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 Return to previous page Theatres G-O / Theatres P-Z Shows at Theatres A-F Above The Stag Theatre 15, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DD Tube Victoria Telephone 0844 478 0030 AMERICAN BRIEFS - The Black Eye / The Student and the Handyman; The Student and the Professor / Letters / Faded Photographs; The Virgin Tango / The Phone Bill / Your Friend Michael by Jim Dalglish / Jack Heifner / David Johnston / Tom W. Kelly / Ronnie Larsen / Howard Walters | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 28 Oct 08 | | Opens | 29 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 23 Nov 08 | | Closes | 23 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 8pm, Sun at 6pm | | Performers | Leon Ancliffe, Gareth ap Watkins, Richard Gee, Graham Townsend | | Director | Peter Bull | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Above The Stag Theatre | | Synopsis | Short plays by Americn playwrights. | | B/O Price | £12 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | **Above The Stag Theatre, is a new 50 seat venue in central London. American Briefs contains adult themes and is not suitable for children |
Actors Church - St. Paul's Church Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9ED Tube Covent Garden Telephone 08700 600 100 OUR ELLEN by Richard Osborne | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 14 Oct 08 | | Opens | 14 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 19 Oct 08 | | Closes | 19 Oct 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm, plus Tues Matinee at 2.30pm | | Performers | Tina Gray (Ellen Terry) | | Director | Richard Osborne | | Design | Trudy Marklew | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Robert Hamlin and Iris Theatre | | Synopsis | For half a century actress Ellen Terry was adored by critics, artists, royalty and theatre-goers alike. She was 'our Ellen' to her adoring public. She celebrated her acting jubilee in 1906 and that's where the play opens, thereafter going back in time to her first appearance on stage at age eight in The Winter's Tale, and chronicling her career, her three marriages, the progress of her two illegitimate children and her professional and personal partnership with the greatest actor of the age, Sir Henry Irving. The play captures the vulnerability, the struggle and the resilience of a woman at odds with Victorian morality. | | B/O Price | £13 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | Music by Tom Wilson played by Nikki Kristy, cello |
Actors Church - St. Paul's Church Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9ED Tube Covent Garden Telephone 08700 600 100 ALCESTIS Ted Hughes' verse play of Euripides' Alcestis. | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 4 Nov 08 | | Opens | 4 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 15 Nov 08 | | Closes | 15 Nov 08 | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.30pm, plus Sat mat 15 Nov at 2.30pm | | Performers | John Harwood | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | Josephine Lott | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Iris Theatre | | Synopsis | 'A feast of text, movement & sound' : A king, Admetos, has to deal with the guilt of letting his wife, Alcestis, die in his place. She commits suicide to let him live. | | B/O Price | £13 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | Music by Bartok (44 Violin Duos) |
Arcola Theatre 27 Arcola Street, London, E8 2DJ Tube Victoria Line to Highbury and Islington, then North London line to Dalston Telephone 020 7503 1646 SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS By Tennessee Williams | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 10 Sep 08 | | Opens | 10 Sep 08 | | Booking to | 18 Oct 08 | | Closes | 18 Oct 08 | | Time | Mon to Sat at 8pm | | Performers | John Guerrasio, Greg Hicks, James Hutchinson, Meredith McNeil, Steve Nicolson, John Nolan, Iain Robertson, Jack Shepherd, Sian Thomas | | Director | Bill Bryden | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Arcola Theatre | | Synopsis | Quentin, the washed-up queer screenwriter, one of nine castoffs who gather at Monk's seedy bar one foggy night in 1972, Southern California.The doctor is drunk, Violet's hysterical, Leona is leaving and the coast guard have put out a small craft warning. But will they be able to save the unborn baby?A play about searching for the solace of companionship in all the wrong places and finding the truth behind foulmouthed faces. | | B/O Price | £15 (Tuesday what what you can) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | *In Studio 1 |
