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3 weeks ago'It's behind you!' How Britain goes wild for pantomimes during the holidays
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 the audience is being too quiet, and should boo her as loudly as they can, because she is the "villain" of the pantomime.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoDavid Killick obituary
My client and friend, the actor David Killick, who has died aged 86, was a stalwart of British theatre and television for more than 60 years. He had a long association with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1985-2003), where roles of increasing stature came his way, including Cominius in Coriolanus, Duke of York in Richard II, Stanley in Richard III, and Archbishop Scrope in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months agoAdeel Akhtar: It seemed late in the day to start noticing Asian actors we've been here a really long time'
Adeel Akhtar represents a new era in British media where actors of Asian descent take on significant roles without their ethnicity being the focal point.
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