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Switzerland – 1938

Lancashire Evening Post – 28 June 1938

It’s a Funny Thing – 1940

 Harry Korris, Irving Kaye, Tessie O’Shea, Robby Vincent, Cecil Frederick

Happidrome – 1941

Harry Korris, Hutch, Evelyn Laye, Tessie O’Shea, Rawicz and Landauer, Gwen Catley

1942 – Split Season

No Orchids for Miss Blandish – 4th June for 7 Weeks

Let’s Face It –  from 28 July for 3 Weeks

Happidrome – 17th August for 4 Weeks

Happidrome of 1943 – 1943

Harry Korris & Co., Pat Kirkwood and Hutch

We’re Coming Over – 1944

Afrique, Ethel Revnell, Gracie West, Wilson, Keppel and Betty

Hoopla! – 1945

Polly Ward, Suzette Tarri, Robb Wilton, Max Wall, Harold Berens, Harry Lester, Tiller Girls

1946 – Split Season

The Dancing Years – from 18 June

Five Feathers – from 1st August for the Season

Billy Reid, Dorothy Squires, Duggie Wakefield, Derek Roy

Out of the Blue – 1947

Ralph Reader, Mary Naylor, Jeannie Carson, Dick Emery, Reg Dixon, Cardew Robinson

Something in the Air – 1948

Ted Ray, Jill Manners, Syd and Max Harrison, Henry Hall and his orchestra

Buttons and Bows – 1949 Summer Season

Donald Peers, Norman Wisdom, Billy Russell, Gloria Day

Sunny Serenade – 1950 Summer Season

Jack Radcliffe, Jimmy Wheeler, Jeanne Francis

Hobson’s Choice – 1951 Summer Season

Wilfred Pickles, Lally Bowers, Derek Oldham

The Blue Lamp – 1952 Summer Season

Bonar Colleano, Gordon Harker, Jack Warner, Susan Shaw, Warren Mitchell

The Love Match – 1953 Summer Season

Arthur Askey, Thora Hird, Glen Melvyn, Danny Ross

The Archers – 1954 Summer Season

Jack Warner, Joyce Barbour, Charles Victor, Dandy Nicholls, Peter Byrne

Love and Kisses – 1955 Summer Season

Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn, Anthea Askey, Danny Ross and Lally Bowers

Charley’s Aunt – 1956 Summer Season 

to August 12th

Richard Hearne

Saturday Night at The Crown 

a week in June before Charley’s Aunt, then from 13 August

Thora Hird, Mollie Sugden, Richard Dare

Ride a Cock Horse – 1957 Summer Season

Wilfred and Mabel Pickles

Friends and Neighbours – 1958 Summer Season

Mollie Sugden, Glenn Melvyn, Valentine Dyall and Danny Ross

Happy Days – 1959 Summer Season

Thora Hird, Peter Sinclair and Pat Phoenix

Pillar to Post – 1960 Summer Season

Glenn Melvyn, Danny Ross, Betty Driver and Joe Gladwin

What a Racket – 1961 Summer Season

Arthur Askey, Betty Driver and Beatrice Varley

The Best Laid Schemes – 1962 Summer Season

Thora Hird, Freddie Frinton and Michael Medwin

We’re Frying Tonight – 1963 Summer Season

Jimmy Clitheroe, Mollie Sugden, Albert Burdon and Peter Butterworth

What a Joy Ride – 1964 Summer Season

Glenn Melvyn, Hylda Baker, Duncan MacRae and Danny Ross

My Perfect Husband – 1965 Summer Season

Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton

Second Honeymoon – 1966 Summer Season

Arthur Askey, Betty Alberge, Cardew Robinson and Sally Barnes

Wedding Fever – 1967 Summer Season

Starring Freddie Frinton, Beryl Mason and Danny Ross

Don’t Tell the Wife – 1968 Summer Season

Jack Douglas, Joan Heal, Barry Sinclair and Bill Tasker

His Favourite Family – 1969 Summer Season

Sidney James and Beryl Mason

Nearest and Dearest – 1970 Summer Season

Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel, Joe Gladwin, Madge Hindle and Barry Howard

