Jack lives in a small village with his Ma. They are very poor and hungry but when they look in the kitchen cupboards they can only find mouldy cheese, a rotten apple core and a pair of smelly socks.

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 ...

Rehearsals for Aberdyfi Player's 2025 panto 'Jack and The Beanstalk' are well underway with live performances starting at the end of January, writes Doris O’Keefe.