Heist House Program

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by arun lakra

Great theatre lives here.

I’ve not traditionally been drawn to the action genre. But when Ocean’s Eleven came out I learned how wrong I had been – I was delighted at the way I was completely swept up in the experience. It felt like a perfect recipe of thrills set inside a story and characters I truly care about. At the same time, I loved that the film seemed to have a healthy measure of laughing at itself – inviting us to all be “in” on the inside joke.

When I first read Arun Lakra’s Heist, a few months before its premiere at Calgary’s Vertigo Theatre, I felt that same magic. Trying to portray a film-specific genre onstage can be problematic, but what I sensed immediately on reading this script was that the playwright was approaching it with equal measures of love of the genre and love of theatre. Arun is wildly creative but also analytical, the perfect mix of skills to support him in transforming something we generally only see on film into something deeply theatrical.

This is only the second production of Heist. You are witnessing theatre history in the making! We at the Grand are deeply committed to second-run Canadian plays, which means that once the dust has settled on a world premiere, the playwright can go back into their script with a new team and imagine the show for a second time, through fresh eyes. It is through this ongoing investment in plays and playwrights that the canon of Canadian plays gets stronger and stronger. And you are now a part of that!

We are also very excited to be partnering with our colleagues at the Citadel Theatre on this production. The production was created, built, and rehearsed here in London, and when it finishes here it will go on to a second run in the Citadel’s Shoctor Theatre in Edmonton. This kind of co-production helps our theatre community to cross-pollinate, making the work stronger, and helping the work of our London-based artists, artisans, and craftspeople to be seen across the country.

Now sit back and buckle up for the ride of Heist! Let’s see if you can figure out exactly whodunnit… and remember to help us keep the secret so that future audiences can enjoy the suspense!

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HEIST

by Arun Lakra

HEIST runs 115 minutes, which includes a 20 minute intermission.

Audience Advisory The production includes laser lights, haze, and loud noises – including the sound of gunshots – as well as implied sexual intercourse.

Photography and video/audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

CAST THE SPIDER BELINDA CORNISH MARVIN DEVIN MACKINNON RYAN CALLAN MCKENNA POTTER ANGIE GILLIAN MOON FIONA PRIYA NARINE KRUGER EMILIO VIEIRA

CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR HAYSAM KADRI SET DESIGNER BEYATA HACKBORN* COSTUME DESIGNER JESSICA OOSTERGO* LIGHTING DESIGNER SIOBHÁN SLEATH* Composer / sOUND DESIGNER RICHARD FEREN* Assistant sOUND DESIGNER NICK SHOSTAK PROJECTION / VIDEO DESIGNER CORWIN FERGUSON* Assistant DIRECTOR ALEXANDRA RIZKALLAH FIGHT DIRECTOR SIOBHAN RICHARDSON STAGE MANAGER SANG SANG LEE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER JESS GORDON

* All indicated designers are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.

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Director's Note While the silver screen often showcases high-octane heist films, there’s something uniquely captivating about experiencing a heist live on stage. Theatre offers a different kind of excitement, immersion, and connection that sets it apart from cinema.

What makes a heist on stage special is the immediate presence of the performers. In theatre, actors and audience share the same space, creating a visceral connection. The energy in the room heightens every glance, every line of dialogue, and every nuanced performance. As the daring heist unfolds just feet away, you become an active participant, engrossed in the engagement only live theatre can provide.

Arun Lakra's brilliant play Heist weaves a complex narrative of daring criminals, intricate plans, and a web of secrets. Lakra balances spectacle and substance, delving deep into the psyche of his characters. On stage, these characters come alive with authenticity and depth, drawing us into their world.

Staging a heist offers unique opportunities for creativity, and we’re fortunate to have a team of talented designers who’ve exceeded expectations. Their inventive designs and meticulous craftsmanship have brought this production to life.

The company of HEIST.

Heist stories thrive on a diverse, fascinating ensemble of characters, each with distinct skills, motives, and backstories. Our production’s heart and soul lie in the dedication and talent of these artists, and we are immensely proud of their contributions.

It’s been an honour to explore a story rarely told live. A big thanks to Rachel Peake, our cast, crew, creative team, and the Grand production team for their tireless efforts in creating this immersive experience.

We hope to transport you into the heart-pounding world of Heist and that you enjoy this thrilling adventure!

