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Your support makes all the difference.Ideally I'd like to drive along The Great Ocean Road on the coast of Southern Victoria, Australia, which is where my current production of Eva and the Cabin Boy is set. Realistically, I'd spend the morning pottering about the roof garden at my home near Oxford Circus. I'd have breakfast at Titchfield Cafe (071- 636 1780) nearby. You can hardly see the building for flowers. It's a genuinely eccentric place, adorned with lamps, statues and basins.
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Ted Craig is artistic director of The Warehouse Theatre. 'Eva and the Cabin Boy' runs to 26 Jun
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