Jack and the Beanstalk
From: Wednesday, 5th December 2012
To: Saturday, 5 January 2013
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Synopsis
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.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 13 December 2012
Small but perfectly formed theatres deserve pantomimes to the same scale. Sometimes, though, bijou can be too clever for its own good. Last year's Little Theatre pantomime was also written by Killian Donnelly but somehow Dick Whittington stood up to his treatment than does Jack and the Beanstalk.
Donnelly doesn't believe in keeping to the story as most of us know it through other Christmastime stagings. Our Dame, Molly Coddle (Russel Hicken) takes us straight into the back story to introduce us to an usually omitted character, her husband and Jack's Father (Cornelius Garrett).
Jack (Jonathan Broderick) is in shy pursuit of Jill (Rachel Waring), the niece of one Snotmill (Benedict Martin) who is a self-proclaimed master of disguise – and proves it when he woos Molly Coddle as a nasty and vertically-challenged piece of work.
No self-respecting villain can be without a henchman. Here it's Rolph (James Lavender), a ...
Latest User Review
Lynda Malcolm - 5 January 2013:
Enjoyed production very much but found the 2 derogatory jokes about deaf people in the first half crass and cheap. It's not political correctness, I have a deaf son who has to fight the classic stereotyping on a daily basis and using deafness like this just continues the prejudice. ...
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Killian Donnelly (Author)
Killian Donnelly (Director)
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