Look Behind You

Welcome to the cross-dressing, thigh-slapping, wise-cracking world of pantomime, where monkeys talk, dreams come true and people are hit but never hurt. Now look behind the scenes . . . at the bad-mouthing, two-timing, pill-popping pressure cooker that is backstage reality. Christmas – a time for peace, goodwill and happy-ever-after? Oh, no, it isn’t! Look Behind You follows the ups, and largely downs, of a theatre company staging Dick Whittington in a godforsaken seaside town. The Britannia Theatre is falling down. There’s no money, no support, no hope. This is the end of the pier, and the road. A metaphor for the state of our nation, Look Behind You is also, more merrily, a uniquely hilarious antidote to the usual seasonal slush, revealing the grit and graft behind the glitz and glitter. So seize the dame! Sneak under the curtain and steam open this poisoned love letter to the bitchiest, barmiest, bravest business of them all!