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“The Abduction from the Serail” (“Die Entführung aus dem Serail”), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
“High Society” at the Barbican Theatre
“Are You Watching?” at Royal Court Upstairs
“War Horse” at the Olivier, National Theatre

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