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Hanham Players will present their production of Wyrd Sisters next month!

When: 13th-15th June 2024

Venue: Hanham Community Centre, A431 trunk road, Bristol BS15 3EJ (phone 0117 9674439)

Time: 7.30pm all shows

Tickets: £10 to £15, available via http://www.hanhamplayers.org/tickets.shtml (online sales close 3hrs before performance starts)

http://www.hanhamplayers.org/

The Cheriton Players will present their production of Wyrd Sisters this coming April!

"When Duke Felmet murders King Verence and takes over Lancre on the Discworld®, three witches are tasked with protecting the king’s baby son, Tomjon: Granny Weatherwax (intolerant, self opinionated, powerful), Nanny Ogg (down to earth, common) and Magrat Garlick (innocent, naive, slightly hippy). In a script that channels inspiration from the juiciest plot twists of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Hamlet, plus a dose of essential HG Wells time-travel we encounter a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players plus a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Our three witches. Tickets are on sale and selling fast!"

When: 23rd-27th April 2024 Venue: Cheriton Village Hall, Cheriton, Alresford, Hants SO24 0PZ Time: 19.30 all shows Tickets: £13, available online from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheritonplayers

https://www.thecheritonplayers.org.uk/

WYRD SISTERS IN BIRKENHEAD (APRIL)

Presented by the Carlton Players

When: 18-22 April 2023

Venue: The Little Theatre, Grange Road West, Birkenhead CH41 4BY (phone: 0151 6476593)

Time: 7.30pm all shows

Tickets: adults £10, children and OAPs £8, available online via https://bit.ly/3HNEDNc or in person at Health and Home Brew Centre, 34 Oxton Road, Birkenhead

https://www.datathistle.com/event/1998194-wyrd-sisters/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/561238457227913/

GOING POSTAL IN CHELMSFORD (APRIL)

The Chelmsford Theatre Workshop are presenting their production of Going Postal this month. We saw an excellent production of Going Postal in XXXX a few years ago, so it's exciting to see that other companies are having a go!

When: 19th–29th April 2023

Venue: Old Court Theatre, 233 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6JT

Time: 7.45pm all shows

Tickets: £12 (concessions £10 except on Friday and Saturday), available via https://bit.ly/41e4QfY or ring 0333 666 3366 or on the door (cash or card) from 45 minutes prior to curtain

https://ctw.org.uk/going-postal/

WYRD SISTERS IN RUTLAND (MAY)

Presented by RATS (Rutland Arts Theatre Society)

When: 18th to 20th May 2023

Venue: Rutland County Museum, Catmos Street, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HW

Time: 7.30pm all shows

Tickets: £10, available online via wegottickets.com

https://www.facebook.com/ratsoakham

...AND IN MANCHESTER (MAY)

Presented by the Guide Bridge Theatre

When: 15th to 20th May 2023

Venue: Guide Bridge Theatre, Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5HJ

Time: 7.30pm all evening shows; 2pm matinee on Saturday 20th

Tickets: £10 (members £9), available online via https://bit.ly/3YyHmkv

https://bit.ly/3lkzvZu

MONSTROUS REGIMENT IN SEATTLE (MAY–JUNE)

Latitude Theatre will offer their production of Monstrous Regiment next month. Get your socks ready! "Borogravia is at war. Again. When Polly Perks’ brother goes missing in action, she disguises herself as a young man, enlists in the army and heads to the front lines in search of her sibling. But all is not as it seems, and Polly soon learns that she isn’t the only one in this band of 'brothers' protecting secrets. Making their way to the front, this misfit company might just overcome insurmountable odds to become unlikely victors."

