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If Cinders is going to the ball... ; ... then so shall you! And what a choice there is across the country: from a flapper Cinderella to a deep, dark Hans Christian Andersen tale - and not forgetting that old festive favourite, the psychedelic neo-medieval

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From: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 20061210
Author:Jenny Gilbert

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Duckie: The Class Club

Duckie's last cabaret at the Barbican two years ago won four awards, including an Olivier for Best Entertainment. This one follows a novel format: you choose your style of at-table entertainment according to what you want to eat. A "lower-class" menu buys you a plateload from the fun'n'fes-tive carvery; the "upper class" option brings you game, figgy pudding, with floor show to match. See interview.

Barbican Pit, London EC2 (0845 1207 500), Sat to 7 Jan, [pound]14.99 or [pound]40 meal included

A Pleasing Terror: Two Ghost Stories by M R James

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