Arcola Theatre 27 Arcola Street, London, E8 2DJ Tube Victoria Line to Highbury and Islington, then North London line to Dalston Telephone 020 7503 1646 WELCOME TO RAMALLAH by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 23 Sep 08 | | Opens | 26 Sep 08 | | Booking to | 18 Oct 08 | | Closes | 18 Oct 08 | | Time | Mon to Sat at 8.15pm | | Performers | John Moraitis (Salim), Shuna Snow (Mara), Christopher Simon (Daoud), Lolly Susi (Nat). | | Director | Sue Lefton | | Design | Adrian Linford | | Lighting | Jenny Cane | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Emma Laxton | | Producer | iceandfire | | Synopsis | 2008 marks both the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Israeli state and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Inspired by the experience of Adah Kay, a British Jew who lived and worked in Ramallah between 2002 and 2006, the play explores an encounter between four people across the Palestine/Israel divide during the course of one evening. Welcome to Ramallah is an intimate exploration of the balance between duty and love which emerged from the desire to understand and convey some of the complexity of the situation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Israel/Palestine conflict. Underpinning the play are events that took place in 1948, with the creation of the Jewish State and the consequent dispossession and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. It's late afternoon when a Jewish woman arrives at her sister's home in the occupied city of Ramallah. Dusk settles and with the call to prayer come neighbours - an uncle and nephew - to greet the new arrival. As night falls an unexpected curfew prompts the sharing of old stories, which threaten to tear apart the fragile harmony of the sisters' memories. | | B/O Price | £15 (Tuesday what what you can) | | Length | 1hr 40min | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | *In Studio 2 |
Artsdepot 5 Nether Street,Tally Ho Corner, North FinchleyLondon, N12 0GA Tube West Finchley / Woodside Park Telephone 020 8369 5454 NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE by Adam Bampton-Smith, Music by Shock Productions & Lyrics by Guy Picot | Location | Other London | | Genre | Children | | Previews from | 13 Dec 08 | | Opens | 13 Dec 08 | | Booking to | 4 Jan 09 | | Closes | 4 Jan 09 | | Time | 12 pm and 3 pm on DEC 13, 14, 20,21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 30, JAN 2, 3, 4 (19 Dec at 3pm only; 31 Dec at 12pm only) | | Performers | | | Director | Juliet Forster | | Design | Michaela Kemp | | Lighting | Will Evans | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | | | Synopsis | On the night before Christmas Emily stares out of the window, hugs her teddy and waits excitedly for the morning, while in the corner a little mouse called Eddie can't understand why only humans are allowed to celebrate and get presents. So Eddie sets off in search of Father Christmas to find out for himself. Along the way he dodges the family cat, gets directions from a cowardly soldier and is given some unexpected advice from the magical fairy on top of the tree! Will Eddie get an answer? Will Emily get her wish? And what is that funny-shaped present waiting to be opened? | | B/O Price | £10 (£8 Children) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | *A festive tale for families and children aged 3 -7. In Studio Theatre |
Barons Court Theatre 28a Comeragh Road,London, W14 Tube Barons Court Telephone 020 8932 4747 SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME by Frank Mcguinness | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 29 Sep 08 | | Opens | 29 Sep 08 | | Booking to | 18 Oct 08 | | Closes | 18 Oct 08 | | Time | Mon - Sat 7.45pm | | Performers | | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | | | Synopsis | An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up together in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? | | B/O Price | £12 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | *Profits from this production will go to the charity Help for Heroes, delivering direct support to other victims of war |
