 01299 825170 20th
to the 28th
January 2012 E-mail: secretary@mondaynightgroup.org
Phone: James Trickett, MNG Secretary on 01905
776820 This is
our favourite pantomime, and could be our
record sales from last year! Please support
local groups by supporting
us.Please book early to reserve your favourite
seats, particularly for
larger groups! We have sold many tickets
already! Please call 01299
825170 after 18:00 to reserve tickets, or
download our poster or
booking form for details. MONDAY
NIGHT
GROUP CLICK
Worcester
Jack & The BeanstalkThe Swan Theatre
The Moors, Worcester
WR1 3LD 5th Dec 2011 to 4th Dec 2011
Jack and the Beanstalk is the tale of a wicked
giant, an evil
henchwoman, a bionic cow, a fairy, some magic
beans, true love, and a
very large beanstalk! Sound unbelievable? Websitehttp://www.worcesterlive.co.uk
CinderellaThe Lamproom Theatre
Westgate,
Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2DX 10th Dec
2011 to 30th Dec 2011
A Magical Family Pantomime. Morning, Matinee and
Evening performances.
Adults £14, Concessions £13, Family Ticket £44
(2
adult & 2
children) Groups of 10 or more £11 each. Local
school groups
£12 each
including transport. Websitehttp://barnsleylamproom.com/
Bishopthorpe
,
Village
Hall , Main Street, Bishopthorpe, York
YO23 2RB
– Director
Philippa Parrish,Producer Tim
Bruce
The Ebor Players present their annual
pantomime ebsitehttp://www.eborplayers.net/
Bradford
Robinson Crusoeand the
Pirates , The
Bradford Playhouse Chapel Street,
Bradford BD1 5DL 30th
Nov 2011 to 4th Dec 2011
The beautiful Juanita is captured by the Pirate
King. The Dame is in
the cooking pot. Will Robinson come to the
rescue? Come and see our
traditional family pantomime. Great music, lots
of laughs and wonderful
young local talent. Websitehttp://www.thebradfordplayers.co.uk/
Bradford
Robin Hood , Alhambra
Theatre Morley Street, Bradford,
West Yorkshire, BD7
1AJ 17th Dec 2011 to 5th Feb 2012
Join Billy Pearce, his band of Merry
Men and
Maid Marion as they try
to thwart the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham in
West Yorkshire’s biggest
pantomime. Produced by Qdos Entertainment, the
world’s biggest panto
producer, Robin Hood is on target to be the
Alhambra Theatre’s best
ever Christmas show.
Due to public demand, there will be four special
evening
performances in January with early start times
of 6.15pm. Ideal for
your little Merry Men and young Maid Marions who
can enjoy the unique
magic of pantomime without staying up too late! Websitehttp://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/Websitehttp://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/
Bridlington
Beauty and
the BeastThe Spa
South Marine Drive, Bridlington, YO15
3JH 18th Dec 2012 to
6th Jan 2013
Craig Phillips, Big Brother winner and TV?s DIY
expert stars as Gaston
along with The Spa?s very own pantomime leading
lady, Lisa Kelsey as
Beauty. Also Simon Grant of CBBC fame and Ian
Parkin from the Jonathan
Ross Show. Websitehttp://www.thespabridlington.com/
Doncaster
Mother GooseBrodsworth Miners Welfare
Welfare Road, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6 7PP
16th
December 2011
We will be having our panto
again this year its Mother Goose and will be on
Friday 16th December at
7.00pm and Saturday 17th December at 2.00pm and
7.00pm. further details
to follow. Websitehttp://www.brodsworthminerswelfare.org.uk/
Doncaster
Aladdin Doncaster Little Theatre
1 King Street,
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 1JD 16th
Dec 2011 to 30th Dec
2011
This very original and funny show provides all
the necessary
ingredients for a first class, spectacular
festive treat! So why not
come with us on an unforgettable journey in the
Land of the Magic Lamp.
Website http://www.doncasterlittletheatre.co.uk/
Driffield
Jack and
The
BeanstalkDriffield
Community
Centre
Mill Street,
Driffield, East Yorks YO25 6TR 23rd Dec 2012 to 29th
Dec 2012
Star Struck Theatre Academy's 6th pantomime in
Driffield, Jack and the
Beanstalk, has more comedy than you can shake
a bag of magic beans at
together with outrageous costumes, fabulous
sets, and a huge
beanstalk?with one very mean giant. Websitehttp://bookwhen.com/ssta
Goole
Mother Goose Junction Paradise
Place, Goole, East Yorkshire DN14
5DL 13th Dec 2011
to 17th Dec 2011
Mother Goose?s life turns upside down when she
is tempted to take a
magic potion, but with the help of Priscilla,
the goose who lays golden
eggs, there may well be a happy ending!
Website http://www.junctiongoole.co.uk/
Halifax
AladdinThe Victoria
TheatreWards
End, Halifax, HX1 1BU 10
December to 02 January
2012 Back
by popular demand Neil Hurst as Wishee-Washee!
In the
Main Auditorium Continuing
the tradition of spectacular family panto at
the Victoria Theatre, for
2011/2012 we are delighted to be presenting
with Imagine Theatre (who
brought us Cinderella and Sleeping
Beauty)
one of the most
action-packed and hilarious pantomimes around,
Aladdin. An
enchanting mix of music, magic, adventure and
pantomime fun for all the
family. Just
in case you've forgotten, Aladdin is the tale
of a poor Chinese boy who
dreams of marrying a beautiful princess but,
unfortunately the law
decrees that the princess may only marry a
prince. It looks as though
Aladdin's dream may never come true. And he's
not the only one.
