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Oliver! with a twist: musical swaps Dickensian London for modern Amman by Mark Tran

Mainly amateur cast of Syrian refugees and poor Jordanians begin final rehearsal in project UK producers see as bridge between two communitiesThere's an artful dodger, a lot of hungry street kids and a rousing rendition of Food, Glorious Food. But the streets these urchins scurry around in are not those of Dickensian London, but of a modern-day Arab city. And the food they sing of is not hot sausage and mustard, but …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:28AM on August 24, 2015

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