From the fun of the panto to Bertolt Brech’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, the Palace Theatre has staged them all and been a staple of Mansfield’s entertainment scene for decades.
With the theatre’s doors closed for the foreseeable future, we are looking back to theatre memories from the noughties in this gallery.
Have a look through and see who you recognise treading the boards.
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9. Aladdin
Cast members of the Mansfield Hospitals Theatre Troupe's production of Aladdin pictured at the Palace Theatre in 2007 Photo: Roger Grayson
10. A Site for Sore Eyes
Mansfield Palace Community Theatre presented A Site For Sore Eyes in 2006. Cast members and The Ashfield Paranormal Investigation Team met at the theatre. Pictured with the ghostly cast from the left are cast members, Joy Wright who played Vera a ghost, Maxine Talbot who was dead nurse Elka and Margaret Shooter who played Irene. Photo: jane.hilton
11. 'A Site for Sore Eyes'
Members of Mansfield Palace Community Theatre posing outside the old General Hospital in 2006. Their play 'A Site for Sore Eyes' was about ghosts at the hospital which has stood empty for years. Photo: Tony Stocks
12. Lorraine School of Dancing
A 2006 show at the Mansfield Palace Theatre where they raised money for local charities. They presented a cheque for £5,217 to the King's Mill Hospital Renal Unit, £100 to the local SJAB and £100 to the local Sea Scouts. Photo: Tony Stocks