Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton take seats at Abbey in Dublin for Aidan Quinn and Steve Buscemi one-off
Stars take part in reading of Sam Shepard’s play Ages of the Moon for Irish national theatre’s Love at First Sight season
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Steve Buscemi to join fellow star Aidan Quinn for Abbey Theatre performance
Buscemi and Quinn will read Sam Shepard’s Ages of the Moon at the Irish national theatre in Dublin this weekend
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