Last chance to catch Athlone's 'Jack and the Beanstalk' panto

The annual Athlone panto, which got underway in the Dean Crowe Theatre last week, will be drawing to a close with a final run of performances this weekend.

The production of Jack and the Beanstalk is being performed this evening (Friday, January 16) at 7.30pm.

There will then be a 2pm matinee tomorrow (January 17), followed by the final two evening performances at 7.30pm on Saturday and on Sunday.

Tickets for the shows are available online from the Dean Crowe Theatre website.

This year's panto features fun and frolics galore, as Dame Daisy (aka Dean Crowe Theatre manager John McGlynn) dons her massive wig, lashings of lipstick and her huge dress to join a massive cast made up of over 100 local adults and children for a side-splitting evening of entertainment for everyone aged from one to 100!

John McGlynn, who is no stranger to the stage nor indeed to the weird and wonderful world of panto, said Jack and the Beanstalk is full of "madness, pure hilarity and good old-fashioned fun" and is the ideal antidote to banish those post-Christmas blues.

The director/choreographer of this year's panto is the hugely-accomplished Kori Kilduff, and the cast is made up of 16 principals, all of whom are no strangers to the world of theatre and musicals, as well as an army of children and young adults from local schools around the Athlone area.