IMAGINE THEATRE NOMINATED FOR ELEVEN UK PANTOMIME AWARDS

 

6 March 2025

The UK Pantomime Association has announced that the innovative theatre production company Imagine Theatre, has been nominated for ELEVEN UK Pantomime Association Awards across ten categories for their 2024/25 season.

The nominations include:

  • Best Script – Eric Potts: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Big Top at Ayrshire Athletics Arena, Kilmarnock
  • Best Choreography – Lauren Stroud: Aladdin, Beck Theatre, Hayes
  • Best Lighting – Jamie Corbidge: Aladdin, Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
  • Best Sound – Kate Harvey: Jack and the Beanstalk, Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford
  • Best Comic – Ben Goffe: Cinderella, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
  • Best Sisters – Eleanor Burke and Sophie Hirst: Cinderella, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon and Gareth Mitchell and Garnon Davies: Cinderella, Fareham Live
  • Best Ensemble – Nikki Schofield, Alanna Panditaratne, James Everest, Ariel Nyandoro, Jacob Stebbings: Peter Pan, Victoria Theatre, Halifax
  • Best Newcomer to Pantomime – Colum Findlay: Jack and the Beanstalk, Eden Court, Inverness
  • Best Newcomer to Industry – Lois Brook: Dick Whittington, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
  • Best Pantomime (Over 900) Aladdin, Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe

Building on a legacy of family entertainment stretching back over 25 years, Imagine Theatre, led by husband-and-wife team Steve and Sarah Boden and supported by an amazing team of professionals, have produced more than 260 professional pantomimes and multiple children’s theatre tours. The recent season saw over 600,000 theatre-goers whisked away to an Imagine pantomime and a magical land full of song, dance and laughter.

The star-studded casts included Vernon Kay, Scott Mills, Sydnie Christmas, AJ and Curtis Pritchard, Jenny Ryan, and Justin Fletcher and not one, but two RuPaul’s Drag Race UK legends, La Voix and Divina De Campo. On stage alongside them were over 500 additional talented performers, with some of the best dames and comics in the business and over 400 local children.

Steve Boden, Joint CEO of Imagine Theatre said: “Once again, we are delighted to see our work and the genre of pantomime being recognised and are thrilled with our nominations this year. We would like to thank the UKPA for continuing to champion the artform and to celebrate it with these awards. The awards nights provide a wonderful opportunity to catch up with others in the industry, and we are very much looking forward to the award ceremony on April 13th. Huge congratulations also to the other nominees and we look forward to seeing you there.”

Each year Imagine Theatre facilitate productions in more than 50 venues across the UK. This year, they are producing, co-producing or working in association with pantomimes in Carmarthen, Coventry, Crewe, Dartford, Fareham, Glasgow, Hertford, High Wycombe, Halifax, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Leamington Spa, Llandudno, Leicester, Reading, Stafford, Swansea, Swindon and Wolverhampton.

Helen Enright, CEO Trafalgar Venues, said: “Congratulations to the Imagine Theatre team on receiving an incredible 11 nominations at this year’s UK Pantomime Awards. Imagine delivered an exceptionally strong 2024/25 pantomime season with a staggering 21 pantos across the UK, entertaining over 600,000 theatregoers. With star-studded casts, beautifully crafted scripts, and innovative digital sets, Imagine really raised the bar this year, so this recognition from the UK Pantomime Association is hugely deserved.”