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1883/84 Babes in the Wood (Theatre Royal)
1884/85 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Prince's)
1886/87 Robinson Crusoe (Prince's)
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1887/88 Puss in Boots (Prince's)
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1893/94 Babes in the Wood (Theatre Royal)
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1898/89 Sinbad the Sailor (Prince's)
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1896/87 Blue Beard Junior (Palace)
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1902/03 Robinson Crusoe (Prince's)
1911/12 Little Red Riding Hood(Theatre Royal)
Harry Lauder
May Hill
Aimee Roberts
Billie Sinclair
May Lilian Levey
Edward Lewis
Harry Brayne
Ernest Selig
Harry Lupino
1913/14 Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal)
Daisy Wood
Madge Vincent
Albert Le Fre
Lupino Lane
Alice Pollard
Cyril Thompson
Horrace Mills
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1916/17 Cinderella (Palace)
Clarice Mayne
1915/16 Robinson Crusoe (Theatre Royal)
Louie Beckman
Jack Pleasants
Joe Nightingale
Cecil Morton York
Constance Caley
George Robey
1916/17 A Kiss For Cinderella (Manchester Royal)
Percy Hutchison
Hilda Trevelyan
1917/18 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Dorothy Ward
Ernie Mayne
Georgie Wood
Shaun Glenville
Fred Allandale
Hilda Glyder
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1918/19 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Clarice Mayne
Harry Weldon
1919/20 Aladdin (Palace)
Ella Retford
Lupino Lane
Nellie Wallace
Daisy Bindley
Albert Darnley
Wallace Lupino
Thelma Rayne
1920/21 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Ella Retford
Lupino Lane
Nellie Wallace
1921/22 Puss in Boots (Palace)
Mona Vivian
Billy Merson
1922/23 Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Opera House)
Nora Delaney
Horace Mills
Walter Passmore
Lily Long
Edith Pearson
Violet Vernon
Johnny Schofield
Jack Treagle
Wilfred Essex
1922/23 Mother Goose (Palace)
Dorothy Ward as Robbie
Shaun Glenville as Mother Goose
Georgie Wood as Jack
Jean Alexander as Jill
Beryl Beresford as Maise the Maid
Ambrose Thorne as Squire Longacre
Leslie Hinton as Viscount
Fred Conquest as The Goose
Lily Lapidus as Fairy Heartsease
1923/24 Cinderella (Palace)
Vera Pearce
George Gregory
1925/26 Queen of Hearts (Palace)
Gwladys Stanley as prince Theodore
Jack Edge as The Knave of Hearts
James Craig as The King of Hearts
G S Melvin as The Queen of Hearts
George Sanger as Chipps
Bert Rousette as Bluff
Marjorie Battiss as Gipsy Queen
Adrienne Brune as Marcella
The Alva Brothers as The Horse
1926/27 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Georgie Wood
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1927/28 The Sleeping Beauty (Palace)
Kitty Reidy
Jay Laurier
1928/29 Aladdin (Palace)
Nellie Wallace
Gwladys Stanley
1929/30 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)
Dorothy Ward
Shaun Glenville
Syd Walker
Henry Hearty
June Nolan
Yvette Anning
Arthur Conquest
1930/31 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Jack Edge
Faye Compton
1931/32 Jack & The Beanstalk (Palace)
Betty Jumel
Billy Danvers
James Craig
Dorothy Penny
Ethel Anderson
1933/34 Cinderella (Palace)
Billy Danvers as Buttons
Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Prince Charming
Winnie Collins as Dandini
Gracie West and Ethel Revnell as Ugly Sisters
Victor Crawford as Baron
Valerie Larg as Fairy Godmother
1934/35 Sleeping Beauty (Opera House)
Binnie Barnes
Gene Gerrard
Rex London
Olive Groves
Ruth Sherman
Helen Brothers
Helga Stone
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1934/35 Peter Pan (Manchester Hippodrome)
Dinah Sheridan
1935/36 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
G S Melvin as Dame Trot
Oriel Ross as Jack Trot
Billy Danvers as Miffins
Wallace Lupino as King Gerald
Victoria Hopper as Princess Sylvia
Betty Pugh as Sarah Jane the Maid
Ernest Lester as The Henchman
Dorothy O'Dell as Fairy Hyacinth
Fred Watt as The Henchman
The Shanks Brothers as Jessie the Cow
1936/37 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Marie Burke as Robin Hood
Jean Adrienne as Maid Marian
Charles Cornford as Friar Tuck
Arthur Rigby as Baron Bodun
Tom Gamble as Nurse Merryweather
Jack Edge as Jack O The Green
Mary Thornley as Fairy Sunbeam
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1938/39 Aladdin (Opera House)
Cora Goffin
Stanley Holloway
Dave Burnaby
Gloria Day
1939/40 Babes in the Wood (Opera House)
Hal Bryan
Veronica Wilson
1940/41 Cinderella (Opera House)
Tommy Trinder, Fay Compton, Naughton and Gold, Joy Hayden, Doreen Dalton, Bernardi
1942/43 Red Riding Hood (Palace)
Jean Adrienne as Prince Charming
Jean Colin as Red Riding Hood
G S Melvin as Mother Hubbard
Dave Morris as Pickles
Robert Wilson as Jolly Jenkins
Billy Smith as Baron Badlotte
Prudence Hyman as Fairy Silverleaf
Donald Keir as Kingwolf
1943/44 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
1944/45 The Queen of Hearts (Palace)
Tom Gamble as The Queen of Hearts
Dave Morris as The King of Hearts
Jean Colin as Princess Rosamund
Jean Adrienne as Joscelyn
Bill Burke as The Knave of Hearts
Billy Smith as The Ace of Hearts
Sylvia Leslie as The Queen of Spades
Arnold Rooke as The Yellow Dwarf
Jean Burgess as The Joker
1946/47 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Billy Tasker
1947/48 Cinderella (Palace)
Beryl Reid as Clematis
George Moon as Buttons
Hazel Bray as Cinderella
George Bolton as Farinella
Bertram Dench as Baron Stoneybroke
Viola Johnstone as Fairy Godmother
Bunty Meadows as Dandini
Muriel Zillah as Prince Charming
John Palmer as Captain of the Guard
With Russell & Kapota
1948/49 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Stella Hamilton as Voice of the Bells
Gerry Lee as The Cat
Raymond Bennett as Captain Scupper
Freddie Fowler as The Mate
Herbert Hare as Alderman Fitzwarren
Reg Dixon as Idle Jack
Jean Adrienne as Dick Whittington
Sheila Mathews as Alice Fitzwarren
Leo Franklyn as Martha the Cook
Kenneth Birrell as Grand Vizier
Leslie Jones as The Sultan of Morocco
1949/50 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Jimmy Jewel as Marmaduke
Ben Warriss as Horrace
Prudence Hyman as The Good Fairy
Charles Doak as The Innkeeper
Lucas Bassett as Friar Tucj
Jack Hayes as Nurse Merryweather
Bobby Kerrigan as Billy
George Hamilton as Baron Baddun
Erica Yorke as Maid Marion
Marjorie Browne as Robin Hood
1949/50 Jack and Jill (Hippodrome)
Bernard Bedford as Ben Beer
Henry Lytton as Dame Horner
Afrique as Twist - The Crooked Man
Jean Telfer as Jill
Eve Eacott as Jack
Roy Barbour as Simple Simon
