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APRIL 1997

• Tuesday 1 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Wednesday 2 April
  
  ROYAL SOCIETY FOR ASIAN AFFAIRS - LECTURE
  Lecture - Jaisalmer in Jeopardy. By

  Miss Sue Carpenter. At the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London, at 6.00pm. Please telephone in advance.
  
  0171-235 5122: RSAA

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Thursday 3 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Friday 4 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Saturday 5 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Sunday 6 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Monday 7 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Tuesday 8 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Heybrook CP School, Park Rd, Rochdale. At 9.30am & 1.30pm.
  
  01706-47201: Mr Weatherhead

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Wednesday 9 April
  
  INDIAN AWARENESS SEMINAR
  Arranged by the North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce, Stafford.
  
  01782-202 222: Tim Hiscock

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Marland Hill CP School, Roch Mills Cres, Roch Valley Way, Rochdale, 9.30am.
  Also at Alkrington CP School, Manor Road, Rochdale, 2.00pm.
  
  01706-47147: Yvonne Rusby, Marland Hill CP School
  0161-643 6357: Miss Lyons, Alkrington CP School

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Thursday 10 April
  
  THE SILK THREAD
  Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture. Uzma Hameed of the Academy of Indian Dance chairs a discussion on the future of South Asian dance in Britian. At 7.30pm at The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5. Admission £2.
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: The Bull

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Brandwood CP School, Brandwood St, Bolton, at 9.30am.
  Also at Falinge Park Secondary School, Falinge Rd, Rochdale, at 2.20pm.
  
  01204-624 54: Rosemary Jones, Brandwood CP School
  01706-312 46: Muriel Gott, Falinge Park Secondary School

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Friday 11 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Broadoak Secondary School, Hazel Ave, Bury. At 9.45am.
  
  0161-797 6543: Claire McKinlay

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Saturday 12 April
  
  SMT SULOCHANA BRAHASPATI, USTAD SABRI KHAN & THE SABRI ENSEMBLE
  In collaboration with Association Sargam. Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture. Classical Indian music by the renowned vocalist Smt Sulochana Brahaspati - representing the Rampur-Sadarang tradition - & the Sarangi maestro Ustad Sabri Khan with Sarvar Sabri on the tabla. The Sabri Ensemble's percussion-led performance incorporates jazz forms and manipulates instruments to create new & exciting sounds. At The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5, 8.00pm. Admission £7(£5 conc).
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: Box Office/Admin

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at The Albany, Deptford, London. At 2.30pm.
  
  0181-691 3277: Dominic Rai

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Sunday 13 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Monday 14 April
  
  BACSA EXHIBITION OPENING & RECEPTION
  The British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia public exhibition - "Goodness How Sad!": British Graves in India. Launch of the exhibition at the Nehru Centre, London, with a short lecture at 6.45pm followed by the opening of the exhibition at 7.30pm. Thereafter, the exhibition will be open to the public for one week, 10.00am-5.00pm, at the Nehru Centre, South Audley Street, London W1. (Exhibition at Commonwealth Institute 19-21 March and Earlsfield Public Library 24 March-11 April) .
  
  0171-815 6183: BACSA

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Freehold Community School, Sidmouth St, Oldham.
  
  0161-287 2575: Ms M Williams

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Tuesday 15 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Clarksfield Junior School, Grasmere Rd, Oldham.
  
  0161-624 4404: Mrs M Nightingale

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Wednesday 16 April
  
  NOT JUST AN ASIAN BABE
  Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture. "Not Just an Asian Babe" is a play by Parminder Sekhon about the life & times of an Asian babe. Presented by Mehtab Theatre Co, who are fast gaining a reputation for controversial work rooted in the Asian community. At 8.00pm at The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5. Admission £7 (£5 conc). Until 18th April.
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: Box Office/Admin, The Bull

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  SOUTH ASIA AWARENESS SEMINAR
  Seminar arranged by Business Link Gloucester.
  
  01452-509 564: Shaun Smith

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Beal Vale School, Salts St, Shaw, Oldham.
  
  01706-847 185: Mrs S Hardman

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Thursday 17 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Yew Tree Jar School, Alcester St, Chadderton, Oldham.
  
  0161-284 6576: Mrs J Thorp

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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  NOT JUST AN ASIAN BABE
  With pre-show talk (6.30pm) with Parminder Sekhon & Suman Bhuchar.

