Est: 2016
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CINE VARIETY THEATRE
1934 Babes in the Wood
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1943 Aladdin
Elsie Percival
Fred Gwyn
Jackson Brownw
Percy Le Fre
Leo Dennis
Gay & Gay
Margherita Stanley
Lawrence Kingston
Nina Forster
Helen Craig
Mela Carter
Catherine Summerton
Jimmy Holmes
SWANSEA EMPIRE
1944 Cinderella
Ford and Sheen
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1948 Goody Two Shoes
Sonny Jenks
Morecombe & Wise
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1950 Robinson Crusoe
Max Wall
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1952 Puss in Boots
Harry Seacombe
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SWANSEA EMPIRE
1954 Babes in the Wood
Stan Stennett
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1956 Jack and the Beanstalk
Ossie Morris
Wyn Calvin
1897 Robinson Crusoe
Tom Fancourt
Alice Dewent
Alice Percival
Maude Bowden
Ethel Neverton
1898 Blue Beard
Flo Varley
Nellie Merton
Steve Cooke
John Cooper
Annie Hathaway
Will White
Leslie Clare
George Rydon
George Harker ,
The Sisters Langley
1900 Cinderella
Harry Karr
Walter Kooney
Ada Shirley
Doris Leslie
Maud Lascelles
Fanny Homer
Madge Lascelles
Hetty Russell
Mary Manners
Lydia Cosman
Jeanie Thomas
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1901 No pantomime
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1902 Cinderella
Marian Ayling
Addie Love
Tilly Vaughan
Georgina Leonard
Frank Dunlop
J.W. Baxter
Arthur Godfrey
Hettie Letch
Minnie Duncan
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1903 No pantomime
1904 Bluebell in Fairyland
Rosadie Jacobi
Daisy Markham
Minnie Mace
May Lawrence
Harry Herbert
Robert Milstead
Harry Bruce
Harry Douglas
Julia Yivers
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1905 Sinbad
Florence Dillion
Ann Brenan
Laura Humphreys
Stephen Fitzgerald
J.R. Val
Denby and Dent
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1906 Cinderella
Cissy Wade
Mary Sadie
King and Delane
Mayer and Bode
Denby and Dent
Laura Humpreys
Stephen Fitzgerald
Cissy Hilton
Frank Thatcher
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1907 Little Red Riding Hood
Ella Willmer
Beatrice Varley
Fay Desmond
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1908 Robinson Crusoe
Madelaine Du Val
Maggie Allwood
John Thompson
Billy Bracey
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1909 Babes in the Wood
Irene Damdeoa
John Richard
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1910 No pantomime
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1911 Cinderella
Barry Howard
Dorothy Clark
Kitty Douglas
Damerell
Rutland and Cinda, Maria Ault
Miss B. Cadman
J.W. Hooper
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1912 Aladdin
Daisy Hurdle
Leonard Teel
Hettie Critchley
Iris Vaughan
Vera Lennie
Marie Gilbert
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1913 Mother Goose
Nellie Le Breton
Gladys Johnson
Reg London
William H. Wright
Nellie James
Hal Lester
Nellie James
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1914 Babes in the Wood
Olive Sparke
Kathleen Severn
Dorothy Edwards
Lydia Williams
Alan Kennedy
Preston and Copper
Glanroy Troupe
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1915 Aladdin
Lillie Lassali
Billy Evelyn
Gertie Orchard
Will Judge
Sisters Oxley
Hartley and Mellor
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1916 Cinderella
Minnie Rayner
Maud Diamond
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1917 Dick Whittington
