In Roald Dahl’s universe, witches are the most dangerous of all the living creatures on Earth. Disguised as ordinary women (think Beelzebub as a lollipop lady or air hostess), they are as “bald as a boiled egg” with square feet and a predilection for “squelching” humans – particularly children.
In the world of this musical adaptation, they look as if they have stepped out of Stepford in their pastel twin-sets and gloves: a middle-aged, British equivalent of Mean Girls.