HAYSAM KADRI DIRECTOR

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Playwright's Note When movie night arrives at the Lakra family home, it is a rare film that we all agree upon. Yet for some reason, my Fast and Furious son (Taro) and my Pitch Perfect daughter (Siya), my Princess Bride (Roopa) and her Holy Grail husband all love watching fun heist movies like Ocean's Eleven. Or Thirteen. (Let’s not talk about Twelve.)

Now if only we could agree on the snacks.

A couple of years ago out of the blue, Chad Rabinovitz, the Artistic Director of a theatre company in Indiana (also a heist lover), knocked on my door wanting to commission me to write a ‘heist’ play. His goal was to create a fun, edge-of-your-seat, popcorn-munching, twisty-mysteryheist-whodunnit for the stage.

I said no.

It was an impossible task. How could we possibly bring the sizzle and thrills of a glitzy hundred million dollar Hollywood extravaganza to a simple stage? Plus, writing a heist play, and particularly one for smart, sophisticated audiences who can spot a suspicious butler a mile away, was daunting. Surely they’d seen it all.

I was persuaded to give it a shot. By that I mean I sprawled on the sofa and watched every caper movie ever made (all the while trying to persuade

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my family that I was “working”).

One day, I had a glimmer of an idea. I started to wonder… could we actually pull off a heist… on stage?

I am grateful to Chad for his belief in me and to Rachel for her belief in this show, to the folks at the Citadel (Edmonton) and Vertigo (Calgary) theatres for their support, to Haysam for his brilliance, to the cast for their perfect blend of talent and brainpower, and to the entire Grand team for all of their hard work in bringing Heist to the stage.

I hope you have fun!

ARUN LAKRA

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Belinda Cornish

Devin MacKinnon

Callan McKenna Potter

Gillian Moon

Belinda Cornish

Callan McKenna Potter

For The Grand Theatre: An Undiscovered Shakespeare.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Citadel Theatre/Arts Club Theatre); Private Lives, Evelyn Strange, The Exquisite Hour (Teatro Live!); The 39 Steps (Mayfield Theatre); Coriolanus, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (Freewill Shakespeare Festival). Playwright: The Garneau Block (Citadel Theatre); hiraeth (Varscona Theatre); Category E (The Maggie Tree/Coal Mine Theatre); Little Elephants (Shadow Theatre).

Voice Over (Selected): Mass Effect Trilogy, Dragon Age (Bioware Corp.)

OTHER: www.belindacornish.com

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The Fox (Here For Now Theatre); Mother Courage and Her Children, The Three Musketeers (The Stratford Festival); Hamlet (Hit and Myth).

FILM & TV Credits (Selected): Workin' Moms (CBC/Netflix); The Swap (Disney); Out Standing (GPA Films); No One Would Tell (Lifetime); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC).

OTHER: Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

The Spider

Devin MacKinnon Marvin

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, All's Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Paradise Lost (Stratford Festival); King James (Theatre Aquarius/ ATP); Little Women, A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); The Tempest (The Shakespeare Company); Crime Does Not Pay (Downstage); Frankenstein, The Ruins, In This Light, Nothing Less!, Midsummer Night's Dream, Liberation Days, The Mary Celeste (Two Planks and A Passion).

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Gillian Moon (she/her) Angie

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Ephemere (Firefly Theatre and Circus); The Time Machinest (Cirque de la Nuit); Gatsby's Cabaret (Spotlight Cabaret); Strawberry Shortcake Live North American Tour, Bubble Guppies Live Canadian Tour (Koba Entertainment); The Office (Jubilations); The Light in the Piazza (Dry Cold).

OTHER: Graduate of Theatre Arts at MacEwan and BA at University of Winnipeg.

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Priya Narine

Emilio Vieira

Priya Narine (she/her) Fiona

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected):Private Lives (Teatro Live!); The Sound of Music (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Citadel Theatre); A Chrismas Carol (Citadel Theatre - 4 seasons); Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Freewill Shakespeare); Queen Lear is Dead (Fox Den Collective); Slight of Mind (Theatre Yes/Citadel Theatre).

OTHER: Graduate of the BFA Acting program at the University of Alberta.

Emilio Vieira Kruger

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): London Assurance, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Grand Magic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard III, The Miser, Coriolanus, The Tempest, Napoli Milionaria!, A School for Scandal,Tartuffe, Macbeth, All My Sons, Bunny (The Stratford Festival); The Three Musketeers (RMTC); The Two Noble Kinsmen, Cymbeline (Shakespeare BASH’d); Towards Youth: a play on radical hope (Crow’s Theatre/Project Humanity); Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, Tartuffe (Canadian Stage).