Ena Lestrange
1918 Babes in the Wood
Tina Frank
May Romayne
Frank Hood
1919 Humpty Dumpty
Pauline Gilmer
Dot Eden
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1920 Cinderella
Frank Leigh
Lorna Cherry
Evelyn Grace
Frank Johns
Pauline Rivers
Scholey and Scholey
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1921 Dick Whittington
Ada Wise
Frank Leigh
1922 Babes in the Wood
Ada Wise
Willie Cave
Kenna Brother
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1923 Cinderella
Nita Jarche
Lorna Cherry
Kitty and Olga Sherry
Vanda Rees
Daisy Bartholomew
The Dainty Danes,
Queenie Edwards
Tom Wiles
Leonard Holford
Talberto and Douglas
Jack Murray
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1924 Jack and the Beanstalk
Dorothy Brett
Lester Holwood
Fred Hutchings
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1925 Robinson Crusoe
Leon Salbury
Val Edwards
Madame Tardy Thomas
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1926 Aladdin
Bert Symes
Gwen Highley
Jay Highley
Rosina May
Simple and Smart
Koppah and Sloppah
1926/27 Dick Whittington
Gloria Gay
Nellie Ryan
Charles Harvard
Wal Watson
Ivy Raymond
Archie Wallen
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1927/28 Cinderella
Eva Renee
Ray Rayson
Billy Royll
Doris Pearce
Lily Rose
Zoie Sheld
Walter Cranbury
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1928/29 Aladdin
Renda Rudd
Bessie Evans
Zena Carol
Billy Revell
Bobbie Hall
The Ventons
The Zeimar Brothers
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1929/30 Cinderella
Tom Dixon
Angela Guilberte
Broadway Girls
Doris Tilly
Nell Campbell
Roy Walters
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1931 Jack and the Beanstalk
Edward Houghton
Maisie Griffiths
Hazel Glenn
Archie Wallen
Betty Millar
Gene Durham
Smarte Brothers Clowns
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1932/33 Puss in Boots
Billy Barr
Eileen Merrie
Betty Millar
Shaun Desmond
Pat Walcott
Oliver and Proctor
Joe Somers
Johnny Fel
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1933/34 Babes in the Wood
Eileen Merrie
Rita Kerva
Rene and June Gray
Cecil Roche
Irene Walters
Shaun Desmond
Mary E. Wilkins
Charles Stevens
Fred Weedon
Fred Sylvester
Rosa Langue
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1934 No pantomime
1935 No pantomime
1936 No pantomime
1937 No pantomime
1938 No pantomime
1939 No pantomime
1940 No pantomime
1941 No pantomime
1942 No pantomime
1943 No pantomime
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1947/48 Babes in the Wood
Gus Elton
Jack Noyes
Irene Mansel
Joan Macfarlane
Clifton James
Zoe Wheeler
Sheila Money
Betty Long
Bobbie Pattison
Doreen Richards
Joyce Randall
1948/49 Dick Whittington
Avril Vane
Bobby Vernon
Jack Noyes
Dorothy Lorraine
Teddy Knox
Melville Birley
Bobby Pattison
Charles Regan
Irma Hanson
Derrick Kaye
1949/50 Aladdin
Eleanor Drew
Wilfrid Brambell
Jackie Lester
Pamela Reed
Antonia Pemberton
Paul Lee
Harry Davies
1950/51 Little Red Riding Hood
Maudie Edwards
Ossie Morris
Stan Stennett
Mary Sullivan
Fairies Snowflakes
Royston Smith
Frank James
Rita Page
Maurice Keary
The Welcome Singers
Marianne James
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1951/52 Cinderella
Gladys Morgan
Joan Laurie
Wyn Calvin
Eddie Connor
Sylvia and Doreen Stephens
Bert Cecil
Frank Laurie
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1952/53 Mother Goose
Maudie Edwards
Ossie Morris
Olivia Jevons
