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Is the dancefloor really dead?

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Necessarily navigating the difference between ‘side effects’ and reality, the play strikes a fine balance between what one thinks and what one feels.

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Fundamentally, The Harrowing of Hell.26 is a finely acted, well-produced play which was enjoyable enough to watch, but its conclusion is unsatisfying.

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Culture

‘Our House’ in the middle of Beaumont Street

Is the dancefloor really dead?

Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

‘The Harrowing of Hell.26’ reviewed

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