====== The Evil Stepmothers' Club (Michaelmas, 2016) ======

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//The Oxford University Light Entertainment Society is proud to present a tale of villains and romance with our Michaelmas Term show: The Evil Stepmothers' Club. Meet the most villainous of stepmothers at their weekly "witch and bitch" meetings; follow a King and Queen at wit's end trying to regain their spare room; a desperate villainous wannabe; and be joined by a host of your favourite characters.//

===== Cast =====

==== The Evil Stepmothers' Club ====

  * **Griselda Tremaine** - [[member:Naomi Heffer|Naomi]] //"Can I wear a catsuit?"// [[member:Naomi Heffer|Heffer]] //(St Hugh's College)//
  * **Evelyn** - [[member:Tzveta Pokrovska|Tzveta]] //"Appletinis"// [[member:Tzveta Pokrovska|Pokrovska]] //(Queen's)//
  * **Mother Gothel** - Jay //"With teeth!"// Jivani
  * **Maleficent** - [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury|Asha]] //"Murder is a strong word"// [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury|Hartland-Asbury]] //(Brasenose)//

==== Roderick's Court ====

  * **King Roderick** - [[member:Benjamin Kybett|Benjamin]] //"The flipchart is paramount"// [[member:Benjamin Kybett|Kybett]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Queen Penelope** - [[member:Efi Gauthier|Efi]] //"I see the flipchart is back"// [[member:Efi Gauthier|Gauthier]] //(Formerly St Hugh's)//
  * **Jives** - [[member:Matilda Tempest|Matilda]] //"No more flipcharts!"// [[member:Matilda Tempest|Tempest]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Princess Amethyst** - [[member:Georgie Atton|Georgie]] //"Oh Rupert!"// [[member:Georgie Atton|Atton]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Jasper** - [[member:Branoc Richards|Branoc]] //"Gosh"// [[member:Branoc Richards|Richards]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Rupert, The Stable Lad** - [[member:Jake Griffiths|Jake]] //"Oh Amy!"// [[member:Jake Griffiths|Griffiths]] //(Brasenose)//
  * **Monty (head)** - [[member:Sofia Gomezllata|Sofia]] //"Mrrrrrr!!"// [[member:Sofia Gomezllata|Gomezllata]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Monty (butt)** - [[member:Tristan Cresswell|Tristan]] //"Mrmrmrm!!"// [[member:Tristan Cresswell|Cresswell]] //(Sheffield)//
  * **Herald** - [[member:Laura Hankins|Laura]] //"Toot!"// [[member:Laura Hankins|Hankins]] //(Magdalen)//

==== The Princes ====
  * **Prince Charming** - Will //"More misogynistic please"// Mason
  * **Dick Whittington** - César //"Want to stroke my cat?"// Candelon
  * **Frog Prince** - [[member:Leo Tucker|Leo]] //"Frogs aren't slimy!"// [[member:Leo Tucker|Tucker]] //(Wadham)//
  * **Penguin Prince** - [[member:Becky Hicks|Becky]] //"Punch them"// [[member:Becky Hicks|Hicks]] //(Oriel)//

==== Villainous Evildoers ====

  * **Jafar** - [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury|Perry]] //"Resting witch face"// [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury|Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)//
  * **Gaston** - Will //"That's not how you flex"// Mason
  * **Hook** - [[member:Katie Moore|Katie]] //"Are you making fun of me?"// [[member:Katie Moore|Moore]] //(Ex-Magdalen)//
  * **Tinkerbell** - [[member:Bianca Darolti|Bianca]] //"It works for me"// [[member:Bianca Darolti|Darolti]]
  * **Scar** - [[member:James Carter|James]] //"Oh I need a quote don't I?"// [[member:James Carter|Carter]] //(Ex-Magdalen)//

==== Business Owners ====

  * **Jack** - [[member:Lily Miles|Lily]] //"Most sexful coffee shop"// [[member:Lily Miles|Miles]] //(Hertford)//

