Simon Callow in a skirt...what a drag
By Patrick Marmion
Last updated at 7:58 PM on 18th August 2011
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After scaling the heights, playing Shakespeare in his acclaimed one-man show at last year's festival, this year Simon Callow descends into the depths in a lightweight drama where he stars as a transvestite who takes his dad shopping at Tesco on Tuesdays.
Callow is quite a sight. His billiard table legs project from sturdy heels and he wears his M&S skirt like a builder wears his trousers — cinched under his ample belly.
A blonde mop of a wig sits unhappily atop those proud features, and there is a smear of eyeshadow beneath his manly brow.