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• Friday 18 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Sedgley Park CP School, Kings Rd, Prestwich, Bury. At 9.30am
  
  0161-773 3142: Kelly Morgan

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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  NOT JUST AN ASIAN BABE

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• Saturday 19 April
  
  NAHID SIDDIQUI & COMPANY - PRISM
  Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture. Nahid Siddiqui, winner of Dance Umbrella/Time Out award for dance, performs her spectacular new piece. "Prism" uses the rhythms & storytelling traditions of classic Kathak dance together with western design, music & staging, to achieve a unique form of contemporary dance/drama with broad appeal. At The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5, 8.00pm. Admission £8(£6 conc).
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: Box Office/Admin

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  GUJARATI EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP
  Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture. This workshop complements the Kanchan Malde Embroidery Collection being exhibited at The Bull, and is led by Kanchan herself. Learn more about the region, its people & crafts, & produce your own emroidery & textile design, incorporating mirror & bead work. Materials provided. No experience necessary. Advance booking advised. At The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5, 10.00am-4.00pm. Admission £15(£10 conc).
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: Box Office/Admin

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  BACSA

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• Sunday 20 April
  
  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION - SLIDE TALK

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Monday 21 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at St Hilda's School, Ward St, Oldham.
  
  0161-624 3592: Mr H Buckley

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Tuesday 22 April
  
  TARA ARTS - OH SWEET SITA
  Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture. Tara Arts presents this comic, raunchy & furious piece of visual theatre by Ravi Kapoor. The play lifts the trials of a British Asian family onto an epic platform, drawing on the influences of Chaplin, Berkoff & classical Indian texts. At The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5, at 8.00pm. Adm £7 (£5 conc). Also on 23th April.
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: Box Office/Admin

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  ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY LECTURE SERIES
  Series of summer lectures on Empire and Identity in Asia. Series ends 10 June.
  

  0171-724 4742: Royal Asiatic Society

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Greenacres School, Dunkerley St, Oldham.
  
  0161-624 1802: Miss C Wilson

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Wednesday 23 April
  
  VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM EXHIBITION
  Temporary exhibition - Contemporary Prints from South Asia - in the Henry Cole Wing, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London. Until 21 September. This exhibition, drawn from the V&A's own collections, aims to demonstrate the range & quality of printwork produced in South Asia.
  
  0171-938 8500: Victoria & Albert Museum

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Parish Church School, Horsedge St, Oldham.
  
  0161-624 3924: Mrs J Bennett

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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  TARA ARTS - OH SWEET SITA
  With a pre-show talk (6.30pm) by Ravi Kapoor about his work and influences.

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• Thursday 24 April
  
  CHRISTIES - SALE
  Islamic & Oriental Works of Art - at Christies, South Kensington, London, at 10.30am and 2.00pm.
  
  0171-581 7611: Christies, South Kensington

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at St Margaret's School, Hive St, Hollinwood, Oldham.
  
  0161-681 2414: Mr M Jones

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  V&A

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Friday 25 April
  
  CHRISTIES - SALE
  Islamic Art & Indian Miniatures - at Christies, 8 King Street, St James's, London, SW1, at 10.30am and 2.30pm.
  
  0171-839 4034: Christies, King Street

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  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Romiley Forum, Compstall Rd, Romiley, Stockport.
  
  0161-430 6570: June Gibbons

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  V&A

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Saturday 26 April
  
  SECRET ASIANS
  Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture.Featuring Sanjeev & Nitin. Representing the best in British Asian comedy, Sanjeev & Nitin (The Secret Asians) have their own show on TV, and their radio show Goodness Gracious Me was nominated for Best Radio Comedy in the ITV Comedy Awards. Sanjeev has appeared with Jo Brand, Ben Elton & The Real McKoy. He hosts the popular Bollywood or Bust quiz show on BBC2 and is currently appearing in C4's Captain Butler . Nitin is a successful musician, and his recent album Displacing the Priest has been a major hit. At The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5, 8.00pm. Admission £7(£5 conc).
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: Box Office/Admin

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  V&A

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Sunday 27 April
  
  INDER 'GOLDFINGER' & VISHNU SAHAI
  Part of "Making Ladoos", The Bull's festival of Asian arts & culture.The impeccable classical training of Vishnu Sahai (also known as Sanju) meets the raw & modern dance-influenced rhythms of Inder 'Goldfinger' in this first time collaboration staged especially for the Making Ladoos festival. At The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet EN5, 8.00pm. Admission £6(£5 conc).
  
  0181-449 0048/5189: Box Office/Admin

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  V&A

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Monday 28 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Eustace Street School, Eustace St, Chadderton, Oldham.
  
  0161-624 2516: Mrs M Haddock

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  V&A

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Tuesday 29 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Roundthorn School, Aspull St, Oldham.
  
  0161-624 2962: Mrs L Turner

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  V&A

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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• Wednesday 30 April
  
  M6 THEATRE COMPANY - TWO DAYS AS A TIGER
  Today at Lyndhurst School, Lyndhurst Rd, Oldham.
  
  0161-624 2192: Mr J Clinton

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  V&A

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  KANCHAN MALDE COLLECTION

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  ILLUMINATIONS

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