Barons Court Theatre 28a Comeragh Road,London, W14 Tube Barons Court Telephone 020 8932 4747 UNIMPORTANT HISTORY OF BRITAIN by Act First Glance Theatre | Location | Other London | | Genre | Comedy | | Previews from | 27 Oct 08 | | Opens | 27 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 2 Nov 08 | | Closes | 2 Nov 08 | | Time | Mon - Sun 7.30pm | | Performers | | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Act First Glance Theatre | | Synopsis | A comic look at the History of Britain | | B/O Price | £12 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Blue Elephant Theatre 59a Bethwin Rd, Camberwell, London, SE5 0XT (entrance on Thompson Ave) Tube Oval Telephone 020 7701 0100 FIRST CLASS Devised by Amy Nostbakken & Nir Paldi | Location | Other London | | Genre | Physical Theatre Comedy | | Previews from | 7 Oct 08 | | Opens | 9 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 25 Oct 08 | | Closes | 25 Oct 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 8pm | | Performers | Amy Nostbakken & Nir Paldi | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Half-Wit Theatre | | Synopsis | A man rediscovers his passion for life in the unlikeliest of places.When Michael Bates makes a routine trip to the post office, he meets Beatrice - an impossibly enthusiastic postal worker, who takes him far beyond the confines of a mail room into the universe of her imagination. Powered by her infectious lust for life, Bea leads Michael on a journey to find something he never knew he had lost. | | B/O Price | £10 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Blue Elephant Theatre 59a Bethwin Rd, Camberwell, London, SE5 0XT (entrance on Thompson Ave) Tube Oval Telephone 020 7701 0100 TOY BOY / LIVING WITH... (Double Bill) by Sebastian Rex | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 11 Nov 08 | | Opens | 13 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 29 Nov 08 | | Closes | 29 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 8pm | | Performers | Emma-Rachel Blackman, Ido Gonen, Elizabeth Pinnock, Elena Rossi , Damian Sommerlad | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | Lauren McCarthy | | Sound | | | Producer | Acting Like Mad | | Synopsis | In TOY BOY we enter a world led by users and abusers dependant on the aid of those who obey. Can real love flourish when kindness is met only with violence? LIVING WITH... tells the story of a man forced to move into a new flat with three hedonistic beings, who torture him and each other. Can he learn to live with his old demons as well as the new? Or will they beat the life out of him? | | B/O Price | £12.50 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Bridewell Theatre Bride Lane, off Fleet Street,London EC4 Tube Blackfriars Telephone 020 7353 1700 DRESSER, THE by Ronald Harwood | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 28 Oct 08 | | Opens | 28 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 1 Nov 08 | | Closes | 1 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 7.45pm, Sat Mat at 3pm | | Performers | | | Director | Pat Grosse | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Tower Theatre Company | | Synopsis | The Dresser captures the intimate relationship between 'the star' and those around him. Set in 1942, the play portrays the now past world of the actor-manager, a god unto himself and all around. Battling against air-raids, constant touring on freezing and erratic trains, ghastly food and nearly everyone away in the armed services, only an obsessive love of Shakespeare keeps this company afloat and only his Dresser keeps the Star afloat. | | B/O Price | £11 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Bridewell Theatre Bride Lane, off Fleet Street,London EC4 Tube Blackfriars Telephone 020 7353 1700 LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES adapted by Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 4 Nov 08 | | Opens | 4 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 8 Nov 08 | | Closes | 8 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 7.45pm, Sat Mat at 3pm | | Performers | | | Director | Lesley Strachan | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Tower Theatre Company | | Synopsis | A wicked woman conspires with a man without morals to deflower a young girl barely out of the convent. To exact revenge on her ex lover, to prove his love, or simply because they can? United they are dangerous, in opposition they are fatal. The stakes are simple - to win or die. | | B/O Price | £11 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Bridewell Theatre Bride Lane, off Fleet Street,London EC4 Tube Blackfriars Telephone www.sedos.co.uk RENT by Jonathan Larson, Inspired by Puccini's La Boheme | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 13 Nov 08 | | Opens | 13 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 22 Nov 08 | | Closes | 22 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Sat Mat at 3pm (20 Nov at 8pm) | | Performers | | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Stock Exchange Dramatic & Operatic Society (SEDOS) | | Synopsis | | | B/O Price | £12.50 - £50 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | *Amateur production |
