Cast of the Westfield Folkhouse production of panto Mother Goose at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, in 2008Cast of the Westfield Folkhouse production of panto Mother Goose at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, in 2008
Cast of the Westfield Folkhouse production of panto Mother Goose at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, in 2008

Who do you recognise in our retro gallery of Mansfield Palace Theatre pictures from the noughties?

Panto season may be upon us but, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, Mansfield’s Palace Theatre will be eerily quiet for the next few weeks. With this in mind, we have searched the archives for memories of plays gone by from the noughties.

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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