Lymm Rugby Club’s Adult Panto Aims for £50,000 in 40th Year

Tickets are on sale for Lymm Rugby Club’s annual adult pantomime, which this year reaches its 40th production and remains one of the club’s most important fundraisers. Snow White and the Magnificent Seven will run for 10 performances across three weekends, starting on Thursday 26 November.

Last year’s panto raised £45,000 for the club, and organisers have set a target of £50,000 this time, with an extra performance added to meet demand. The money raised by performances will support the club’s day-to-day running costs, as well as expenses like away-day travel for its teams.

Snow White was the club’s first pantomime in 1987, and it returns with an updated script and a new twist, with the heroine now joined by her magnificent seven.

“I’m looking forward to another outrageous and hilarious run of performances,” said Simon Plumb, the panto’s creator and producer. “Snow White was the first Panto we performed, back in 1987. But I’m happy to report we’ve updated the script for our growing and enthusiastic audiences. It should be an absolute cracker!”

The show is strictly over-18s and full of the cheeky humour Lymm’s panto has become known for. For many locals, it marks the start of the festive season, and tickets usually sell out quickly.

Of course, none of it happens without the volunteers. Performers, backstage crews and front-of-house helpers give up their evenings to put on 10 shows. That turns the panto into a community effort that reaches well beyond the club’s playing members, bringing in supporters, families and people from the wider area who might never otherwise set foot in a rugby club.

For most grassroots clubs, fundraising tends to mean bar takings, membership fees, sponsorship and the occasional grant. All of these matter, but Lymm’s panto shows what can happen when a club thinks further afield. Lymm RFC are proof that the talents within a club don’t stop at the touchline, and an idea that has nothing to do with the club’s sport itself can become one of its most reliable sources of income. 

Tickets and further details are available at https://lymmrugby.co.uk