{"id":3690,"date":"2019-01-20T21:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T21:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2021-01-13T21:17:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:17:14","slug":"the-mares-tale-world-premiere-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berkeleyensemble.co.uk\/news\/the-mares-tale-world-premiere-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mare&#8217;s Tale: World Premiere Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Berkeley Ensemble are thrilled to present the world premiere tour of\u00a0<em>The Mare&#8217;s Tale<\/em>, by British composer Mark Bowden, this Spring. 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