JACK AND THE BEANSTALK:
A MUSICAL COMEDY PANTOMIME - 2024 Encore

Adapted and Directed by Wesley J. Colford
Music Directed by Chris Tsujiuchi
Choreography by Sarah Prosper**

New Musical Comedy with GIANT laughs for the kids (and especially the adults): Jack and the Beanstalk.

Join us for this Fractured Fairy Tale from the creator of "Dream", "Disco Nights", and "Return of the CBLA". Featuring an all-star cast of local performers singing and dancing to an array of of your favourite songs from across the decades! See the story of Jack and the Giant like you've never seen it - with all the Pantomime traditions you'll love like audience shout outs, booing the baddies, and more puns than you can shake a stalk at! Don't miss the SMASH HIT of the 2023 holiday season with plenty of laughs for the whole family.

HERE’S WHAT PATRONS ARE SAYING:

"Don’t hesitate! Just go see this! Guaranteed to make you smile….and laugh out loud!" -CM

"This show was so much fun and if you have kids in Sydney they will lose their minds!!!!" -ML

"OMG! That show was everything. We LOVED LOVED LOVED it from start to finish. Something for all generations in there. " -AM

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TRAILERs

CAST & CREW

Kateri Gouthro (she/her) - JACK

Favourite HAT Credits:
Jack & the Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy pantomime (Jack), All I Want For Christmas (Ginger), A Christmas Carol, Frozen JR (Young Elsa), Seussical the Musical (Jo Jo)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Annie (HAT/Savoy), Matilda (HAT/Savoy)
Other:
I'm so excited to be back at the HAT doing what I love with the most amazing cast and crew! A big thanks to Wesley and all they do!
Veglia Hogan (she/her) - JILL

Favourite HAT Credits:
Wizard of Oz JR (The Scarecrow/Hunk), Jack & the Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime (Jill), Confidential Musical Theatre Project #16 (Concorde/Ensemble in Spamalot), Mary Poppins JR (John Northbrook), Overdue (Addison)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Controlled Damage (Boardmore Theatre), Camp of Rock (Kostume Kapers)
Training:
HAT Academy
Mark Delaney (they/them) – DAME BELLA

Favourite HAT Credits:
Billy Bishop Goes to War (Billy), Glace Bay Miners Museum (Neil Currie), As You Like It (Jackson), Funny Girl (Florence Ziegfield)
Previous Credits Elsewhere:
Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere, the Savoy Theatre)
Training:
Concordia University
Robyn Lee Seale (she/her) - GOODFRINDLE THE GOOD FAIRY

Favourite Previous HAT Credits:
Jack & the Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime (Goodfrindle the Good Fairy), The Penelopiad (Penelope), Disco Nights (Maria), Comedy of Errors (Adriana), The Proleteriat (Preacher), Bunny (Maggie), Overdue (Emmaline)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Grease (Savoy Theatre), Animal Farm: The Musical (Neptune Theatre), The Melville Boys (Chester Playhouse)
Other:
Robyn Lee believes in representation and is happy to support full figured fairies everywhere.
Sabrina Ashford (she/her) – CREEPELLA THE BAD FAIRY

Favourite HAT Credits:
Pride & Prejudice (Elizabeth Bennet), Cabaret (Fraulein Kost), Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Syracuse), All Together Now, Tell Your Story
Previous Credits Elsewhere:
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (Theatre Baddeck)
Other:
Sabrina is honoured to be joining such a wonderful cast and crew, what a dream come true!
Robbie Simms (he/him) - THE GIANT

Favourite HAT Credits:
As You Like It (Duke & Fred Senior) Jack and the Beanstalk (Glen the Giant) Little Shop of Horrors (Voice of Audrey II) 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (The Comfort Counselor)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
The Rocky Horror Show (Savoy Theatre) Grease (Savoy Theatre)
Hannah MacIntosh (she/her) - MINDY/MIKLY WHITE/SWING

Favourite HAT Credits:
Disco Nights, As You Like It, Into The Woods (Little Red Riding Hood), and Best of Broadway.
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
The Nutcracker, Beauty and The Beast (The Savoy)
Other:
Hannah is so excited to be a part of this amazing production!
Geoffrey Lee-Dadswell (he/him) – ALBERT/MILKY WHITE/SWING

Favourite HAT Credits:
Jack & the Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime (Albert/ Milky White/Swing), Disco Nights (DJ Feste), See Jane Run (Dung Beetle)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Nutcracker (National Ballet of Canada while a student at National Ballet School), Nutcracker (Savoy Theatre)
Training:
Dance training at the National Ballet School and many other places.
Other:
I'm always eager to get on stage! In my day job I am a physics professor at CBU, which does give me lots of opportunities to "perform", but in a rather different sense.
Iryna Noiabrodska (she/her) – FINN/HEAD GHOST/SWING

