Getting Up a Pantomime

"Getting Up a Pantomime" pulls readers backstage at a Victorian theatre as carpenters, scene-painters, property masters, and seamstresses race against time to mount "Harlequin Fee-fo-fum" before Boxing Day. From the chaotic reading of the manuscript to the frantic gilding of scenes and moulding of grotesque papier-mâché masks, the anonymous author reveals the exhausting, skilled labour hidden behind the glitter and sausages. The piece builds toward Christmas Eve, when the ants behind the baize — working through holidays with no proper dinner — finally hear the orchestra strike up.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.