IT'S BEHIND YOU: decades of panto pictures from Wigan Little Theatre

By Charles Graham

Published 21st Nov 2023, 04:55 BST

Updated 21st Nov 2023, 07:10 BST

Wigan Little Theatre’s latest pantomime Jack and Jill is now just days away. So what better way to get folk in the mood than by looking back at previous WLT festive productions over the decades?

This selection of images runs from the 1970s to 10 years ago.

1. A scene from Dick Whittington in 1997

. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST

2. Wigan Little Theatre members who staged Red Riding Hood in 1985

. Photo: Frank Orrell

3. Wigan Little Theatre's pantomime Cinderella

. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

4. WLT's Humpty Dumpty: Humpty, alias Keith de Winter and Queen Eggwina, alias writer and co-director Bill Collins

. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST