Bristol Old Vic's gender-swap panto: a riotous but subtle Sleeping Beauty | Zoe Williams
Director Sally Cookson says she loved the idea of a generous and sweet prince in the title role " but Zoe Williams' daughter would have preferred a princessThe Bristol Old Vic's dazzling production of Sleeping Beauty " the first panto I've cried at since I accidentally went to Cinderella with a crucifying hangover - opens with a man, also crying. He cries and cries. Servants come and wring out his hankie. He could ta…