Young Jack Trott returns from the sea to find his village is being terrorised by the Giant Blunderbore and his boo-worthy, hideous henchman Fleshcreep.
King Crumble, who relies on the taxes the villagers pay him to live in luxury, is forced take action when they threaten to move out unless he does something about the Giant...and soon!
He offers one gold sovereign to anyone who volunteers to slay the Giant – plus, as an extra incentive, the hand of his daughter Princess Apricot in marriage.
Apricot, being as independent-minded and feisty as she is pretty and intelligent, naturally resents being used in this way.... until she sets eyes on the young man who steps forward to offer his Giant killing services - none other than Jack Trott.
They immediately fall for each other and Jack promises to slay Blunderbore and return safely so they can be married.
But Jack’s mother, the eccentric Dame Trott, doesn’t want him wasting his time killing giants and marrying Princess’s when he should be helping her earn money in the dairy business she runs from her cottage they share with Jack’s inventor brother Tommy.... and Butty-Cup the almost-human cow who has the run of the place.
Sitting at the dining table.
Lounging on the sofa – not made of real leather, obviously!
And...sharing a bed room with Tommy Trott, which the inventor isn’t too happy about. Although Butty-Cup’s very lovable, she’s not 100% house-trained.
As Tommy says “You’ve heard of a home where the buffalo roam? Well, thanks to Butty-Cup, in the house we dwell there’s a permanent smell!!”
That’s not the reason Dame Trott decides she has to sell the cow – the dairy business isn’t doing at all well. In fact it’s taken a ‘churn’ for the worst.
So when she sends Jack to the market to get the best possible price for Butty-Cup, and he returns not with cash but with what he claims are five ’magic’ beans, she is furious and throws the beans into the garden.
Monty Don wouldn’t approve of such a slapdash approach to planting.
The following morning the beans have magically sprouted into an enormous beanstalk that reaches all the way up to Cloud Land, where Blunderbore lives.
Now that’s what you call a remarkable co-incidence!
Jack bravely starts to climb the beanstalk and sets out on his giant adventure.
Will he slay the Giant and return safely to marry Princess Apricot? Will Tommy come up trumps and invent something worthwhile?
Well come and see the show and find out.
The cast of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK is headed by royalty … Wales’ King Of Pantomime Owen Money as King Crumble himself.
Packed with fabulous family-friendly comedy and memorable musical numbers, Rainbow Valley Production’s JACK AND THE BEANSTALK is guaranteed to banish those winter blues and put a giant smile on your face.
