Prom 20: Horrible Histories – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonPitched somewhere between a pantomime, a Footlights revue and an old-school variety show, this year's free Family Prom barely qualified for its Prom status, save for 10 judiciously chosen classical excerpts that were crowbarred in between the skits. Not that it mattered: the queue for returns snaked several hundred yards out of the Albert Hall, suggesting that this show could probably have filled Wembley Stadium.Despite being aimed at children, Horrible Histories won a g...

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