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By NEVE WILKINSON t Helens Theatre Royal aren’t letting lockdown prevent them from offering their traditional Easter pantomime this year - it will be available on Zoom! So at least he’s not behind you... Producers Regal Entertainments had announced that Goldilocks would be staged during the Easter holiday. However, that will not yet be
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permitted by Government guidelines. So instead, from Friday April 2 to Sunday April 11, Jack and the Beanstalk will be streamed online with a cast full of Theatre Royal favourites, for families to enjoy from the comfort of their own homes. Jack and the Beanstalk is a rags to riches story. A little boy sells his family’s cow for a handful of beans. This gets him into a lot of trouble with his poor mother, but the story then takes the magical twist when the beans
sprout into an astonishing beanstalk. The magic beanstalk reaches high into a mystical land in the sky. Online audiences will join Jack on his journey up the gigantic beanstalk as he discovers a magic harp, geese with golden eggs and a very hungry giant. However, young Jack needs to be careful as fairy-tale villain, Mrs Fleshcreep is keen to stop him. The lead role of Jack will be played by Timothy Lucas, with Olivia Sloyan as Princess Jill. The cast is then com-
plete with Abigail Middleton as Mrs Fleshcreep, Reece Sibbald (the show’s writer) as Simple Simon, Jamie Greer as Dame Trott and Jenna Sian O’Hara as Fairy Mary. Directed by Chantelle Nolan, the behind the scenes team also includes musical supervisor Callum Clarke and choreographer Nazene Langfield. There are 17 performances across ten days, with tickets being £20 per device. To book online visit www. sthelenstheatreroyal.com.
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