Alan McHugh on Stanley Baxter and Pantomine, Rob Reiner tribute, Jack and the Beanstalk at Dundee Rep.

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Actor and writer Alan McHugh pays tribute to Stanley Baxter, talking about the projects with Brian Beacon at Dundee Rep he has been working on regarding Stanley, and the influence he's had on his own career as a prolific panto writer and head panto writer for the biggest pantomime writing company in the UK. He talks about writing Sleeping Beauty at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock and his role this year in Cinderella as dame-in-residence in Aberdeen for more than two decades. And he talks about why pantomimes are so meaningful to him as a performer. Siobhan Synnot discusses the legacy of Rob Reiner following the deaths of the actor and film director and his wife, Michele, talking about his debut as director of Spinal Tap to his successes with When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand by Me and many more films. She talks about what made him unique as a director and how she believes he will be remembered. One half of award-winning musical writing duo Isaac Savage talks about being writer and musical director for the new Jack and the Beanstalk production at Dundee Rep, where Brian Cox voices the Giant and the story is narrated through the perspective of a Highland cow.