When: 14th May through 4th June 2023

Venue: Taproot Theatre at the Isaac Studio Theatre, 212 N 85th Street, Seattle, Washington

Time: 7.30pm all evening shows, 2pm matinee on Saturday

Tickets: $35 (preview deals $30*), available via http://latitudetheatre.org/box-office.html or $40 on the door

14th May (2pm) "One Mother of a Preview - Mom sees the show for free with purchase of one or more regular tickets!" and 17th May (7.30pm) "Pay-With-Your-Can - Donate non-perishable food items for discounts and/or free tickets! (1 Canned Good = $10 off. 3 Canned Goods = Free ticket!)"

http://latitudetheatre.org/index.html

Wossname

Newsletter of the Klatchian Foreign Legion

Special Edition February 2023

01) LETTER FROM YOUR EDITOR: THE PLAY’S THE THING

Dear Readers, if you're still out there,

I was astonished to discover, upon digging out the last 2022 issue, that it’s been almost ten months to the day since I put together that might-be-final issue. I won’t take refuge in the traditional ‘where did the time go?’ because I know exactly where it went: on working part-time, reading and daydreaming and jogging and gardening and – well, being past retirement age now, I finally retired last month and am now happy just being a housewife and, er, the… other one.

I devoted something on the order of at least 8,000 hours to working on Wossname since I was first asked to contribute some reviews and essays to it. That’s a lot of hours for a duty I only took on as a favour to a friend. But I also made a promise to another friend, who happens to be one of the most important people in the career of Sir Terry Pratchett mayherestinpeace, that I would continue to promote live performances of Discworld plays once they started up again post-pandemic. Which they now have. So here I am, starting to redeem that promise. I should have done it earlier, as it’s been several months since I was given the first lot of info on upcoming plays in 2023, but at least I’ve managed to get this issue out with several weeks to spare before those plays start their runs...

– Annie Mac

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02) DISCWORLD PLAYS NEWS

There seem to be rather a lot of productions of Wyrd Sisters coming up – all but two of the productions listed below! Plenty of other brilliant Pratchett plays out there, most of them expertly rendered from novel to play by Stephen Briggs, but Wyrd Sisters does seem to have become a Pratchett go-to for amateur companies. Nothing wrong with that!

WYRD SISTERS IN HERTFORD (MARCH)

Presented by the Hertford Dramatic & Operatic Society

When: 8th to 11th March 2023

Venue: The Studio Theatre, Bentley House, Pegs Lane, Hertford SG13 8EG

Time: 7:45pm all evening shows; matinee Saturday 11th at 3pm

Tickets: £13, available online via https://bit.ly/3YlMNDK

https://www.hdos.org.uk/v9/production.php

...AND IN MIDDLESEX (MARCH)

Presented by the Richmond Shakespeare Society

When: 18th-25th March 2023

Venue: Mary Wallace Theatre, The Embankment, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3DU

Time: 7.45pm all evening shows (if there are any matinee performances scheduled, they haven’t been announced yet)

Tickets: available online from Monday 20 February. Ring the Box Office (07484 927662) for further details

https://bit.ly/3jNYWSH

...AND IN SUFFOLK (MARCH)

Presented by the Stowmarket Operatic & Dramatic Society

When: 22nd-25th March 2023

Venue: The Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 1AY

Time: 19.30 all shows, plus 14.00 matinee on Saturday 25th

Tickets: £14 adults, £12 concessions, available online via https://bit.ly/3GX065Y or ring the Box Office: (01449 612825)

https://bit.ly/3DUJ5sB

...AND IN WARWICKSHIRE (MARCH-APRIL)

Presented by the Loft Theatre Company

When: 29th March to 8th April 2023

Venue: The Loft Theatre, Victoria Colonnade, Leamington Spa CV31 3AA

Time: 19.30 all shows except Sunday 2nd Apr at 17.00

Tickets: £17 (concessions £15, students £8), via https://bit.ly/3XH7zNh

https://lofttheatrecompany.com/performance/wyrd-sisters/

GUARDS! GUARDS! IN LLAMEDOS (MARCH)

Presented by the Rhyl Liberty Players

When: 30th March to 1st April 2023

Venue: Little Theatre Rhyl, Vale Road, Rhyl, Denbighshire LL18 2BS

Time: 7.30pm all shows

Tickets: £12 + £0.94 booking fee (10 for the price of 8 offer £108 + £8.42 booking fee), available online via https://bit.ly/3HEUjCk

https://www.libertyplayers.co.uk/

WYRD SISTERS IN BIRKENHEAD (APRIL)

