====== Macbeth: The Musical (Michaelmas, 2022) ======

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This version of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy goes a little off the rails when it attracts the attention of two eager vampires seeking out a holiday home in somewhere with a suitably sanguine climate. When three inexperienced witches find their efforts to change the course of history thwarted by this exterior meddling and struggle to set events back on the right track, it’s safe to say that all may not go as planned for the man who hopes to make himself King of Scotland – or at least, for his ambitious wife. With the addition of a troupe of incompetent soldiers, a desperate chef, and a whole host of musical encumbrances, the Bard himself would struggle to bring about a resolution.

===== Cast =====

==== The Macbeths ====

  * **Macbeth** - [[member:Chris Chang|Chris]] //"The opposite of common L is Special K"// [[member:Chris Chang|Chang]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Lady Macbeth** - [[member:Lily Massey|Lily]] //"102% of the power couple"// [[member:Lily Massey|Massey]] //(Pembroke)//

==== The Macduffs ====

  * **Macduff** - [[member:Warwick Wagner|Warwick]] //"We found a use for the handcuffs"// [[member:Warwick Wagner|Wagner]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Lady Macduff** - [[member:Elsie Clark|Elsie]] //"I was a right old wench"// [[member:Elsie Clark|Clark]] //(St Anne's)//

==== Banquo & Sons ====

  * **Banquo** - [[member:Alice Yates|Alice]] //"Yo, is it my line"// [[member:Alice Yates|Yates]] //(Trinity)//
  * **Fleance** - [[member:Ali Witheford|Ali]] //"Knife skills are transferable"// [[member:Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Séance** - [[member:Em Fawcett|Em]] //"I haven't had my line yet!"// [[member:Em Fawcett|Fawcett]] //(Wadham)//

==== The Witches ====

  * **Sabrina** - [[member:Macey Pattenden|Macey]] //"Transitionary noise"// [[member:Macey Pattenden|Pattenden]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Hermione** - [[member:Libby Alldread|Libby]] //"I came here to act and I'm just being me"// [[member:Libby Alldread|Alldread]] //(Corpus Christi)//
  * **Ursula** - [[member:Harram Khurram|Harram]] //"Very dramatic - I was very scared"// [[member:Harram Khurram|Khurram]] //(Wolfson)//
  * **The Laddie of the Loch** - [[member:Sebastian Morson|Sebastian]] //"OH MY GOD - oh, wait, sorry"// [[member:Sebastian Morson|Morson]] //(St Anne's)//

==== The Vampires ====

  * **Vlad** - [[member:Paul Becsi|Paul]] //"Fear, happiness and arousal"// [[member:Paul Becsi|Becsi]] //(Oriel)//
  * **Edwin** - [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"Bad at Vlad"// [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//

==== The Soldiers ====

  * **Sergeant MacStabbem** - [[member:Nicole Tong|Nicole]] //"They Boink you is correct"// [[member:Nicole Tong|Tong]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Private Mauler** - [[member:Max Northcott|Max]] //"Any threatening children and I'm in"// [[member:Max Northcott|Northcott]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Private Giggler** - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"Not in the business of doing things legally"// [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Private Killer** - [[member:Cassie Wicks|Cassie]] //"I can't say getting stabbed was on my plan for the day but sure"// [[member:Cassie Wicks|Wicks]] //(St Hilda's)//

==== The Experts ====

  * **Buffy** - [[member:Bibor Batki|Bíbor]] //"I would be exposing myself"// [[member:Bibor Batki|Batki]] //(St Hugh's)//
  * **Van Helsing** - [[member:Rithvik Chatterjee|Rithvik]] //"..."// [[member:Rithvik Chatterjee|Chatterjee]] //(Oriel)//
  * **The Executioner** - [[member:Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"All kind of jiggling"// [[member:Fen Brunt|Brunt]]

