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From tomorrow through early June...

* WYRD SISTERS IN RICKMANSWORTH (APRIL)

The Rickmansworth Players will be staging their production of Wyrd Sisters this week!

When: 30th April–4th May
Venue: Watford Pump House Theatre, Local Board Road, Watford, WD17 2JP UK
Time: 7.30pm all evening shows, matinee on the 4th at 2.30pm
Tickets: £12–£14, available online at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/296620 or via the box office (phone 03336663366)

https://www.rickmansworth-players.org.uk



* LORDS AND LADIES IN BASILDON (MAY)

The Thalian Theatre Group is back with another Discworld production. This time it's Lords and Ladies!

When: 2nd–4th May
Venue: Mirren Studio, Basildon Towngate theatre, Towngate Theatre, St Martin's Square, Basildon, Essex SS14 1DL
Time: 7.45pm all shows
Tickets: £13 (concessions £11, disabled £9), available from https://towngatetheatre.co.uk/lords-and-ladies/ or via the box office (phone 01268205300)



* GOOD OMENS IN WOLLONGONG, FOURECKS (MAY)

Amazon Prime may have the big-budget version of Good Omens, but the MerrigongX theatre company has the musical!

"An apocalyptically atypical new musical based on the novel by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. Music & Lyrics by Vicki Larnach. Book by Jim Hare, Jay James-Moody & Vicki Larnach. Based on the novel by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world’s only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. The armies of good and evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, fish are falling, and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. A fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not looking forward to the impending rapture. They team up to circumvent the end of days but there is one problem. Someone seems to have misplaced the Anti-Christ."

When: 3rd and 4th May 2019
Venue: Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, 32 Burelli Street, Wollongong,
Time: evening shows both days 7.30pm; matinee on the 4th at 1.30pm. Running time is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes including an interval.
Tickets: $30 (pensioners/concessions $18), available now from https://sa2.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=AUMTCO&event=GOOD19 (note: per transaction fee of $6.95 applies for phone and online bookings)

https://merrigong.com.au/shows/good-omens-development-showing/

* WYRD SISTERS IN EAST SUSSEX (MAY)

Crowborough Community Centre will present "a hilarious stage version of Terry Pratchett’s classic novel" Wyrd Sisters in May. It's their first-ever Discworld play!

When: 10th–11th May 2019
Venue: Crowborough Community Centre, Pine Grove, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6
Time: 7.45pm all evening shows: also, 2.30pm matinee on the 11th
Tickets: £9.50 (£8 concessions), available online at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/thecrowboroughplayers or by ringing 01892 300 567
"There is no age restriction, so younger children are welcome but note that, unlike our pantomimes, the production isn't aimed at a younger audience. Any questions, email crowborough.tickets@gmail.com or call 01892 300567."

https://crowborough.weebly.com/spring-play1.html



* WYRD SISTERS IN SUFFOLK (MAY)

The Deben Players, an amateur company that has been presenting plays for over 50 years, will stage Wyrd Sisters in May. It's a Discworld first for them as well!

When: 22nd–25th May 2019
Venue: Seckford Theatre, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4JJ
Time: 7.30pm all shows
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions), available online at http://debenplayers.net/tickets

https://debenplayers.net



* MEN AT ARMS IN CHESHAM (JUNE)

Chesham Bois Catholic Players are back with a new Discworld play, Men at Arms! "The Ankh-Morpork City Night Watch find their services are once more needed to tackle a threat to their city. A threat at least as deadly as a 60-foot dragon, but mechanical and heartless to boot. It kills without compunction. It is the first gun on the Discworld. It’s the Century of the Fruitbat and modernisation and diversity have come to the Night Watch. The original Watch – Captain Vimes, Sergeant Colon, Corporal Carrot and Corporal Nobbs –are joined by some new recruits, selected to reflect the city’s ethnic make-up – Lance Corporal Detritus a troll, Lance-constables Cuddy (little known fact both male and females have beards and the female of the species is the dominant one). Certainly, unbeknown to the recruiting office of the Watch with a diversity quota to fill. So, he was desperate for a female recruit when Angua turned up (she is a bit more diverse then most as she is werewolf). A fact the recruiter was also unaware of..."

When: 1st, 7th and 8th June 2019
Venue: Chesham Little Theatre, Church Street, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1HU
Time: TBA
Tickets: TBA

www.littletheatrechesham.co.uk
www.cbcplayers.co.uk
https://twitter.com/CBCPlayers

The Cranbourne Amateur Dramatic Society (CADS) have rescheduled their production of Men at Arms to February 2018:



"The Ankh-Morpork City Night Watch find their services are once more needed to tackle a threat to their city. A threat at least as deadly as a 60-foot dragon, but mechanical and heartless to boot. It kills without compunction. It is the first gun on the Discworld. The original Watch – Captain Vimes, Sergeant Colon, Corporal Carrot and Corporal Nobbs – are joined by some new recruits, selected to reflect the city's ethnic make-up – Lance-constables Cuddy, Detritus, and Angua. In a city, where Assassins are clowning about and Fools are dying, the Watch must keep control of themselves as much as its citizens."

