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WIMBLEDON / NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE

1924/25 Cinderella
Marjorie Battiss as Prince Charming
Laurie Grimshaw as The Duke
Cedric Miller as Dandini
Rowand Hill as Baroness
Frank Hemming as Baron Hardup
Alf Rose as Billy
Gwen Kinross as Fairy Godmother
Chris Weede as Pickles
Nelly Carlyle as Cinderella

 

1925/26 Bo Peep
Starring Ernie Mayne, Ivy Close, Victoria Carmen

1948/49 Jack and the Beanstalk
Frankie Howerd as Simple Simon
John Essex as Grimm
Eddie and Jack Falcon as Snap and Snorum
Bunny Doyle as Dame Durden
Marion Gordon as Jack Durden
Eva Kane as Fairy Gleam
Alec Duck as Giant Blunderbore
Shanks and Gay as Constance the Cow
Gordon Henson as Squire
Marjorie Russell as Princess Crystal

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1959/60 Jack & The Beanstalk
Starring Tommy Trinder

1960/61 Dick Whittington
Starring Adam Faith

1963/64 Aladdin
Tommy Cooper
Hylda Baker

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1965/66 Little Red Riding Hood
Starring Cilla Black
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge)
Jack Haig

1966/67 Babes in the Wood
Starring Arthur Askey, Roy Castle, Lulu

1967/68 Aladdin
Starring Bruce Forsyth, Jack Haig, Tommy Tinder

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1968/69 Robin Hood
Starring Dicki Henderson
Terry Scott (Terry and June, Carry On Films)
Hugh Lloyd, Peter Gilmore, John Gower, David Hartley, Melanie Munro, David Hartley, Mary Hewing

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1969/70 Sleeping Beauty
Starring Roy Hudd, Arthur Askey, Alan Haynes, Ian Calvin, June Shand, Dorothy Dampier

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1970/71 Cinderella
Starring John Inman (Are You Being Served? Grace and Favour)

1971/72 Dick Whittington
Dana as Alice Fitzwarren
Jack Douglas (Carry On Films) as Idle Jack
Norman Vaughan as Sarah the Cook
With Jess Conrad, Martin Dell, Jacqui Toye, Sadie Corre

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1973/74 Cinderella
Starring David Nixon, Basil Brush

1974/75 Goldilocks & The Three Bears
Starring Dick Emery, Jess Conrad, Brian Marshall, Sheila White, Bill Ryan

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1972/73 Jack & The Beanstalk
Starring Jimmy Tarbuck

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1975/76 Dick Whittington
Starring Jimmy Tarbuck, Hugh Lloyd, Bill Kerr, Ian Lindsay. Linda Bryan, Lionel Murton, Terry Doogan

1976/77 Mother Goose
Starring John Inman (Are You Being Served?, Grace and Favour)
Arthur English (Are You Being Served?)
Hope & Keen

1977/78 Babes in The Wood
Starring Windsor Davies (Never the Twain)
Jim Davidson (Big Break, The Generation Game)
Don Smoothey, Don Estelle

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1978/79 Emu in Pantoland
Starring Rod Hull & Emu, Billy Dainty, Barbara New, Ton Chatto, JJ King, Gerald Martin

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1979/80 Aladdin
Starring Cilla Black, Don Maclean, Frankie Desmond John Gower

1980/81 Cinderella
Starring Frankie Howerd, Henry McGee, Veronica Page

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1981/82 Dick Whittington
Starring Brian Murphy (Man About the House, George and Mildred)
Eric Sykes
Jan Hunt
Roy Kinnear
Michael Robbins (On the Buses)

Sandy Strallen
Gwyn Jones
Cherida Langford
Philip Compton
Scott Mackee

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1982/83 Mother Goose
Larry Grayson
Honor Blackman
Dilys Watling
Anna Dawson
David Morton
Cheryl Taylor
David Brody

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1983/84 Sinbad the Sailor
Ken Dodd as Sinbad the Sailor
Michael Robbins as The Sorcerer
Syubbie Jones as Scheherezade
Philip Compton as Captain
David Brody as Mate
Jacquie Toye as Ali Baba
Christopher Beck as Feef
Freddie Lee as Bertha Wazir
Jonathan Lindsay as Pirate King
Gail Ivey as Princess

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1984/85 Cinderella
Starring Kathy Staff (Last of the Summer Wine, Crossroads)
Bonnie Langford (Eastenders)
Paul Nicholas (Eastenders)
Bill Owen (Last of the Summer Wine) as Baron Hardup
Ward Allen
Simon Barry & Alan Vickers as The Ugly Sisters
Jean Fergusson
Elsie Tebith

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1985/86 Aladdin
Starring Peter Davison (Doctor Who)
Bob Carolgees, George Sewell, Sandra Dickinson, Lena Zavaroni

1986/87 Jack & The Beanstalk
Starring Harry Worth
Denise Nolan
David Griffin (Hi De Hi, Keeping Up Appearances)
Anita Harris (Carry On Films)
Robin Askwith
Linda Regan (Hi De Hi)
Barrie Gosney

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1987/88 Robinson Crusoe
Starring Dennis Waterman (Minder, New Tricks) as Billy Crusoe
Rula Lenska (Coronation Street) as Robinson Crusoe
Colin Baker (Brothers, Doctor Who) as The Pirate
Roy Kinnear as The Captain
Jan Leeming as Fairy
Tudor Davies as Mrs Crusoe

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1988/89 Peter Pan
Starring Lulu, Christopher Timothy

1989/90 Aladdin
Starring Cilla Black, Gareth Hunt, Bob Carolgees, Gordon Honeycombe, Katie Budd, David Morton

