CREATIVE CUTS - Wyrd Sisters

Fans of prolific British author Terry Pratchett, admirers of Shakespeare and followers of science fiction fantasy will welcome the weird, wild, wonderful world of Wyrd Sisters, in the Maleny Playhouse, Maleny Showgrounds 29 November – 14 December. Medieval merriment with a modern slant.  

In early England: the Duke of Felmet (Jim Flatt) has killed his cousin King Verence of Lancre, encouraged by his redoubtable Duchess (Shelley Love). Echoes of Macbeth…  And the Duke is forever cleaning his hands. 

A baby, heir to the crown, is saved by three very individual witches: Granny Weathermax (Marianne Osborne), Nanny Ogg (Kerry Milner) and their trainee, Magrat Garlik (Isabella Huegdon).

Passionate Pratchett-ophile Andrew Robjohns directs a large cast in a script rich in language and action. Lines leap off the page in a play within a play. Like Shakespeare…

Wyrd Sisters began as a novel in 1988, became a six-part animation series for TV, a film - and now this adaptation for the stage by Steven Briggs. (Pictured: Shelley Love and Jim Flatt - image René Roelofs.)

From November 29 - December 14, tickets $30 and concessions $25, book online via trybooking.com/DDYN, and tickets also available at the Maleny Visitor Information Centre. Parental Guidance PG