History

WWPS has been running from 1945 to the present day and has been entertaining adults and children ever since

The West Wickham Pantomime Society has its roots with the Home Guard who decided in 1945 to stage a Pantomime in aid of local children's charities. When the Home Guard was disbanded the annual pantomime had already become something of an institution, so the Society was formed and was bequeathed the residual funds and equipment.

Since then it has maintained the tradition of staging a Pantomime in West Wickham, supplementing this later with a variety show in the summer. This has remained the format of the society's productions each year. Since its foundation the society has performed at the Wickham Hall, West Wickham. So close has our association been that when the halls were facing financial ruin the Society mounted a rescue package to keep the halls functioning. The Wickham Hall makes continuing improvement to the facilities for the Society and other hall users alike. Improvement in our storage facilities now means all aspects of our productions are housed under one roof.

Previous pantomimes
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Where indicated, more archive information is available.

1945 Babes in the Wood
1947 Dick Whittington
1948 Cinderella
1949 Jack and the Beanstalk
1950 Aladdin
1951 Sleeping Beauty
1952 Robin Hood
1953 Sinbad the Sailor
1954 Babes in the Wood
1955 Cinderella
1956 Dick Whittington
1957 Jack and the Beanstalk
1960 Pied Piper of Hamelin
1961 Robin Hood
1962 Ali Baba
1963 Cinderella
1964 Mother Goose				Archive
1965 Tom Thumb
1966 Dick Whittington
1967 Aladdin				Archive
1968 Cinderella				Archive
1969 The Wizard of Oz				Archive
1970 Humpty Dumpty				Archive
1971 Mother Goose and The Sleeping Beauty
1972 Jack and the Beanstalk				Archive
1973 Mother Hubbard				Archive
1974 Pied Piper of Hamelin				Archive
1975 Dick Whittington				Archive
1976 Ali Baba				Archive
1977 Cinderella				Archive
1978 Puss in Boots				Archive
1979 Aladdin				Archive
1980 Jack and the Beanstalk				Archive
1981 The Old Woman Who				Archive
1982 The Snow Queen				Archive
1983 Robin Hood and The Babes in the Wood				Archive
1984 Dick Whittington				Archive
1985 Aladdin				Archive
1986 Cinderella				Archive
1987 Humpty Dumpty				Archive
1988 Puss in Boots				Archive
1989 Ali Baba				Archive
1990 Jack and the Beanstalk				Archive
1991 Dick Whittington				Archive
1992 Mother Goose				Archive
1993 Aladdin				Archive
1994 Babes in the Wood				Archive
1995 Cinderella
1996 Robinson Crusoe
1997 Ali Baba
1998 Dick Whittington
1999 Frankenstein
2000 The Sleeping Beauty
2001 Aladdin
2002 Babes in the Wood
2003 Jack and the Beanstalk
2004 Puss in Boots
2005 Cinderella
2006 Treasure Island				Gallery
2007 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves				Gallery
2008 No Show Due to Hall Fire
2009 No Show Due to Hall Fire
2010 Dick Whittington				Gallery
2011 Cinderella				Gallery
2012 Aladdin				Gallery

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