Presented by the Carlton Players

When: 18-22 April 2023

Venue: The Little Theatre, Grange Road West, Birkenhead CH41 4BY (phone: 0151 6476593)

Time: 7.30pm all shows

Tickets: adults £10, children and OAPs £8, available online via https://bit.ly/3HNEDNc or in person at Health and Home Brew Centre, 34 Oxton Road, Birkenhead

https://www.datathistle.com/event/1998194-wyrd-sisters/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/561238457227913/

...AND IN RUTLAND (MAY)

Presented by RATS (Rutland Arts Theatre Society)

When: 18th to 20th May 2023

Venue: Rutland County Museum, Catmos Street, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HW

Time: 7.30pm all shows

Tickets: £10, available online via wegottickets.com

https://www.facebook.com/ratsoakham

...AND IN MANCHESTER (MAY)

Presented by the Guide Bridge Theatre

When: 15th to 20th May 2023

Venue: Guide Bridge Theatre, Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5HJ

Time: 7.30pm all evening shows; 2pm matinee on Saturday 20th

Tickets: £10 (members £9), available online via https://bit.ly/3YyHmkv

https://bit.ly/3lkzvZu

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04) CLOSE

..and that’s it for now. Remember, if you know of a local Discworld or other Pratchett play coming up, please let me know (ta Vikki for the RATS heads-up, by the way). If there are updates available for the plays above, I’ll post them on the Dreamwidth mirror site.

GNU Sir Pterry forever, and mind how you go...

– Annie Mac

The End. If you have any questions or requests, write: wossname-owner (at) pearwood (dot) info!

For all of you who ordered this special edition of Clacks last year and were wondering why it never arrived, here be an update from the Backspindle lads:

Collector's Clacks is shipping soon! And we can't wait to get our copy!

Finally, after months of challenges with the restrictions, shortages in materials and quality checks we are delighted to bring you brilliant news! The Collector's Edition of Clacks games are being assembled and will be shipping to us from China in early January 2022. Once received, we will get them to you as soon as possible. Our objective is to have them to all of our pre-order customers by the beginning of March, before they become available in the shops. Initially each game was to include 'one' of five limited edition bookmarks, but as we appreciate you all have had to be so patient during these strange times, we have decided that each pre-order copy from our website will have a 'complete set of five' bookmarks included.

We thought you'd like to see a clean copy of the box image. At this time we'd like especially to thank Rob, Ian, Rachel and Jason for their input into the design creation. It is very much appreciated.

The Collector's Edition of Clacks is actually the five year anniversary edition too! Also in January we will do the draw for the 1st Edition copy of Guards! Guards! A Discworld boardgame. One of you is going to be very lucky indeed!

We will update you all on more accurate delivery timescales once the games land in the UK.

PLEASE NOTE: If your postal address address has changed since placing your order, or will change by the beginning of March 2022, please drop us an email to info@backspindlegames.com or backspindle@gmail.com advising of any changes.

Hands up who remembers Mr Sideney, the wizardly locksmith in Sky TV's famous adaptation of Hogfather? Or the equally wizardly Arch Astronomer of Krull in Sky's equally famous adaptation of The Colour of Magic?

How about the chap who voiced all those Discworld audiobooks - twenty-one of them, to be precise? And provided the voice of the Auditors in the aforementioned Hogfather telly-film?

That's right, it's UK comedy legend Nigel Planer, beloved for almost forty years for iconic roles including Neil of The Young Ones, David Castle of King and Castle, Ralph Filthy of Filthy Rich and Catflap, Blackadder the Third's Lord Smedley, and many others not to mention years of superb work in many roles for The Comic Strip Presents.

Here be a few of those roles, to tickle your memories:

Mr Planer has also written a number of plays and books. Which brings us to today's subject:

A WIZARD WANTS YOUR HELP!!!