Not on your nelly – 1971 Summer Season

Hylda Baker, Pamela Pitchford, Joe Gladwin, Ken Platt, Barbara Halliwell

The Love Nest – 1972 Summer Season

Jack Douglas, John Inman, Jacqui Toye and Lucille Gaye

From 1973 – 1976 – Closed

 1977 – 1980 – Bingo at The Grand

The Mating Game – 1981

Barbara Windsor, Trevor Bannister, Jack Smethurst

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – 1982

Jess Conrad, Peter Lawrence, Robert Dallas and Sian Evans

Keith Harris – 1983 

Keith Harris and Friends, Jacqui Scott and Bobby Crush

Laugh with Les – 1984 

Les Dawson, Ray Cornell’s Wild Affair, The Jolly Brothers, Roly Polys and Roy Barraclough

The Price is Right – 1985 

Leslie Crowther, Gordon Scott and Gary Wilmot

1986 Split Summer Season

Run for Your Wife – from 20th June

Les Dawson, Eric Sykes, Peter Goodwright and Jan Hunt

Jimmy Cricket All Laughter Spectacular – 7th October to 2nd November 1986

1987 – Split Summer Season

Gary Wilmot & Co. – Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs

The Stan Boardman Show – Fri, Sat & Sun

Danny La Rue Show – 7th Sept – 1st Oct

Run for your Wife – 5th to 31st Oct

Les Dawson, Peter Goodwright, Anna Dawson, Jilli Foot, John Boulter, Brian Cant

Bobby Davro’s Laughter Show – 1988 

Mike Lancaster, Sonny Hayes & Co. and Pepe and friends

All Laughter Spectacular – 1989 

The Grumbleweeds, Brian Conley and The Nolans

Rock With Laughter – 1990 

Little & Large, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Billy Pearce

Rock With Laughter – 1991 Summer Season

The Grumbleweeds, Linda Lusardi, Billy Pearce

Rock With Laughter – 1992 Summer Season

Bobby Davro, The Krankies, Freddie & The Dreamers

The Billy Pearce Laughter Show – 1993 

Billy Pearce, Joe Pasquale, Dick Van Winkle, The Acroloons, Claire Cattini

Blackpool’s Number One Family Show – 1994

The Grumbleweeds, Duncan Norvelle, The Nolans, Dooby Duck

That’s Showbiz – 1995

Joe Pasquale, Gayle & Gillian Blakeney, Russ Stevens, Andy Prior, Allan Stewart

Rock with Laughter – 1996 

Cannon & Ball, Sheila Ferguson, Peter Piper

Spirit of the Dance – 1997 

Comedy Bonanza – 1998

Joe Pasquale and The Grumbleweeds

4 Steps from Heaven – 1999

14th to 19th June

Larry Branson, Rebel Dean, Klundo White, Reuven Gershon

The Ladykillers – 1999

22nd to 26th June

Tim Brooke-Taylor, Brian Murphy, Owen Aaronovitch, Tim Marriott, Martin Herdman

Dangerous Obsession – 1999

28th June to 3rd July

David Griffin, Sophie Lawrence, Glenn Hugill

Comedy Bonanza – 1999

8th July to 30th October

Bucks’ Fizz, Cannon & Ball, Johnnie Casson, The Roly Polys, Frank Carson

 

Comedy Bonanza – 2000

6th July to 28th October

John Inman, Billy Pearce, The Nolans, Kev Orkian, Jimmy Cricket

The Joe Longthorne Show – 2001

Joe Longthorne, Billy Pearce, Keith Harris

Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench – 2002

4th to 8th June

When we are Married – 2002

11th to 15th June

My Fair Lady – 2002

18th to 22nd June

The Lavender Hill Mob – 2002

24th to 29th June

Comedy Bonanza – 2002

4th July to 26th October

Cannon & Ball, The Barron Knights, The Roly Polys

Summer Repertory Season – 2003 

It runs in the Family – 27th to 31st May

Beside the Seaside – 3rd to 7th June

Sailor Beware ! – 10th to 14th June

Billy Pearce Laughter Show – 2003

10th July to 1st Nov.

