Jack & The Beanstalk
A sample of the Poster up there.
In Grand Rapids Michigan I was Lucky Enough to Team up with The Wealthy Theatre & grabbed the opportunity to produce the Cities first Anglo Panto.
I had just Finished Playing Uncle Max in The Sound Of Music at The Civic Theatre there and had met some some Very Enthusiastic Local Talent.
So in 2008 we started production.
My idea was Penned by Jeff Duncan and an Original Score was created By Jon Lee.
The local Media were fantastic and as an Englishman I was shocked at how much support I got, as in the UK you have to open an vein to get a paragraph in the local rag or sleep with the editors cousin.
Bad Charles, should not have typed that.
As the Theatre had 400 seats a large cast was not an option, So we used puppets for the Cloud-land scenes. For those from the UK reading that remember Sooty & Sweep you do not need this Link which shows a clip of Harry Corbett with his puppets Sooty & Sweep. That will give you a general idea of the style.
Below is a photo of the one puppets rehearsing, with The Jon Lee
The stage was small, so rather than have set fill Loads of it, we back projected the scenery, leaving plenty of space to perform in, Below you will find dame trots House which was painted By Steven Waulkazoo
The Beanstalk was the next issue, hurrah we came up with the idea of a cartoon beanstalk, Steve got busy with Jon and a great visual and musical effect was created.
The great people of Grand Rapids came to see us in droves, even though the snow was pouring down. If I had not come back to the UK in 2009 then I would have done Another. I will be going back to produce Again at some point.
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