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Starstruck ‘Tawdry Tales’ after dark tours

Late night opening

Friday 2 February

Judy Davis as Sybilla and Sam Neill as Harry by David Kynoch Film: My Brilliant Career, 1979

Discover some of the stories the stars didn’t want you to know about on our Tawdry Tales tour of the exhibition.

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