==== Good Guys ====

  * **Robin Hood** - [[member:Laura Hankins|Laura]] //"Pull their tails"// [[member:Laura Hankins|Hankins]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Little Red Riding Hood** - [[member:Bianca Darolti|Bianca]] //"Lemeat'em"// [[member:Bianca Darolti|Darolti]]
  * **Daddy Bear** - [[member:Beth Mabbutt|Beth]] //"A bit Farage-y"// [[member:Beth Mabbutt|Mabbutt]] //(LMH Alumnus)//
  * **Mummy Bear** - [[member:Ana Pagu|Ana]] //"Terrible parenting skills"// [[member:Ana Pagu|Pagu]] //(St. Edmund Hall)//
  * **Baby Bear** - [[member:Becky Hicks|Becky]] //"Punch them"// [[member:Becky Hicks|Hicks]] //(Oriel)//

==== Forest Denizens ====

  * **Rumpelstiltskin** - [[member:Georgia Nicholson|Georgia]] //"I won't have your child"// [[member:Georgia Nicholson|Nicholson]] //(St Hugh's)//
  * **Hansel** - [[member:Adrian Clayton|Adrian]] //"Follow our bread trail home"// [[member:Adrian Clayton|Clayton]] //(Hertford (Graduated))//
  * **Gretel** - [[member:Anna Spearing-Ewyn|Anna]] //"What did we do?"// [[member:Anna Spearing-Ewyn|Spearing-Ewyn]] //(St. John's College)//
  * **Unruly Children** - [[member:Kiwi Apteryx-Tokoeka]] //(Charles Xavier School For Gifted Youngsters)// and [[member:Velina Robinson]] //(Mansfield)//

==== Magical Beings ====

  * **Fairy Customer Service** -  Kajal //"Customer service"// Radia
  * **Fairy Godfather** - [[member:Stephen Walsh|Stephen]] //"Casts glitter, then leaves"// [[member:Stephen Walsh|Walsh]] //(Teddy Hall)//
  * **Giant Goose** - [[member:Kiwi Apteryx-Tokoeka|Kiwi]] //"I'm not a chicken!"// [[member:Kiwi Apteryx-Tokoeka|Apteryx-Tokoeka]] //(Charles Xavier School For Gifted Youngsters)//
  * **Shoe Elves** - [[member:Judith Moore]] //(Balliol)// and [[member:Beth Mabbutt]] //(LMH Alumnus)//

==== The Three Thieves ====

  * **Keith** - [[member:Adrian Clayton|Adrian]] //"Chicken with a purse"// [[member:Adrian Clayton|Clayton]] //(Hertford (Graduated))//
  * **Alan** - [[member:Lily Miles|Lily]] //"Huuuuuuuge chicken"// [[member:Lily Miles|Miles]] //(Hertford)//
  * **Barry** - [[member:Anna Spearing-Ewyn|Anna]] //"Really big chicken"// [[member:Anna Spearing-Ewyn|Spearing-Ewyn]] //(St. John's College)//

==== Princesses ==== 

  * **Snow White** - Kajal //"Secret hideout"// Radia
  * **Sleeping Beauty** - Giulia //"Muuum, five more minutes please!"// Antiga
  * **Rapunzel** - [[member:Velina Robinson|Velina]] //"Princes are excellent"// [[member:Velina Robinson|Robinson]] //(Mansfield)//
===== Production =====

