Deborah Ross

Buttercup the cow was so convincing I felt quite moved: Jack and the Beanstalk reviewed

Peter Duncan's back-garden panto was intended for online release only but it’s also gone into cinemas because this is the world we now live in

Peter Duncan, in his fancy back garden, playing Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk

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