Roald Dahl's Jack and the Beanstalk

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A Brilliant Production - Rated
I was lucky to have come across this excellent resource, and successfully produced it with 34 children! They enjoyed learning the lines and songs, and it was nice to find a musical that provides you with a CD with both accompaniment and without. The children still sing the songs today. I have just ordered the Snow white version to produce with this years Year 6, and am already looking forward to it. A must buy for any teacher of worker with children, it does all the work for you!!!

Fe Fi Fo Fun!! Jack &The Beanstalk The Musical - Rated
If you need to put on a musical production with an all male cast aged between 7 and 11 then this will take some beating. It is classic Dahl with contemporary music with intelligent lyrics and imaginative theatrical suggestions.
It is supplied with a full performance backing track on CD plus bags of extras on CD ROM to help fuel the dramatic content.
The children find the songs easy to remember and the melodies are so catchy you will hear them being whistled in the playground!
I loved the fact that the origianl revolting rhyme had only a couple of tweaks to make it fit as a musical. The essence is still very much Dahl.
My only (minor)criticism is that one or two of the orchestral suggestions for Daisy's Dance and the Climbing Bean were not jolly enough - but the kids put that to right with their own instrumental improvisations.
Fun to do and fun to teach - just get it!