Madam Butterfly
As a tribute to acclaimed director Anthony Minghella, his breathtaking production of Madam Butterfly returns to the London Coliseum in 2009.
Described by The Sunday Telegraph as ‘the most beautiful show in operatic London’, this production sold out it’s three previous runs and has astonished audiences with it’s sumptuous sets and costumes.
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London Coliseum
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American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre has long been recognised as one of Americas top dance companies. It annually performs for more than 600,000 people, and has toured to over 40 countries around the world.
The company is renowned for its wide-ranging repertoire and has commissioned works by all of the great choreographic geniuses of the 20th century. Now A ...
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London Coliseum
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Sylvie Guillem, Robert Lepage, Russell Maliphant
This brand new Sadler’s Wells production brings together three of the world’s foremost creative minds: internationally acclaimed dancer Sylvie Guillem, world-renowned theatre-maker Robert Lepage and award-winning choreographer Russell Maliphant.
Eonnagata tells the story of the Chevalier d’Éon, Charles de Beaumont - diplomat, writer, swordsman ...
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Sadlers Wells Theatre
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Hippolytus
The world premiere of Euripides’ Hippolytus in a new translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker.
Goddess Aphrodite is furious. Prince Hippolytus refuses to worship her. She takes revenge on the Prince, employing the secret lust of his stepmother Phaedra.
Temple Theatre presents a scorching and fresh interpretation of the most exhilarating of trage ...
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Riverside Studios
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Opera North
Opera North presents Skin Deep, a new operetta by multi award winning writer and broadcaster Armando Iannucci and a double bill of star-spangled Broadway treats - George Gershwins Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing, and its sequel Let Em Eat Cake.
SKIN DEEP
Composer David Sawer (From Morning to Midnight). collaborates with Armando Iannucci ...
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Sadlers Wells Theatre
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London
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The world premiere
Jérôme Bel first appeared at Sadler’s Wells in February 2008 with a retrospective of some of his most famous works spanning nine years. This provocative, free-spirited choreographer has delighted and shocked audiences across the world with his performances which test the boundaries of dance and theatre with humour, intelligence and unwavering confi ...
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Lilian Baylis Studio
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United Kingdom
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Goering's Defence
by Ross Gurney-Randall, Andrew Bailey and Guy Masterson
Directed by Guy Masterson
What would it be like to get inside the head of the inventor of the Luftwaffe, creator of the Gestapo and instigator of the Nazi concentration camps? Goering’s Defence gives a startling insight into a regime that led to the worst conflict the world has ever known ...
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Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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Bully by Richard Fry
Richard Fry wrote Bully drawing on his own experiences of bullies and bigots, fairies and fag hags, big bad boyfriends and youth club slags. A gripping tour-de-verse about one mans struggle against a life of violence and oppression, a show about homophobia and domestic violence, death and Su Pollard.
A cross between Shakespeares poetry and The M ...
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Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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For the very first time in London
Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers) are an astonishingly talented young French-Canadian company who have pioneered a whole new brand of circus. Their show Traces was a runaway hit at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007, and now it comes to London for the very first time.
Combining awe-inspiring circus training with infectious urban energy, four m ...
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Peacock Theatre
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United Kingdom
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Adolf by Pip Utton
Directed by Guy Masterson
The Führers bunker, Berlin 1945, the air is thick with betrayal as Hitler awaits the inevitable collapse of Berlin. Uttons extraordinary invocation furnishes us with an acute anatomy of fascism; its ideological justifications; its poisoned utopias ... We are in the presence of an utterly compelling idealist being helpl ...
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Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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Chinese Pop Divas: Their Stories and Songs
Shídàiq is a type of Chinese folk/European jazz fusion music that originated in Shanghai, China, in the 1920s. Originally sung in Mandarin, it literally means songs of the era and was regarded as the beginning of Chinese popular music. While it is considered a prototype, music enthusiasts saw it as early version of mandopop. Shidaiqu gained popular ...
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National Portrait Gallery
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London
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United Kingdom
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Spring Awakening
In a world where grown-ups hold all the cards, three school friends experience the exhilarating, turbulent journey into adulthood…
Spring Awakening is a vibrant and poignant story about a brilliant young student Melchior, his troubled friend Moritz, and Wendla, a beautiful teenage girl - all on a voyage of personal discovery and sexual awakenin ...
