Jack and the beanstalks
£35.00
A traditional, full-length, pantomime story accompanied by seventeen tracks of Beatles music carefully woven into the script that will have the audience singing along all the time.
The orphan Dick runs away from the workhouse to find his fortune in London, a city overrun by rats led by King Rat. Dick is befriended by a cat and finds a job and falls in love. But King Rat and a jealous rival combine to trick Dick into being accused of stealing and he is forced to leave London. He runs away to sea with his cat and they sail to a foreign place where Cat is able to rid the land of rats and earn for Dick a huge reward – which makes him a rich man.
CAST 15 to 25 parts
Fairy Storyteller Immortal storyteller
Widow Trot Dame and principal comic
Jack Leading man. Singing part
Jill Leading lady. Singing part
Baron Hardheart Principal baddie
Rough & Ready Brokers’ men –Baron’s sidekicks
Magician/Doctor Proctor Ever-present immortal
Buttercup Pantomime cow
Giant Cameo role in last scenes.
Singing Harp Cameo role in last scenes
Mystic Meg Fortune teller. One –scene cameo part
Wonderland Alice, Mad Hatter, Dormouse, March Hare, White Rabbit, Tweedledee & Dum, Queen of Hearts, Cheshire Cat. One-scene cameo scene.
Nursery land Jack-in-the box, soldier, puppet, teddy bear, ballerina and dolls All Non-speaking parts in
Nurseryrhymeland Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, Miss Muffett, Mary Mary, Wee Willy Winkie, One-scene singing and dancing parts
Pantoland Puss-in-Boots, Babes–in-the–woods, Snow White, Hansel & Gretel, Sinbad, One-scene singing and dancing parts.
