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Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Well-Red Vikings sail in for festival
YORK’S annual Viking invasion has created a combination between Norse history and a traditional fairy story.
A key event in this year’s Jorvik Viking festival saw youth and experience come together when Phillip Sherman, of Booster Cushion Theatre, and several young helpers performed Eric the Red Riding Hood at the Early Music Centre, in Walmgate, York.
The play involves the heroine of the story encountering a myriad of characters in a humorous retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
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