Twenty-five years ago, Vigen Guroian, Ph.D., a theologian and professor of religious studies, wrote a book called “Tending ...

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The Red Shoes, one of the RSC’s Christmas shows, has started performances at the Swan Theatre in Stratford.

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With Direction and Movement by Kimberley Rampersad (associate artistic director of the Shaw Festival, Canada) in her RSC ...