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Opera Anywhere
HUMPERDINCK: HANSEL & GRETEL
Sunningwell Village Hall
Friday, 7pm
Tickets: https://operaanywhere.com
Opera Anywhere updates Humperdinck’s classic fairytale opera to wartime Britain. It’s Christmas Eve 1938, and Harry and Gracie have been...
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