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We are delighted to announce that we have cleared the right to perform Love, Love, Love with a cast of 5f 6m instead of the professional cast of 2f 3m, allowing you to cast the two protaganists according to their age. Read an excellent review of the play here...

Enda Walsh and Nina Raine triumph at US awards

Enda Walsh's new musical, Once, is making a splash in the US after winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, as well as being nominated in 11 Tony Award categories. Meanwhile, Nina Raine's play Tribes won the NYDCC Best Foreign Play Award, beating off stiff competition from Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors.

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