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Advertising Theatre de Complicite's touring production of <i>Mnemonic</i> at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, 30 June - 3 July 1999. White lettering across the centre of the poster gives the name of the company and the title of the play. The logo of the Cambridge Corn Exchange is in the bottom left corner, with the name and dates of the production, and box office number. 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Directed by Simon McBurney; designed by Michael Levine; lighting by Paul Anderson; sound by Christopher Shutt.  The poster features a logo showing that the production was a funded by the Arts Council of Great Britain.  The performances at the Cambridge Corn Exchange were part of the company's1999 tour of the production which went to the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, 24-26 June; Cambridge, Corn Exchange, 30 June-3 July; Newcastle Playhouse, 7-10 July; The Oxford Playhouse, 13-17 July, and the Salzburg Festival, 21-29 August.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Poster advertising <i>Mnemonic</i> devised by Théatre de Complicité, Cambridge Corn Exchange, 30 June - 3 July 1999.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Mass produced","id":"THES48863"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Theatre de Complicite","id":"N1073"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Complicite is one of the most innovative theatre companies working in Britain. 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