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

Ignatius Anthony (Mars), Roger Delves-Broughton (T K Maximum), Charlie Morgan (Jill Trott), Tim Treslove (Dame Trott), Charley Desborough (Jack), Richard Emerson (Marcus Bilious), Christine Absalom (Venus), Natalie Andreou, Brooke Bell, Jorden Bird, Soophia Foroughi, Glen Joseph, Brett Watkiss, Andrew Sterling (musician), James Keen (musician)

Creatives/Company

Company: Mercury Theatre Company
Author: Fine Time Fontayne
Director: Fine Time Fontayne
Design: Sally Howard
Musical Director: Graeme Du-Fresne
Lighting: Tony Simpson
Choreographer: Charlie Morgan