1990/91 Cinderella
Starring Bonnie Langford (Eastenders)
Brian Conley
Gyles Brandreth
Jan Hunt
Ed Stewart
Barabra Windsor (Carry on Films, Eastenders)
Ray Alan

1991/92 Dick Whittington
Starring Les Dawson (Blankety Blank)
Rula Lenska Coronation Street)
John Nettles (Bergerac)
Dooby Duck, Tracy Hardwick, Jeff Stevenson

Les Dawson was replaced by Bernard Cribbins part way through the run due to ill health

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1992/93 Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Starring Bobby Davro
Michaela Strachan
Ray Meagher (Home and Away)
Victor Spinetti
Nobby the Sheep
Charlie Cairoli

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1993/94 Jack & The Beanstalk
Starring Stefan Dennis (Neighbours)
Vicki Michelle (Allo Allo)
Kevin Lloyd (The Bill) 

Tudor Davies
Little & Large

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1994/95 Cinderella
Starring Rolf Harris
June Whitfield (Absolutely Fabulous, Last of the Summer Wine)
Ian Botham
Mark Curry (Blue Peter)
Robin Askwith
Sally Meen
Nigel Ellacott
Peter Robbins
Charlotte Dennis

1995/96 Aladdin
Starring Danny La Rue, Derek Griffiths, Karl Howman, Amanda Reddington, Dawson Chance

1996/97 Robin Hood
Starring Paul Nicholas, Hope & Keen, Forbes Collins, Tudor Davies, Jane Danielle, Jan Hunt

Note the typo on the dates! this did not run fron Dec 1995 - Jan 1997 as it says!

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1997/98 Dick Whittington
Starring Lesley Joseph, John Nettles, Bill Pertwee, Jeffrey Holland, Katie Budd

1998/99 Cinderella (Qdos)
Starring Bradley Walsh, Britt Ekland, Melanie Stace, Kriss Akabussi, Gary Bushall

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1999/00 Peter Pan (Qdos)
Leslie Grantham as Captain Hook
Joe Pasquale as Smee
Bonnie Langford as Peter Pan
Jan Hunt as Mrs Darling
with Sarah Hillier and The Acromaniacs

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2000/01 Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (Qdos)
Starring Lionel Blair, Sam Kane, Linda Lusardi

2001/02 Jack & The Beanstalk
Starring Shane Richie, Geoffrey Hayes, Allan Stewart, Sadie Nine, Caey Lee-Jolleys

2002/03 Dick Whittington
Starring Russ Abbot, Bobby Bennett, Russ Kane

2004/05 Aladdin (Qdos)
Starring Claire Sweeney
Paul Zerdin
Roger Royle
Russ Kane
Robin Askwith

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2005/06 Cinderella (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Susan Hampshire
Naomi Wilkinson
John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Dancing on Ice)
Richard Wilson (One Foot in the Grave)

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2006/07 Peter Pan  (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Bobby Davro, Henry Winkler

2007/08 Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Ross Kemp (Eastenders)
Bobby Davro
Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter)

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2008/09 Cinderella (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Gareth Gates (X Factor)
Alistair McGoawan
Joanna Page (Gavin and Stacey, Love Actually)

2009/10 Aladdin (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Pamela Anderson / Anita Dobson / Ruby Wax - All sharing one role
with Paul O'Grady, Brian Blessed

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2010/11 Peter Pan (First Family Entertainment)
Starring David Hasslehoff /Jerry Springer / Jeremy Jackson - Sharing the same role
with Louie Spence

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2011/12 Dick Whittington (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Sam Attwater, Anna Williams, Eric Pots, Dame Edna Everage

Behind the scenes videos:

2012/13 Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Priscilla Presley (Dallas)
Jared Christmas

Warwick Davis (Willow, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Tenable)

Trailer video:

2013/14 Aladdin (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Jo Brand, Matthew Kelly, David Badella, Oliver Thornton, Flawless

2014/15 Cinderella (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Tim Vine
Linda Gray (Dallas)
Matthew Kelly, Wayne Sleep

Trailer video:

Behind the scenes video:

2015/16 Peter Pan (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Verne Troyer (Austin Powers)
Marcus Brigstocke, Jared Christmas, Flawless

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Trailer video:

Trailer video:

2016/17 Dick Whittington (First Family Entertainment)
Starring Matthew Kelly, Arlene Phillips, Tim Vine

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2017/18 Jack & The Beanstalk (Qdos)
Starring Al Murray, Clive Rowe

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Video trailer:

2018/19 Aladdin (Qdos)
Starring Paul Merton, Lee Ryan, Pete Firman, Linda John-Pieirre, Lauren Chia
During the performance on Friday 28th December Lee Ryan became ill and his understudy took over the title role for Act 2. It was later confirmed Lee was suffering with a chest infection leading to him missing several performances

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2019/20 Cinderella (Qdos)
Starring Samantha Womack (Game On, Eastenders) as Wicked Stepmother
Lesley Garrett as Fairy Godmother
Melody Thornton as Cinderella
Pete Firman as Buttons

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2020/21 No pantomime due to Covid-19
2021/22 Dick Whittington (Crossroads Pantomimes)
Starring Shane Richie (Eastenders)
Peter Piper, Hiba Elchikhe

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2022/23 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Crossroads Pantomimes)
Brenda Edwards
Matthew Kelly
Lee Mead
Hannah Lowther
John Archer
Dick and Dom
Ruthie Hensall

 

2023/24 (Crossroads Pantomimes)
Craig Revel Horwood
 

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