Jack and the Magic Beanstalk
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Forget the celebrity names and big budget pantos, this is a slice of magic this Christmas” West End Best Friend
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Fun, colourful, bright and joyful” Fairypowered
Fee-fi-fo-fum!
Jack loves his Mum, and his Mum loves Jack. Jack also loves his grub and dreams of food. The extremely greedy Giant loves food too, but doesn’t leave enough for all to share. Join Jack on his fantastical, festive adventure of magical beans, golden harps and towering beanstalks, as he climbs to the land above the clouds to teach the Giant a jolly good lesson.
Everybody should see this show, it’s heartwarming and fun for all the family” Entertainment Views
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Birmingham Rep looks forward to inviting children aged 3 to 6 years old (and their grown-ups) for a very special theatrical fairy tale for young audiences.
The Rep has not let us down this year with its Christmas offerings… one of the best pre- school age shows I have ever seen” Behind the Arras
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The perfect show to introduce youngsters to the magical world of theatre.” I Am Birmingham
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*Free pre-show workshop on selected performances:
Children are invited to take part in an immersive, 30-minute experience of Jack and The Magic Beanstalk before watching the story come to life on stage.
Written By
Katherine Chandler
Directed By
Caroline Wilkes
Running time
1 hour
Content Advice
The performance contains flashing lights. These occur halfway through the performance, during a ‘thunderstorm’ and towards the end of the show as Jack climbs down the beanstalk.
Flickering lights are also used throughout the performance.
Artwork Illustrated By
Maxene Brown
Age Guidance
3 – 6
Tickets
from £8
Access
All performances of Jack and the Magic Beanstalk also feature some integrated Makaton signing.
Access Pack
Groups & Family Discounts
Groups of 10+ will get 10% off the ticket price.
Groups of 20+ will get 15% off the ticket price.
Groups of 50+ will get 20% off the ticket price.
To book, please call our box office team directly on 0121 236 4455.
Fees & Charges
Please note there is a transaction fee of £2.50 on all payment types. Please click here for more information.
Cast
Sam Butters
Sam Butters trained at Arts Educational Schools, London.
His credits include Cleopatra & Caesar (The Globe); Boys Who F*** & Cry (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); Pink Spaceship (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); Sent To Cov (Sky Arts); In My Skin (Midlands Arts Centre); and Doctors (BBC).
Nataylia Roni
Nataylia Roni is grateful to be playing Mum in Jack & the Magic Beanstalk at The Rep this holiday season.
She recently performed in a live play reading at Leicester Curve Theatre and Stardust at Coventry Belgrade Theatre. Past children’s and family show credits include Fairy Godmother at Liverpool Empire Theatre, Fairy Godmother at Kidderminster Town Hall, Nat in Bafta Award-Winning BBC CBeebies programme Boogie Beebies, Nala in Disney’s The Lion King West End show, Why Bird in Playdays and Bisto and Virgin Media Commercials playing a mum.
Other projects include Host/MC for Commonwealth Youth Awards in London, Sky/Amazon/RNT/R&D’s/Regional & Uk No 1 tours. Facilitator and curator of performing arts workshops at MAC.
Nataylia was long-listed for the evening standards stories competition. Please view: www.nataylia.com for more info on: One Woman Play, EP & children’s book: www.nataylia.com
Instagram/Twitter: @iamnataylia
Dominic Rye
Dominic Rye earned a BA in Acting from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre includes: Catch That Beast! (Bucket Club), The Passion (Gatton Park Theatre), Treasure Island, The Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland (Derby Theatre), Siobhan Basset’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford); Sleep No More (Punchdrunk, Shanghai); Treasure Island (Leicester Haymarket); Grimm’s Fairytales, Alice in Wonderland (Guildford Shakespeare Company); The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and Swallows & Amazons (Grosvenor Park Outdoor Theatre); Swallows & Amazons (Chester Storyhouse); Plots and The Bow Maker (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Virgin and the Gypsy (New Wolsey, Ipswich); Wind in the Willows (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff); Carmen the Gypsy (Cambridge Junction and National Theatre Studios); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Oxford Shakespeare Company); Treasure Island (Birmingham Old Rep); Fallen Angels and Yes, Prime Minister! (Frinton Summer Theatre)
Radio includes: The Antiquary and Reserve Rope (BBC Radio 4)
Rehearsed readings include: Perkin Warbeck (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
Creative Team
Writer
Katherine Chandler
Katherine Chandler
Katherine is an award-winning Welsh writer working extensively in theatre, film, radio and television.
Twice a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn prize with her plays ‘Before it Rains’ and ‘Parallel Lines’. Katherine was awarded the judges prize in the Bruntwood prize for playwriting for her play ‘Bird’. Bird was coproduced by Manchester Royal Exchange and Sherman Theatre and received critical acclaim.
Her play ‘Lose Yourself’ was described by The Guardian as a ‘devastating night out’.
Katherine was the inaugural winner of the BBC and National Theatre Wales, Wales Drama Award and has worked a number of times with both companies. BBC iPlayer released Katherine’s first film ‘Tag’, in the drama launch of BBC3/BBC iPlayer. She has worked with BBC drama on both EastEnders and Casualty and was a series writer on the award winning BBC 4 radio drama ‘Tracks’.
Katherine has adapted a number of works for children including The Silly Kings, Princess and the Pea and The Ugly Duckling.
Currently Katherine is working with companies such as The Royal National Theatre, National Theatre Wales, Clean Break, Birmingham Rep and Theatr Clwyd.
Director
Caroline Wilkes
Caroline Wilkes
Set and Costume Designer
Deborah Mingham
Deborah Mingham
LX Designer
Sam Waddington
Sam Waddington
Composer
Reisz Amos
Reisz Amos
Assistant Director
Janeel Brown
Janeel Brown
Production Manager
John Rowland
John Rowland
Stage Management
Company Stage Manager
Cosmo Cooper
Cosmo Cooper
Understudy Assistant Stage Manager
Charlotte Dodd
Charlotte Dodd
Generously supported by The Sir Barry Jackson trust
With thanks to Kings Heath Angling for their support.
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