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Pomona at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
4/5
POMONA is the strange derelict island which straddles Salford and Manchester. Once heaving with dockers, labourers and big ships, today it’s a wasteland ensnared by a couple of canals, twisting motorways and busy tramlines.
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