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.

Cast/Performers

Dale Superville (Silly Billy), Richard Ashton (Giant / Mayor's Guard / Jenkins), Martine Burt (Harrite / Harp / Back of Daisy), Natasha Cox (Jill McSpotty), Peter Holdway (Felix Fleshcreep), Alice Jackson (Henrietta / Beanstalk / Hen / Front of Daisy), Tania Mathurin (Fairy Bo-Peep), Andrea Miller (Mayor Dotty McSpotty), Christopher Robert (Dame Felicity Trott), Ricardo Coke-Thomas (Jack Trott), Dale Superville

Creatives/Company

Producer: Watford Palace
Author: Joyce Branagh
Director: Joyce Branagh
Design: Keith Orton