Sentence 1: In 2011 , George Maguire appeared as Richard Loeb in Thrill Me , first in the Tristan Bates Theatre in London , and then in the Charing Cross Theatre .
Sentence 2: In 2011 George Maguire appeared as Richard Loeb in Thrill Me , first at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London and then at the Charing Cross Theatre .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

pick from the following. (a). no. (b). yes.
(b).