Lords and Ladies - Edinburgh Fringe

On Saturday, Rosie and I treated my parents and Neil and Gwen to a showing of Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies which was being staged as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was put on by Southampton University Students' Union Theatre Group and is on at the C-venue on Chambers street.

As a family of Terry Pratchett fans, it made for a good day out. The plot sees Lancre Witches Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax dealing with an elf invasion in the run up to Magrat's wedding on Midsummer's Day.

There was absolutely no set decoration, with the cast relying on props and their acting along with the audience's imagination to create the settings for the scenes as required. This worked out quite well, especially if you've read the book and are familiar with the characters.

All the cast were excellent in their roles (various cast members were playing more than one), me only criticism would be that the two main witches were a bit young looking (Understandable since this was a Student Theatre Company) and the actor playing Nanny Ogg seemed to rush her lines a little bit (Again, cramming the book into the time can't have been easy).

Overall, a good rendition of Terry Pratchett's book. A testament to the cast as well as the author. I would however recommend this more to people familiar with the source material.

Score: 4/5