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Lyric Hammersmith
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London
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United Kingdom
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Spring Awakening
In a world where grown-ups hold all the cards, three school friends experience the exhilarating, turbulent journey into adulthood…
Spring Awakening is a vibrant and poignant story about a brilliant young student Melchior, his troubled friend Moritz, and Wendla, a beautiful teenage girl - all on a voyage of personal discovery and sexual awaken ...
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Lyric Hammersmith
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London
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United Kingdom
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Spring Awakening
In a world where grown-ups hold all the cards, three school friends experience the exhilarating, turbulent journey into adulthood…
Spring Awakening is a vibrant and poignant story about a brilliant young student Melchior, his troubled friend Moritz, and Wendla, a beautiful teenage girl - all on a voyage of personal discovery and sexual awaken ...
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Lyric Hammersmith
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London
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United Kingdom
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Why I Don't Hate White People
‘An adrenaline-fuelled performance. The actors glorious smile and his flair for turning personal struggle into stand-up and poetry is effortlessly entertaining.’ The Guardian
If everything you thought about race is wrong, and everyone else is right, are you the wrong race?
The child of an an unlikely liason between Lenny Bruce and Lenny Henry ...
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Lyric Hammersmith
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Idiot Colony
Forgotten for decades inside a mental hospital, three women escape their present by remembering their past. In the asylums hair salon, to the strains of Rick Astley and Glenn Miller, they relive wartime affairs, illicit trysts and childhood secrets. Total Theatre Award winner at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe, The Idiot Colony is inspired by true accoun ...
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ICA, Theatre (seated)
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London
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Why I Don't Hate White People
‘An adrenaline-fuelled performance. The actors glorious smile and his flair for turning personal struggle into stand-up and poetry is effortlessly entertaining.’ The Guardian
He didn’t know a black person until he was eighteen. It wasn’t his fault. They just thought it was better that way. He spent most of his adult life searching for his family ...
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Lyric Hammersmith
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London
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United Kingdom
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Follow Me by Ross Gurney-Randall and Dave Mountfield
Follow Me is a dramatisation of the final moments of the beautiful party girl, Ruth Ellis, famed for the cold, unrepented murder of her lover ... and for being the last woman in Britain to be hanged. She was executed by Britains Chief Executioner, Albert Pierrepoint.
An intense experience. Powerful, provocative, intelligent. - ***** Edinburgh Ev ...
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Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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American Poodle
by Brian Parks and Guy Masterson
Directed by Dave Calvitto
American Poodle is an hysterically absurd take on the special relationship from opposite sides of the pond. Two interspersed monologues form a manic, insightful, entertaining and incredibly warped hour: Snowball is a physical analysis of Britains winning (and losing!) the United Coloni ...
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Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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Follow Me
by Ross Gurney-Randall and Dave Mountfield
Directed by Guy Masterson
Follow Me is a dramatisation of the final moments of the beautiful party girl, Ruth Ellis, famed for the cold, unrepented murder of her lover ... and for being the last woman in Britain to be hanged. She was executed by Britains Chief Executioner, Albert Pierrepoint.
An in ...
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Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Family Reunion
It is T S Eliots poetic and powerful tale of sin and
redemption, which examines a family haunted by the ghosts of their past. ...
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DONMAR WAREHOUSE
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London
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Faust 2360 Words
Told in 2360 carefully chosen words, bizarre happenings, chemical experiments and visual ingenuity, this is an explosive version of the Faust story. Cult icons in the Moscow and St Petersburg independent art scenes and sought after at progressive festivals and across Europe, the Akhe Engineering Theatre creates a unique dream theatre of chaos. Fill ...
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ICA, Theatre (seated)
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London
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48 Minutes For Palestine
Lyric Firsts brings audiences and the latest theatre projects together. Be here at the start, give your feedback after the show and help the work take shape.
Mojisola Adebayo, last at the Lyric with Moj of the Antarctic (Time Out Critics Choice) returns with a new collaboration.
As a man and woman reluctantly inhabit the same space, 48 Minutes.. ...
