Christmas pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Wyvern Theatre, with Richie Anderson, Jamie Leahey and panto dame David Ashley, dazzling sets and audience participation.
Imagine Theatre brings Jack and the Beanstalk to the Wyvern Theatre this Christmas, with the run starting on Saturday 5 December 2026 and continuing through to Sunday 3 January 2027. It's a proper pantomime for the festive season, and Stagecoach Performing Arts is the official production sponsor.
It's the story you know: the Trott family are so poor they haven't a bean to their name, and a greedy giant is terrorising the village. Young Jack swaps their cow for a handful of magic beans and climbs up to the land of giants, where he steals a magic harp and a goose that lays golden eggs. From there, it's a chase involving the Giant, his mother, and the whole village. The production is built on the usual panto hallmarks: dazzling sets, show-stopping songs, lavish costumes, and plenty of audience participation, with the crowd encouraged to shout along throughout.
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On the cast, you've got Radio 2's Richie Anderson, Britain's Got Talent's Jamie Leahey, and Swindon panto dame David Ashley, with Mia Jae and Finlay McKillop. The show runs about 125 minutes, including a 20-minute interval, and is suitable for ages 3 and up. If you're taking a group with different needs, there are BSL-interpreted, audio-described, captioned, and relaxed performances available. The run opens with a 1:00 PM matinee on Saturday 5 December and goes on until the evening of Sunday 3 January.