==== The Servants ====

  * **MacChef** - [[member:Freddie Houlahan|Freddie]] //"THUS SPAKE THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR"// [[member:Freddie Houlahan|Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//
  * **Clara** - [[member:Maja Kowalewska|Maja]] //"You just got banged"// [[member:Maja Kowalewska|Kowalewska]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Lara** - [[member:Heledd Newton|Heledd]] //"The other one"// [[member:Heledd Newton|Newton]] //(LMH)//
  * **Zara** - [[member:Maya Walker|Maya]] //"Parody of a person"// [[member:Maya Walker|Walker]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **The Porter** - [[member:Kaleb Ells|Kaleb]] //"A veteran of poor customer service"// [[member:Kaleb Ells|Ells]] //(St Anne's)//

==== The Duncans ====

  * **King Duncan** - [[member:Sebastian Morson|Sebastian]] //"""BANTER"""// [[member:Sebastian Morson|Morson]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **King Duncan XIII** - [[member:Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"Oooh, dead people"// [[member:Fen Brunt|Brunt]]
  * **King Duncan XIV** - [[member:Nicole Tong|Nicole]] //"Got stabbed by a violin"// [[member:Nicole Tong|Tong]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **King Duncan XV** - [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Elspeth]] //"I love playing 35 year old men"// [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Rogers]] //(St John's)//


===== Crew =====

==== Direction ====

  * **Director** - [[member:Patrick Painter|Patrick]] //"Trying to establish dominance"// [[member:Patrick Painter|Painter]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Assistant Directors**
    * [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"Cradle a bowl like your sad child"// [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//
    * [[member:Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"My witch meat shield"// [[member:Fen Brunt|Brunt]]
    * [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Elspeth]] //"You are an idiot"// [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Rogers]] //(St John's)//

==== Writing ====

  * **Writer** - [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"I can see the tears on your inside"// [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Script Editors**
    * [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"I can see the tears on your inside"// [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
    * [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"I like animal sacrifice"// [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//
    * [[member:Patrick Painter|Patrick]] //"Daddy of kings"// [[member:Patrick Painter|Painter]] //(St Anne's)//
    * [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Elspeth]] //"Top fish is quite fun"// [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Rogers]] //(St John's)//

==== Production ====

  * **Producer** - [[member:Sebastian Morson|Sebastian]] //"Drugging is okay if it makes things good"// [[member:Sebastian Morson|Morson]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Production Manager** - [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"Hug him, rob him, knock him out"// [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//
  * **Stage Manager** - [[member:Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"Mystical frog beast"// [[member:Fen Brunt|Brunt]]
  * **Executive Lighting Director** - [[member:David Street|Dave]] //"I support truancy"// [[member:David Street|Street]] //(LMH)//
  * **Lighting Director** - [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"I speak in Shrek references"// [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//

==== Marketing ====

  * **Marketing Manager** - [[member:Bibor Batki|Bíbor]] //"They get a fun surprise"// [[member:Bibor Batki|Batki]] //(St Hugh's)//
  * **Graphic Design** - [[member:Weronika Galka|Weronika]] //"Where doth the pigeon sit?"// [[member:Weronika Galka|Galka]] //(St Peter's)//


==== Music ====

  * **Music Director** - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"Am I the fanfiction?"// [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeax]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Choreographer** - [[member:Lily Massey|Lily]] //"#homeostasis"// [[member:Lily Massey|Massey]] //(Pembroke)//
  * **Pianist** - [[member:Kevin Zheng|Kevin]] //"I'm quitting the music industry"// [[member:Kevin Zheng|Zheng]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Guitarist** - [[member:Najeeb Al-Shabibi|Najeeb]] //"Person I taught to use the dark web"// [[member:Najeeb Al-Shabibi|Al-Shabibi]] //(St Anne's)//

==== Other ====

  * **Welfare Officer** - [[member: Ugur Oezcan|Uğur]] // "No current intention of sleeping with Fabian"// [[member: Ugur Oezcan|Özcan]] //(Jesus)//
  * **Make-up** - [[member:Weronika Galka|Weronika]] //"You'll look like a pimp"// [[member:Weronika Galka|Galka]] //(St Peter's)//

