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'Carpe What?' - All about the Play

'Yeah, but look at that writin' said Nanny Ogg, with that dark relish old ladies
reserve for nastily portentious things.
'Carpe Jugulum' read Agnes aloud. 'That's...well, Carpe Diem is "Seize the Day"
so this means...' 'Go for the Throat' said Nanny. 'Oh deary deary me. Vampires and
werewolves, werewolves and vampires. We'll all be murdered in one
another's beds!'

Carpe Jugulum is one of the highly successful series of 'Discworld' books written by Terry Pratchett. They are an unusual twist of vivid characters, comic situations and more dramatic moments - which tell us just as much about our own world as the one that Pratchett has created. Stephen Briggs brings the story alive in this stage adaptation, with plenty of action, laughter and lots of special effects.

The De Magpyrs are the sort of vampires that would have Count Dracula spinning in his grave: modern, forward looking, and no longer afraid of holy water, garlic or indeed, of anything else! Luckily for us, the three Lancre witches are on hand, facing more dangerous foes than ever before...

'We're a coven, Ladies!  We're a trio!' Our witches rehearsing'