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Fairytales Gone Bad: Grannylocks/The Monstrous Duckling at The Turnpike

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Fairytales Gone Bad: Grannylocks/The Monstrous Duckling

The Turnpike, Manchester
26 October 2017

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Join award-winning performance poet Joseph Coelho, winner of the 2015 Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award, as he unravels familiar fairytales to create fresh contemporary classics in an enchanting performance for young and old alike.

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