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Fortunately, Sheffield is home to two of England's best regional theatres. They sit next to each other in Tudor Square. Frequently, months can go by without me visiting either The Crucible or The Lyceum but this week I have visited both. On Wednesday night, Shirley had great seats for the evening performance of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" in The Crucible. It was slick and endearing in all regards - a great combination of singing, dancing and spoken dialogue without a single error that I could detect. There was also plenty of skilful stagecraft to admire. It's wonderful when a gang of humans can work together to produce really magical theatre. And of course most of Irving Berlin's songs are familiar even when you can't pin down exactly when you first heard them. "White Christmas" at The Crucible & below - poster for "Beauty and The Beast" Then today Shirley I attended The Lyceum with Frances, Phoebe and Ba...