Pantomime dates at the Royalty Theatre from 1884

Pantomimes at the Royalty Theatre, City Road, Chester.

First panto Aladdin. The first ever show at the Royalty opening 26th December 1882.

1883 No Panto. “Fun on the Bristol” was staged.

1884 Little Bo Beep.

1885 Little Red Riding Hood.

1886 Goody Two Shoes.

1887 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1888 Cinderella

1889 No Panto in December. Panto from Jan 6th 1890 called Sinbad the Sailor, described as The Grand Comic Pantomime.

December 1890 Robinson Crusoe.

1891 The Forty Thieves.

1892 Babes in the Wood.

1893 Aladdin. 1894 Sinbad the Sailor.

1895 Pretty Bo Beep. Not listed as a pantomime.

1896 Dick Whittington.

1897 The Forty Thieves.

1898 Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper.

1899 Jack and the Beanstalk.

1900 Cinderella. Milton Bodes first annual pantomime.

1901 Sinbad the Sailor.

1902 Babes in the Wood

1903 The Forty Thieves.

1904 Puss in Boots.

1905 Dick Whittington.

1906 Little Red Riding Hood.

1907 Babes in the Wood.

1908 Puss in Boots.

1909 Blue Beard.

1910 Dick Whittington.

1911 No pantomime listed.

1912 Little Red Riding Hood.

1913 No Panto.

1914 Mother Goose.

1915 No panto.

1916 Red Riding Hood

1917 Aladdin.

1918 Sinbad the Sailor.

1919 Cinderella

1920 The Sleeping Beauty.

1921 Little Red Riding Hood.

1922 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1923 Aladdin.

1924 Cinderella.

1925 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

1926 Mother Goose.

1927 Jack and Jill.

1928 Sinbad the Sailor.

1929 Robinson Crusoe.

1930 The Babes in the Wood.

1931 Cinderella

1932 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1933 Mother Goose.

1934 Cinderella.

1935 Little Jack Horner.

1936 Mother Goose.

1937 Robinson Crusoe.

1938 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1939 Jack and the Beanstalk.

1940 Aladdin.

1941 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1942 Cinderella.

1943 Babes in the Wood.

1944 Cinderella

1945 Little Red Riding Hood.

1946 Aladdin.

1947 Jack and the Beanstalk.

1948 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1949 Mother Goose.

1950 Cinderella.

1951 Queen of Heats.

1952 Red Riding Hood.

1953 Little Miss Muffet

1954 Babes in the Wood.

1955 Jack and the Beanstalk.

1956 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1957 Little Bo Peep.

1958 Cinderella.

1959 Dick Whittington and his cat

1960 Aladdin.

1961 Babes in the Wood.

1962 Puss in Boots.

1963 Cinderella.

1964 Dick Whittington and his cat.

1965 Aladdin. Final panto.

Researched by David A Ellischestercinemas.co.uk