Aladdin's mum, Widow Twankey, has got the
mixed-up Chinese laundry
blues; her other son, Wishee Washee is being
particularly unhelpful;
and they're also very poor... If only Aladdin
could make his fortune
then all their dreams could come true...This sparkling
production contains all the usual pantomime
ingredients - spectacular
scenery and sparkling costumes, corny jokes,
hilarious slapstick and
bags of audience participation. Aladdin
is on sale at the box office and online, so
book now to avoid
disappointment! Website http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/victoria/details.jsp?event=2061
Halifax
Puss In
Boots Halifax YMCA
Marlborough Hall, 13
Crossley Street, Halifax, HX1 1UG 29th Jan
2011 to 5th Feb 2011
The Halifax YMCA Pantomime society present their
annual pantomime. The
shows runs from saturday to saturday, no show on
sundays. Tickets:
Adult £7, Children/consessions £5, £20 family
ticket
2
adults+2children. Websitehttp://www.halifaxpantomime.co.uk/
Harrogate
Beauty and the
Beast. Harrogate
Theatre,
Oxford Street, Harrogate. North Yorkshire. HG1
1QF Box
Office: 01423 502 116 Email: boxoffice@harrogatetheatre.co.uk
25 November 2011
to 15 January 2012
For the first time ever, Harrogate
Theatre presents one of the greatest
fairytales of them all. Be
our guest as we follow Belle, a beautiful young
woman, and the Beast, a
handsome prince who has been placed under an
evil spell for a hundred
years. If the Beast can learn to love and be
loved in return, the spell
will be broken and he will return to his true
self. But time is running
out...Packed with everyone’s favourite pantomime
characters,
this enchanting and spellbinding tale combines
spectacular scenery,
jokes galore, magic and sparkle - all of which
makes Harrogate
Theatre’s pantomime a festive family
favourite throughout the
region..
website: http://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/
Hull
Sleeping Beauty
Hull New Theatre Kingston Square, Hull, HU1 3HF
6th Dec 2012 to 6th Jan
2013
Starring The Chuckle Brothers in a
laugh-a-minute extravaganza, romance
and thrills along with stunning sets and
fabulous costumes.
Website
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre Websitehttp://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre
Holmfirth
Cinderella , The Picturedrome Market
Walk, Homfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9
7DA 14th Dec 2011
to 2nd Jan 2012
Will Cinderella go to the ball? Join Far Out
Theatre this Christmas at
The Picturedrome to find out! Full of colour,
songs, dances &
laughs, it's a perfect show & venue for all
the family. Great value
tickets available. Websitehttp://www.picturedrome.net/
Leeds
Aladdin, City
Varieties Music Hall Swan Street, Leeds,
LS1
6LW 1st Dec 2011 to 8th Jan 2012
Panto returns to City Varieties in our newly
refurbished venue.
Aladdin, the 'Rock 'n' Roll' panto brings a
hugely talented cast of
actor musicians in a traditional panto.
Website http://www.cityvarietiesonline.co.uk/
Leeds
Beauty and the
BeastThe
Carriageworks
3 Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD 2nd
Dec 2011 to 7th Jan 2012
With an action-packed,
bang-up-to-date
script, high energy
choreography, dazzling costumes full of glitz
and glamour, and a
generous supply of laugh-out-loud comedy with
plenty of audience
participation, Beauty and the Beast is the
must-see show this
Christmas!
The icing on the cake is our truly talented
professional cast.
Returning for another season of pantomime
madness and mayhem is the
loveable Leeds favourite Jez Edwards, playing
Pierre. And of course
panto wouldn't be panto without a villain - and
Denise Nolan as Witch
Hazel has all the spells and sorcery to put the
Count of Cristi Monto
into a complete head spin that turns him into a
mean and moody Beast.
Will he ever ditch the bad attitude and find
happiness? Maybe with
the love of Beauty, our Beast could be tamed in
time for a happy-ever
after ending? Websitehttp://www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk/
Leeds
Cinderella , The Carriageworks 3
Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2
3AD 12th Jan 2012 to 21st Jan
2012
Join Cinderella as she meets Prince Charming and
falls in love, boo at
her Ugly Sisters, cheer at Buttons her friend,
be dazzled by the magic
of The Fairy Godmother as she transforms
Cinderella from Rags to
Riches. Websitehttp://www.lidos.co.uk/
North
Cave
Puss
in Boots,
North
Cave Village Hall, 60 Westgate, North Cave
24th
to the 28th January
2012. This
year's panto is Puss in Boots. It is
planned
to be a great show with a wily and
cunning cat, the good guys, the bad
guys and of course a fair maiden.
Tickets will be on sale from
the 1st of December. More info to
followWebsitehttp://www.caveplayers.co.uk/
Pontefract
Sinbad The
Sailor Pontefract
Town Hall Bridge Street, Pontefract
WF8 1PG 16th Jan
2012 to 21st Jan 2012
St. Giles Pantomime Society's 63rd annual
Pantomime will be 'Sinbad the
Sailor' by Alan P Frayn of Stage Right Creative.