To quote the man himself: "I've written a time-travel comedy book which is currently crowd funding with the publisher Unbound. It's called Jeremiah Bourne in Time and is a new and sideways look at time travelling, with many eccentric characters. I'm hoping to put the word out to people who I reckon will like it. There are many homages to Sir T inside."

Jeremiah Bourne in Time is already a third of the way to meeting the necessary total, so would you like to join the legions of Discworld fans and pitch in a few Ankh-Morpork dollars (or your local Roundworld currency) to help it along? Of course you would! So...

CLICK HERE for the link to the Unbound crowdfunding page!

The page includes an explanatory/promotional video which I promise you is well worth watching! Not least because as wonderful a job Paul Kaye did a few years ago representing Sir Terry himself in the BBC documentary Terry Pratchett: Back in Black, Nigel Planer channels The Author even more eerily in the above promo. Must be the influence of voicing all those Discworld books...

So yes, please do trot along to the page and support Jeremiah Bourne in Time. Your Editor already has done - and is quite certain that were Sir Terry still with us, he'd have been among the first to do so!

p.s. Wossname will resume regular publication next week. Plenty of news to share...

Current Location: Roundworld

Aaaaand... it's official! Make a note in your Discworld calendars!

Note: this is a screenshot (duh). For the original tweet, see: https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/1333745968748048386

It's that day again! The Glorious 25th, when certain members of the Ankh-Morpork Watch (and one occupant of the Oblong Office) wear the lilac to commemorate the Treacle Mine Road revolution. Ave bossa nova and all that...

This year's image comes from the Discworld Emporium's collection. It's a superb tea towel, and absolutely huge, so if you want one of your own, here's the place to go:

https://www.discworldemporium.com/homeware/193-glorious-25th-may-tea-towel

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With multiple exclamation points!!!

Listen in on an "up to the minute" Crowley and Aziraphale phone conversation in this charming four-minute presentation! Our favourite angel and demon grumble about London lockdown as our hidden camera pans over a panoply of... well, you'll have to see for yourself...

I first watched this with no sound and thought, "What's the big deal? It's just footage of Good Omens-related images!" But then I watched it with sound on.

Watch it with sound on!!!

Better yet, watch it once in silence, then listen to it with your eyes closed...

And here be the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quSXoj8Kob0

Photo credit: Narrativia/The Blank Corporation

    "The greatest scientists in the world have taught here for generations, he thought as he made himself a cup of tea, and still our children ask us: Are there ghosts? What a piece of work is Man...

    "He stepped outside, stirring the tea. The shining path glittered across the sky. Out in the lagoon, in the last ray of sunlight, a dolphin leaped into the air for the joy of the moment, the water drops making another shining path.

    "The old man smiled, and believed."

        – the closing paragraphs of Nation

   On this day in 1948, Terence David John Pratchett was born. In the course of a life that ended far too early, he brought joy, wisdom, knowledge, wit and enlightenment to millions of people, and the echoes of his life and work will continue to do so, quite probably for at least as many generations as stretched between the old man in Nation and the days of Mau's unexpected elevation to leadership of his unlikely nation.

   So on this day, please celebrate the man and his life and works. Give thanks to your memories of him, those of you who met him and those of you who only 'know' him through his books and advocacies. Keep his name in the Overhead. But please, please think twice about wishing him a happy birthday, because the Terry Pratchett who was born in 1948 no longer exists, so you'd be talking to a ghost. And Sir Terry, humanist to the core to and through the end of his days, did not encourage a belief in ghosts.

GNU Pterry, creator of worlds and improver of this one

Photo credit: Secret World

Five years today.

Still feeling the loss as keenly as ever.

Read. Remember. Speak his name, always.

