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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
All Saints Dramatic Society
De La Salle Theatre
Southbourne
January 2005

Jack & the Beanstalk, All Saints Dramatic Society, De La Salle Theatre, Southbourne THIS traditional script is written by acknowledged panto king Peter Denyer. Over the years it has been performed by the best, and I venture to suggest that that is still the case.
It seems that no expense has been spared to give us the most lavish production possible – the finale costumes alone are worthy of the West End. And the band, led by Alastair Hume and penned in an enclosure marked “do not feed the animals”, plays like a dream.
The production team of Lesley Lock, Victoria Liechti and Clare Camble-Hutchins has done a fantastic job - everyone on stage sparkles as if their lives depend on it and every scene is stunning.
Principal performances are, without exception, a joy. There’s Jenni Eyre’s dim Fairy Moonbeam, Paul Tumilty’s ever-leering Fleshcreep, Pip Newman’s sweet Jill, Rosie Lock’s excellent hero, Jack, Richard Fudge’s superb Silly Billy, Martyn French’s toothy dimwit King Maurice, Owen Kerr’s massive Giant Blunderbore and Tony Edwards’ wonderful Dame Trot – every man’s nightmare down to her red-varnished fingernails.
And how could I forget Daisy the Cow (Sally Davis and Aideene Turley) or that undoubted star in the making, 8 year old Gregory Edwards, as a most endearing hen?
The show runs until next Saturday, and it’s worth climbing a beanstalk to see.

Linda Kirkman
Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo


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