Gala
shakes things up for pantomime cow
Jack
and the Beanstalk
Durham Gala
Thursday 24th November
2016 - Saturday
7th January 2017
Visitors
to a Durham City milkshake parlour were
left in udder disbelief when their shakes and ice creams were served up by a
friendly pantomime cow!
Milkshake
the Cow, one of the stars of Gala Theatre’s upcoming pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, popped into
Split & Glory Ice Cream Parlour and Milkshake Bar to lend a hand.
And
not content with just meeting the customers, Milkshake got behind the counter
to help serve up too!
But
Milkshake will be back to the day job on the Gala Theatre stage when Jack and the Beanstalk opens on Thursday
24 November and runs until Saturday 7 January.
As
the cow of the Trotts - Jack, Silly Simon and Dame Trott
- Milkshake gets caught up in the now infamously bad trade, where he is
exchanged for some ‘magic’ beans.
But
there ends the traditional tale and in true panto fashion, the story takes a
number of twists and turns, including asking audiences to check their tickets
in order to discover the fate of the friendly cow.
Director
Neil Armstrong said: “Everybody loves a pantomime animal and Milkshake is a
really friendly looking cow that we’re sure the audience will love. We’ve got
him doing all sorts of fun bits throughout the show, but we couldn’t resist the
temptation to get him out to his namesake bar at Split & Glory to meet the
public. There were some pretty shocked faces when he came in but everyone loves
him too, especially the kids, so it was great fun.”
Jack and the Beanstalk is the Gala Theatre’s fastest-selling
pantomime and is on course to become the Durham City venue’s best-selling
show of all time with over 28,000 tickets already sold.
Tickets:
Tickets
priced from just £10 can be purchased from the Gala Box Office in person, by
calling 03000 266 600, or online at www.galadurham.co.uk
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