From wossname at pearwood.info Fri Feb 10 17:05:40 2023 From: wossname at pearwood.info (News and reviews about the works of Sir Terry Pratchett) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:05:40 +1100 Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Wossname_=e2=80=93_February_2023_=e2=80=93_Special_Issue?= Message-ID: <5dd3a493-907c-0c79-78ab-97a45da031e3@pearwood.info> 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, No, this is not the return of Wossname in its pre-2023 form. 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 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 mirror version of this issue can be viewed at wossname.dreamwidth.org/84804.html The End. If you have any questions or requests, write: wossname-owner (at) pearwood (dot) info! ? 2023 by Klatchian Foreign Legion