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
1. Leeds panto memories
Chris Fox as Fanny the Cook in Dick Whittington at Civic Theatre in 2002. Photo: Graham Lindley
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
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
4. Leeds panto memories
Michael Hobbs who was playing the villainous Abanazar in Aladdin at the City Varieties in December 1999. Photo: Justin Lloyd
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
6. Leeds panto memories
Ian White and Angela Billington who were starring in Cinderella at Yeadon Town Hall in 2003. Photo: Third Party