Full details will be available on the website at
a later date. Websitehttp://www.stgilespanto.co.uk/
Rotherham
Jack and
The
BeanstalkRotherham Civic
Theatre Catherine Street, Rotherham, S65
1EB 2nd
Dec 2011 to 8th Jan 2012
Spillers Pantomimes present one of their most
popular fairytales in a
spectacular show packed full of outrageous
costumes, fabulous sets,
stunning visual effects plus more comedy than
you can shake a bag of
magic beans at! Websitehttp://www.rotherham.gov.uk/theatres/
Rotherham
The Little Red Riding Hood
Park
Inn Rotherham Express Park, Manvers Way,
Wath upon Dearne,
Rotherham S63 7EQ 8th Jan 2012 to 8th Jan
2012
The much loved story of Little Red Riding Hood
at the Park Inn by
Radisson Rotherham on Sunday 8 January 2012 at
2pm. All tickets just
£5
including Ice Cream during the interval.
Telephone 01709 760666 to book
your tickets today.
Scarborough
Aladdin
The Spa South Bay, Scarborough, YO11
2HD Thursday 8 December
2011 - Sunday 1
January
2012 As criticised by Gary Barlow....so it
must be
good!
Tony Peers Productions are back to present
yet another
fantastic family pantomime.
It doesn't star X Factor contestant Johnny
Robinson but once
again Ian Moore is back as 'Widow
Twanky', the beautiful
Pippa Cole stars as Aladdin and Glynn Mills
is Abanazar.
Will Aladdin see through the evil sorcerer's
disguise? Will the
beautiful princess Jasmine find true love? And
what's all the fuss
about a dusty old lamp?
Three dates have already Sold out so the public
can't agree with
Gary Barlow's comments on the X Factor!
So come and fly with us on a magic carpet ride
to Arabia in this
fantastic family adventure! It's a wish come
true this
Christmas! Website http://www.scarboroughspa.co.uk/
Sheffield
Sleeping
Beauty Sheffield Lyceum
Theatre 55 Norfolk Street,
Sheffield, S1 1DA 9th Dec
2011 to 8th Jan 2012
Don't miss this year's
spectacular family
pantomime, Sleeping Beauty
at the Lyceum Theatre with an all-star cast
including Beverley Callard
(Liz MacDonald from Coronation Street) as the
Wicked Queen, Sid Sloane
(Sid from CBeebies) as the Jester and
Sheffield's favourite Dame, the
brilliant Damian Williams as Nurse Nellie. Once
again the show will be
written and directed by Paul Hendy and produced
by the same team who
brought you last year's smash hit, Peter Pan.
With dazzling sets and costumes, stunning
special effects, hilarious
family comedy and lots of audience
participation, this promises to be
our funniest pantomime ever. Tickets always sell
fast so don't be
disappointed, book your tickets now! Websitehttp://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/
Cinderella
Tong Garden
Centre
Tong Lane, Tong BD4 0RY 25th Nov 2011 to
1st Jan 2012
A unique show for the whole family, set within
the circus big top with
panto characters and circus artiste all mixed
togehter to make one
fantastic show, also cinderellas pets will
entertain you with there
tricks. Website http://cinderellapanto2011.com/
Wakefield
AladdinWakefield Theatre Royal
Drury Lane,
Wakefield WF1 2TE 1st Dec 2011 to 31st Dec
2011
Don't miss Theatre Royal Wakefield's sparkling
family pantomime for
2011 Websitehttp://www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk/
Wath
Upon Dearne
Cinderella
Montgomery
Hall
Church Street, Wath Upon Dearne,S63 7RD
4th Jan 2012 to 8th Jan
2012
Join Far Out Theatre for their 8th annual
pantomime, 'Cinderella'.
Everything you'd expect from a traditional panto
and more! Anarchic,
chaotic and hilarious. Great ticket prices call
01709 328456 for
further details, or visit website to book
online. Websitehttp://www.farouttheatre.com/
Yeadon
Dick Whittington, Yeadon Town Hall Yeadon Town
Hall, High Street,
Yeadon, LS19 7PP 20th Jan 2012
to 28th Jan 2012
A traditional family pantomime full of goodies,
baddies and show
stopping musical numbers, all to raise money for
charity! Tickets from
only £8! Box Office: 07785278395
York
The York Family
Robinson ,
York
Theatre Royal , St. Leonard's Place, York,
YO1 7HD 15 December 2011 - 04
February 2012
From York to Whitby and then on to
Australia,
but will the comically
dysfunctional "York Family Robinson" ever reach
their final
destination? Join them as they challenge the
world's most treacherous
waters in a desperate attempt to find the only
living link with the
beginning of time. Laugh yourself silly as they
encounter dastardly fey
pirates and find themselves shipwrecked on No
Man's Land (inhabited
solely by beautiful girls - well, until they're
joined by the dame!) Websitehttp://www.theatre-royal-york.co.uk/
York
Aladdin , Grand
Opera
House
York ,
Cumberland Street, York,
YORK, YO1 9SW
9 December
2011 Booking through until: 2 January 2012
This year's pantomime at the Grand Opera
House York
is the spectacular Aladdin!