Ellis Carlyle The Witch
The Chevalier Brohers as Johnnie Stout and Willie Green
Wendy Terry as Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mildred Turner as Fairy of the Well
Mervyn Saunders as The King of Sylvania
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1951/52 Old King Cole (Palace)
Andy McFarlane and Kenton Duff as The Young Princes
Barbara Stewart as The Good Fairy
Billy Sutton as The Clown
The Romanos Brothers as The Court Officials
Margot Anderson as Princess Melissa
Henry Kendall as Aggie The Queen
Margaret Mitchell as Nemo the Gypsy
Raymond Rollett as Lord Chamberlain
Vic Oliver as King Cole
1952/53 Babes in the Wood (Hulme Hippodrome)
Nat Mills as Dame Trot
Mary Naylor as Robin Hood
Joy Jackley
Gordon & Colville
1952/53 Little Miss Muffet (Manchester Hippodrome)
1952/53 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Clement Hamelin as The Wicked Witch
Coral Farrell as The Good Fairy
Hugh Stewart as Court Chamberlain
Jean Bayless as Princess Marigold
Jimmy Lee as King of Carolia
Norman Evans as Martha
Maureen Sims as Neptunes Daughter
Betty Jumel as Humpty Dumpty
Patricia Burke as Captain Valentine the Bodygaurd
1953/54 Puss in Boots (Palace)
George Hamilton as Lord Chamberlain
Jack Hayes as The King of Woz
Fred Kitchen as The Queen of Woz
David Dawson as Grab - The Lawyer
Aileen Cochrane as Princess Sonia
Ben Warriss as Gilbert Barleycorn
Jimmy Jewel as Gussie Barleycorn
Ally Alberta as The Cat
Nanette Dubray as Puss in Boots
With Eric Tinsley, Ena Baguley, David Dawson and David Benson
1953/54 Mother Goose (Manchester Hippordrome)
Tommy Fields
Margaret Burton
Charles Warren
1953/54 Little Bo Beep (Hulme Hippodrome)
Ted Lune
Valerie Joy
Tony Vaughan
Iris Poliakpva
John Chilvers
Gabrielle Webb
Teddy Stream
1954/55 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Michael Wynne as King Rat
Ken Swales as Tommy The Cat
Beryl Foley as Fairy
Stanley Vilven as Alderman Fitzwarren
Margaret Heath as Alice Fitzwarren
Sonnie Hale as Daphne Dumpling
Joy Nichols as Dick Whittington
Michael Miller as Harlequin
Lynne Golding as Columbine
Eric Woodcock as The Clown
Peter Henchie as Policeman
Drew Kennedy as Butchers Boy
Art Reed as Captain
Brian Reece as Idle Jack
1955/56 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Harry Seacombe (Oliver!, Highway)
Roy Castle
1956/57 Mother Goose (Palace)
George Lacey
1956/57 Puss In Boots (Hippodrome)
Tommy Cooper as King Napolron
Reg Varney as Queen Appleblossom
Ann Truscott as Fairy Starlight
Arthur Gordon as Yokel
Anna Peters as Princess Mary Rose
Freda Wyn as Dodger The Cat
Stuart Pearce as Blackheart
Margaret Burton as Colin
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1957/58 Cinderella (Hippodrome)
Kenneth Jonnart
Billy Nelson
David Nixon as Buttons
Pamela Beesley as Cinderella
Jean Telfer as Prince Charming
Sam Woodcock as Baron Hardup
Cornelia Lucas as Dandini
Phoebe Lewis as Fairy Godmother
Dawkes and Webb as Lizzie and Dizzie
with Chuck O'Neil, Billy Morris, Anita Johnson, Billy Nelson and Kenneth Jonnart
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1957/58 Aladdin (Palace)
Ken Dodd
1958/59 Cinderella (Palace)
Bob Monkhouse (in his pantomime debut)
Danny La Rue
Dennis Goodwin
Alan Haynes
Margaret Mitchell
Grace Rich
Walter Kavan
George Arnett
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1959/60 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)
