Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper! cast announced

Full casting has been announced for Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper! coming to Charing Cross Theatre this November.

Billed as a profoundly silly and staggeringly naughty adult pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper! will star Keanu Adolphus Johnson as the poor, gay and very horny Jack Trott, alongside the previously announced Matthew Baldwin as Dame Dolly Trott, Chris Lane as Dale the friendly fairy, and Jordan Stamatiadis as lascivious evil landowner Lady Fleshcree.

Completing the cast are Laura Anna-Mead (Simple Simone), Joe Grundy (Reverend Tim), Laura Buhagiar, Caitlin Swanton and Fin Walton.

With outrageous songs, fabulous designs, glittering choreography and more innuendos than you can swallow, Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper!, by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper, promises to be London’s wildest pantomime, and an unforgettably queer night out. Expect all the fun of traditional panto – just not for all the family!

The show is written by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper with songs by Bradfield, and directed by Andrew Beckett. Sets are by David Shields, who won Best Set Design at this year’s national Panto Awards for his spectacular Snow White at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, and whose recent work includes Heathers (West End, The Other Palace and tour), Rose (Hope Mill, Park Theatre and West End) and The Fabulist and Pippin (Charing Cross).

Baldwin, Beckett, Bradfield, Hooper and Shields were behind the string of acclaimed gay pantomimes at the now-closed Above The Stag Theatre. Bradfield says, “Working with this lovely, funny family of collaborators is the privilege of my life, as is knowing that our shows have become an unmissable annual festive tradition for many people. We started working together in the smallest of theatres and last year it was a thrill to discover there’s a bigger audience out there for our brand of big-hearted, sophisticated smut.”

Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper! will play the Charing Cross Theatre from 23 November 2024 to 11 January 2025.

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