Jack and the Beanstalk
- Hackney Empire
- 4.7/5 based on 38 reviews
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- Booking details
- Booking from: Saturday, 21 November 2026 Booking until: Thursday, 31 December 2026
- Age restrictions
Jack and the Beanstalk description
About the Show
Jack Trot is sent to market to sell the family cow and comes back with a handful of beans. Overnight they grow into a beanstalk reaching above the clouds, and at the top live a giant and his henchman Stephen Fleshcreep, who has his eye on Hackney. Jack climbs, and what he brings back decides whether the Trots keep their home.
Pantomime is the Hackney Empire's best-known annual tradition. This production opens on Saturday 21 November 2026 and carries the theatre through its 125th anniversary in December. Clive Rowe has played Dames here for more than 25 years and was nominated as Best Director at the UK Pantomime Awards for the theatre's Cinderella. Tickets start at £12.
Cast and Creatives
Clive Rowe directs. The script is by Will Brenton, with original music and songs by Steven Edis and Wendy Gadian as musical director, arranger, orchestrator and supervisor. Cleo Pettitt designs set and costumes, Mike Ward choreographs, Tim Mitchell is lighting designer and Richard Bell is sound designer.
Rowe also plays Dame Trot, having recently been seen in the West End in Hadestown. Kat B is Simple Simon Trot in his 21st pantomime at the theatre, Marina Lawrence-Mahrra plays Jack Trot, Summer Priest, from the UK and world tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, plays Jill, Louise Cielecki is Fairy Firethorn, Christopher Staines is Stephen Fleshcreep and Andre Antonio doubles as Harp and Timothy Trot.
Why You Should Watch It
Jack and the Beanstalk is a traditional family pantomime from the theatre best known for them, led by a director and Dame with 25 years of Hackney pantomime behind him. Book tickets to see it at the Hackney Empire.