GNU Terence David John Pratchett aka Sir Terry Pratchett OBE

Wordsmith, worldsmith, stealth philosopher, father of deathless characters and general genius

art by Tricia Ave

*******

THE LOVE SONG OF TDJ PRATCHETT

By Weird Alice Lancrevic

Let us go then, you and I,
When the Rimfall is spread out against the sky
Like a victim on Quetzovercoatl's altar
Let us go, through certain dark Ankh-Morpork streets,
As Cumbling Michael bleats
Of restless nights in Elm Street's cheap bedsits
And Harga's restaurant with greasy chips
Streets that follow like a Fools' Guild argument
Of a humorous intent
To lead you to an overt wealth of... footnotes!
Oh, do not play Greek Chorus
Let us go and dance Dark Morris.

In the room the wizards come, unseen
Talking of thaumic octarine.

The Morpork smog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The river-fug that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes,
Licked its tongue into the corners of the Bucket,
Lingered upon the gargoyles guarding drains,
Let fall upon its back the black of lithe Assassins,
Slipped by the terrace, writhed round Sator Square,
And seeing that it was a soft Sektober night,
Curled once around the Tump, and fell asleep.

And indeed there will be crime
Under Ankh-born fumes that slide down Easy Street,
Rubbing grey-black upon the window-panes; Disc-ing itself
There will be crime, and barely time
To prepare a voucher for the Thieves that you may meet;
There will be time to say the number Eight,
And time for all Devices wrought by dwarfs
That lift this brawling City toward its fate;
Time for Schleppel, time for Reg,
And time yet for an Igor's deft incisions,
And for a Sweeper's history revisions,
Before the taking of meat and two veg.

In the room the wizards come, unseen
Making a joke about the Dean.

And indeed there will be time
To wonder, 'Do I dare? Will Vimes go spare?'
Time to turn back Time and deeds repair,
With P.L.T. making horrors of my hair—
[They will say: 'How she stoops, to wear the tin!']
My armoured breasts, my collar fastened firmly 'neath my chin,
My pedigree's the oddest, but blue-blooded via lupine kin—
[They will say: 'But she's a vegetarian!']
Do I dare
Disturb the multiverse?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which the Moon will soon reverse.

For I have known the grags already, known them all—
Have known the meetings, mineshafts, Ankhian ruins,
I have squandered all my gold in greasy spoons;
I know the old life's dying, like an axe's fall
Beneath the bustle under cellar rooms.
So should I mention Koom?

And I have known the toffs already, known them all—
The eyes that damn you with a far too inbred phrase,
And when I am relegated, tossed like Mr Pin,
When I am told 'No comment!' by Lord Rust,
Then how should I begin
To spit out all Spike's butt-ends from the Golem Trust?
And how should I presume?

And I have known the 'girls' already, known them all—
Arms of that painted Guild, pale, white and calm
(But in the lamplight, best of Mrs Palm's!)
Is it scumble from a dish
That makesh me shpeak like thish?
Arms that twine around a client, or cap a maiden's fall.
And should I rent a room?
How soon should I dig in?

. . . . .

Shall I say, I have lurked at dusk in Morpork's streets
And watched the Clacks that clatter from the roofs
Midst lonely geeks with code-books, changing shifts in towers? . . .

I should have been a cruel wild banshee's claws
Scuttling between the Trouserlegs of Time.

. . . . .

And 'til well past noon, Young Sam will sleep so peacefully!
Smooth is his breathing,
Asleep . . . tired . . . or merely teething
Safe in his bed, here beside you and me.
Should I, after teetotal libations,
Have the strength to foil yet more assassinations?
But though I have cursed and shouted, growled and coughed,
Though I have seen my head [grown slightly bald] fetch ever higher prices
I am no genius — but I'm cool in crisis;
I have seen the sternest of my Watchmen flicker,
And I have seen the eternal Death of Rats go SNH, and snicker,
And in short, I was pissed off.

And would it have been worth it all, and sweet,
After millennium hand and shrimp for tea,
Among the Faculty, among some talk of Sourcery,
Would it have been worth while
To endure Ridcully's hassling with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe's rubber sheet
To roll it toward some thaumic insurrection,
To say: 'We are wizardry's future, come have fun
'Come HEX me up a treat, H.E.M. is neat!'
If one, scoffing a sausage inna bun,
Should say: 'That is not what I meant to eat.
'That is not real named meat.'

