Baklâ review – this teasing tomfoolery is devilishly smart

Summerhall, Edinburgh
Max Percy’s physical theatre show mixes ideas on sex, power dynamics and homophobia into an audacious reflection on generational traumaPutting a shirtless young man on your advertising is never likely to harm ticket sales. It’s a truism that is addressed immediately by Max Percy, the 29-year-old dancer who is pictured sniffing a running shoe on the posters for his solo show Baklâ. He may be wearing a T-shirt right now, he reassures us as the lights dim, bu