Celebrations for Wolverhampton Grand Theatre after prestigious award win for record breaking panto
It has been a time to celebrate for Wolverhampton Grand Theatre after winning one of the most prestigious awards in pantomime.
There have been celebrations among the staff and supporters of Wolverhampton Grand Theatre after it received one of the most prestigious awards in UK Pantomime.
The theatre was awarded the accolade of Best Pantomime Over 950 Seats at the UK Pantomime awards on Sunday for its 2025/26 product of Sleeping Beauty.
The pantomime, which concluded on January 4, has been the most successfully received Wolverhampton pantomime on record with more than 25 five star reviews.
Starring Danny Beard, Debra Stephenson and Zak Douglas with Solomon Davy and Georgia Iudica-Davies alongside longstanding resident Dame and Comic Ian Adams and Tam Ryan, Sleeping Beauty was a completely home-grown pantomime created entirely in-house by Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.
The theatre said it was an innovative celebration of both traditional and modern pantomime and a culmination of dedication and talent from the entire Grand Theatre team and the company, who worked hard to bring the show to life on and off stage.
The pantomime had a brand-new set and costume design by David Shields, lighting design by Sam Hilditch, direction by David Janson, musical direction by Daniel Goodger, choreography by Natalie Bennyworth, Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements by Mark Dickman and sound design by Michael Riley.
Chief executive of Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Karen Smallwood said: “We are so incredibly proud of what we achieved with this pantomime.
“The team in Wolverhampton all worked so passionately to play their part and delivered above and beyond to make our first pantomime created by a new management team the ultimate celebration of pantomime.
“Wolverhampton has long been considered one of the country’s most prestigious pantomimes and to have our production of Sleeping Beauty be the one to affirm that title and our team’s contribution recognised nationally is the greatest honour.“
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