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1953/54 Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Cyril Dowler
Rhoda Rogers
Marcia Owen
Hilda Heath
Norman McGlenn
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1954/55 Little Bo Beep
Cyril Dowler
Rhoda Rogers
Joy Royston
1955/56 The Little Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe
Cyril Dowler
Rita Page
Rhoda Rogers
Monica Wood
Billy Shenton
Campbell and Rogerson
1956/57 Sleeping Beauty
Cyril Dowler
Joe O'Gorman
Phyllis Bartell
Angela Scott
1957/58 Cinderella
Des O'Connor
Jacqueline Farrell
1958/59 Aladdin
Ossie Morris
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1959/50 Mother Goose
Stan Stennett
1960/61 Jack and the Beanstalk
Wyn Calvin
George Bolton
Rex Rashley
Haval and Byl
Alan Wells
Yvoe Marlow
Sylvia Norman
The Five Romas
Eddie Fields
Tom Kyffin
Elizabeth Richards
1961/62 Babes in the Wood
Kenneth Earle
Malcolm Vaughan
Phyllis Mellor
Stan Sanders
Howell Evans
Pat Evans
Ossie Morris
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1962/63 Dick Whittington
Johnny De Lilttle
Johnny Stewart
Sylvia Norman
Peter Boyce
Jill Alison
Reginald Vincent
Linda Lee
Ted Gatt
Pat Somers
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1963/64 Cinderella
Johnny Stewart
Johnny De Little
Sian Hopkins
Grande & Mars
Jonathan Prince
Brian Freeman
Monty Bond
Debbie Dean
Wendy Roberts
1964/65 Aladdin
Vince Eager
Duuggie Clark
Alan Wells
1970/71 Puss in Boots
Dave Swann
Derek Roy
Barry Hopkins
The Simmons Brothers
Mike Fields
Cindy Williams
Colin Cresswell
Vivien Black
Danny O'Dea
1971/72 Aladdin
Reg Dixon
Noel Talbot
Barry Hopkins
Nicky Stevens
Colin Cresswell
Jonathan Blake
Ann Rutherford
1972/73 Cinderella
Ryan and Ronnie
John Chilvers
Desmond King
Ian Calvin
1973/74 Dick Whittington
Ryan and Ronnie
Bryn Williams
Paul & Barry Denver
Clifford Henry
1974/75 Mother Goose
Ryan
Bryn Williams
Billy James
Roger Howlett
Alison Temple-Savage
1975/76 Jack and the Beanstalk
Ryan
Freddie Lees
Bryan Evans
1976/77 Babes in the Wood
Ryan
Glyn Houston
Barry Hopkins
Elaine Gibbs
Andy Baker
1977/78 Cinderella
Clive Dunn
Bryn Williams
Debbie Young
Frank Leyton
1978/79 Aladdin
Ann Aston
Ivor Emmanuel
Kenny Smiles
Nicholas Nickleby
John Chilvers
Freddie Lees
Graham Cole
1979/80 Robinson Crusoe
Kenny SMiles
Tom Foolert
Philip Griffiths
Ben Ellison
Maggie Ryder
Barry Howard
1980/81 Puss in Boots
Davy Jones
Kenny Smiles
Freddie Lees
Diana Gibson
Graham Cole
Peter Holbrook
1981/82 Dick Whittington
Harry H Corbett
The Chuckle Brothers
Mike Holloway
Desmond Barrit
Wendy Smith
Menna Trussler
1982/83 Jack and the Beanstalk
Freddie Lee
Don Maclean
Steve Dewitt
Wendy Weaver
Graham Cole
1983/84 Babes in the Wood
Melvyn Hayes
Windsor Davies
John Conroy
Gareth Snook
Wendy Eaver
Desmond Barrit
1984/85 Cinderella
Roy Barraclough
Paul Henry
Caroline Berry
Mark Bond
Michael Harding
Jonathan Kiley
1985/86 Aladdin
Bernie Clifton
Simon Oates
Ria JOnes
Mark White
Freddie Lees
1986/87 Mother Goose
Les Dennis
Christopher Biggins
Juie Paton
Dorothy Vernon
Aiden Waters
Christina Sherpherd
Peter Sutherford
Michael Boothe
Geoffrey Russell
Noel Butler
1987/88 Dick Whittington
Bobby Crush
Nigel Pivaro
Roy Lance
Andrew Ryan
Ken Goodwin
Glyn Houstin
1988/89 Goldilocks and the Three Bears
John Inman
Susan Maughan
David Copperfield
Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion
1989/90 Babes in the Wood
Little & Large
Patsy Ann Scott
David Hopkins
Douglas Fielding
Frankie Desmond
Paul Keown
1990/91 Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
Linda Lusardi
Stu Francis