  * **Director** - [[member:Judith Moore|Judith]] //"I don't remember what I say"// [[member:Judith Moore|Moore]] //(Balliol)//
  * **Assistant Director** - [[member:Beth Mabbutt|Beth]] //"No fairy-horse romance plot"// [[member:Beth Mabbutt|Mabbutt]] //(LMH Alumnus)//
  * **Writer** - [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury|Asha]] //"We're having a flipchart"// [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury|Hartland-Asbury]] //(Brasenose)//
  * **Producer** - [[member:Georgie Atton|Georgie]] //"Just do whatever"// [[member:Georgie Atton|Atton]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Co-Producer** - [[member:Katie Moore|Katie]] //"The rest of you are scumbags"// [[member:Katie Moore|Moore]] //(Ex-Magdalen)//
  * **Stage Manager** - [[member:Benjamin Kybett|Benjamin]] //"When you say 'large' piece of set"// [[member:Benjamin Kybett|Kybett]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Musical Director** - [[member:Markus Beeken|Markus]] //"Emily's mysterious friend"// [[member:Markus Beeken|Beeken]] //(Brasenose)//
  * **Pianist** - [[member:Cameron Alsop|Cameron]] //"http://youtu.be/9VMCiewc7mE"// [[member:Cameron Alsop|Alsop]] //(Formerly St Catherine's)//
  * **Technical Director** - [[member:Morgan Wilkinson|Morgan]] //"Evil wash"// [[member:Morgan Wilkinson|Wilkinson]] //(Hertford)//
  * **Costume Coordinator** - [[member:Efi Gauthier|Efi]] //"Make way for the horse"// [[member:Efi Gauthier|Gauthier]] //(Formerly St Hugh's)//
===== Songs =====

  * **The Evil Stepmothers' Club** - [[member:Judith Moore]] //(Balliol)// and [[member:Markus Beeken]] //(Brasenose)//
  * **I Will Be There** - [[member:Judith Moore]] //(Balliol)//
  * **The Evil Inside** - [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)//
  * **Lots of Leather and Ass-Less Chaps** - [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)//, [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury]] //(Brasenose)// and [[member:Markus Beeken]] //(brasenose)//
  * **Final Song** - [[member:Cameron Alsop]] //(Formerly St Catherine's)//, [[member:Markus Beeken]] //(brasenose)// and [[member:Judith Moore]] //(Balliol)//
===== Script and Programme =====

===== Flosscars Wins =====

|**Best Hero**|[[member:Jake Griffiths]] //(Brasenose)// for Rupert|
|**Best Couple**|[[member:Georgie Atton]] //(Somerville)// and [[member:Jake Griffiths]] //(Brasenose)// for Amy and Rupert|
|**Best Directing Team**|[[member:Judith Moore]] //(Balliol)// and [[member:Beth Mabbutt]] //(LMH Alumnus)// for Evil Stepmothers' Club|
|**Best Costume**|[[member:Efi Gauthier]] //(Formerly St Hugh's)// for The Tear-Away Suit|
|**Best Best Prop**|[[member:Georgie Atton]] //(Somerville)// for The Bear Trap|
|**Best Cock-up During a Performance**|[[member:Benjamin Kybett]] //(Magdalen)// for Repeated corpsing courtesy of the Romeo and Juliet theme|
|**Best Worst Line-Learner**|[[member:Branoc Richards]] //(Magdalen)// for Evil Stepmothers' Club|
===== Flosscars Nominations =====

