A painted storybook backdrop, including a beanstalk on the right and a cross-beamed house on the left. In the foreground are three actors. A "panto dame" (older man in drag) kneels left, and a younger woman holding a sex toy kneels right. In the center is Jack in shorts, boots, a sleeveless top with suspenders, and a cap. He appears to be doing some kind of dance.

I try not to lose myself in hyperbole, but I’m guessing Tom Whalley’s Jack Off the Beanstalk (a bawdy take on the classic British “panto”) is the only play this […]

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