Film & TV Credits: Titans (HBO Max); february: a love story (Sudden Spark Collective).

OTHER: Graduate of York University’s Acting Conservatory (2014) and the Stratford Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre (2015-2017).

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Haysam Kadri

Beyata Hackborn

Jessica Oostergo

Arun Lakra

Beyata Hackborn

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Sequence (Downstage/Hit and Myth); Heist (Vertigo Theatre).

Film & TV Credits: Probability (Montreal World Film Festival).

Awards: Alberta Playwriting Competition Grand Prize, Joanne Woodward/Paul Newman Award, Betty Mitchell Award, Calgary Theatre Critics’ Award (Sequence); Alberta Film and Television Award for Best Screenwriter (Probability); The Blacklist/ Warby Parker Writer’s Vision Grant (LA).

Other: Arun lives in Calgary with Roopa, Taro, Siya, and (woof) Zephy.

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The Play That Goes Wrong (Citadel/Theatre Calgary/RMTC); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The Secret Garden, Village Wooing, Playboy of the Western World, Overruled, Bright Lights (Shaw Festival); The Inheritance (CanStage); Chris, Mrs. (Boldly Productions); Little Shops of Horrors (Arts Club/ Citadel); Jersey Boys (Citadel); Metronome, Mob (Workshop West); Sleight of Mind (Western Canada Theatre).

Other: www.beyatahackborn.com

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Haysam Kadri Director

For the Grand Theatre: Homes: A Refugee Story, A Thousand Splendid Suns, A Street Car Named Desire, Einstein’s Gift.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Clue, Nero Wolfe: Might As Well Be Dead (Vertigo Theatre); In Wonderland (ATP); A Thousand Splendid Suns (Arts Club, MTC); The Shoplifters, Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Calgary); Three Musketeers, Titus Andronicus, Hamlet (The Shakespeare Company); Prairie Boys Winter, A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, Metamorphoses (U of C); Dracula (Mount Royal University); Dracula (Red Deer College).

Film & TV Credits: Last of Us, The Revenant, Hell on Wheels.

OTHER: Haysam is the Artistic Director of Alberta Theatre Projects. www.albertatheatreprojects.com

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Jessica Oostergo Costume Design

For The Grand Theatre: The Sound of Music.

Theatre Credits (Selected): A Streetcar Named Desire, Almost A Full Moon (Citadel); Ring of Fire, The Legend of Georgia McBride (Arts Club); Sunrise Betties (ITSAZOO); Bunny, Stupid F*cking Bird (Search Party); Julius Caesar (Bard); An Undeveloped Sound (Electric Company); A Chorus Line (Studio 58).

OTHER: Jessica is an Edmonton and Vancouver based Set and Costume Designer. She is a three-time Jessie Richardson Award winner for Significant Artistic Achievement with a total of seven nominations. Jessica is a graduate of Studio 58 and Emily Carr University of Arts & Design. Visit www.jessicaoostergo.com.

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Nick Shostak

For the Grand theatre: Homes: A Refugee Story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, In Seven Days. theatre Credits (Selected): Witness for the Prosecution, The Horse and His Boy, Wilde Tales (Shaw Festival); Hamlet (Shakespeare Company); Canoe (Unsettled Scores/Native Earth); Snow White (YPT); Come From Away: The Concert (Marquis Productions); Ring of Fire, On a First Name Basis (Theatre Aquarius); The Hobbit (Adirondack Theater Festival); The Great Divide (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Ann (Arkansas Rep Theatre); Figaro’s Wedding (Against the Grain); Miracle on 34th Street, A Year with Frog and Toad, Shrek and The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre).

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (selected): Hadestown, Sense and Sensibility, Crazy for You, Million Dollar Quartet (Citadel Theatre).

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Richard Feren

Original Composition / Sound Design

For the Grand Theatre: Controlled Damage, Grand Ghosts, Every Brilliant Thing, The Wars.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Erased (Open Heart Surgery/Theatre Passe Muraille) What The Constitution Means To Me, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (Soulpepper); Sequence, Mary's Wedding (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Inheritance (Canadian Stage). film & tv credits: The Understudy (dir.

