Preview: Jack and the Beanstalk, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

Preview: Jack and the Beanstalk, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

As panto season approaches, Jack and the Beanstalk makes a gigantic return to Mayflower Theatre from Saturday 14 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025.

Follow Jack and climb a beanstalk of gigantic proportions to cloudland in this magical family pantomime. Doomed to sell his trusty cow, join Jack as they fight to outwit the evil giant, win riches beyond their wildest dreams, and earn the hand of the girl he loves.

Jack and the Beanstalk will be spectacularly brought to life by sensational song and dance numbers, fantastic special effects, magic beans, and bundles of audience participation in this GIANT of a pantomime!

Britain’s Got Talent winners and street dance sensations Ashley Banjo and Diversity are returning to lead this year’s cast as Jack and the Trot Family, alongside award-winning actor and stand-up comedian Kev Orkian as the comical Silly Simon, Matt Rixon as the hilarious Dame Trot, Anne Smith as the evil Mrs Blunderbore, Jacqueline Hughes as the magical Spirit of the Beans, and Lauren Hampton as the loveable Princess Jill.

The cast is completed by Grace Burrows, Joshua Egan, Regan Garcia, Albert Green, Cruz-Troy Hunter, Jacob Morrish, Eden Phillips, Jessica Pickles, Ellie Tames, and India Taylor as the ensemble, with Scott Coltman and Lauren Hartley as understudies.

Jack and the Beanstalk is staged by Crossroads Pantomimes, the world’s biggest pantomime producer, led by Michael Harrison and the creative team behind recent Mayflower Theatre Christmas successes, including last year’s production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which starred both Ashley Banjo and Diversity and Kev Orkian.

For three weeks only, Jack and the Beanstalk will bring all the laughter, spectacle, special effects and glittering festive magic audiences have come to expect each year from Mayflower Theatre’s spectacular Christmas panto.

So, Fee-fi-fo-fum, it’s the panto you’ve bean waiting for!

Tickets for Jack and the Beanstalk (Saturday 14 December 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025) are on sale at mayflower.org.uk or 02380 711811.

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