Jack and the Beanstalk

Panto :: show/work:S5921, production/tour:T0388047499

Archive Listings

7 Dec 07 to 6 Jan 08

Jack and the Beanstalk Panto :: listing:L632950724, production:T0388047499, show:S5921, venue: V427

Assembly Rooms Derby Derbyshire

Details

Jack, a dim boy, sells the family's cow, their last remaining possession, for some 'magic beans', his mother is furious and throws them out of the window. Next morning there is a magic beanstalk, which Jack climbs to the land of the giant. There he rescues the love interest, and the goose that lays the golden eggs and runs away as the giant returns booming 'fee, fie, foe, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman!' and occasionally 'Be he alive or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread' depending on how bloodthirsty the panto is! As the giant follows Jack down the beanstalk Jack grabs an axe and chops it down thus killing the him.

Performers Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas (Fleshcreep), Lisa Scott Lee (Princess Amelia), Jeffrey Holland (Dame Trott), Johnny Shentall (Jack), Judy Buxton (Fairy Organic), Simmons and Simmons (The King/Chamberlain), Greg Haiste (Simple Simon), Les Puppetiques En Noir. Producer Paul Holman. Director Keith Simmons. Musical Director Nick Stewart. Choreographer Robert Wheeler.