Norman Wisdom as Norman Crusoe
Helen James as High Priestess Yuma
Osborne Whitaker as The Bosun
Eddie Leslie as Will Atkins
Martin Gluth The Inca Priest
Harold Holness as Man Friday
Terry Kendall as The Mate
Elizabeth Larner as Robinson Crusoe
Billy Whittaker as Mrs Crusoe
Patricia Stark as Polly Perkins
Tony Vincent as Landlord Perkin
1960/61 Humpty Dumpty (Palace)
Harry Secombe
Gary Miller
Roy Castle
1961/62 Turn Again Whittington (Palace)
Bruce Forsyth
Penny Calvert as Queen of Catland
Nicholas Brent as Gog
David Kirk as Mogog
Tudor Evans as Captain
Johnny Shack as The Mate and King Rat
Ken Wilson as Jack Allright
Elizabeth Saunders as Biddy Boddy
Yana as Alice Fitzwarren
Lionel Baker as The Watchman
Jimmy Lee as Aldermna Fitzwarren
Marie Lynn as Puss
Thelma Ruby as The Sultan of Morocco
Dave Lyons as The Herald
Bill Lane and Peter Kyle as Pinch and Scrape
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1962/63 Snow White (Palace)
Ruby Murray
Bernard Burgess
1964/65 Sleeping Beauty (Palace)
Morecombe & Wise
Betty Emery
Edmund Hockridge
Dorothy Dampier
Herbert Hare
Eddie Molloy
Denny Dayviss
Jack Yardley
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1965/66 Aladdin (Palace)
Des O'Connor
Billy Dainty
Jack Douglas
Freddy and The Dreamers
1966/67 Snow White and the Seve Dwarfs (Palace)
Reg Lloyd as Lord Chamberlain
Michael Moore as Prime Minister
Rosemary Anne Bullreid as The Queen
John Murphy as The Prince
Susan Stanford as Snow White
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1967/68 Cinderella (Palace)
Des O'Connor
Vince Hill
Jack Douglas (Carry On Films)
Freddie Sales
Joe Black
1968/69 Robinson Crusoe (Palace)
Ken Dodd
Hope & Keen
Paula Hendrix
George Barnes
Billy Whittaker
1969/70 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
Jimmy Clithero
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)
Jack Tripp
Gordon & Bunny Jay
1970/71 Cinderella (Opera House)
Mary Hopkin
Lonnie Donegan
Arthur Askey
Peter Butterworth (Carry on Films)
Joe Black
1970/71 Treasure Island (Palace)
Bill Kerr
Max Howard
Kevin Frazer
Derek Farr
McDonald Hobley
John Dunbar
Joscelyn Mason
Michae Quinto
Raul Neunie
David Lincoln
James Taylor
Bunny Reed
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1971/72 Aladdin (Palace)
Billy Dainty
The Dallas Boys
Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)
Freddie Davies
1972/73 Queen of Hearts (Palace)
Danny La Rue
1972/73 Peter Pan (Opera House)
Lulu
Anthony Sharp
Prue Clark
Susan Hannay
Freeman & Page
1973/74 Cinderella (Palace)
Clodagh Rodgers
Ronnie Corbett
John Inman
Barry Howard
Jimmy & Brian Patton
Dorothy Dampier
Charlie Stewart
Tom Saffrey
Brian Hill
1974 (March) Peter Pan (Opera House)
Anita Harris as Peter Pan
John Gower as Mr Darling
Catherine Evers as Nana
Graham Kennedy Smith as Michael
Mercia Glossop as Mrs Darling
David Parfitt as John
Zelah Clarke as Wendy
Cindy O'Callaghan as Liza
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1975/76 Cinderella (Oldham Coliseum)
Sheila Price
Andrea Koniuch
Olivia Mundy
Robert Kingswell
Lynne Williamson
Toni Stuart
John Jardine
Paula Tilbrook
Peter Wraight
Andrew McNeedney
1976/77 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Arthur Askey
Dickie Henderson
Mark Wynter
Bertie Hare
Freddie Stevens
1976/77 Cinderella (Opera House)
