 The first pantomime held was "Puss in Boots" in December 1972 starring Tommy Trinder.Subsequent productions have included Harry H. Corbett in "Robinson Crusoe" (1973), Bob Grant in "Cinderella" (1974), Melvyn Hayes in "Aladdin" (1975), Roger Kitter in "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1976), John Junkin in "Red Riding Hood" (1977), Anna Karen in "Dick Whittington" (1979), Clive Dunn, Janet Fielding and Valentine Dyall in "Aladdin" (1983), Dave Lee Travis in "The Pied Piper" (1984) and "Babes in the Wood" (1991), Sally James in "Dick Whittington" (1985), Arthur English in "Cinderella" (1986), Johnny Ball in "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1988) and "Mother Goose" (1989), Keith Chegwin in "Aladdin" (1990) and "Cinderella" (1992), Danny John Jules and Nigel Pivaro in "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1994), Carmen Ejogo in "Robin Hood" (1995), Michael Fenton Stevens in "The Wizard of Oz" (2000), Bodger & Badger in "Jack and the Beanstalk" (2001), and Dominic Wood in "Cinderella" (2002).The pantomime has been produced and directed by Hopkins Associates since 1994 (celebrating 20 years of pantomime in 2013 ) and is written by James Barry.