York's beloved family pantomime returns with
Aladdin, a magic carpet
ride of fun, thrills and festive cheer. Steven
Arnold (Corrie's own
Ashley Peacock) takes the title role, with Opera
House favourite Aiden
J Harvey returning as Wishy Washy and seasoned
Dame Phil Randall taking
them down a peg or two as the hilarious Widow
Twankey.
If you ask your genie for songs, laughs and a
sprinkling of stardust
this Christmas he'll be sure to grant all your
three wishes in one with
an unforgettable night out at the Opera House. Websitehttp://www.york-operahouse.co.uk/
York
Babes in
the Wood The
Joseph Rowntree Theatre Haxby Road. York
YO91 1RT 3rd
to 10th December 2011 Performances: Evenings at
7:30pm. Matinees 3rd; 4th & 10th at 2pm.
Please note there is no
performance on Sunday 4th Evening. If
you go down to the woods today, you're sure of
a big surprise. But it's
not just the bears causing problems! Look out
for the evil Sheriff of
Nottingham who's plotting how to increase his
wealth whilst Robin Hood
and Maid Marion do all they can to control
him. Then there's catering
supremo Sue and her dippy assistant son,
Preston, who are looking for a
new job.Add
in lots of children, a woodland fairy, Willy
& Diddy, the sheriff's
henchmen, jokes old and new, rousing songs,
dazzling dancing and Ladies
and Gentlemen you have the Rowntree Players
2011 Pantomime, Babes in
the Wood Written,
once
again, by the successful writing partnership
of Howard
Ella & Barry Benson, it really does
promise to live up to it's tag
line of "yet another, brand new, rollicking
romp of a panto" See
you
in the woods !Websitehttp://www.rowntreeplayers.co.uk/
Scotland
Central
Scotland
Grangemouth
Babes
in
the Wood Grangemouth
Town Hall Grangemouth,
United Kingdom FK3 8AN 16th Nov
2011 to 19th Nov 2011
Our Annual Pantomime this year is Babes
in the Wood, Grangemouth Town
Hall, 16th 19th of November 2011 7:30pm
(Saturday Matinee 2.00pm) email
secretery@youngportonians.co.uk
Tickets £7 and £5 (conc)
Motherwell
Beauty and the
Beast Motherwell Theatre
Civic
Centre,
Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1
1AB
Tickets are
on
sale now for this beauty-full festive
treat at Motherwell Theatre. For
the
past 41 years, Motherwell Theatre has
staged some of the best
professional pantomimes in Scotland -
and 2011 will be no exception. Following
the
swashbuckling adventures of Peter Pan
in 2010, the team behind that
success will bring you this re-telling
of an enchanting classic story -
full of fun, music and panto
magic. So join us for an
unforgettable
adventure! Will good
overcome evil? Will
Beauty find true love? Will
the Beast ever break free
from his curse? And
will our loveable Dame ever learn
to cook? To be sure to
be amongst the first to hear
when tickets go on sale, use the links
on the right to contact us. Beauty
and
the Beast 2011 - Lanarkshire's
beauty-full festive treat!
PinocchioSeamill
Hydro Seamill, Ayrshire KA23
9ND 4th Dec 2011 to 4th Dec 2011
M&M Theatrical Productions are proud
to present our adaptation of
Pinocchio. Children will be running to
the bookstore after seeing this
enchanting classic story brought to
life! Visit our website to book
online. Websitehttp://www.seamillhydro.co.uk/
Seamill
Dick WhittingtonSeamill Hydro
Seamill, Ayrshire KA23
9ND 11th Dec 2011 to 11th Dec 2011
Dick Whittington is a fabulous M&M
Theatrical Production children's
theatre classic! Join Dick and his cat
Tommy as they head to London
where the streets are ?paved with gold!?
Visit our website for further
details. Websitehttp://www.seamillhydro.co.uk/
Seamill
Cinderella Seamill Hydro
Seamill,
Ayrshire KA23 9ND 17th
Dec 2011 to 17th Dec 2011
Magical theatre is what M&M
Theatrical Productions does best and
this classic children's pantomime,
Cinderella, is no exception. Visit
our website for further details and to
book online. Websitehttp://www.seamillhydro.co.uk/
Seamill
Peter PanSeamill Hydro Seamill,
Ayrshire KA23
9ND 18th Dec 2011 to
18th Dec 2011
Welcoming back our popular family
pantomimes, come along and watch
Peter Pan and Wendy fly to Neverland,
meet with a talking crocodile and
do battle with the evil Captain Hook.
Visit our website for prices and
more details! Websitehttp://www.seamillhydro.co.uk/
Stirling
Jackie and
the Beanstalkmacrobert
arts centre University of
Stirling, FK9 4LA 23rd Nov
2011 to 7th Jan 2012
Stirling Stella is at crisis point.
Fairy Mary Christmas has has her
wand stolen by the evil Giant
Sleigh-Stacks, robbing the entire
pantosphere of their Christmas Spirit.
