Collins Musicals - Roald Dahl's Jack and the Beanstalk (Complete Performance Pack: Book + Enhanced CD): A gigantically amusing m

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Roald Dahl's irreverant Revolting Rhymes have an enduring appeal, and now for the first time, children can enjoy the fun of performing two of them as musicals. In Jack and the beanstalk, Jack and the friendly farm animals defy the Giant's phenomenal sniffing powers and Jack's mother's murderous way with a vacuum cleaner to come out triumphantly rich - and squeaky clean. The Dahl script, the instantly enjoyable new songs, and clever staging ideas are all wrapped up in one accessible and affordable pack - complete with a performance/backing tracks CD and excerpts from the orchestral adaptation by Georg Pelecis.

Matthew White is a theatre director and actor with wide-ranging experience of staging musicals. He was Associate Director for The National Theatre production of Carousel, and is guest director at Mountview Theatre School, The Royal Academy of Music and the London School of Musical Threatre. Ana Sanderson is a song-writer, composer, children's editor and musical director. Musicals she has directed include 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Grease', 'Cabaret' and 'Nunsense'. She has composed incidental music for productions, including 'Two gentlemen of Verona', 'Yellow Wallpaper', and a short film 'Drip Drop'. As a music editor at A & C Black, she worked on several well-respected publications, including 'Three rapping rats' (winner of the Junior Music TES award 1999), 'Banana Splits', and 'Singing and the actor'. She believes that children should have opportunities for musical fun!