Bruce Mason Centre: Jack and the Beanstalk – Auckland Fringe Festival

Featuring no ordinary Jack and no ordinary beanstalk, this madcap family show brings a giant ant, a crazy chase, the Sky Tower, an alien invasion and a lovesick villain into the fairytale fold for an outlandish and joyous theatrical trip. What’s not to split your sides at?

See Jack climb the beanstalk! See Jill come tumbling down! See Jack get told off by his mum! Hailed by the entire parliament as a literary masterpiece, this outrageous all-singing, all-dancing show will thrill you with its spills, stun you with its things that stun people and amaze you with its amazingness.

Featuring Maureen the Cow, Grand Poobah Thespian Michael Hurst as Jack’s mad mum, and a cast that’s full of beans, Jack and the Beanstalk is an all-in, off-the-wall adventure, a no-holds-barred theatrical delight that will have kids, mums, dads and cousin Janine from Taihape on the edge of their slapstick seats.

Watch a love of theatre sprout in your children overnight. Climb on and join the fairytale adventure now!

For more information and to book, please visit the Bruce Mason Centre website, here.

 
Encore Theatre Collective is proud to present a dazzling new production of Seussical The Musical, based on the immortal works of Dr Seuss. Seussical brings to life many infamous and well-loved Dr Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie La Bird and, of course, the Cat in the Hat. These characters and stories weave together in a whimsical and wacky musical extravaganza, played out against an uplifting score, and highlighting the show’s universal messages of love and acceptance – reminding us all that “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”

Since launching in 2019, Encore Theatre Collective has made an incredible mark on the Auckland theatre scene and redefined the standard of youth theatre in New Zealand. Hot on the heels of their sold-out season of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the June season of Seussical features 120 of the country’s finest young talent, ranging in age from 9-23.

With spectacular choreography, unbelievable production design, and slick vocals, Encore Theatre Collective’s Seussical The Musical is the theatrical offering of 2021 that you will not want to miss!