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Terry Pratchett’s Lords
and Ladies
Newcastle People’s
Theatre
Tuesday 19th to Saturday 23rd July 2016
Building
work may have started for the £1m+ redevelopment, but People’s Theatre stays
open and the show goes on.
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Amanita (Sarah Farmer),
Granny Weatherwax (Kath Frazer),
Magrat Garlick (Sarah
Scott), Nanny Ogg (Val Russell)
and Diamanda (Jessica
Chapman)
Photos: Paula Smart
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They’re
welcoming the holiday season with Terry Pratchett’s Lords And Ladies, a summer
special and fun & Fantasy. You will be transported to the weird, faraway
Discworld, where King Verence is to marry Magrat Garlick, a witch who’s finding
it rather awkward adapting to court life at Lancre Castle.
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Granny Weatherwax (Kath
Frazer), Amanita (Sarah Farmer), Diamanda (Jessica Chapman)
and Nanny Ogg (Val Russell) - Photos: Paula Smart
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But
an incursion of elves from a parallel universe prompts an outbreak of mischief,
involving trolls, Morris Dancers, and even the odd passing orangutan.
They’re
no strangers to Discworld and this funny and fast-moving adaptation of (the
much- missed) Sir Terry’s fourteenth novel in the series sees the welcome
return of Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, along with a cast of thousands
(well, dozens, anyway) to our Irana Brown’s stage adaptation brings vividly to
life all of the zany charm of Pratchett’s world without losing any of his
quirky literary allusions. So for all of you Shakespeare fans out there, in the
same way that Wyrd Sisters was an irreverent take on Macbeth, Lords and Ladies
is an equally funny parody of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Granny Weatherwax (Kath
Frazer) and Nanny Ogg (Val Russell)
Photos: Paula Smart
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It
promises to be lots of fun, and we advise audiences to get booked up early to
avoid disappointment. Please note that this production is showing a week later
than was originally advertised in some of the publicity. All patrons who had
already booked prior to this date change have been notified.
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Amanita
(Sarah Farmer) and Diamanda (Jessica Chapman) - Photos: Paula Smart
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Lords
And Ladies is the last play of their current Season. The next Season will start
in September and includes Alan Bennett’s Lady In The Van; smash-hit comedy One
Man, Two Guvnors; a classic Christie whodunit and our Panto Jack And The
Beanstalk. Tickets will be on sale for all of these and more from the end of
July/early August.
Tickets:
Lords
and Ladies arrives at the People’s Theatre in Newcastle from Tuesday 19th
to Saturday 23rd July 2016
TICKETS:
£13.50 (Concessions £11)
WEBSITE:
www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
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