Neil Morrissey
1991/92 Cinderella
Bobby Davro
Linda Nolan
Owen Money
Charlie Cairolo
1992/93 Robinson Crusoe
Cheryl Baker
Rod Hull & Emu
Mark Greenstreet
Dave Benson-Phillips
Joe Pasquale
Owen Money
1993/94 Sleeping Beauty
Bruce Roberts
Paul Shane
Joe Pasquale
Carol Lee Scott / Grotbags
Windsor Davies
1994/95 Aladdin
Adam Woodyatt
Jean Ferguson
Joe Pasquale
Sally Ann Matthews
Owen Money
Cobra (Gladiators)
1995/96 Jack and the Beanstalk
Dan Falzon
The Chuckle Brothers
Patrick Mower
Vicki Michelle
Owen Money
1996/97 Robin Hood
Little & Large
Ruth Madoc
Mark Cameron
Mike Burns
Kevin Johns
Sarah Vandernberg
1997/98 Peter Pan
Norman Bowler
Michaela Strachan
Deborah McAndrew
Owen Money
Warrior (Gladiator)
1998/99 Cinderella
Stephen Houghton
Melinda Messenger
Jonathon Morris
Andrew Mackintosh
Owen Money
1999/00 Aladdin
Vicki Michelle
Tim Vincent
Barry Howard
Andrew Lynford
Ria Jones
The Simmons Brothers
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Below: Video clips from this production
2000/01 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Jansen Spencer
Mike Doyle
Scorpio / Nikki Diamond (Gladiators)
Shaun Scott
Kevin Johns
Poppy Tierney
2001/02 Peter Pan
John Challis
Mike DOyle
Dora Bryan
Kevin Johns
2002/03 Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Lisa Riley
Mark Jardine
Kevin Johns
Sooty
Clive Webb
Danny Adams
2003/04 Cinderella
Dan Paris
Mike Doyle
Geoffrey Hayes
Kevin Johns
2004/05 Jack and the Beanstalk
Gary Beadle
Mike Doyle
Kevin Johns
Kim Gee
2005/06 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Gillian Taylforth
Kevin Johns
Simon Lipkin
2006/07 Aladdin
Mark Little
Mike Doyle
Kevin Johns
Craig Gallivan
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2007/08 Dick Whittington
Ray Meagher
Anne Charleston
Hannah Waterman
Rik Gaynor
Kevin Johns
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2008/09 Cinderella
Chris Jarvis
Su Pollard
Sarah Thomas
Kevin Johns
Frank Vickery
Nia Jermin
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Below: Cast interview video
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2009/10 Sleeping Beauty
Malandra Burrows
Andrew Agnew
Helen Fraser
Lewis Bradley
Kevin Johns
Nia Jermin
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2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Melanie Walters
Kevin Sacre
Pete Hillier
Kevin Johns
Sarah Lark
2011/12 Aladdin
Jimmy Osmond
Kevin Johns
Zoe George
2012/13 Cinderella
Chico
Kevin Johns
Mike Doyle
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Below: Cast interviews video
2013/14 Peter Pan
Jimmy Osmond
Kevin Johns
Liam Mellor
2014/15 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
John Partridge
Kevin Johns
Matt Edwards
2015/16 Jack and the Beanstalk
Louise Spence
Kevin Johns
Zoe George
Peter Piper
2016/17 Sleeping Beauty
Richard Jones
Kevin Johns
Brendan Sheerin
Niki Evans
Matt Edwards
2017/19 Aladdin
Tony Maudsley
Kevin Johns
Matt Edwards
Dooby Duck
2018/19 Cinderella
Ian H Watkins
Kevin Johns
Ceri Dupree
Paul Burling
Jalisa Andrews
2019/20 Peter Pan
Kevin Johns
Tristan Gemmill
Ricky K
2020/21 No panto due to Covid-19
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2021/22 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Kevin Johns
Colin Jackson
Jon Clegg
Zoe George
Zac Marx
Emma Dempsey
2022/23 Beauty and the Beast
Kevin Johns
Matt Edwards
Joe McFadden
Hayley Gallivan
Stefan Pejic
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2023/23 Cinderella
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