Jack and the Beanstalk Adults Only: Extra January 2026 Date Announced at King’s Head Theatre

By Grace Hatchell, Your Postie With The Mostie

Well, well. Looks like the beanstalk’s grown another rung

Word has fluttered straight into my satchel that King’s Head Theatre and James Quaife Productions have gone and added an extra Adults Only performance of Jack and the Beanstalk on 2 January 2026 — because when a panto sells out and drowns in five-star reviews, you don’t argue with fate. You pour another drink and book another night.

If you’re new to this particular brand of festive filth, allow me to enlighten you. The Adults Only version of Jack & the Beanstalk is the no-holds-barred, wink-wink, nudge-nudge sibling of the family show. It’s naughty, loud, gloriously unhinged, and frankly the perfect excuse for a “just one drink before” that somehow turns into four. Demand was so high last year they added extra adult performances… and history, dear reader, is repeating itself.

Each Adults Only show comes with a very special cherry on top: a guest star Magic Harp, popping up to belt out their own featured number while the rest of the cast looks on in equal parts admiration and mild fear. Leading the chaos, of course, is Victoria Scone, serving Dame Trott with all the sparkle, sass, and authority of someone who absolutely knows where the punchlines are buried. The Adults Only performances run across selected evenings from 27 November to 3 January — pick your poison wisely.

And for this extra-special added date, it’s only right that an extra-special guest makes a return. Ella Vaday, Queerties nominee and certified panto powerhouse, will be the only guest star performing twice this season. If you caught their brilliance last year as Peckham in Cinderella, you already know they doesn’t just enter a stage —they claim it.

This season’s guest list so far reads like a glitter-studded Christmas card:
Veronica Green, Kate Butch, Viola, Cassidy Janson, Francis Haugen, Steven Webb, Adèle Anderson, and drag king Don One — with more still to come, including Georgina Onuorah, Danielle Steers, Le Fil, and River Medway.

Behind the scenes, the panto magic is in very safe hands. Writer-director Andrew Pollard returns after last year’s five-star Cinderella, joined by composer Ben Barrow and choreographer Emily Golding-Ellis, with lighting by Alex Lewer, sound by Matthew Giles, and musical direction from Jordan Paul Clarke. If that sounds like a dream team, that’s because it is.

And because this is King’s Head, there’s heart beneath the glitter. Through the Golden Goose Pay-it-Forward scheme, the theatre continues to offer free or reduced tickets to families and schools from disadvantaged communities — making sure the magic of panto reaches well beyond the stalls.

Tickets are on sale now, starting from £10.
Family show tickets and Adults Only tickets are available via the King’s Head Theatre website — though if history tells us anything, I wouldn’t hang about.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got stars to sharpen and a satchel that’s positively humming

Adults Only Tickets

https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/24/by-andrew-pollard/jack-and-the-beanstalk-adults-only

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