Perth Theatre has sown the seeds for another season of fee-fi-fo-fun and laughter with the announcement of 2022 panto Jack and the Beanstalk.
Tickets to the family festive favourite to be staged in Perth went on sale on Monday, April 18.
A five-week run opens on Friday, November 25.
Jack and the Beanstalk will star leading dame, Barrie Hunter, who also writes and directs the show.
Barrie Hunter said: “I am absolutely delighted to be back in Perth Theatre at panto time again this year, and I think it’s going to be a cracker.
“Jack and the Beanstalk was my first Perth panto way back in 2011, so it’s a special story for me to be part of again.
“There will be all the usual panto stuff-great songs and dances, terrible jokes, high jinx, adventures and laughter.”
Mum-of-two, Lettie Lou (and her Petting Zoo) live in the shadow of Beinn Mucklemichty, the only unclimbable mountain in the land of Middle Perth. Her daughter, Jack, a renowned mountaineer, is back home after years of climbing success, but is currently working at the zoo with her wee brother Jock.
But they’re down to their last animal with just Maggie Moo the Highland Coo left. All the other beasts have mysteriously disappeared one by one.
The n the fabled Giant, reputed to live atop the Beinn, has been very noisy of late, shouting really terrible rhymes from on high, and quite possibly eating his way through the zoo’s inhabitants.
One more strange thing is the Beinn, for the first time in living memory, is snow-free.
There’s terror in the village, and apparently on the slopes too, as a group of vulnerable Mountain Hares have arrived to seek refuge.
Other noteworthy characters include Jill the village vet, a strange woman looking down through her telescope and a mysterious Fruit and Veg man.
With tickets expected to sell fast, Perth Theatre is urging all panto lovers to book quickly online at www.horsecross.co.uk, or in person at Perth Theatre Box Office and on 01738 621031.