Only one band of merry revellers
from Skinto-Row can save them. Websitehttp://www.macrobert.org/
Dumfries
and
Galloway
Castle
Douglas
The
Legend of Cinderella The
CatStrand
Arts Centre High Street, New
Galloway, Castle
Douglas DG7 3RN 1st
Dec 2011 to 2nd Dec 2011
CatStrand's first ever Pantomime,
written by Alan Richardson and
Alistair Ferguson. Websitehttp://www.catstrand.com/
Fife
Dunfermline
Sergeant
Cracker's Christmas Quest
Carnegie
Hall East Port, Dunfermline
KY12 7JA 30th Nov
2011 to 26th Dec 2011
Sergeant Cracker's Christmas Quest is
the perfect festive tale to warm
the hearts of young and old alike. A
brand new, fun filled musical
adventure. £11.00/£9.00 Websitehttp://www.onfife.com/
Dunfermline
AladdinAlhambra Theatre 33
Canmore
Street, Dunfermline KY12
7NX 14th Dec 2011 to
24th
Dec 2011
Aladdin, the most mystical pantomime of
all starring Craig Chalmers
(Any Dream Will Do). Websitehttp://www.alhambradunfermline
Kirkcaldy
Cinderella Adam
Smith Theatre Bennochy Road,
Kirkcaldy KY1
1ET 14th Dec 2011 to
14th Jan 2012
The most magical of all pantomimes.
Fife's favourite pantomime is back
with an extra special Scottish re
telling of a timeless fairytale.
£13.00/£10.00 Websitehttp://www.onfife.com/
Grampian
Aberdeen
Sinbad
Aberdeen Arts Centre Theatre
King
Street, Aberdeen 9th Dec 2011 to
24th Dec 2011
Follow the swashbuckling tale of Sinbad
the Sailor and his epic
adventure through the Seven Seas!
This is a fun, family friendly pantomime
that will be hugely enjoyed by
all ages. Websitehttp://www.aberdeenartscentre.org.uk/
Inverurie
AladdinInverurie
Town Hall Inverurie Town
Hall, Bothy, Inverurie AB51
3SN 10th of December
until Christmas Eve Saturday 24th
December 2011:
Following on from Inverurie Panto’s
spectacular trip to Neverland we
would like to invite you to the Far East
with Trap 4’s 2011 production
of Aladdin. Come and witness the magical
wonders the Orient holds in
this spellbinding show which will
conjure up sensational entertainment
for all the family.. Websitehttp://www.inveruriepanto.com/
Highland
Fort
William
A
Christmas CarolThe
Nevis Centre An Aird, Fort
William, Scotland, PH33
6AN Thursday
8th December -
Saturday 10th December 2011
This spirited and heart
warming
adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
puts Charles Dickens’ classic tale
centre stage as only Lochaber
Showstoppers can!
Ebeneezer Scrooge treats Christmas with
contempt, shouting at his
dedicated clerk Bob Cratchit and his
cheerful nephew Fred. But when the
ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and
Future take him on an
eye-opening musical journey, revealing
truths grumpy Old Scrooge is
reluctant to face, will he open his
heart to undo years of grumpiness
before it's too late? Thursday
8th Dec 7:30pm
Friday 9th Dec 7:30pm Saturday
10th Dec 2:00pm & 7:30pm Tickets
prices | Adults
£8 Concession £6
Tickets available from Nevis Centre Box
Office: 01397 700707 Websitehttp://www.lochabershowstoppers.co.uk/
Inverness
Cinderella Eden
Court
Theatre Bishop's Road,
Inverness, IV3
5SA
6th Jan 2012 to 7th Jan 2012
Glass slippers, the Fairy Godmother, a
pumpkin stagecoach and Prince
Charming ? it's got all the ingredients
for the perfect family
Christmas treat ? and you even get two
Dames for the price of one with
the Ugly Sisters! Websitehttp://www.eden-court.co.uk/
Lothian
Edinburgh
Sinbad the
SailorSt. Serf's Church Hall
Clark
Road, Goldenacre, Edinburgh 30th
Nov 2011 to 3rd Dec 2011
Lively production of Sinbad the Sailor,
great set, great laughs, great
show. Bargain for all families. Tickets
only £7 Adult, £3
under 18 and
family £17 (2A+2C). Websitehttp://www.stserfsplayers.org.uk/
Edinburgh
Beauty and the
Beast Royal
Lyceum
Theatre 30B Grindlay Street,
Edinburgh, EH3 9AX
25th Nov 2011 to 31st Dec 2011
He is duty-bound to return or send
another in his place and, though
she?s scared, brave Beauty vows to
honour her father's word and face
the terrible monster. Websitehttp://www.lyceum.org.uk/
Edinburgh
Cinderella King's Theatre Edinburgh
2 Leven
Street, Edinburgh, EH3
9LQ. 3rd Dec 2011 to
22nd Jan
2012
Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott
are back in the greatest
pantomime of them all. Tickets sell out
fast so make sure you don't
miss out on the fun! Websitehttp://www.eft.co.uk/
Edinburgh
Robinson Crusoeand the Pirates s The
Mews
Theatre Howden Park Centre,
Howden, Livingston, West Lothian
EH54 6AE 3rd Dec 2011
to 11th Dec 2011
Pirates, Cannibals, Sea Spirits , even a
parrot join the Dame and
friends in making a superb lively and
fun filled show suitable for all
ages. All tickets only £7. Websitehttp://www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk/
Strathclyde
Glasgow
Mister
MerlinTron Theatre 63
Trongate,
Glasgow, G1 5HB 2nd
Dec 2011 to 31st Dec 2011
Mister Merlin?s magic is mince if he
doesn?t have his wand ? a family
heirloom handed down through many Merlin
generations. The Great
Bahooky?s magic has always been mince,
so stealing Mister Merlin?s wand
is part of his plan for world
domination. Websitehttp://www.tron.co.uk/
Glasgow
Snow White and the
Seven DwarfsTheatre at Queen's
170
Queen's Drive, Glasgow G42
8QZ 7th Dec 2011 to
10th Dec 2011
Theatre Ecole youth theatre presents
their own version of this
traditional panto. Lots of singing
dancing and audience paticipation,
fun for all the family. Websitehttp://www.ecoleenterprise.com/
Glasgow
Robinson Crusoe
and the Caribbean PiratesSECC Exhibition
Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
17th Dec 2011 to 7th Jan 2012
Starring John Barrowman and The Krankies
with brand-new and spectacular
3D. Websitehttp://www.secc.co.uk/
Kilmarnock
Cinderella Palace
Theatre 9 Green Street,
Kilmarnock, KA1 3BN
25th Nov 2011 to 30th Dec 2011
Glass slippers, the Fairy Godmother, a
pumpkin stagecoach and Prince
Charming ? it?s got all the ingredients
for the perfect family
Christmas treat ? and you even get two
Dames for the price of one with
the Ugly Sisters! Websitehttp://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/theatre/programme.asp
Stewarton
Cinderella Stewarton Area Centre
Avenue
Square, Stewarton, East Ayrshire, KA3
5AP
6th Dec 2011 to 11th Dec 2011
Don?t miss your chance to join in the
panto fun, cheering for the
goodies and booing at the baddies !
