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The WhatsOnStage Podcast
(ATASTTC) Food on stage - and guests for the dream dinner party
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Nancy and Sarah discuss their attitudes to food on stage and off. Does Nancy eat before a show? Does Sarah write hungry or stuffed? And are there perilous foodstuffs that you might want to avoid on stage? Plus: who would they both invite to their dream dinner parties?
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