Jack and the Beanstalk - These Shoots are Made for Walking

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:

6 December 2012

All singing, all dancing and an all out effort maintaining the Playhouse tradition of fantastic music and fabulous show. Plus all the old favourites, aka plot devices and props: insouciant ad-libbing, bizarre costumes, dead unlucky Sean picked on etc, spearheaded by redoubtable comedy duo, Adam Keast and Francis Tucker (tho he may have spoiled the illusion at the end, wearing his bra outside his clothes…).

With them, come Ernie and Arthur, Mary (from the Dairy, Jack’s Mum) and Martha, and a barrel full of laughs. Familiarity in this instance breeds contentment and if formulaic, it’s joyously familial though Mummy and Daddy may have some awkward explanations to make due to the occasional Xxxx factor.

From the smoke and mirrors department, some neat touches, from the nifty realization of the giant to the little bat flitting across whenever villainess Esmeralda puts in an appearance (Marianne Benedict, doubling up as heroine Betsy Bubbles). There...

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