Juice, crisps & glo sticks will
be on sale at the show! Websitehttp://sdg.cfsites.org/
Tayside
Arbroath
Puss
in BootsWebster Theatre
64 High Street,
Arbroath, DD11 1AW Friday
9 December -
Wednesday 28 December 2011
PUSS IN BOOTS
stomps his way
to Panto Land at The Webster Memorial
Theatre Arbroath opening on Friday the
9th of December until Wednesday
the 28th of December.
The Land of Loch Lovely is stony broke
and its people live in fear
of the Wicked Witch Wysteria, played by
Donna Hazelton, Angus’
favourite baddie, who longs for a time
long ago when she was its Queen.
She’s desperate for foolish King Juan to
take her as his bride, played
by Radio Tay’s Graeme Waggott. He keeps
spurning her amorous advances
so she demands the kingdom’s riches or
she’ll unleash her son, the
terrible and ever hungry Ogre Rumbletum.
Meanwhile at the Loch Lovely windmill
Dame Doris Dimple, struggles
to make enough tattie scones to deal
with Ogre Rumbletum’s appetite.
And her son’s are no help. Handsome
Hamish, played by River City’s Gary
Lamont, thinks he stands a chance with
Princess Heather, played by
River City’s Pamela Byrne. And Donald
the Daftie is in a wee world of
his own, bless him!
But when one of Wysteria’s spells
backfires PUSS IN BOOTS arrives in
town… He transforms Hamish Dimple into
the Marquis of Carabas! And
before you can whistle ‘Donald Where’s
yer Troosers”… the folk of Loch
Lovely have started an adventure of a
lifetime!
Once again this is an opportunity for
the people of Angus to experience
a quality professional Pantomime on
their doorstep. Tel 01241 435800 Websitehttp://www.webstertheatre.co.uk/
Dundee
Cinderella 2011
, Dundee Rep Theatre Tay
Square, Dundee, DD1
1PB 29th Nov 2011 to
31st Dec 2011
Cinderella works all day for her father
in a floating retirement home
for elderly magicians and their
assistants. And when she?s not bailing
out the family business, she?s bailing
out the water! Websitehttp://www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk/
Letham
Snow White and the
Seven DwarfsLetham
Village Hall Letham,
Angus 26th Jan
2012 to 28th Jan 2012
G WHizz version of the classic
fairytale..with snow white, dwarfs, dame
dolly, prince fabien, evil queen and
many more characters... Websitehttp://www.lethamdramagroup.co.uk/
Monifieth
Dick WhittingtonMonifieth
Theatre 72 High Street,
Monifieth, Angus, DD5 4AG 3rd
Dec 2010 to 12th Dec 2010 King
Rat
has arrived in town and has an
evil plan to rid London of all
the Men,
Women and Children... But
Fairy
Bow-Bells isn’t to far away and
has a plan to beat King
Rat. With
the
help of Dick Whittington (In
search of his own dreams) and
Tommy
the Cat, We
are taken on a magical
adventure through the streets of
London,
Across the Seven
Sea’s and to the
Eastern Shores of Somwar Sonni.Can
Dick and his friends save
the day or will King
Rat succeed in ruling the
streets of London? With
a
colourful cast of characters
including; A Dame, Baddy,
Lovable Rogue
and Many More, This
Pantomime is sure to
make you cry with laughter. Our
traditional
Pantos are great fun for
both children
and
adults, with lots of
audience participation.
Tickets
sell out quickly so
please book early to avoid
disappointment.. Websitehttp://www.monifieththeatre.co.uk/
Perth
Jackie and
the BeanstalkPerth
Theatre 185 High Street, Perth,
Scotland
, PH1 5UW 9th Dec 2010 to 7th Jan 2011
Fee Fi Fo Fun - get ready for an
adventure of Giant proportions at
Perth's traditional family pantomime.