Peter Pasyk); Composed scores for 8 feature films and numerous shorts.

Other: Winner of seven Dora Mavor Moore awards; Pauline McGibbon Award; shortlisted for Siminovitch Prize 2012. www. haemorrhage-music.com. www.haemorrhage-music.com

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Corwin Ferguson

Projection / Video Design

For the Grand Theatre: Homes: A Refugee Story.

Theatre Credits (selected): Brigadoon (Shaw Festival); Salesman in China, Rent, Spamalot, Wrinkle in Time (Stratford Festival); Steel City Gangster (Aquarius); Newsies, Nobody’s Children, Hansel & Gretel (Yellow Door Theatre Project); Mary Poppins, Driving Miss Daisy, Enemy of the People, Wizard of Oz, The Great Gatsby, 1984 (Saint John Theatre Company); Rinaldo (Pacific Opera Victoria); Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Richard III (The Shakespeare Company); Playing with Fire, Buyer & Cellar, You Will Remember Me (Alberta Theater Projects).

OTHER: Graduate of the BPA Program at Capilano University, Studio 58 Acting Graduate. www.corwinferguson.com

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For the Grand Theatre: Homes: A Refugee Story.

Theatre Credits (selected): Jealousy, My Brother (Theatre of the Beat); Much Ado About Nothing (Summer Shakespeare); Good Old Days (One Four One Collective/Toronto Fringe); Love's Labour's Lost (Stratford Festival); Sticky Fingers: A Musical (OKTC); Boundaries, Hopscotch (First Steps Theatre/ Fringe); With Love: Stories From the Middle East (Blue Stage E15); Innocence (Corbett).

OTHER: Jean Gascon Director Award, Stratford Festival. Alexandra is an international director and dramaturg. Thank you to the Stratford Festival, Grand Theatre, Haysam Kadri, & Mom!

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Snow In Midsummer (Shaw/NAC); Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart, The Amen Corner, The Clearing (Shaw); A Christmas Carol, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Honour Beat (Theatre Calgary); Opera in the 21st Century (Banff Centre); The Herd (Citadel/Tarragon); The Fiancée, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Tempest, Hadestown, Redpatch, Mamma Mia!, Sense and Sensibility, Million Dollar Quartet, West Side Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, One Man, Two Guvnors, Make Mine Love, Spamalot, Private Lives (Citadel Theatre); The Exquisite Hour, Fever Land (Teatro Live!).

Assistant Director

Siobhan Richardson Fight Director

For the Grand Theatre: Actor - The Penelopiad; Fight and/or Intimacy Director Controlled Damage, Room, A Christmas Story, The Hobbit, High School Projects - Les Misérables (Spring 2007), Romeo & Juliet (Fall 2007).

Theatre Credits (selected): Resident Fight and Intimacy Director (Canadian Opera Company); Sex, Getting Married, The Russian Play (Shaw), The Play That Goes Wrong (WMU), Betrayal (Soulpepper), Trout Stanley (Tarragon Theatre). awards: Chalmers Arts Fellowship (Ontario Arts Council); Best Fights in a Martial Arts Short nomination (Action on Film, LA); Arts Response Initiative (Ontario Arts Council).

OTHER: Instructor (Paddy Crean International Workshop), www.SiobhanRichardson.com, Instagram: @fighteractress.

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Jess Gordon

Assistant Stage Manager

For The Grand Theatre: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, High School Project Matilda: The Musical.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Rapunzel: A Merry (Hairy) Panto (The Captiol Theatre), Wendy and Peter Pan, Avon Theatre Production Assistant (Stratford Festival), Jonas and Barry in the Home, Made In Italy (Theatre Aquarius), A Christmas Carol, Come Down From Up River, Doris and Ivy in the Home (Upper Canada Playhouse), Wishful Seeing (4th Line Theatre), Red Tide: A Macabre Maritime Misadventure, Kensington: The Musical, Destination: Wedding! (Sheridan College).

OTHER: Graduate of Sheridan College’s Technical Production program.

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It opens me up to new cultures and points of view, through entertainment. Everytime I get to see a play or musical, I know it’s feeding my soul. Whether it makes me laugh, cry or deepen my understanding about a certain topic, I always walk out feeling inspired.

It is not often that I get the chance to fuel my passion for theatre by connecting with talented, committed working actors. After each show, I was constantly flooded with inspiration from learning about various actors and their information about performing on stage and in the industry.

