The UK Pantomime Association is delighted to announce a significant new sponsorship partnership with Trafalgar Entertainment and ATG Entertainment (ATGE). This collaboration will further enhance the UK Pantomime Association’s role as a leading charity supporting the art and tradition of pantomime, which also includes The Pantomime Awards, the prestigious ceremony which takes place annually.

As part of this exciting partnership, Trafalgar Entertainment and ATGE will take turns hosting The Pantomime Awards and provide vital financial support to ensure the continued success and growth of the event. The Pantomime Awards 2025 will take place on Sunday 13 April at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, marking the first year of this collaborative initiative.

Chris McGuigan, Group Commercial Director for Trafalgar Entertainment said: “Panto season has long been the lifeblood of regional theatre in this country – for many children a trip to a pantomime is their first experience of live theatre and live entertainment. It’s fitting and appropriate then that both of the UK’s major regional theatre groups are helping to support and sustain The Pantomime Awards in this way. We firmly believe that panto deserves recognition and celebration – the artform itself – and the artists, entertainers, acts, writers, dancers, musicians and producers who bring it to life each year. We’re thrilled and delighted to be lending our support through this unique partnership.”

And in even MORE exciting news, 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

And in our non-Imagine panto venues, we have an additional two nominations in the Best Newcomer to Panto category – Rylan Clark for Jack and the Beanstalk at Cliffs Pavilion Southend and Owain Wyn Evans for Cinderella at New Theatre Cardiff.