Poor
Jack; his mum is embarrassing, his
brother is daft, his beloved cow has
run off and the princess he fancies
doesn't even know his name. But
Jack's problems are about to get much,
MUCH bigger. The local giant is
hungry and he wants cow and princess for
tea! With your help
and a bit of magic and fun he can put
all his troubles BEHIND HIM. But
if things are going to end happily ever
after, he is going to need all
your shouting and cheering and a fair
bit of singing along too!
So
warm up your voices and join Jack and
friends for a hilarious family
pantomime in the perfect traditional
setting of Perth Theatre - an
essential part of a Perthshire family
Christmas. Websitehttp://www.horsecross.co.uk/
Wales
Cardiff
Robinson
Crusoe New Theatre , Park
Place
CARDIFF 10
December 2011 Booking
through until: 22 January 2012
The country's top Dame,
Christopher Biggins,
is joined by the
brilliant ventriloquist Paul Zerdin
who, as well enjoying sell-out
performances at the Edinburgh Festival
and on tour with his own stage
shows, has brought the house down at
three Royal Variety Performances
and has taken pantomime audiences by
storm across Britain!
Staged by the same team behind the
record-breaking productions of
Robin Hood and Cinderella, this year's
pantomime features an abundance
of comedy, spectacular sets and
costumes and the New Theatre's
hallmark
of outstanding entertainment. So don't
get cast adrift, book your seats
TODAY!
Aladdin
Swansea
Grand Theatre Singleton Street, Swansea,
SA1 3QJ
16th Dec 2011 to 15th Jan 2012
Bigger and better then ever, this
years
Aladdin will transport you to old
Peking!
Starring Jimmy Osmond, and a magical 3D
Genie of the Lamp!
With the aid of your magical 3D glasses,
summon the Genie from his lamp
and he will appear before your eyes!
A show not to be missed! Websitehttp://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/
Llandudno
AladdinVenue
Cymru The
Promenade, Llandudno LL30 1BB 10th
Dec 2011 to 31st Dec 2011
Classic magical story from the Arabian
Nights. Websitehttp://www.venuecymru.co.uk/
Colwyn
Bay
Santa's
Magic ToyshopThe
Harlequin Puppet Theatre Cayley
Promenade, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay
LL284EP 26th Dec 2011 to 1st Jan
2012
A Christmas Show that is different and
even young children are
entranced.
A delightful show for all the family to
enjoy, in Britain's famous
purpose built puppet theatre. Opens
Boxing Day. Websitehttp://www.puppetpanto.co.uk/
Flintshire
Buckley
Jack and the
Beanstalk Hawkesbury
Little Theatre Mill Lane,
Buckley, Flintshire CH73HA
8th Dec 2011 to 10th Dec 2011
Buckley Theate Club presents Jack in the
Beanstalk. Tickest £6.50
/ £5.50 Conc.
Evenings at 7.30pm / Saturday Matinee at
3pm. Also showing on 2nd &
3rd Dec 2011. For tickets contact
07921683745. Websitehttp://buckleytheatreclub.webplus.net/
Mold
Sleeping
Beauty-
The Rock 'n' Roll Panto Clwyd
Theatr Cymru Mold,
Flintshire, CH7 1YA 25th Nov 2011
to
28th Jan 2012
one of our best loved fairytales
sprinkled with the magic of classic
pop and soul hits, all played live by a
talented cast of
actor/musicians. Websitehttp://www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk/
Clwyd
Denbigh
Snow WhiteTheatr
Twm or Nant Station Road, Denbigh,
LL16
3DA 13th Dec 2010 to 18th Dec 2010
Tickets available on 01745812919 box
office open Sundays 3 - 7 or use
the web address below and follow the
instructions. Group bookings on
01745812919. Websitehttp://www.denbighpanto.org.uk/
Rhyl
Snow White , The Pavilion Theatre
Promenade, Rhyl,
Denbighshire, LL18 3AQ 9th
Dec 2011 to 7th Jan 2012
Classic panto tale. Websitehttp://www.rhylpavilion.co.uk/
Wrexham
Aladdin William
Aston Hall Mold Road,
Wrexham LL11 2AW 11th Feb
2012 to 17th Feb 2012
A traditional family pantomime with song
dance and all round
entertainment. Websitehttp://www.wrexhampanto.co.uk/
Wrexham
CinderellaStiwt Theatre ,
Broad St, Rhosllanerchrugog,
Wrexham, Clwyd LL14 1RB 13th Dec
0011 to 2nd Jan 2012
Starring at the Stiwt this Christmas is
North Wales very own pop star
Andy Scott Lee famous from his pop days
in 3SL Pop Idol & reality
MTV show Totally Scott Lee. Alongside
him is Big Brother 9 Hunk Dale
Howard as Dandni. Websitehttp://www.stiwt.co.uk/
Gwent
Abergavenny
Puss in BootsBorough
Theatre Cross Street, Abergavenny,
Monmouthshire NP7 5HD 21st
Feb 2011 to 26th Feb 2011
Half Term fun returns with the tale of
feline frolics featuring; a
nasty orge, a pauper, a princess, an
entire army, stew, dumplings and
{of course} our cunning puss! A
traditional pantomime, purr fect for
all the family!! Websitehttp://www.boroughtheatreabergavenny.co.uk/
Mid
Glamorgan
Bridgend
Cinderella -
Happily Never AfterBlaengarw
Workmens Hall
Blaengarw Rd Garw Vally,
Bridgend 10th Jan 2011 to
15th Jan
2011
Tradition meets modern in this twisty
tale of Cinderella - will Buttons
get what he deserves - Cinderellas love?
