Jack and the Beanstalk Production Photographs

Jack and the Beanstalk is currently running at the Lyric Hammersmith, here are some of the production photos:

Sean Kearns plays Plug and Angela Wynter plays Evelyn Greedly. You may recognise Angela Wynter from Eastenders - but I didn't! She used to play Yolande Trueman. Obviously the stage make-up doesn't help much, but even when I took her headshot in natural make-up, I didn't spot her. The character must be about 15 years older than the actress, who unsurprisingly is far more glamorous in real life than on Eastenders. Needless to say the character of Evelyn Greedly is a long way away from an Eastender's character, and Wynter played her excellently, full of energy and over-the-top menace. Sean kearns was excellent too, probably two of my favourite characters in the panto.

Martyn Ellis is excellent as Ms Wendy Windsor, the pantomime dame. The Lyric Young Company actors make up the ensemble.

Javier Marzan plays El Especial who plays the cow. So to clear up any confusion, a male actor, plays a bull, who is pretending to be a female cow. Simple.

Tom Robertson plays Jack, seen holding one of his magic beans.

To see more images double click on the thumbnail (and then double click again to see an even larger image). Included are pictures of Natalie Best, who is great as Jill, Jack's love interest, and puppet snails, operated by the very talented Max Humphries.

The show has received a lot of press coverage and my photos have been in plenty of publications including Time Out and the Financial Times.

Jack in the Beanstalk is running until the 9th January, and I would definitely recommend it if you are after an energetic, fun, big family afternoon out.