Dawn French in Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Palladium
(Picture: Paul Coltas)Fee fi fo fum, I smell an uproariously cheesy pantomime that will brighten up London for the next five weeks. Director Michael Harrison is the man behind another festive Palladium production packed with star names of a certain vintage and punchlines with a similarly antique tinge.
Panto regular Julian Clary dominates every scene he pops up in, as various incarnations of the Spirit of the Beans. The veteran comedian boasts a withering, waspish put down for every occasion and showstopping costumes designed by Hugh Durrant, although an open goal was missed not including a World Cup gag when Clary pitched up as a Napoleonic French bean.