Billy Pearce, The Grumbleweeds

My Fat Friend – 2004

1st – 5th June

Sally Ann Matthews, Paul Asher

Blithe Spirit – 2004 

8th – 12th June

Judy Cornwell, David Griffin

Joseph – 2004 

21st June – 26th June

Andrew Derbyshire

Boogie Nights, the 70’s musical – 2004

Tues 13 July – Sat 30 October

Jimmy Osmond, Billy Pearce

Comedy Bonanza – 2004

Sundays & Mondays – 11 July to 27 September

Cannon & Ball, The Grumbleweeds

Table Manners – 2005

30th May to 4th June

Sally Ann Matthews, Sabina Franklin

Caught in the Net – 2005

7th to 11th June

Trevor Bannister, Jeffrey Holland, Julie Buckfield, Carol Harrison, Judy Buxton

Just Desserts ! – 2005

14th to 18th June

Britt Ekland, Malandra Burrows, Giles Watling, Sabrina Franklin

Present Laughter – 2005

21st to 25th June

Sally Ann Matthews, Richard Pocock, Christopher Hackett, Michael Kirk

Ragtime – 2005

28th June – 2nd July

Jimmy Osmond’s American Jukebox – 2005

12th July to 29th October

The Osmond Brothers (Jimmy, Jay & Wayne), Billy Pearce, Emma Gilmore, & Stephen Dean

Legends of Comedy – 2005 

Sundays & Mondays  – 10 July to 26 September

Cannon & Ball, The Grumbleweeds, Ray Alan & Lord Charles

Duggie Chapman Presents – Music Hall – 2006

12th June – 24th June

3rd July – 30th July

Variety at Night – 3rd Aug. to 28th Oct. 2006

The third attraction was going to mark the return of a summer farce at the Grand. This was the Falkland Carey and Philip King’s BIG BAD MOUSE, starring CANNON & BALL. The show was going to open on Thursday 3 August and run until Saturday 28 October 2006 (twelve weeks), but was axed.

Rocky Horror Show – 18th – 23rd June 2007

Babewatch – 3rd – 14th August 2007

South Pacific – 24th Aug. – 8th Sept. 2007

Joe Longthorne Show – 12th – 16th Sept. 19th – 23rd Sept. 25th Sept – 29th Sept.

ABBA The Show – 17th, 24th Sept. and 1st Oct. 2007

Ken Dodd – Sundays – 30th Sept, 7, 14, 21 & 28 Oct.  2007

See how they Run – 23rd – 28th June 2008

Waitin for Gateaux – 30th June – 5th July 2008

Joseph – 7th July – 19th July 2008

Big Bad Mouse – 21st – 26th July 2008

Run for your Wife – 4th – 16th Aug. 2008

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – 22nd Aug. – 6th Sept. 2008

‘Allo ‘Allo – 8th – 13th Sept. 2008

Shout – 29th Sept. – 4th Oct. 2008

Beauty & The Beast – 14th – 18th Oct. 2008

Joe Longthorne Show – 2009

Joe Longthorne, Hilary O’Neil, Harper Brothers

Write me a Murder – 8th – 13th June 2009

Blood Brothers – 22nd June – 4th July 2009

Quadrophenia – 21st – 25th July 2009

Joseph – 4th – 23 August 2009

Evita – 21st Sept. – 3rd Oct. 2009

2011 – Summer Shows

The Billy Pearce Show – Every Tuesday

Dancing Queen – Every Wednesday

2012 – Summer Shows

Every Tuesday – Dancing Queen

Every Wednesday – Mick Miller

Every Thursday – Joe Longthorne & Roy Walker

Every Friday – Cannon & Ball, Stu Francis

Every Saturday – Roy Chubby Brown

Every Sunday – Ken Dodd

2013 – Summer Shows 

Step back in Time – 23 July to 7 September

Ooh La La – 1 August to 7 September

Story by the Guardian newspaper 

Yes, Prime Minister – 16th -20th June 2015

The Full Monty – 10th – 19th Sept. 2015

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