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The Witches at the National Theatre review: this is the Christmas show to beat

Source: Marc Brenner

This is the show to beat – a deliciously spiky supernatural tale that honours the dark streak in ’s child-pleasing writing. It has a witty script from , jauntily rousing songs from Dave Malloy, and three fine adult comic performances that were nonetheless outdone by the astonishingly confident younger leads (Bertie

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