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Nick Clegg to speak with notes

By Helen Duffett | Fri 25th February 2011 - 3:09 pm

A hip-hop musical based on Nick Clegg’s role in forming the Coalition government is to be staged later this year.

The show (working title: “Nicked”) also features David Cameron in a “rap-off” with his backbenchers as well as the student demonstrations and the run-up to the AV referendum.

Steven Atkinson, artistic director of the HighTide Festival in Suffolk, said “They are all in there, Cameron, Clegg, Brown and the Milibands.”

He added that as Mr Clegg acted as a student, he might see the funny side.

The play is due to be staged from 30 April – just before the 5

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