Audiences from the annual Christmas pantomime at the Theatre Royal Bath have raised more than £13,800 during twenty-one charity collections.
The pantomime cast with the Front of House Team celebrating the total raised | Photo © Theatre Royal Bath
Money was collected from 20th December to 31st December after the matinee and evening performances of Aladdin.
Tom Lister, who starred as Abanazar in the pantomime, made an announcement from the stage on behalf of the five charities involved before each of the fundraising bucket collections made by the theatre’s Front of House team.
The actor, well known on TV for his role in Emmerdale, said: “We are overwhelmed by the amazing total raised by Bath’s pantomime audiences.
“Their contributions will make a big difference to all five of the brilliant charities we are supporting following bucket collections at the Theatre Royal.
“We would like to thank each and every one of the generous theatregoers who dug deep for Alzheimer’s Society, Bath Foodbank, Macmillan Cancer Support, Trauma Recovery Centre and the Wonderfund, who will now be able to use the funds to continue their amazing work in 2023.”
The money raised during the Theatre Royal’s annual Charities Week across fourteen panto performances, from 20th to 27th December, totalling £10,003.14, will be divided equally between four charities: Alzheimer’s Society, Bath Foodbank, Macmillan Cancer Support and Trauma Recovery Centre.
Bucket collections which took place the following week, across seven performances, from 28th to 31st December, raised an additional £3,896.64 for The Egg Theatre’s Wonderfund.
Tom Lister was joined on stage by Jon Monie (Wishee Washee), Nick Wilton (Widow Twankey), Alex Aram (Aladdin), Kaysha Nada (Princess Jasmine), Michael Chance (Emperor), Amy Perry (Spirit of the Ring), Maddison Tyson (Genie) and John Gould and Ange Gregory from the Theatre Royal’s Front of House Team to celebrate the donations given by theatregoers.
