Leeds boasts a long and proud pantomime tradition and these memories plucked from the YEP archive turn the spotlight on the different productions which graced a stage in the city back in the day. World-famous city centre theatres are featured as well as lesser known venues in the suburbs. READ MORE: 18 Leeds city centre nightspots you probably visited during the 1990s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Chris Fox as Fanny the Cook in Dick Whittington at Civic Theatre in 2002.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVkOGZkZjA5LThmMTktNGJlNC04YTE1LTY3NTFiZWI3MWUxMjo4YjZhOWE0Yi04MWNhLTQ4ZjctOTY0ZS1lMWFiZTk3ZDFjMTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
1. Leeds panto memories
Chris Fox as Fanny the Cook in Dick Whittington at Civic Theatre in 2002.Photo: Graham Lindley
![Young Charlotte Maxted meets Cinderella, played by Charlotte Estelle at Leeds Civic Theatre in December 1996. The seven-year-old from Tadcaster designed the dress.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQzYjRhMGQzLTgzYWMtNGUwOS04Yjk5LWI5ZGZiMjI0NzEzYTo0MmYzYjhjMS1mYzVlLTQyNDYtOTU4NS02Y2YwYWNkOWNlMTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
2. Leeds panto memories
Young Charlotte Maxted meets Cinderella, played by Charlotte Estelle at Leeds Civic Theatre in December 1996. The seven-year-old from Tadcaster designed the dress.Photo: Roy Fox
![Leeds City Varieties staged Babes in the Wood in December 1996. Pictured with his feet up between shows is panto dame David Barry.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE4MDVkNzEyLTM3YTktNDc4Zi1hZmJkLWViODUxODIxMjBiZDpiZWNjMWQyYi1lMTRjLTQyZjQtYmQ4Mi01NDVlZDE0NTBhZGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Leeds panto memories
Leeds City Varieties staged Babes in the Wood in December 1996. Pictured with his feet up between shows is panto dame David Barry.Photo: Bruce Rollinson
![Michael Hobbs who was playing the villainous Abanazar in Aladdin at the City Varieties in December 1999.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI1YzAyMzI0LTU4ZDktNDIwOC04ZTg1LWI3MGQ2YjM0NDdhMTowNTM1ZDI0Yy1kNzY3LTQzMzAtYjFkMC0zZGJlOTMyZmVmMjc=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
4. Leeds panto memories
Michael Hobbs who was playing the villainous Abanazar in Aladdin at the City Varieties in December 1999.Photo: Justin Lloyd
![Aladdin was being staged at the City Varieties in 1999. Pictured are Dale Meeks as Genie of the Lamp and Matthew Daines as Aladdin.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmFjNzg1ZTllLThhNWYtNDcxNi1iNDlhLTcxZmJjYTBlNDY2NDozOTllMThlMy0xODM3LTQxZmEtOGRiNS01MzI5ZTA0NDFkZmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
5. Leeds panto memories
Aladdin was being staged at the City Varieties in 1999. Pictured are Dale Meeks as Genie of the Lamp and Matthew Daines as Aladdin.Photo: Dan Oxtoby
![Ian White and Angela Billington who were starring in Cinderella at Yeadon Town Hall in 2003.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmFjNjg3Yjg3LTYwZmQtNDE5Mi1hYjcwLWFlZDgxZTU2MDEzMjplOTdlOWNhYS1mZDEyLTQzNzctYWViMi0xNDJjYTQ1ZGUzNTc=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
6. Leeds panto memories
Ian White and Angela Billington who were starring in Cinderella at Yeadon Town Hall in 2003.Photo: Third Party