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Grab the wigs – we’re going to the theatre! We meet the audience superfans going crazy for cosplay
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Skeleton suits for Phantom of the Opera, garish wigs for Beetlejuice, a Don’t Tell Mama dress for Cabaret … our critic pulls on her cat ears and leotard to investigate a wild new craze It’s an hour before curtain-up and the queue outside the theatre is full of green wigs and blue
Skeleton suits for Phantom of the Opera, garish wigs for Beetlejuice, a Don’t Tell Mama dress for Cabaret … our critic pulls on her cat ears and leotard to investigate a wild new craze It’s an hour before curtain-up and the queue outside the theatre is full of green wigs and blue faces, all amid a sea of black and white stripes. It is Halloween night and these theatregoers of all ages, snaking around a corner of the West End, are in themed dress for the musical Beetlejuice , adapted from the 80s film. In other theatres’ queues you might spot a king from Hamilton, the queens of Six and the wizards of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, all bestowing new meaning to the idea of dressing up for the theatre.
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