Men At Arms
“Ankh-Morpork City Watch make the Keystone Cops look like The Sweeney. In this fast-paced comic adventure they have to deal with dead clowns, anxious assassins, exploding swamp dragons and the Discworld’s first gun. Dwarves, trolls, vampires, seven-foot skeletons, raving lunatics – this is Terry Pratchett onna stick!” (Taken from the programme)
Cast & Crew
Cast
‘Nobby’ Nobbs | Nickey Barnard |
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Angua | Dunlaith Bird |
Beano | Neil Dangerfield |
Bjorn Hammerhock | Catherine Heffernan |
Boffo | Sara Asadullah |
Carrot Ironfoundersson | John Rendell |
Cornice-overlooking-Broadway (a gargoyle) | Miles Gould |
Cuddy | Catherine Heffernan |
Death | Joseph Atkins |
Detritus | Chris Wray |
Downey | Neil Dangerfield |
Dr Cruces | Daniel Dockery |
Dr Whiteface | Antonia Walford |
Drumknott | Kathleen Riddle |
Edward d’Eath | Nick Davies |
Footnote | Wen Ying Li |
Frederick Colon | Peter Easterbrook |
Havelock Vetinari | Matthew Somerville |
Lady Sybil Ramkin | Rachel Fishwick |
Leonard Da Quirm | Robert Wells |
Morecombe | Tom Eastcott |
Quirke | Alexander Hamilton |
Rust | Robert Wells |
Samuel Vimes | Ben Levine |
Skater | Tom Eastcott |
The Werewolf | Kathleen Riddle |
Willikins | Miles Gould |
Crew | |
Director | Tom Eastcott |
Lighting Designer | Richard Owen |
Marketing Manager | Natasha Dare |
Producer | Lily Steadman |
Production Manager | Keith Crothers |
Pyrotechnics | Robert Wells |
Set Designer | Lily Steadman |
Stage Manager | Kavitha Kishen |
Wardrobe Mistress | Kate Godfrey |
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Play description
Based on the Terry Pratchett novel ‘Men at Arms’.
“Ankh-Morpork City Watch make the Keystone Cops look like The Sweeney. In this fast-paced comic adventure they have to deal with dead clowns, anxious assassins, exploding swamp dragons and the Discworld’s first gun. Dwarves, trolls, vampires, seven-foot skeletons, raving lunatics – this is Terry Pratchett onna stick!” (Taken from the programme produced for the Shoshanah Productions 9–13 October 2001 version of this play)
Observations
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I was lucky enough to see this fab and fun production twice – a performance early in the run, and then the very last show. This meant I was able to pick up on the practical jokes and tricks that the cast introduced to celebrate the final performance – I was very impressed that everyone managed to keep a straight face and that no one corpsed, despite the various misplaced post-it notes, and (apparently!) naughty words written on eggs that threatened to do otherwise!
Luckily for a nine-year old production, a review is still available online. This is what Alex Williams at the Daily Info thought: http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/theatre/menatarms.htm
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