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Lords and Ladies

Wed, 24 July 2002, 11:11 am
Walter Plinge12 posts in thread
Wow. I saw Lords and Ladies by Arena last week and I thought it was really great. I was lucky to get in as it had been booked out a few times and was glad that I waited for a cancellation. The whole thing was very well put together from the costumes to the cool makeup to the music and all the scenery. The lady playing Nanny Ogg rocks and so does the dipsy blonde who was Magrat. Loved Death. It must have taken heaps of very hard work from the director and everyone else to pull off such a big show with such style and success. Everyone I know who saw the show thought it was great too. What other stuff does Arena do? I want to see more shows from these guys. They're brilliant.

Re: Lords and Ladies

Wed, 24 July 2002, 12:28 pm
Walter Plinge
Wasn't it a fantastic show. I too loved Nanny Ogg. Has she been in anything else or is she doing anthing in the future, I hope so. I also loved the guy who played The Morris Dancer leader Jason. He was very funny. At one stage in the play the backdrop got stuck and all these guys dressed in black where frantically trying to fix it while the actors where frozen on stage. Jason comes out of the freeze and starts talking to the audience and telling jokes about elves until they had fixed the set. Impressive directing of such a large cast. In answer to your question, on the program it said that arena are going to be doing Dr Who and another Terry Pratchett play. Lets hope its more of the same quality.

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Lords and LadiesWalter Plinge24 July 2002
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