And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the battles and the broadswords and the trampled thrones,
After the sagas, after the horse cheese, after the skirts I chased from Rim to Hub—
And dine-chewers for my grub?—
It is 'barbarian' to say just what I mean!
But seen by a magic lantern through a silken Agatean screen:
Would it have been worth while
If one, scuttling a Dark Lord or storming Io's gate
To turn larks into legends, should say:
'That's not a hero's fate,
'That's not a deathless hero's fate.'

No! I am not King Verence, nor was meant to be;
I'm just a tender Tomjon, one who'll do
To thrill the punters, steal a scene or two
Advise the prince; he jingles, but he's cool,
Deferential to the senior Ogg
Mildly thick, gracious, and fond of his wife;
Full of high purpose, but a bit agog;
At times, indeed, a cliche brought to life—
Almost a perfect Fool.

I grow old . . . I grow old . . .
I shall yet wear midnight when the nights are cold.

Shall I shout 'Io's not blind!'? Do I dare to speak of Klatch?
I shall wear black pointy headgear, and fly on brooms of thatch
I have heard the Beggars, canting to the Watch.

I do not think that they will beg from me.

We have seen young vampires gliding past the Moon
Combing the land for humans to attack
Venting their blood-lust stylishly in black.

We have lingered on the shambling Circumfence
By sea-trolls wreathed with foam against the sky
Till Great A'Tuin takes us, and we fly.

(with abject apologies to Thomas Stearns Eliot)

Grasmere Players' Christmas play is Wyrd Sisters!

When: tonight through 14th December
Venue: Grasmere Hall, Broadgate, Grasmere CUMBRIA, Grasmere, LA22 9TA
Time: 7.30pm all evening shows; 2.30pm matinee on the 14th
Tickets: £10 (children and students £5), available from Barneys Newsbox at Grasmere (phone 015394 35627) and on the door

(photo: Westmorland Gazette)

Unseen Theatre's production of Going Postal starts this week!

"Moist von Lipwig is a con artist. He has excellent qualifications and experience for this line of work. He is a fraud, a natural born-criminal, an habitual liar, a perverted genius and totally untrustworthy. This is the sort of man to whom Lord Vetinari (Patrician of Ankh-Morpork) offers a life choice – be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet. It is going to be a tough decision for Moist, but perhaps there’s a shot at redemption for a man who’s prepared to push the envelope? Of course before he comes anywhere close to success, he will have a multitude of problems to overcome. Just to mention a few, there is his parole officer Mr. Pump – a golem made of clay who, like any other government official, is tireless in his sense of duty; there are tons of undelivered mail who insist on talking to him; the shadowy characters from the Grand Trunk Company want him deader than his dead letters, and his new “girlfriend” sees straight through him. So much for SWALK! And here he'd thought that all he'd have to face was rain, snow, gloom of night, and the odd vicious dog or two..."

When: 20th–30th November 2019
Venue: Bakehouse Main Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide, South
Australia 5000
Time: 8pm all shows
Tickets: Adults $22, Conc $18, Fringe Benefits $16, Groups (6+) $16,
Preview night (20th November) $16, all available online at https://www.trybooking.com/BFUHZ

http://www.bakehousetheatre.com/shows/going-postal

Alsager Community Theatre are staging their production of Wyrd Sisters this week!

"It looks as if someone has cast a spell over local award-winning amateur theatre group, Alsager Community Theatre, and we have allowed first time director, Steve White, to dive into the uncharted waters of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld... Steve tells us 'I’ve been reading the Discworld novels since last century and I’ve even performed in two Discworld plays as a nearly dead wizard and a troll. Perfect qualifications to direct any play. I’m also thrilled to be working at ACT with an enthusiastic cast of new and established faces. We are confident that audiences will enjoy an excellent and entertaining evening.'"

