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Gallery: Archive images of north-east pantomimes through the decades

By Reporter
1996: The cast of Cinderella at His Majesty’s Theatre are ready for their close up
1996: The cast of Cinderella at His Majesty’s Theatre are ready for their close up

We’ve gone through our archives and dug out these images of the north-east’s pantomimes over the past few decades.

1955: Cinderella makes a dramatic arrival at the ball with her coach and horses at His Majesty’s Theatre
1986: There’s no room in this bed for Snow White while on a tour of the Royal Workshops for the Blind in Tullos
1979: Rikki Fulton as nasty old Captain Hook struggles with Wendy, played by Nikki Wright, and Anne Aston as Peter Pan
1996: The cast of Cinderella at His Majesty’s Theatre are ready for their close up
1978: The cast of Dick Whittington were aiming to be pictch purr-fect for their show at His Majesty’s Theatre
1981: The stars of Babes in the Wood were hioping to to hit the bullseye with their production at the Capitol Cinema
1958: Aladdin, the princess and the genie of the lamp were ready for the show
1986: Snow White and her seven dwarfs at His Majesty’s Theatre
1985: Panto dame Len Howe smiles as he opens the new superloos at His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen
1985: When 11-month-old Louise Stephen had a little cry to herself, the stars of Dick Whittington joined in
1987: Three-year-old Amy Donaldson caught the eye of Nigel Ellacot, left, and Peter Robbins from the cast of HMT’s Cinderella at a fancy dress party
1996: The ugly sisters – Richard Pocock, left, and William Elliot – get their paws on Buttons, played by Andy Gray, in Cinderella
1983: The flamboyant ugly sisters’ costumes even include a sink – and the pair were hoping to make a splash at HMT
1984: Stars of Aladdin Edwina Laurie and Allan Stewart are surrounded by members of the Jessiman School of Dancing
1991: Cast members from an Attic Theatre production pose for the camera
1990: Attic Theatre players go over their lines of Aladdin at their final dress rehearsal in the Arts Centre

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