Billy Dainty (Buttons)
Hugh Lloyd (Hunkamunka - Ugly Sister)
Elizabeth Power (Eastenders) (Prince Charming)
Ayshea (Cinderella)
Russell Hunter (Dollialolla - Ugly Sister)
Pauline Garner (Dandini)
Graham Squire (Baron Hardup)
Jennifer Claire (Fairy Godmother)
Michael (Major Domo)
1977/78 Jack and the Beanstalk (Opera House)
Stanley Baxter
Christopher Beeney
Penelope Mackay
Michael Kilgarriff
Lindy Whiteford
Roland Macleod
Doreen Driver
Vivienne McKee
Leigh Marsh
1978/79 Dick Whittington (Opera House)
Basil Brush
Ayshea (Dick Whittington)
Frank Carson (Idle Jack)
Bert Weeden (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Wendy Smith (Alice Fitzwarren)
Michael Mungarvan (Saltan)
Howard Williams (Town Crier)
Barry Walls (Mate)
Ronne Coyles (Sarah the Cook)
Phil Wood (Captain)
Max Arthur (King Rat)
Maretta Sibley (Spirit of the Bells)
1978/79 Mother Goose (Palace)
Anna Karen as Fairy Olive
Aubrey Phillips
Dave Peters
Bryan Johnson
Peter Simon
Colin Beach
1982/83 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Eric Sykes
Roy Kinnear
Andrew Sachs
Bill Maynard
Dianne Lee
The Great Soprendo
1983/84 Cinderella (Palace)
Kathy Staff (Last of the Summer Wine, Crossroads)
Bill Owen (Last of the Summer Wine)
Lorraine Chase (Emmerdale)
Matthew Kelly
Sarah Kennedy
Trevor Peacock
John Bardon (Eastenders
Ann Sidney
Ward Allen
1984/85 Aladdin (Palace)
Su Pollard (Hi De Hi)
Derek Griffiths (Playschool)
Matthew Kelly (You Bet)
Anneka Rice (Treasure Hunt)
Edmund Hockridge
Bob Carolgees (Surprise Surprise)
Tommy Trinder
Ted Mount
1986/87 Jack and the Beanstalk (Palace)
Russ Abbot
Bella Emberg
Tudor Davies
Windsor Davis (Never The Twain)
1987/88 Cinderella (Palace)
Michael Barrymore (Strike it Lucky, My Kind of People)
Norman Collier
Jessica Martin
Bernard Bresslaw (Carry On Films)
Duggie Small
Peggy Mount (Oliver!)
Dawson Chanve
Jilli Foot
Umberto
1988/89 Babes in the Wood (Palace)
Cannon and Ball
Bernadette Nolan
Barry Howard (Hi De Hi)
Richard Gibson (Allo Allo)
Ann Sidney
1989/90 Aladdin (Palace)
Paul Nicholas (Just Good Friends)
Paul Shane (Hi De Hi)
Eartha Kitt
Sylvestor McCoy (Doctor Who)
Peter Blake
Garfield
1990/91 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Les Dawson (Blankety Blank)
Jon Nettles (Bergerac)
The Roly Polys
Mark Walker
Ann Sidney
Dooby Duck
Richard Jarmain
Lara Jarmain
1991/92 Snow White (Palace)
Dana
Jimmy Cricket
Mike Holloway
Juliette Kaplan (Last of the Summer Wine)
Su Douglas
Ken Gibson
Kenneth MacDonald (Only Fools and Horses)
1992/93 Aladdin (Opera House)
Michael Barrymore (Strike it Lucky Strike it Rich) as Wishee Washee
Val Lehman (Prisoner Cell Block H) as Empress of China
Simon Fox
The Roly Polys
Gordon Peters
Hal Nolan
Dooby Duck
1993/94 Dick Whittington (Palace)
Ken Dodd
Glyn Owen (Howards' Way)
Wyn Calvin
Susan Maughan
1995/96 Aladdin (Palace)
Roy Barraclough (Coronation Street)
Billy Pearce
Richard De Vere
Maggie Mooney
1998/99 Cinderella (Palace)
Darren Day
Isla Fisher (Home and Away)
Ruth Madoc (Hi De Hi)
Barnaby
Mr Blobby (Noel's House Party)
1999/00 Peter Pan (Palace)
Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon)
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)
2000/01 Snow White (Opera House)
Julie Goodyear (Coronation Street)
Patrick Mower (Emmerdale)
Danielle Nicholls
Barnaby
Kenny Baker (Star Wars)
2001/02 Aladdin (Opera House)
