The project was being developed as an updated take on the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale, in which Jack befriends a female giant. But according to the studio, creative walls were being hit.

When he goes over to the window Jack sees an enormous plant, reaching up into the sky - the beanstalk! Jack is delighted that the old man really had been telling the truth after all - and now Jack ...

Jack sprints for the door - aided by the Giant's wife - and begins climbing down the beanstalk, pursued by the Giant. At the bottom Jack's Ma is waiting with an axe which she gives to Jack and he ...

A dwarf in the castle alerted the sleeping Giant of Jack’s thievery. The Giant chased Jack as he ran back to the beanstalk three miles away from the castle. Jack successfully escaped and returned ...

This year, the Lyric Hammersmith's offering is a re-imagining of Jack and the Beanstalk. Directed by Nicholai La Barrie, this production emulates the joy of waving a sparkler around the bonfire as ...