Dean in full flow. STICK ON a bra and it changes a man, says a man who should know. “People think playing the dame in panto is just a bit of a laugh, but they couldn’t be more wrong,” explains Dean Park, star of countless festive favourites across Scotland over the decades. “I’m deadly serious. Once you’ve fallen down the stairs in heels a couple of times, once you’ve tried to deliver your lines in those get-ups, you come to understand that.” He smiles: “Panto is a tightly-controlled, skilled performance. I feel incredibly lucky to have had the chance to experience it all.”