Sherrie Hewson (Crossroads, Coronation Street, Benidorm)
Tim Vincent (Blue Peter)
The Roly Polys
Gail McKenna
Richard De Vere
2002/03 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)
Lily Savage / Paul O'Grady
2003/04 Cinderella (Opera House)
Brian Conley
Dawson Chance
Nigel Ellacott
Peter Robbins
2004/05 Dick Whittington (Opera House)
The Chuckle Brothers
Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi)
Helen Noble
2005/06 Peter Pan (Opera House)
Steve McFadden (Eastenders)
Sophie Lawrence (Eastenders)
Matt Slack
2006/07 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)
Suranne Jones (Coronation Street, Doctor Foster)
Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter)
Justin Moorhouse
John Savident (Coronation Street)
2007/08 Cinderella (Opera House)
Tina O'Brien (Coronation Street)
Johnny Briggs (Coronation Street, Echo Bay)
Roger Kitter (Allo Allo)
Mike Toolan
Bernie Nolan
2008/09 Peter Pan (Opera House)
Gemma Atkinson
John Thomson
Gary Wilmot
Mike Toolan
Jen Pringle
2009/10 Aladdin (Opera House)
Gray O'Brien (Casualty, Coronation Street)
Chris Fountain (Hollyoaks, Coronation Street)
Eric Potts (Coronation Street)
Jen Pringle
Mike McClean
2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)
Tina O'Brien (Coronation Street)
Deena Payne (Emmerdale)
Andy Devine
Tam Ryan
Jonathan Shotton
Mike Toolan
2011/12 Cinderella (Opera House)
Louie Spence
Tam Ryan
Suzanne Shaw (Hearsay)
2012/13 Peter Pan (Opera House)
David Hasslehoff (Knight Rider, Baywatch)
Amy Reid
Tam Ryan
2013/14 Dick Whittington (Opera House)
Ashleigh & Pudsey (Britain's Got Talent)
Jodie Prenger (I'd Do Anything)
Eric Potts (Coronation Street)
Tam Ryan
Ben Faulks
2014/15 Snow White (Opera House)
Priscilla Presley (Dallas)
Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter)
Tam Ryan
Philip Olivier (Brookside, Benidorm)
Daniel Stockton
2015/16 Cinderella (Opera House)
Torville & Dean
Liam Doyle
Dave Lynn
2016/17 Aladdin (Opera House)
Sherrie Hewson (Crossroads, Coronation Street, Benidorm)
John Thomson (Cold Feet, Coronation Street)
Eric Potts (Coronation Street)
Ben Adams (A1)
2017/18 Dick Whittington (Opera House)
John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Dancing on Ice)
The Krankies
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2018/19 Cinderella (Opera House)
Les Dennis (Family Fortunes, Coronation Street)
Connor McIntyre(Coronation Street)
Gareth Gates (Pop Idol)
Ben Nickless
Hayley-Ria Christian
Shannon Flynn
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2019/20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Opera House)
Craig Revel Horwood (Strictly Come Dancing)
Ben Nickless
Eric Potts (Coronation Street)
Zoe George
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2020/20 Seeping Beauty (Opera House) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Billy Pearce
Jason Manford
Jodie Prenger
Eric Potts
Louis Gaunt
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2021/22 Aladdin (Opera House)
Alexandra Burke
Ben Nickless
Ceri Dupree
Matthew Croke
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2022/23 Peter Pan (Opera House)
Jason Mansford
Ben Nickless
Jessica Croll
Samara Casteaollo
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2023/24 Jack and the Beanstalk (Opera House)
Jason Manford
Ben Nickless
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