We sent a French critic to three shows full of cross-dressing dames and adults playing cows. Standing in the audience of the Southwark Playhouse’s Potted Panto, I am in Cinderella’s carriage, waving imaginary reins furiously with two dozen strangers. Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Oblivious to its own absurdity’ … Potted Panto. While Sleeping Beauty was mostly free of them, Potted Panto and Aladdin leaned into them, often cleverly. Potted Panto’s duo even went hilariously off-script when a child suggested that Prince Charming die “farting on people’s faces”.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2019 06:00 UTC