When: 15th, 16th and 17th February 2018
Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, Hatchet Lane, Cranbourne, Winkfield, Berks SL4 2EG
Time: 7.45pm all evening shows, with a 2.30pm matinee on the 17th
Tickets: £9, available from the Box Office (phone 01344 886456) or by printing and posting a facsimile of the Booking Form below.

A rather adorable promotional video can be seen here (just remember to ignore the October performance dates at the end): https://youtu.be/Dx_ndpHGevw

http://www.cadsact.org.uk/shows/

A selection of Discworld plays coming soon... one, very soon!

* WYRD SISTERS IN WINSLOW (OCTOBER)

Winslow Players, "a small but perfectly formed amateur dramatic company based in the market town of Winslow", will be opening their 50th anniversary season with their production of Wyrd Sisters! "It's all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril; and who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches!"

When: 5th–7th October 2017
Venue: Winslow Public Hall, Elmfields Gate, Winslow, Bucks MK18 3JG
Time: 7.30pm all shows
Tickets: £6 on 5th October, £8 on 6th and 7th October, available from Divine Diva Fancy Dress, 76 High Street, Winslow (01296 712728 during office hours) or by emailing tickets@winslowplayers.co.uk or by using the form on the Contact Us page (_http://www.winslowplayers.co.uk/Contact-Us.html_). "Your tickets will be provisionally booked until payment is received in full (either by bacs or cheque). If you would like your tickets posted to you, you will need to enclose a stamped addressed envelope, otherwise they will be available for you to collect on the door at your selected performance."
http://www.winslowplayers.co.uk/




* WYRD SISTERS IN ONTARIO, CANADA (OCTOBER)

The Sault Theatre Workshop will present their production of Wyrd Sisters this month!

When: 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th October 2017
Venue: Studio Theatre, 121 Pittsburg Avenue, P6C 5A9 Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada (phone)+1 705-254-3366
Time: 8pm all evening shows; 2pm matinee on the 29th
Tickets: CA$29 ($27 seniors, $19 students), available online at https://th038wq008.boxpro.net/c2bownet.asp

There will also be a special preview performance of Wyrd Sisters on Tuesday 24th October on behalf of the Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District (all proceeds donated from this performance). Tickets for this performance only are CA$25 in advance only, available at the Alzheimer Society office, 341 Trunk Rd, Sault Ste Marie. To book, ring 705-942-2195.

www.saulttheatre.com



* MEN AT ARMS IN BERKSHIRE (OCTOBER)

The Cranbourne Amateur Dramatic Society (CADS) will be staging Men At Arms, directed by Simon Heffer, as their autumn production: "The Ankh-Morpork City Night Watch find their services are once more needed to tackle a threat to their city. A threat at least as deadly as a 60-foot dragon, but mechanical and heartless to boot. It kills without compunction. It is the first gun on the Discworld. The original Watch – Captain Vimes, Sergeant Colon, Corporal Carrot and Corporal Nobbs – are joined by some new recruits, selected to reflect the city's ethnic make-up – Lance-constables Cuddy, Detritus, and Angua. In a city, where Assassins are clowning about and Fools are dying, the Watch must keep control of themselves as much as its citizens."

A rather adorable promotional video can be seen here:
https://youtu.be/Dx_ndpHGevw (Looks like it's going to be great fun! – Ed.)

When: 26th, 27th and 28th October 2017
Venue: St Peter's Hall, Hatchet Lane, Cranbourne, Winkfield, Berks SL4 2EG
Time: 7.45pm all evening shows, with a 2.30pm matinee on the 28th
Tickets: £9, available from 25th September (details to follow)

http://www.cadsact.org.uk/shows/



* THE TRUTH IN ADELAIDE, FOURECKS (OCTOBER/NOVEMBER)

Unseen Theatre's next production will be a revisiting of The Truth – updated for the Age of Fake News, we hope!

When: 27th and 28th October, 1st–4th and 8th–11th November 2017
Venue: Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas St. Adelaide, South Australia
Time: 7.30pm all shows
Tickets: $22 ($18 concessions/Fringe members/groups of 6+); previews $15, available via http://bakehousetheatre.com or at the door on performance nights

http://unseen.com.au/



* THE TRUTH IN BASILDON (NOVEMBER)

The Thalian Theatre Group's next Discworld production will be The Truth: "William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life – people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography and a man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes. William just wants to get at the Truth, unfortunately everyone wants to get at William... this will be the Thalian's 12th Pratchett production."

When: 9th–11th November 2017
Venue: Mirren Studio, Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex SS14 1DL
Time: 8pm all shows
Tickets: £11 (concessions £9), plus a booking fee of £1 per ticket, capped at £10. "A ticket must be purchased for every child regardless of age." To purchase online, go to http://www.towngatetheatre.co.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4718 and click the BOOK TICKETS ONLINE tab (under the event poster image), or ring 01268 465 465

http://thaliantheatregroup.wixsite.com/thalian/about