In two sessions at the Stables on Market Street on Wednesday April 23, from 3pm to 4pm or from 4pm to 5pm, anyone aged eight and over is invited to help make a long leafy beanstalk to be part of this year’s giant sized pantomime.

Everyone who is part of the workshop will then be able to see their beanstalk in the Town Hall Theatre when Jack and the Beanstalk takes the stage - it may even be seen on stage during the magical beanstalk growing scene.

It will also be a chance to meet some of the pantomime stars who will be seen in the production in the second half of May.

Using nothing but glue, green paper and old newspaper, the beanstalk workshop aims to make the longest beanstalk ever seen on an Australian stage.

Unlike the pantomime’s hero, Jack, beanstalk-makers at the workshop don’t need to worry about the humongous giant or his terrifying goblin army, but they are likely to get glue on themselves, so everyone is encouraged to wear old clothes.

The beanstalk making workshop is free but participants must pre-book by calling Lydia Smith on 6372 3592 or 0458 017 527.

Jack and the Beanstalk is the follow-up to last year’s Aladdin pantomime, which sold out every session and even had extra seats added on the second weekend to satisfy demand.

This year’s pantomime is expected to be bigger than ever, in the most literal sense, with a monstrous giant stomping on stage to take on Jack and his friends in the village.

Rehearsals are well underway for a show that will be full of singing, dancing, tumbles, a pantomime cow, a dame, laughter, tears and adventure.