When: 20th-23rd November 2019
Venue: St Mary’s Church, Crewe Road, Alsager, Cheshire ST7 2EW
Time: 7.30pm all shows
Tickets: £8 (£7 for under 21s). They are available from 1 st November by phoning 01260 276165 or 07845 102111 or from the Alsager Library (open 9am-5pm weekdays, phone 01270 375325).

https://alsagercommunitytheatre.org.uk/current-production/
https://twitter.com/AlsagerTheatre

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* GOING POSTAL IN EMERALD, FOURECKS (OCTOBER)

The Gemco Players will present their production of Going Postal in
October! "Moist von Lipwig was a con artist, a fraud and a man faced
with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal
service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. With the help of a
golem who has been at the bottom of hole in the ground for over two
hundred years, a pin fanatic and Junior Postman Groat, he's got to see
that the mail gets through. In taking on the evil chairman of the Grand
Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer, he's also got to stay
alive. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. In
the mad world of the mail, can a criminal succeed where honest men have
failed and died? Perhaps there's a shot at redemption for man who's
prepared to push the envelope..."

When: currently, through 26th October 2019 (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only)
Venue: Gem Community Arts Centre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald, VIC 3782
Time: all Friday and Saturday shows 8pm; Sunday matinees 2pm
Tickets: prices TBA. Tickets will be available online via
https://www.trybooking.com/BAGWG from 9pm on 11th August

https://gemco-players.squarespace.com/whatson/2018/12/5/going-postal

* WITCHES ABROAD IN LISMORE, FOURECKS (OCTOBER)

The Lismore Theatre Company are taking on the Lancre not-really-a-coven
in their production of Witches Abroad! "Three country witches find
themselves reluctantly taking on the roles of collective Godmother to a
kitchen maid in far-off Genua. But they have to stop her from marrying
the Prince, and while they're at it, end the tyranny of the girl's Other
Godmother. Of course, first they have to get to Genua, and that itself
is an adventure…"

When: currently, through 20th October 2019
Venue: Rochdale Theatre, 603 Ballina Rd, Goonellabah, New South Wales 2480
Time: 7.30pm all evening shows; 2pm matinee on Sunday 13th and Sunday 20th
Tickets: $23 adult, $17 concessions and Lismore Theatre Company members,
available via https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=530195

https://www.lismoretheatrecompany.org.au/current-production

* MORT IN NOTTINGHAM (OCTOBER_NOVEMBER)

Colwick Theatre Club’s Autumn Production this year is Mort!

When: 31st October–2nd November 2019
Venue: Colwick Community Centre, Vale Road, Colwick Village, Notts NG4 2GP
Time: 7:30pm all shows
Tickets: £5 (concessions and children £4), available by ringing 0750 729 9526

* JOHNNY AND THE DEAD IN LEEDS (NOVEMBER)

Leeds Children's Theatre will be presenting their production of Johnny
and the Dead in November! "In Johnny Maxwell’s second adventure, Carnegie Medalist Terry Pratchett explores the bonds between the living and the dead and proves that it's never too late to have the time of your life -- even if it is your afterlife!"

When: 6th–9th November 2019
Venue: Carriageworks Theatre main auditorium, Millennium Square, Leeds
LS2 3AD
Time: all evening shows (Wednesday through Friday) 7pm, Saturday matinee
1pm and afternoon show 5.30pm
Tickets: adults £14.50, concessions £12.50, under-16s £10.50, family
£46, school bookings: £8 per ticket with 1x FOC for teacher/supervisor for every 10 purchased, available from the Box Office (phone 0113 376 0318; address Leeds Town Hall, The Headroom, LS1 3AD, open 10am–6pm Monday to Saturday), or by by email (boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk), or online via https://www.carriageworkstheatre.co.uk/whats-on/family/johnny-and-the-dead/4795

"The Box Office will charge a fee for postage if you wish to have your
tickets mailed out. Family Tickets, restricted view seats and special
offers are rarely sold online and should be purchased over the phone or
in person."

www.leeds-childrens-theatre.co.uk

Colwick Theatre Club’s Autumn Production this year is Mort!

