Panti: High Heels in Low Places

High Heels in Low Places is peek behind the lippy and the sequins of "The Queen of Ireland", Panti Bliss (better known to her/his mum as Rory O'Neill). As an all round national treasure in her native Ireland, Panti has plenty to talk about. But the show isn't stuffed full as anything as insignificant as celebrity gossip. Panti's been about for a few decades now and so has a fair few experiences to share – the HIV diagnosis back in the '90s before effective antiretrovirals were in use; a law suit brought about by calling out homophobia on Irish TV; and there's an audacious appearance on The Maury Show, the daytime TV show in the US.

Panti's is a level headed approach, sharing the wisdom learnt from those lived years: the responsibilities suddenly bestowed on you as a figurehead for gay rights; what it is to be a man who enjoys adopting exaggerated feminine attributes; and how everyone should be free to choose what they wear and who they sleep with, regardless of what they happen to have between their legs.

In case it seems it's all getting a bit serious, the wise words are punctuated with the kind of acid-tongued gags you'd expect from a man in heels that high. Sure, there are bitchy comments thrown in the direction of Rupert Everett and Solange Knowles, but Panti leaves us with a bit of the classic oh-so glamorous lip sync that you'd expect from a fine drag queen.