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Clive Rowe is astonishing: Hackney Empire’s Jack and the Beanstalk reviewed

Plus: a dazzlingly good Red Riding Hood at Theatre Royal Stratford East

There are few performers in Britain who are as versatile: Clive Rowe as the dairymaid Daisy Trot in Hackney Empire's Jack and the Beanstalk. Image: Manuel Harlan
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  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Hackney Empire, until 2 January

  • Red Riding Hood

    Theatre Royal Stratford East, until 31 December

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