'I crave flesh-and-blood actors, an audience that laughs and gasps as one': the magic of Christmas theatre | Theatre
Kat B as Uncle Vincent the Cat in Dick Whittington. Photograph: Manuel Vazquez/The Guardian Kat B as Uncle Vincent the Cat in Dick Whittington. Photograph: Manuel Vazquez/The Guardian After a tough year for theatre, our chief critic celebrates the joy of the Christmas show, while five festive performers reveal how it feels to be waiting in the wings Sat 12 Dec 2020 05.00 EST Remember your first ever Christmas show â its sparkle and magic, its tinsel and thrall? I watched my first pantomime in 1978, though I couldnât have named it as such. I was six, and still acclimatising to the sh...
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