Favourite HAT Credits:
Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime
Training:
Kyiv’s National University of Arts and Culture
Other:
I am so happy and exited to become a part of HAT crew! Looking forward to make art together!
Kiera Evely (she/her) – SARGE/KING OF DREAMLAND/SWING

Favourite HAT Credits:
Jack and the Beanstalk (The King), Cabaret (Helga), Tribute to the Rotary Show (Ensemble)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Matilda, Mamma Mia (Savoy/HAT)
Training:
Dancing with D&R Dance since 3 years old, in all styles of dance!
Maverick McDougall (he/him) – PUPPETEER, PUPPET MAKER, & PROP DESIGNER

Favourite HAT Credits:
Frozen Jr. (Kristoff), Seussical the Musical (Wickersham Brother), Into the Woods (Jack), A Christmas Carol (Fred), The Sea Shanty Show (Cabin Boy)
Previous Credits Elsewhere:
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (Riverview Highschool), The Outsiders (The Boardmore Playhouse)
Other:
After spending the past few years performing in a variety of shows around Cape Breton, I’m very happy to come back to the theatre where my love for the stage was born!
Wesley J. Colford (they/them) - ADAPTER & DIRECTOR

Favourite HAT Credits:
The Wakowski Brothers, A Christmas Carol, Heart of Steel, Dream, Disco Nights, She Loves Me, The Drowsy Chaperone, Jack & The Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime (Director)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Anie, Matilda the Musical (The Savoy Theatre)
Training:
Sheridan College Musical Theatre Performance, George Brown Theatre School
Chris Tsujiuchi (he/they) - MUSIC DIRECTOR

Favourite HAT Credits:
Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime (Music Director)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Mamma Mia (HAT/Savoy Theatre), Escape to Margaritaville (Theatre Calgary), Alice in Wonderland (Manitoba Theatre for Young People / Bad Hats Theatre), Into the Woods (Talk is Free Theatre), Parade (Toronto Musical Concerts) The Last Five Years (YRG Productions), Onegin (Musical Stage Company / National Arts Centre / Arts Club Western Canada Tour)
Sarah (Sal) Prosper (ni'n/nekm) – CHOREOGRAPHER

Favourite HAT Credits:
Mimikej (Choreographer and Creator), Samqwan (Choreographer and Creator), Disco Nights (Performer)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Untawtiwow Kijinaqq (Mocean Dance), Beauty and the Beast (savoy), Jeremy Dutcher, Yoyo Ma & TSO Collaboration, and others.
Training:
CBSA, Banff Indigenous contemporary dance program, BSc Recreation Therapy, and life time of Unama'ki community dance training, and 6 years in the professional world of dance performance and creation.
Other:
Sarah Prosper is an award winning multidisciplinary movement Artist raised in Eskasoni Mi'kmaq First Nation.
Rachael Murphy (she/her) – STAGE MANAGER

Favourite HAT Credits:
Overdue (Director), Alice in Wonderland (Alice), See Jane Run (Olive), A Christmas Carol (Past), 15, Alice in Wonderland, Shrek JR (Director), She Loves Me, The Drowsy Chaperone, ‘Swonderful (Stage Manager)
Previous Credits Elsewhere:
As You Like It (Celia, my high school)
Training:
BA with Theatre Arts Certificate (Cape Breton University)
Other:
Rachael is also the Education Director of the HAT Academy
Kayla Cormier (she/her) – SET & COSTUME DESIGN

Favourite HAT Credits:
Cabaret (Costume), She Loves Me (Set), Little Shop of Horrors (Set), West Moon (Set), See Jane Run (Costume)
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Matilda The Musical (Costume Designer, Savoy Theatre); Pillowman (Set Designer, Boardmore Theatre); Hamlet (Scenic Painter, Boardmore Theatre)
Training:
Production Management (CBU
Ken Heaton (he/him) – LIGHTING DESIGNER

Favourite Previous HAT Credits:
My recent lighting designs include almost everything produced at the HAT since 2014.
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
Both Grease and Matilda (Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay)
Other:
It is great to be back at the HAT!
Jonathan Kanary (he/him) - SOUND

Favourite Previous HAT Credits:
Cheers to 10 Years, Jack & The Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime, The Sea Shanty Show, and many more..
Laura Stinson (she/they) – PUPPET MAKER

Favourite Previous HAT Credits:
Overdue, Jack & the Beanstalk: A Musical Comedy Pantomime
Favourite Credits Elsewhere:
A Gorgon's Tale (North Barn Theatre), The Hobbit (Festival Antigonish), Hänsel und Gretel in: der Garten von Edible Horrors (Villains Theatre), A Monster's Journey (It's Gonna be Great Theatre), Windfall in the Hollow (River Clyde Pageant)
Training:
Bread and Puppet Theatre (Glover, US), Compagnie Coatimundi (Chateaurenard, France), Compagnie Arketal (Cannes, France)