To any student out there hoping to join the Student Club, I would say that it is an amazing experience that you won’t regret. You have the chance to see unforgettable shows and connect with some of the actors in them, which is why Student Club is so great.

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The end goal is to be on a professional stage and do what I love, which is performing. In the meantime, I will continue to stimulate my love for the arts by gathering inspiration from various different shows through the Student Club.

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A Cinematic Experience for the Stage Heist makes its Ontario premiere at the grand theatre The lights are dim. The hum of lasers and drones is barely distinguishable.

A dark alley comes to life, illuminated by the glow of five flashlights.

Who could it be? The Boss. The Gilligan. The Mary-Lou. The Popeye. The Geek.

Everyone you need to pull off the ultimate high-stakes crime: the heist.

Heist, an edge-of-your-seat, popcorn-theatre, crime caper is taking the Spriet Stage at the Grand Theatre, in a story of five accomplices, who team up for one final job after finding themselves betrayed.

And while many may associate this type of story with the silver screen, Heist is not a movie, but an action-packed theatre production, inspired by the genre that includes Ocean’s Eleven among its most popular artifacts. Diamonds, deals, and deceit take center stage in this co-production with Citadel Theatre, running from January 14 to February 1, 2025.

One might wonder how a heist plot can come to life before your eyes without the aid of "movie magic." The answer lies somewhere in the balance of a cinema-worthy story, innovative technology, clever stage design, and captivating practical effects, creating an immersive experience like no other.

Heist playwright, India-born and Calgary-raised Arun Lakra was inspired to create a heist story while sitting on the couch with his family, watching the 2001 heist-comedy Ocean’s Eleven. That moment, along with a nudge from Chad Rabinovitz (Artistic Director of Constellation Stage & Screen) sparked the idea that would eventually evolve into his latest work.

The world premiere of Heist took place in early 2024 at the renowned Vertigo Theatre, located in the heart of downtown Calgary. Not only did the production welcome back avid theatregoers looking for the latest in live performance, but it also caught the attention of a new demographic—Netflix-binge-watching, video-game-loving Gen Zs. “I think people who come to see Heist, are people who don’t usually go to the theatre,” says Lakra. Heist integrates modern technical elements that unfold on stage

in real-time, fully visible to the audience. While there are different ways that newer technology may manifest in a theatre production, Lakra opts to put that technology front and center, making it a vital part of the storytelling experience: “I wanted to create a sort of hybrid show, which grabbed elements from both film and theatre,” Lakra explains. “Through my collaboration with Haysam Kadri, our brilliant director, who shares this vision, we have tried to create a cinematic experience on stage.”

As a genre, the “heist” follows a calculated formula that has thrilled audiences since classics like The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and Rififi (1955). At its core, it revolves around a high-stakes target and a skilled crew working together to achieve the impossible.

Yet, the path is rarely smooth. Unexpected dilemmas and obstacles arise, building tension and suspense. But a perfect heist is never straightforward—it’s filled with twists and turns that deceive the audience and sometimes even the robbers themselves.

“When I first looked at this show, I thought: ‘this is madness!’ Heist is a thought-provoking, fast-paced, cinematic, popcorn-munching, edge-of-your-seat play,” says Haysam Kadri, who recently arrived in London to direct the Grand Theatre’s production of the show. It will be the second time directing Heist, for the Edmonton-based artistic director of Alberta Theatre Projects.

It’s no secret that Heist promises to deliver excitement, unexpected twists, and action-packed sequences, and with theatre offering the gift of immediacy and intimacy, the experience promises to be a memorable one. “There’s an electricity in the room that can’t be replicated on screen. The audience becomes part of the performance, and every show is a new event,” expresses Kadri.

One question now remains: Is London prepared to witness the biggest heist ever to unfold on stage?

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Theatre is a great draw for visitors to the city. The Grand offers that while supporting local and area artists. There is quite a bit of summer theatre in the area, but the Grand is able to offer that entertainment during the off season. The Grand gives amazing opportunities to the youth in our area with their High School Project.

What connects you to the Grand?

I was born in Stratford. My father was involved with the beginning of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (now Stratford Festival) and my best friend was from an acting family so I have long connections to theatre. At the Grand, I started as a volunteer usher and enjoyed watching the plays. Later I met up with some friends who subscribed and I joined them. I like to subscribe so I give the performances a priority and don’t miss any.

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