When: 31st October–2nd November 2019
Venue: Colwick Community Centre, Vale Road, Colwick Village, Notts NG4 2GP
Time: 7:30pm all shows
Tickets: £5 (concessions and children £4), available by ringing 0750 729 9526

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Peterborough Revellers are staging their production of Mort this coming week!

"This is a must for all Terry Pratchett followers and also offers a new experience for those who wish to witness his highly original dialogue for the first time."

When: 19th-21st September 2019
Venue: Key Theatre Studio, Embankment Road, Peterborough, Cambs PE1 1EF
Time: 7.45pm all shows
Tickets: £14.50 Full Price, £12.50 Concessions and Groups of 10+, £10 KTC Members, available by ringing 01733 207239 or online via https://vivacity.org/whatson/theatre-and-arts/mort/ (scroll to the orange Please Select button a choose your performance).

https://vivacity.org/whatson/theatre-and-arts/mort/

LORDS AND LADIES IN (ANOTHER SUBURB OF) PERTH, FOURECKS

Roleystone Theatre are presenting their production of Lords and Ladies, as adapted by Irana Brown, starting this week! "The Lancre witches, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, are the Discworld’s only hope of rescue when elves threaten to take control with their hypnotic 'glamour'. Standing stones; wizards; Morris men and Rude Mechanicals; country lore and ancient magic: all these are elements of this hilarious, fast-moving and exciting adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s well-loved novel."

When: tomorrow (5th July) through 13th July 2019
Venue: Roleystone Hall, 44 Jarrah Rd, Roleystone 6111, Western Australia
Time: all evening shows (5th-6th, 11th-13th 7.3opm; matinees (6th, 13th) 2pm
Tickets: adults AU$20, concessions $15, available online at https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=510123&

https://roleystonetheatre.com.au/

ARENAarts will be staging their production of The Truth this month! "There’s been a murder. Allegedly. But William de Worde, accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper, has got an inside line on the hot story... With plots afoot, possible murder, dog-napping, love in the air - and a potato - the truth will make you fret, rather than set you free."

Director Ron Arthurs told Broadway World, "We are not going for the approach taken by many Pratchett productions, which is large showy sets and intricately-built scenes. We have a smaller stage so will be taking a set-minimalist approach and using lighting to move from scene to scene. This will also allow audiences to focus more on the action and actors with fewer distractions. Theatre isn't just about the set, it's about the players and action taking place. A couple of characters will surprise the Pratchett fan base and my vision is to have a lot of bright colours, in both costumes and settings."

When: 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th and 27th July
Venue: Roxy Lane Theatre, Ninth Avenue and Roxy Lane, Maylands 6051, Western Australia (phone 0417 922 732)
Time: 8pm all evening shows; 2pm matinees on 14th and 21st July
Tickets: AU$22 ($16 concession), available by phoning TAZTix (9255 3336) or online via https://bit.ly/2RRUOyA or by clicking on the The Truth poster at www.TAZTix.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/ROXY-LANE-Theatre-127318198218032/
https://bit.ly/2RVzetd

The Fourecksian Discworld film Troll Bridge, completed at last, can be seen again by Fourecksians! Coming this weekend to Melbourne...

When: Saturday 22nd June
Venue: St Kilda Town Hall, corner of Carlise St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda, Victoria 3182
Time: 8:30 PM (Session 3 - Dark Matters)
Tickets: $18 (concessions $16), available online from https://tix.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/Events/Session-3-Dark-Matters-AUSTRALIA-S-TOP-SHORT-FILMS

https://stkildafilmfestival.com.au/Events/Troll-Bridge
www.trollbridge.film/screenings

h/t https://nadwcon2019.org/ for the heads-up tweet:
https://twitter.com/ausdwcon/status/1140456714929680384

(photo: St Kilda Film Festival)

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REMINDER: Going Postal in Adelaide

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NEWSFLASH: some forthcoming Discworld plays

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