Pantomime dame Johnny McKnight has sounded the alarm about the future of the classic theatre shows, which he said need to stop being 'stuck in the past' Jane McDonald bows after a pantomime performance of Robin Hood at The London Palladium (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)

A pantomime dame fears the classic theatre shows will die out unless they move with the times. Johnny McKnight has written 50 theatre productions as well as starring as a dame in 18 different shows. ‌

He fears the classic genre is at risk unless it brings itself “into the modern world” and stops being “stuck in the past”. ‌

Johnny’s award-winning Edinburgh Festival show She’s Behind You has taken the event by storm. It details the panto genre’s marginalisation of women and is based on a lecture he gave a

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