The Light Entertainment Society in Oxford

"Flosscars" is our annual award ceremony. It is so called because, in 2000, the awards are not just any old small magnetic Oscars, no, they are small magnetic Oscars with dental floss tied round their necks. This makes them entirely different and original. In 2001 the small magnetic Oscars were replaced by bendy men with floss tied round their necks and in 2002 by flosscards, ie luggage labels strung up with floss. So the important point is clearly the floss and any casual resemblance to other award ceremonies is purely accidental.

Flosscars takes place in Trinity term, and as nominations and votes are due before the performances of the current play, the awards period covers Trinity of the previous academic year, plus Michaelmas and Hilary of this academic year. However, in the early days it was an issue of much debate which shows should be considered for the Flosscars, which explains why Good Show, Jeeves! has been included twice, and there were four plays for the 2002 Flosscars.

Flosscars is also an opportunity to honour past members who have excelled in a particular category. The first such honour was bestowed upon Tom Reynolds for his services in the field of dodgy accents. Sally Outen was honoured in 2008 for her services to all things surreal. Most recently, in the 2011 flosscars, Dan Artus has been honoured for his services to not learning his lines and both M-tropolis and M-Town have been honoured for their contribution in the field of double acts.

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This year's flosscars haven't been started yet (or the information has been lost)

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