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NEWS: Oliver Cotton & Jemma Redgrave star in Duet for One revival on tour

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Following the premiere of his own play Dessert, which premieres this month at London’s Southwark Playhouse directed by Trevor Nunn, Oliver Cotton returns to tread the boards himself, starring opposite Jemma Redgrave in a new touring production of Tom Kempinski’s award-winning two-hander DUET FOR ONE.

NEWS: Oliver Cotton & Jemma Redgrave star in Duet for One revival on tour

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Following the premiere of his own play Dessert, which premieres this month at London’s Southwark Playhouse directed by Trevor Nunn, Oliver Cotton returns to tread the boards himself, starring opposite Jemma Redgrave in a new touring production of Tom Kempinski’s award-winning two-hander DUET FOR ONE.

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John Cleese on Bang Bang: ‘I have always been drawn to farce’

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Monty Python comedy legend John Cleese has adapted George Feydeau’s 1892 French farce BANG BANG for a brand-new staging which opens this month at Mercury Theatre Colchester… Tell us about Bang Bang. What subjects does it deal with? And why is farce the best medium? I have always been drawn to farce, because since the first one I ever saw, …