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Jack & the Beanstalk

Jack & the Beanstalk
left to right: Jill - Kate Mackie, Dame Winn King - Mike Pennick, Jack - Kate Smillie
with Daisy - Rachel Phillips & Anna-Louise Husband

Jamie Oliver would not be happy with the food and drink Al Copop (Brian Archer) and his Hoods want to sell to the kids in the Devil's Punchbag, near Bindweed.

When Winn King (Mike Pennick), proprietress of the Milky Way Organic Café, is forced to sell Daisy her cow, due to suspected poisoning by farmer GM Crop (Andrew Smille), it looks like she has no choice but to close the café. The "magic-beans" Jack (Kate Smillie) receives for Daisy at the Meat Market flourish in the contaminated land creating a route for Al Copop's boys to descend from the giants castle with their stock of unhealthy wares in the hope of selling them through the café.

Where will the Bindweed Tunnel diggers be able to get their organic breakfasts, will the tunnel ever be finished, can the A3 still be saved? Will the Government Inspector (Brian Flounders) instigate one regulation too many? Can (or should, for that matter) Organic Tripe Delight ever be the basis for true love? Will Jack and Jill (Kate Mackie) really go up the hill together and what of the giant?

To find out the answers you'll just have to come along and see one of this years Pantomime in Grayshott performances.

Written by Diana Lovelock, a cast member for over 10 years, and Directed by Jane Dawes; the pantomime features a cast of residents from Grayshott and the surrounding area, with pupils and staff from Grayshott School. As with all good pantomimes there is a traditional mixture of song, dance, slap-stick and audience participation - you have been warned!

Performances are at Grayshott Village Hall on Friday 14th Match at 7.30pm and Saturday 15th March at 2pm and 6pm. Tickets are available from Grayshott Books; Adult £7, OAP and Children £5.

David Phillips - Producer

Jack & the Beanstalk
centre: Al Copop - Brian Archer with his hoods
right to left:
Fee - Baz Sharp, Fi - Stuart Haythorn , Fo - Jack Lovelock, Fum - Matt Phillips

Jack & the Beanstalk