===== Songs =====

  * **The Guard Song**
    * [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"I'm sticking to nunneries"// [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//
    * [[member:Maya Walker|Maya]] //"More of a flay than a slop"// [[member:Maya Walker|Walker]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **The Weird Sisters**
    * [[member:Macey Pattenden|Macey]] //"Let me assume my dramatic pose"// [[member:Macey Pattenden|Pattenden]] //(Worcester)//
    * [[member:Caleb Lee|Caleb]] //"I haven't seen this side of you"// [[member:Caleb Lee|Lee]]
  * **Haggis and Chips** - [[member:Cassie Wicks|Cassie]] //"What rhymes with coup? I know, sniffing glue"// [[member:Cassie Wicks|Wicks]] //(St Hilda's)//
  * **The Murder Song** - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"Ignore all the dangerous stuff in there"// [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Memento Merry** - [[member:Em Fawcett|Em]] //"A political pool party in a game of Sims"// [[member:Em Fawcett|Fawcett]] //(Wadham)//
  * **Constantly Thwarted**
    * [[member:Maya Walker|Maya]] //"I twink therefore I am"// [[member:Maya Walker|Walker]] //(St Anne's)//
    * [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"Cher said it better"// [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **The Scottish Play** - [[member:Patrick Painter|Patrick]] //"Some vocal chord action :)"// [[member:Patrick Painter|Painter]] //(St Anne's)//

===== Script and Programme =====

{{ :shows:macbeth-programme.pdf | Programme}}

{{ :shows:macbeth-script.pdf | Script}}

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

|**Best Morally Ambiguous Character**| Laddie of the Loch - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] |
|**Best Group/Double Act**| Vladwin - [[member:Paul Becsi]], [[member:Jake Caudwell]] |
|**Best Couple**| Vladwin - [[member:Paul Becsi]], [[member:Jake Caudwell]] |
|**Best Spurious Accent**| Laddie of the Loch - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] |
|**Best Quote from a Script**| "I didn't think someone wearing a garlic necklace would need to wear much protection" \\ "Fetch my wife, I must speak to her upon the instant!"/"I don’t think we’ve got on of those, you might have to speak to her upon the sofa" |
|**The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act**| [[member:Lily Massey]] |
|**The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty**| [[member:Macey Pattenden]] for finding a venue even before middle of term and everything else |
|**Best Directorial Team**| [[member:Patrick Painter]] (asst. [[member:Amy Hemsworth]], [[member:Elspeth Rogers]], [[member:Fen Brunt]]) |

