Jack and the Beanstalk
Auntie May is Top Dame
Allan Stewart wins Best Dame at UK Pantomimime awards
Allan Stewart was recognised at the very best dame in all the Pantosphere this last Christmas season, for his turn as Dame ‘Auntie’ May McTrott in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Festival Theatre.
Edinburgh Panto up for awards
“King’s” panto recognised at the UK Pantomime Awards
Jack and the Beanstalk, last Christmas’s King’s Panto (at the Festival Theatre) has received four nominations in the The UK Pantomime Association’s annual awards, in which two Edinburgh brothers are also up for the Best Sisters award.
Jack and the Beanstalk
★★★★☆ In rude health
Jack and the Beanstalk, the last time the ‘King’s panto’ appears at the Festival Theatre before its long-awaited return to the actual King’s, is another hugely enjoyable run-out for the established team of Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young.
Jack and the Beanstalk
★★★★☆ Porty Pals
What do you get when you combine an evil landlord and his devious henchwoman, a boy and his mother just trying to survive, and their faithful cow? Well a pantomime of course— what were you expecting?
Jack and the Beanstalk
★★★★☆ Giant fun:
There’s a happy ending, beginning and indeed, middle, as Jack and the Beanstalk gets a Musselburgh makeover at the Brunton theatre this festive season.
Relax? Let’s do it!
Relaxed Xmas perfs mapped:
Four Edinburgh theatres are included in a new map of all the relaxed performances of Christmas shows around the world created by Edinburgh academic Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson.
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