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65 - Christina Modestou: A Night At The Musicals featuring Jena Russell, First Date, Olivier Awards 2020
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We've been to our first live theatre show since March! Christina Modestou, original star of SIX the musical host a night of musical songs at our beloved Southwark Playhouse with very special guest, the one and only Jenna Russell, how could we not go and see that!?! We also review an online production of First Date, a musical staring Samantha Barks and Simon Lipkin. Lastly we discuss this year's socially distanced Olivier Awards. We talk winners, nominees and live performances, which then leads us on to a chat about some of our favourite ever Tony Awards performances.
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Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under a CC Attribution License
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