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“How the Other Half Loves” at the Old Vic
“Death Note: The Musical” at the Barbican
“Love’s Labour’s Lost”/“Much Ado About Nothing” at Thomas’s College, Richmond
“Cats” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
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