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“Jenna Russell is warm and engaging”

Long ReviewsJul 15, 2021Nottingham Playhouse

Jenna Russell and Louis Gaunt in Piaf at Nottingham Playhouse. Photo: Marc Brenner

Nottingham Playhouse’s revival of a play about the life of Edith Piaf is elevated by Jenna Russell’s warm performance

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