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BBC Philharmonic, Noseda, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, RAH
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Rain Dogs revisited: with Arthur H, The Tiger Lillies, Camille O' Sullivan and others
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Playboy of the Western World, Old Vic Theatre
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Film: Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
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Film: The Lavendar Hill Mob
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Hiroshi Sugimoto, Edinburgh Festival
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Rothko in Britain, Whitchapel Gallery
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Reissues CDs
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Lianna La Havas, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
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Charlotte Church, Electric Circus, Edinburgh

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