===== Flosscars Nominations =====

|**Best Heroic Character**| Macey for finding a venue - [[member:Macey Pattenden]] \\ Private Killer - [[member:Cassie Wicks]] \\ Lady Macduff - [[member:Elsie Clark]] \\ Private Giggler - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] |
|**Best Villainous Character**| Lady Macbeth - [[member:Lily Massey]] \\ Macbeth - [[member:Chris Chang]] \\ Vlad - [[member:Paul Becsi]] |
|**Best Morally Ambiguous Character**| Duncan - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] |
|**Best Group/Double Act**| Witches - [[member:Macey Pattenden]], [[member:Libby Alldread]], [[member:Harram Khurram]] \\ The Soldiers - [[member:Nicole Tong]], [[member:Max Northcott]], [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]], [[member:Cassie Wicks]] \\ Kitchen Staff - [[member: Freddie Houlahan]], [[member:Maja Kowalewska]], [[member:Heledd Newton]], [[member:Maya Walker]], [[member:Kaleb Ells]] |
|**Best Couple**| The Macbeths - [[member:Lily Massey]], [[member:Chris Chang]] |
|**Best Spurious Accent**| The Porter - [[member:Kaleb Ells]] \\ Macbeth - [[member:Chris Chang]] |
|**Best Song**| Constantly Thwarted - [[member:Maya Walker]], [[member:Jake Caudwell]] \\ The Scottish Play - [[member:Patrick Painter]] \\ The Murder Song - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] \\ Haggis and Chips - [[member:Cassie Wicks]] \\ The Guard Song - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]], [[member:Maya Walker]] |
|**Best Performance of a Song**| Constantly Thwarted- [[member:Jake Caudwell]], [[member:Paul Becsi]] \\ The Murder Song - [[member:Chris Chang]] |
|**Best Costume**| Duncan - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ Laddie of the Loch - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] |
|**Best Worst Prop**| Banquo's KFC - [[member:Amy Hemsworth]] \\ Jake's fallen radio mic - [[member:Jake Caudwell]] |
|**Best Best Prop**| Buffy's Wig - [[member:Bibor Batki]] \\ Banquo's KFC - [[member:Amy Hemsworth]] \\ Weapons - [[member:Fen Brunt]] |
|**Best Noise from a Cast Member**| [[member:Max Northcott]]'s kazoo solo \\ [[member:Maya Walker]]'s scream during Constantly Thwarted |
|**Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal**| "Don't be revoltingly sloppy" - [[member:Macey Pattenden]] \\ [[member:Caleb Lee]]: "I haven't seen this side of you before"/[[member:Patrick Painter]]: "What, the front?" \\ [[member:Amy Hemsworth]] forgetting to record half of Act 2 of Macbeth on opening night |
|**Best Cock-Up During a Performance**| [[member:Elsie Clark]] grabbing the axe head, then saying ow \\ Whatever was going on with the witches' dialogue - [[member:Macey Pattenden]], [[member:Libby Alldread]], [[member:Harram Khurram]] \\ [[member:Kaleb Ells]] saying "there's a knocking without" twice in one performance, with the audience laughing harder the second time \\ [[member:Macey Pattenden]] in the witch song \\ [[member:Jake Caudwell]]'s fallen radio mic \\ Waiting for MacChef at the end of Macbeth (It wasn't [[member:Freddie Houlahan]]'s fault!) |
|**Best Ad-lib**| [[member:Sebastian Morson]]: "Sure would be a great time for a meal right now, MacChef!" [[member: Freddie Houlahan]]: "Here I am, right on time!" \\ [[member:Alice Yates]] as Banquo lighting a spliff with a seance candle \\ [[member:Jake Caudwell]]: "I know what you're thinking. I should really pick that up before continuing the scene" after dropping the mic in Macbeth \\ [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] as Giggler pretending to be Buffy in a red wig \\ Mii Theme - [[member:Kevin Zheng]] \\ Hermione's improv rhyme - [[member:Libby Alldread]] |
|**Best Audience Participation**| Trying to drink from the flask but it was empty because [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux]] had already drank all the alcohol in it \\ [[member: Branoc Richards]] shining in the spotlight during Macbeth \\ |
|**Best Programme Quote**| "Parody of a person" - [[member:Maya Walker]] \\ "Be more like Maya" - [[member:Patrick Painter]] \\ "Where doth the pigeon sit?" - [[member:Weronika Galka]] \\ “THUS SPAKE THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR” - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] \\ "I speak in shrek references" - [[member:Amy Hemsworth]] |
|**Best Quote from a Script**| "Correct me if I'm wrong"/"You know I always do" \\ "Kneel before your king, people of Scotland, and accept the right and fitting punishment which I shall bestow!!!!!!!" \\ "It’s not rocket science"/"What’s a rocket?" \\ "There’s plenty of horses in the stables" |
|**The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act**| [[member:Paul Becsi]] |
|**The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty**| [[member:Weronika Galka]] for stepping in as front of house last minute and for incredible graphics and marketing |
|**Best Script**| [[member:Jake Caudwell]] |
|**Best Marketing Team**| [[member:Bibor Batki]], [[member:Weronika Galka]] |

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