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Cuttin’ It
Young Vic, London SE1
4/5
CHARLENE JAMES’S striking two-hander about female genital mutilation in Britain pulls absolutely no punches.
Through the stories of two young women, James affectingly and frankly charts the effects that FGM has on their lives.
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