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Santi & Naz review

“Hard not to succumb”

ReviewsAug 14, 2023by Lyn GardnerPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh

Rose-Marie Christian and Karendip Phull in Santi & Naz at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh. Photo: Steve Gregson

Examination of hidden female lives in the last years of empire in India is full of delicacy and joy

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