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Jack and the Beanstalk

JACK & THE BEANSTALK

THIS IS THE THIRD PANTOMIME

THAT THE C.Y.M.S. HAS PUT ON,

IN THE HALL.

THIS SHOW WAS THE BEST BY FAR.

IT IS ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT TO

SINGLE ONE PERSON FROM A GROUP

BUT ON THIS OCCASION IT NEEDS TO BE

DONE.

A LOT OF VERY HARD WORK WAS PUT

INTO ORGANISING THIS PANTO, A LOT

OF RUNNING AROUND WAS DONE MAKING

SURE THAT  EVERY THING WAS IN

PLACE AND EVERY PERSON WAS TOLD

WHAT WAS NEEDED FROM HIM OR

HER.POSTERS WERE ORGANISED

AND HAD TO BE PUT UP AROUND

THE TOWN.COSTUMES HAD TO BE

HIRED AND FITTED.BRIAN BRADY

HAD TO BE GIVEN ALL THE PRACTICE

TIME IN THE HALL HE NEEDED.

AUDITIONS HAD TO BE ARRANGED

AND VOLUNTEERS HAD TO BE FOUND.

THE C.Y.M.S. COMMITTEE WERE THERE

WHEN NEEDED.BUT ALL THE WEIGHT

OF EVERYTHING WAS PUT ON

THE SHOLDERS OF ONE PERSON,

ESTHER BRADY.

WITHOUT HER NO SHOW WOULD

HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU ESTHER AND TO

ALL THE OTHERS WHO MADE

THE SHOWS SUCH A SUCCESS.


THE CAST

Narrator Mary Boyle
Jack Colin Murray
Buttercup the cow Aisling Murray
Baron Grabitall Ali McCann & Ciara Pender
(From Kildare Village) The Henchman
 
Robin Flanagan
Dim & Dum Claire Crofton & Laura Byrne
Princess Lisa Hendy & Nicola McGarr
The Harp Collenn Daly
Tumbletop Liam O'Keefe
Dottie Denise Goodwin
Guards Shannon Purcell & Lindy Heffernan

 DIRECTED BY BRIAN BRADY

PRODUCED BY ESTHER BRADY

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BRIAN BRADY

BRIAN IS A GRADUATE OF UCC AND HOLDS

A B.A DEGREE IN MUSIC. BRIAN IS A PAST

MEMBER OF THE ARMY SCHOOL OF

MUSIC WHERE HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION

FOR OVER 24 YEARS.

HE TOOK PART IN MANY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS,

SUCH AS PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS

STATE VISITS, OF VARIOUS DIPLOMATS

AND LOTS OF MILATARY ,CIVIC

AND GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS

SPANNING TWO DECADES.

THE KILDARE YOUTH THEATRE IS

A PROJECT BRIAN SET UP MANY

YEARS AGO, AND IT HAS GROWN FROM

STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. HE HAS

VARIOUS WORKSHOPS RUNNING

IN KILCULLEN, NEWBRIDGE,

KILDARE, RATHANGAN AND 

MOUNTMELLICK.

HE HAS PRODUCED VARIOUS MUSICALS,

AND HE HAS DEVOLOPED A GREAT

MUSIC AWARENESS IN ALL

HIS PUPILS.

FOR FURTHER  DETAILS ABOUT

ANY OF HIS WORKSHOPS

CONTACT BRIAN DIRECT ON

0872222169.

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LIAM O'KEEFFE.

LIAM O'KEEFFE MADE KILDARE

HIS HOME NEARLY 40 YEARS

and now he is truly considered

as one of our own.

LIAM IS NO STRANGER

TO THE STAGE.

HE HAS PLAYED MANY LEADING

ROLES WITH MONASTEREVIN MUSICAL

SOCIETY "VIVA MEXICO" AND "THE KING AND I"

AS WELL AS VARIOUS SUPERSHOWS.

A MEMBER OF KILCULLEN

VARIETY GROUP IN THE JOHN

PLAYER TOPS HE WON SEVERAL

ACCOLADES FOR HIS PORTRAYEL

OF "THE STATUE".

FORMER EARL OF KILDARE

AND KILDARE PERSON OF THE YEAR

IN 2005.WHILE COMEDY IS HIS FORTE

HE HAS BEEN MASTER OF CEREMONIES

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND

SURE TO HAVE YOU LAUGHING

IN THE AISLES WHATEVER SHOW

HE IS INVOLVED IN.

CONGRATULATIONS LIAM

YOU  MAKE A SHOW COME TO LITE.