Broadway Studio Theatre Catford Broadway Catford SE6 4RU Tube Telephone 020 8690 0002 ELEPHANT MAN by Bernard Pomerance | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 8 Oct 08 | | Opens | 9 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 2 Nov 08 | | Closes | 2 Nov 08 | | Time | Wed - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 3pm, plus Wed matinees 15th & 29 Oct at 2pm (No perfs Sat 11 Oct) | | Performers | | | Director | Cameron Jack | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | | | Synopsis | Based on the brief life of John Merrick. Abandoned as a child and shunned by society the horribly deformed Merrick survives as a freak show attraction until a famous young doctor rescues him from his life on the streets. Evolving from a sensational object of pity to the urbane and witty favourite of the aristocracy and literati, his belief that he can become a man like any other is a dream tragically never realised. | | B/O Price | £12 (Wed eve & mat £9) | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Brockley Jack Theatre 410 Brockley Road, Brockley, London SE4 2DH Tube Honor Oak Park Station (10 min walk) or Crofton Park Station (2 min walk) Telephone 0844 847 2454 RICHARD III by William Shakespeare | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 14 Oct 08 | | Opens | 17 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 8 Nov 08 | | Closes | 8 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 7.45pm, Sunday at 5pm | | Performers | Anthony Acosta, Matthew Burton, Jonny Bussell, Adam Dahrouge, Richard Delaney, Christopher Finn, Gareth Fordred, Austin Hardiman, Mark Leipacher, Fingal McKiernan, Derval Mellett, Danny Millar, Kate Sawyer, Ross Henry Steele, Tom Vickers, Diana Walker, Fiona Watson | | Director | Mark Leipacher | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | theFaction | | Synopsis | Storylines of the Houses of York and Lancaster as the rival factions cope with the aftermath of bloody civil war. | | B/O Price | £ 12 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Camden People's Theatre 58-60 Hampstead Road,London, NW12PY Tube Warren Street Telephone 08700 600 100 PAPERWEIGHT by Tom Frankland, Sebastien Lawson, Jamie Wood | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 7 Oct 08 | | Opens | 7 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 25 Oct 08 | | Closes | 25 Oct 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat 8pm | | Performers | | | Director | Jamie Wood | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Top of the World | | Synopsis | The absurd story of two men trapped in mindless office jobs. 'An (almost) silent comedy, of escalating intensity and surprising tenderness. ' | | B/O Price | £10 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Courtyard Studio Theatre Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, Hoxton, London N1 6EU Tube Old Street Telephone 0870 163 0717 CHAV SCUM KILLS GOD by Drew Davies | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 11 Nov 08 | | Opens | 12 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 30 Nov 08 | | Closes | 30 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sun at 7.30pm | | Performers | Bradley Benjamin (Robert), Michael Lindall (The Other) , Des Brittain (Rob Senior) , Jonathan Hansler (Lou) , Sarah Alborn (Kathy/God) . | | Director | Drew Davies | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | The Infamists | | Synopsis | When Chaverston Robert Scumthorpe Jnr wakes up dead, he can't imagine his day getting any worse. He's left everything behind him; his girlfriend Kathy, his dreams of finishing Grand Theft Auto 3 and any chance of living a good and decent life. That is, until Robert discovers he's in Hell. After re-uniting with his careerist father, Robert is unwittingly enlisted as a suicide bomber and sent off to free the citizens of Hades by blowing up their greatest oppressor, God. His journey takes him through Purgatory, where Robert befriends Lou, a burnt out hippy with a penchant for card games, before confronting him with the Lord Almighty Himself who, as it happens, is his recently deceased girlfriend Kathy... | | B/O Price | £ 12.50 | | Length | 1hr 30min | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Etcetera Theatre Above the Oxford Arms,265 Camden High Street,London, NW1 7BU Tube Camden Town Telephone 020 7482 4857 CLICHE By Dani Carbery | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 7 Oct 08 | | Opens | 7 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 26 Oct 08 | | Closes | 26 Oct 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 6.30pm | | Performers | | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Silent Announcement | | Synopsis | Tanya is dead. Killed by her husband.The play follows his journey from this point on.Why did he do it?Can he get away with murder?Is violence ever justified?Why didn't she just leave him?We all know the story..don't we?? | | B/O Price | £8.50 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Etcetera Theatre Above the Oxford Arms,265 Camden High Street,London, NW1 7BU Tube Camden Town Telephone 020 7482 4857 3 WAY by Dan Averitt, Jon Mikkelsen and John Trones | Location | Other London | | Genre | Comedy | | Previews from | 18 Nov 08 | | Opens | 18 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 7 Dec 08 | | Closes | 7 Dec 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 6.30pm | | Performers | | | Director | | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | InTraverse | | Synopsis | American gay sex comedy 3 Way tells the story of three young friends centred around a night of accidental drunken debauchery, where one of them knows more than he's letting on. Spending a night with friends can always have unexpected consequences, but when one of them has their own agenda, the other two might just have to play along! | | B/O Price | £12 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Finborough Theatre The Finborough, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED Tube Earl's Court Telephone 0844 847 1652 CRADLE ME by Simon Vinnicombe | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 1 Oct 08 | | Opens | 3 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 25 Oct 08 | | Closes | 25 Oct 08 | | Time | Tue ð Sat 7.30pm, Mats Sat & Sun at 3pm | | Performers | Sharon Maughan (Marion), Luke Tredaway (Daniel), Sarah Bedi, Paul Herzberg | | Director | Duncan Macmillan | | Design | Paul Burgess | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | Theo Holloway | | Producer | SAW Productions | | Synopsis | In the aftermath of an unspeakable yet avoidable tragedy, a family finds themselves torn apart by grief and turning for comfort to Daniel, the troubled teenage boy who lives next door. | | B/O Price | £13 (Tues £9) | | Length | 2hrs | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Finborough Theatre The Finborough, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED Tube Earl's Court Telephone 0844 847 1652 FOLLOW by Dameon Garnett | Location | Other London | | Genre | Drama | | Previews from | 29 Oct 08 | | Opens | 31 Oct 08 | | Booking to | 22 Nov 08 | | Closes | 22 Nov 08 | | Time | Tue ð Sat 7.30pm, Mats Sat & Sun at 3pm | | Performers | Oliver Gilbert, Adam Redmore | | Director | Ken Alexander | | Design | Georgia Lowe | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | | | Synopsis | Blake and Reece are sixteen: two boys from two cities, Liverpool and Portsmouth. The tensions of North and South play out as the boys realise their backgrounds may not be so different after all. Blake is lumbered with a baby he never wanted. His dad, Gary, is struggling to cope as a single parent while teaching his son how to face the responsibilities of being a father. Reece has run away from home, hasn't seen his father in years and is slipping into a criminal underworld from which there appears to be no way back. | | B/O Price | £13 (Tues £9) | | Length | 2hrs | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
Footsbarn's Big Top Victoria Park, Grove Road , London E3 Tube Telephone 0844 755 0017 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A by William Shakespeare | Location | Other London | | Genre | Comedy | | Previews from | 7 Nov 08 | | Opens | 12 Nov 08 | | Booking to | 30 Nov 08 | | Closes | 30 Nov 08 | | Time | Tues - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 5pm, plus Matinees Sat 22 and 29 Nov at 2.30pm | | Performers | | | Director | Paddy Hayter | | Design | | | Lighting | | | Choreography | | | Costume | | | Sound | | | Producer | Footsbar Theatre | | Synopsis | Performed in a circus tent . | | B/O Price | £ 10 - £ 25 | | Length | | | Review | | | Seating Plan | | | Map | | | Other Info | |
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