|**Best Hero**|[[member:Sofia Gomezllata]] //(St Anne’s)// and [[member:Tristan Cresswell]] //(Sheffield)// for Monty|
|**Best Heroine**|[[member:Georgie Atton]]  //(Somerville)// for Princess Amethyst|
|**Best Villain**|[[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Ex-Mansfield)// for Jafar \\ [[member:Branoc Richards]]  //(Magdalen)// for Jasper \\ [[member:James Carter]]  //(Ex-Magdalen)// for Scar|
|**Best Morally Ambiguous Person**|[[member:Tzveta Pokrovska]]  //(Queen's)// for Queen Evelyn \\ [[member:Naomi Heffer]]  //(St Hugh's College)// for Griselda Tremaine \\ Jay Jivani for Mother Gothel \\ [[member:Georgia Nicholson]]  //(St Hugh's)// for Rumplestiltskin \\ [[member:Benjamin Kybett]]  //(Magdalen)// for King Roderick \\ Will Mason for Prince Charming \\ [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Brasenose)// for Maleficent|
|**Best Double/Group Act**|[[member:Naomi Heffer]]  //(St Hugh's College)//, Jay Jivani, [[member:Tzveta Pokrovska]]  //(Queen's)// and [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Brasenose)// for The Evil Stepmothers' Club \\ [[member:Adrian Clayton]]  //(Hertford (Graduated))// and [[member:Anna Spearing-Ewyn]]  //(St. John's College)// for Hansel and Gretel|
|**Best Couple**|[[member:Benjamin Kybett]]  //(Magdalen)// and [[member:Efi Gauthier]]  //(Formerly St Hugh's)// for Roderick and Penelope|
|**Most Spurious Accent**|[[member:Stephen Walsh]]  //(Teddy Hall)// for The Fairy Godfather's Italian-American Accent \\ [[member:Katie Moore]]  //(Ex-Magdalen)// for Hook \\ [[member:Georgia Nicholson]]  //(St Hugh's)// for Rumplestiltskin|
|**Best Writer//(s)//**|[[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Brasenose)// for Evil Stepmothers' Club|
|**Best Song**|[[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Ex-Mansfield)//, [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Brasenose)// and [[member:Markus Beeken]]  //(brasenose)// for Lots of Leather and Assless Chaps \\ [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Ex-Mansfield)// for The Evil Inside \\ [[member:Judith Moore]]  //(Balliol)// for I Will Be There|
|**Best Costume**|[[member:Efi Gauthier]]  //(Formerly St Hugh's)// for Monty the Horse|
|**Best Worst Prop**|Roderick's stool \\ The chest of drawers for being difficult to hide behind \\ Marriage Arch for being huge|
|**Best Cock-up During a Performance**|[[member:Becky Hicks]]  //(Oriel)// for Coming on very, very late as Baby Bear  \\ [[member:Asha Hartland-Asbury]]  //(Brasenose)// for Thinking she could eat 10 sausage rolls on stage and still say her lines|
|**Best Cock-up Backstage or During Rehearsals**|[[member:Branoc Richards]]  //(Magdalen)// for Asking Rupert why he was releasing Jasper from the dungeon \\ [[member:Matilda Tempest]]  //(Mansfield)// for Realising she was meant to be in a scene and legging it spectacularly across backstage to get on stage just in time for her line \\ [[member:Lily Miles]]  //(Hertford)// for 'The most sexual coffee shop in the forest'|
|**Best Ad-Lib**|[[member:Cameron Alsop]]  //(Formerly St Catherine's)// for Romeo and Juliet Theme \\ [[member:Cameron Alsop]]  //(Formerly St Catherine's)// for Romeo and Juliet Theme... again \\ [[member:Benjamin Kybett]]  //(Magdalen)// for 'You've driven me to democracy' \\ [[member:Sofia Gomezllata]] ////(St Anne’s)//// for The insightful monologues of Monty \\ [[member:Leo Tucker]]  //(Wadham)// for 'Do you have any pets? I swear I saw a horse around here somewhere'|
|**Best Audience Participation / Heckle**|[[member:Dan Artus]]  //(Regent's Park)// for Joining in the villainous laughter every single time|
|**Best Quote During a Show //(from a script)//**|Bandits for 'I've got this huuuuge chicken...' 'Woah, that's a really big chicken' \\ Scar for 'I'll have a Mufasa on the rocks'|
|**The 'Ooh you luvvie' Award for Actually Being Able to Act**|[[member:Jake Griffiths]]  //(Brasenose)// for Rupert and Hercules \\ [[member:Stephen Walsh]]  //(Teddy Hall)// for Fairy Godfather \\ Jay Jivani for Mother Gothel and Dionysus \\ [[member:Georgie Atton]]  //(Somerville)// for Princess Amethyst \\ [[member:Naomi Heffer]]  //(St Hugh's College)// for Griselda Tremaine \\  [[member:Georgia Nicholson]]  //(St Hugh's)// for Rumplestiltskin|
|**The 'Beyond the Call of Duty' Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty**|[[member:Morgan Wilkinson]]  //(Hertford)// for Doing the lighting for ESC with less than a day to read the script \\ [[member:Efi Gauthier]]  //(Formerly St Hugh's)// for Making Monty|

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