She’s Behind You<br /><br />Traverse Theatre, various times, until 24 August<br /><br />What we said: “With handfuls of glitter, music, callbacks and wordplay-based gags, what starts off feeling like pure panto is actually a panto-about-panto, in particular its ability to capture and, at its best, critique the ever-changing politics, attitudes and topics of its time. From playing “sexless” Silly Billys to becoming a dame at the ancient age of 26 to a playwright determined to do things differently, Johnny McKnight is open about having written lines in the “toxic 2000s” that he wouldn’t now... With 18 dames behind him, it’s a reminder that we’re all made up of past versions of ourselves, their successes and flaws, but also the power of shows (and reviews) to reflect, amplify and shape reality and turn it into whatever we want it to be.”
