Professional quizzer and Chaser The Beast is set to terrify theatre-goers this Christmas as he takes to the stage as a panto baddie. Mark Labbett, who has been on the ITV gameshow The Chase since 2009, says he is looking forward to playing giant’s henchman Crookback in this year’s production of Jack and the Beanstalk at The Woodville in Gravesend – its “most dastardly villain yet.” He said: “I’ll be the one that’s towering above everybody else. “What you can expect is lots of fear and terror. If I haven’t got some children running and crying by the end of the performance I’m not doing my job p…
