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The Red Shoes
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
THE RSC are taking no chances with the venue for their Stratford Christmas show this year.
Hans Christian Anderson’s gruesome fairy tale is as grim as any of those of the famous Brothers.
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