Or will evil stepsisters Rara
and Gaga spoil her plans. Tix £4 Tel
01656871911 Sat mat 2.15
start Mon
Fri 7.15 Websitehttp://www.blaengarwpantogroup.co.uk/
Monmouthshire
Cwmbran
Dick Whittington Congress Theatre 50 Gwent
Square Cwmbran NP44 1PL 01633
868239 19-27
Feb 2011
This season Money stars as
Billy with a
full supporting professional cast
which includes Sammi Broad as Dick
Whittington and Rhian Griffith as
Alice.
Cwmbran
A’R Lamp Hudol
(The Magic Lamp), Congress Theatre 50
Gwent Square Cwmbran NP44 1PL 01633
868239 17 Jan
11
A Welsh language pantomime starring
Martyn Geraint.
Newport
Aladdin The Riverfront , Bristol
Packet Wharf , Newport 01633
656757 01
Dec 10 - 03 Jan 11
Aladdin is
the funniest and best-loved adventure
pantomime of them all! Join
Aladdin’s journey as he finds himself
imprisoned in a cave by his evil
‘Uncle’ Abanazar with only a magic
lantern for company. Be amazed as
Aladdin discovers the Genie who lives
in the lantern, who promises to
bring him riches enough to marry the
beautiful Princess. Laugh
aloud at Aladdin’s Mother Widow
Twankey and her other son Wishee
Washee’s mad antics. Swoon with
admiration and love for the Princess.
And gasp at the wonder of Aladdin’s
magic carpet ride into danger. The
Riverfront’s pantomimes have all the
best elements of classic Christmas
entertainment. Last year, many
performances sold out, so book soon to
ensure the show of your choice. Once
again The Riverfront joins
with The Hiss & Boo Company to
bring back the unrivalled panto team
that brought you ‘Dick Whittington’,
‘Cinderella’, ‘Jack and the
Beanstalk’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, and
last year’s smash hit ‘Peter Pan’.
South
Glamorgan
Porthcawl
Jack and the
Beanstalk The Grand
Pavilion The Esplanade,
Porthcawl, CF36 3YW 11th Dec 2010
to 2nd Jan 2011
Daisy the cow has gone dry, they've got
nothing to eat, and Giant
Blunderbore's evil henchman Fleshcreep
is threatening to put up the
taxes. And to top it all off, Jack's in
love with the beautiful
Princess Tamara. Websitehttp://www.bridgend.gov.uk/Web1/groups/pavilion/documents/marketing/010304.hcsp
Vale Of Glamorgan
Penarth
Puss in
Boots Paget Rooms, Penarth,
Victoria Road Penarth CF64 3EG (0)2920
7135 1-5
Dec 10
Penarth
Operatic & Dramatic
Society presents Puss In Boots at The
Paget Rooms, Penarth this
December. www.pods-penarth.co.uk
Northern
Ireland
County
Antrim
Belfast
Jack and the
Beanstalk The
Waterfront Hall 2 Lanyon
Place, Belfast, BT1 3WH. 27th Nov
2010 to 8th Jan 2011
Jack and his mother are so poor he has
had to sell their cow - for a
handful of beans - magic beans! But can
they prevent a lifetime of
poverty and misery? Websitehttp://www.waterfront.co.uk/Book Tickets Now
Belfast
CinderellaSt.
Matthew's Parochial Hall Shankill
Road,
Belfast, BT13 7th Dec 2010 to 10th
Dec 2010
Traditional panto brought bang up to
date Shankill Players style.
£5 adult, £3 conc, £12 Family of 4. Websitehttp://www.shankillplayers.com/
Whitehead
Robin Hood &
Babes in The Wood Whitehead
Community Centre
Balmoral Ave, Whitehead. Co.
Antrim 9th Dec 2010 to 11th Dec
2010
Tickets available now! Websitehttp://www.whitelighttheatre.org/
Channel
Islands
Jersey
St
Helier
Babes in the WoodJersey
Opera House Gloucester
Street, St Helier, Jersey JE2
3QR 26th Dec 2010 to 8th Jan 2011
Dazzling sets and costumes, fabulous
musical numbers, hilarious family
comedy and, of course, plenty of
audience participation. Websitehttp://www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk/
Eire
Dublin
AladdinGaiety
Theatre South King Street,
Dublin
2 28th Nov 2010 to 30th Jan 2011
Starring Boyzone's, Mikey Graham, in the
role of Abanazar and the voice
of X-Factor's Louis Walsh as Master of
the World. Websitehttp://www.gaietytheatre.ie/
Dublin
Jack and the
BeanstalkThe Helix
Theatre The Helix, DCU,
Collins Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin
9 28th Nov 2010 to 14th Jan
2011
Starring George McMahon as Jack and Emma
Warren from BBC's 'Over the
Rainbow' as Jill. Websitehttp://www.thehelix.ie/
Isle
Of Man
Douglas
Cinderella
- The Magic Begins Gaiety Theatre Harris
Promenade, Douglas, Isle Of Man IM1 2HH 18th Dec
2010 to 3rd Jan 2011
Favourite panto tale of a girl with a glass
slipper. Website http://www.gov.im/villagaiety/
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