Pantomime audiences at the Theatre Royal Bath have raised more than £12,600 over the festive season during fourteen post-performance charity collections between Thursday 18 and Friday 26 December 2025, which took place after matinee and evening performances of The Further Adventures of Peter Pan.
Audience favourite Jon Monie – who wrote the script and also stars as pirate Smee – made an announcement from the stage on behalf of the charities involved before each of the charity fundraising bucket collections for nine days during the pantomime run.
Image: Pantomime stars and the Theatre Royal Bath front of house team at a charity collection
Well known for his roles in Casualty and Coronation Street, Tristan Gemmill who stars as iconic baddie Captain Hook, said: “We would like to say a massive thank you to each and every one of the extremely generous theatregoers for this amazing total raised. Bath’s pantomime audiences have dug deep for these fantastic charities, who will be able to continue their incredible work in 2026.”
The money raised during the Theatre Royal’s annual Charities Week totals £9,525.48 which will be divided equally between four charities: Parkinsons UK, 2 Wish, CCS Adoption and Guide Dogs. Bucket collections which took place the following week raised an additional £3,170.15 for The Theatre Royal Bath’s new community theatre, Venue 4.
Jon Monie and Tristan Gemmill were joined on stage by Holly Atterton (Tinker Bell), Sarah Jane Buckley (Mrs Darling/Ethel Mermaid), Marcus J Foreman (Peter Pan), Bobbie Chambers (Emily Darling), The Nitwits and dancers from The Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance, with Sam and Lola from the Theatre Royal’s Front of House Team to celebrate the donations given by theatregoers.
Parkinson’s UK is driven by the mission to improve life with Parkinson’s. The charity supports those with Parkinson’s, from searching for a cure and campaigning for better health and care, to funding research into groundbreaking new treatments and running life-changing support services.
2 Wish was created to ensure that all those affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child or young adult aged 25 or under, receive the bereavement support they need and deserve. 2 Wish provides immediate and ongoing support, such as memory boxes, bereavement rooms within hospitals, counselling, play therapy and complementary therapy.
CCS Adoption is a voluntary adoption agency and a children’s charity, that finds -and supports- loving families for children who need them when they can no longer safely live with their birth family. Based in Bristol and serving families across the South West, with over 100 years of experience, the agency offers lifelong support to adoptive families, helping children heal, grow, and thrive in their new homes, and improving their long-term life chances.
Guide Dogs exist to help people with sight loss live the life they choose, supporting children and adults with sight loss, providing life-changing mobility services, and dogs, to help people live active, independent and fulfilled lives.
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