‘It’s behind you!’ How Britain goes wild for pantomimes during the holidays

The Wicked Witch ‘Adelphaba’ (played by Gigi Zahir) on stage at the Pleasance Theatre in North London Ella Carmen Dale/Handout

Ella Carmen Dale/Handout

LONDON — Foreboding music begins. A scary green witch announces her arrival with a cackle. It’s the opening of Wicked Witches, a British holiday-time play known as a “pantomime,” at a North London theater.

But soon after she walks on stage, it’s clear the witch isn’t happy with the audience.

She says

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