Review: Jack and the Beanstalk at Hope Street Theatre ****
Fe fi fo fum, something seasonally silly this way comes. There are tall stories, and then there’s Jack and the Beanstalk, the improbable yarn in which a simple (Scouse) lad climbs a runaway runner bean to do battle with a hungry giant in the clouds, all to save the girl he loves. Oh yes he does. This Just Entertainment production of the panto favourite may be low on the kind of glitz, gizmos and general razzmatazz on tap at larger venues, but while the set (a rudimentary fold