JACK - Natalie Brandon - gets ready to dut down the beanstalk in the Academy thatre's production of Jack and the beanstalk.

The show, which is on at the the Birdwell theatre until Christmas Eve also features James Brandon as Simple Simon, Graham Weston as the broker's man, David De Roeck as Dame Trott, Vicky Louise as Jill, Chloe Bell as the fairy and Reece Andrews as Flesh Creep.