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Lyric Hammersmith
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London
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United Kingdom
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48 Minutes For Palestine
Lyric Firsts brings audiences and the latest theatre projects together. Be here at the start, give your feedback after the show and help the work take shape. Tickets are just £3!
Mojisola Adebayo, last at the Lyric with Moj of the Antarctic (Time Out Critics Choice) returns with a new collaboration.
As a man and woman reluctantly inhabit the ...
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Lyric Hammersmith
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London
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United Kingdom
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Ali at ICA
Ali is the result of a meeting between two old friends, Mathurin Bolze and Hedi Thabet - both trained as circus artists since childhood. In a unique performance for the festival, these two exceptional performers show how a physical challenge can be overcome through the power of creativity. Funny and touching, Alis explosive acrobatics feature an un ...
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ICA, Theatre (seated)
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London
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Salto Lamento
Expressively masked and costumed figures appear as if from nowhere. This surreal kaleidoscope is a wordless, weightless dance upon graves. The audience is spellbound, breathless, fascinated. Reutlinger Nachrichten
A drawer opens... Secret messages escape, trapping strange creatures, half-man, half-beast. They force their way into the back rooms ...
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ICA, Theatre (seated)
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Woman in Black
The Woman In Black has been putting the willies up audiences for over 17 years and is currently showing at the Fortune Theatre, if you haven’t seen it where have you been? This is a spellbinding thriller with twists and turns which get the audience jumping out of their seats. 3million people have seen the show in London. ...
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THE AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP
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London
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World Famous Street Theatre
There is always something to entertain you. Jugglers, acrobats, comedians and magicians perform daily around the Market. ...
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COVENT GARDEN MARKET
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London
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Zorro at Covent Garden
Great swash-buckling fun, with music by the Gypsy Kings. ...
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Covent Garden
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London
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United Kingdom
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English National Ballet: Manon
Manon is arguably Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece. Innocent girl or femme fatale, Manon is young, beautiful and naïve, and she is in love. Caught between two men vying for her affection, Manon becomes entangled in a web of passion, love and vanity, unable to choose. Student Renato des Grieux offers a pure love, but the promises and opulence of Mons ...
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London Coliseum
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London
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United Kingdom
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Wig Out, New Year's Eve Party
Includes ticket to Wig Out!, post-show buffet and party hosted by Boogaloo Stu with DJ, cabaret and special guests. Free glass of bubbly on arrival and at midnight. Show starts at 8.30pm, party till 3.30am.
With an eye focused on the charts, and a tongue firmly planted in his cheek, Boogaloo Stu is a DJ, singer, comedian, dancer, radio pres ...
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Royal Court Theatre
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London
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United Kingdom
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English National Ballet: The Nutcracker
Don’t miss your last chance to see English National Ballet’s magical production of The Nutcracker this Christmas. This vibrant and eccentric production designed by Gerald Scarfe and choreographed by Christopher Hampson will be performed for the last time, having enchanted London audiences for seven consecutive years.
The Nutcracker tells the story ...
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London Coliseum
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Night Before Christmas
A magical festive tale for families and children aged 3 -7.
The performance on Sat 20 Dec will be a signed performance.
Information about event: 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 allo ...
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arstdepot
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London
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United Kingdom
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Paris is Burning Film Screening
Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the behind-the-scenes story of the fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created voguing and drag balls, and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of fierce personal pride.
Winner of the 1991 Sundance Film Festival Grand July Prize, this is a rare opportunity to watch this classi ...
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Royal Court Theatre
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London
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United Kingdom
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State of Emergency by Falk Richter
A married couple and their son live in an apparently ideal neighbourhood, protected from the dangers of the world outside. But what if this utopian world becomes a prison? Richter’s unsettling play examines state-control and self-control, and reveals the fear of social decline in an affluent society.
Falk Richter is best known in the UK for his ...
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Gate Theatre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Mirror Magic Market Tales
Written by Chantal Schaul
Directed by Neil Sheppeck
A mystical alternative to the traditional Christmas pantomime for young and old (and everyone inbetween!).
Otto, a magic mirror of consequence, recruits two unlikely figures to help him in his quest to grant three young men happiness.
Join us in the market place where these three young ...
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Riverside Studios
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London
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United Kingdom
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