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The Sensational Story of the Splash (Hilary, 2018)

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The Oxford University Light Entertainment Society is proud to present The Sensational Story of the Splash (Not a Marvel Movie)

By day, Tim Blyton is a mild mannered unremarkable teenager, but by night he is THE SPLASH: the world's greatest water-based superhero! Join forces with the Splash as he teams up with earth's mightiest heroes (and the Justice League) to fight evil villains both new and old. Can the Splash save the day? Or will the mysterious villainous “Barista” prevail?

Join us on 5th, 6th, and 8th March (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday of 8th Week) when doors open at 7.00pm in the Moser Theatre, Wadham College, for a super-powered musical comedy delight, all in the name of charity!

Cast

Our hero and friends

  • Splash/Tim Blyton - Mark “Best Superhero Ever” Simonitis (Keble)
  • Emily Wright - Lily “I’m surrounded by idiots” Miles (Hertford)
  • David Wright - Rebecca “James Buchanan” Barton (Regent’s Park)
  • Lisa Wright - Ana “Needs to sort out her priorities” Pagu (St. Edmund Hall)

The Villains

  • Barista - Emma “Cup size… geddit??” Bates (Univ)
  • Joker - George “You’ve got to be joking” Tall (St Edmund Hall)
  • Harley Quinn - Tzveta “Intertzvention” Pokrovska (Queen’s)
  • Mystique - Matilda “Not spontaneously funny” Tempest (Mansfield)
  • Loki - Valeriia “Intent on fratricide” Gladkova (Merton)

The Avengers

  • Captain America - Em “I said assemble, not sing!” Fawcett (Wadham)
  • Iron Man - Jake “Arc-reactor-related thrush” Griffiths (Brasenose)
  • Hulk/Bruce Banner - Markus “Gutural scream” Beeken (Brasenose)
  • Thor - Jasper Rose “Take cover!” Russell (ex-Merton)
  • Black Widow - Velina “Typecast as the sassy one” Robinson (Mansfield)
  • Hawkeye - Will “At least the arrows have a point” Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall)

The Justice League

  • Superman - Nick “Light in the darkness” Richardson (Real Boy)
  • Batman - Emma “Abs or hernias?” New (St Hildas)
  • Wonder Woman - Connie “Glare” Chen (St Anne’s)
  • Aquaman - Ana “Heavily implied manatee action” Pagu (St Edmund Hall)

Miscellaneous

  • Lois Lane - Judith “Suggestive eyebrow raise” Moore (Balliol)
  • Madame Zelda Distress - Beth “I am a diva!” Mabbutt (LMH Alumnus)
  • Abbie Longworth - Anna “Batman is my everything” White
  • Arnie Shortworth - Will “The bat-signal is only for emergencies!“ Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall)
  • Imogen Smiley - Efi “INCONVENIENT?!” Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s)
  • Justice Foreman - Markus “Lawful neutral” Beeken (Brasenose)

Production

  • Director - Leo “There’s this thing called acting” Tucker (Wadham)
  • Assistant Director - Becky “Unintelligible mumbling” Hicks (Oriel)
  • Writers -
  • Producers -
    • Ana “How many posters can I have?” Pagu (St Edmund Hall)
    • Katie “I did sweet FA” Moore (ex-Magdalen)
  • Musical Director - Judith “Jerome?” Moore (Balliol)
  • Stage Manager - Becky “Silly string or party poppers??” Hicks (Oriel)
  • Lighting Technicians -
    • James “Came to the rescue” Marsden (ex-Corpus)
    • Katie “Put the right-looking plugs in the rightlooking holes” Moore (ex-Magdalen)

Special thank you to Jack Slater for filming.

Songs

  • Trust in the Barista - Perry “The Chap at The Piano” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
  • Avengers, assemble! - Lily “What rhymes with ‘Assemble’?” Miles (Hertford)
  • Allegation sensation - Judith “Flappy arms” Moore (Balliol)
  • I am a diva - Judith “Rhymes are hard” Moore (Balliol)
  • Splash's Lament - Judith “Love you really Mark” Moore (Balliol)
  • Being a Hero - Emma “Dolphins!” New (St Hildas)
  • Final song - Judith “Oh no not again” Moore (Balliol)

Script and Programme

splash_script.pdf

Please contact our webmistress Em if you're interested in seeing the recording of this show.

Flosscars Wins

Best Heroic CharacterMark Simonitis (Keble) for The Splash
Best Villainous CharacterEmma Bates (Univ) for The Barista
Best CoupleTzveta Pokrovska (Queen’s) and George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for The Joker and Harley Quinn
Best ScriptMarkus Beeken (Brasenose) and Lily Miles (Hertford) for The Sensational Story of the Splash
Best Marketing CampaignAna Pagu (St Edmund Hall) and Katie Moore (ex-Magdalen) for The Sensational Story of the Splash
Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a RehearsalJames Marsden (ex-Corpus), Katie Moore (ex-Magdalen) and the History Boy's lighting technician for the Lights
Best Quote from a ScriptMarkus Beeken (Brasenose), Lily Miles (Hertford) and Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for “Pineapple juice is a pathetic excuse for a drink and you're a pathetic excuse for a man!”
The 'Beyond the Call of Duty' Award for Going Beyond the Call of DutyThe cast for taking over when lights failed

Flosscars Nominations

Best Heroic CharacterLily Miles (Hertford) for Emily Wright
Emma New (St Hildas) for Batman
Ana Pagu (St Edmund Hall) for Aquaman
Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall) for Hawkeye
Nick Richardson (Real Boy) for Superman
Best Villainous CharacterGeorge Tall (St Edmund Hall) for The Joker
Tzveta Pokrovska (Queen’s) for Harley Quinn
Best Morally Ambiguous CharacterMarkus Beeken (Brasenose) for Justice Foreman
Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for Imgoen Smiley
Best Group/ Double ActJake Griffiths (Brasenose), Em Fawcett (Wadham), Jasper Rose Russell (ex-Merton), Markus Beeken (Brasenose), Velina Robinson (Mansfield) and Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall) for The Avengers
Nick Richardson (Real Boy), Emma New (St Hildas) and Connie Chen (St Anne’s) for the Justice League
Tzveta Pokrovska (Queen’s) and George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for The Joker and Harley Quinn
Mark Simonitis (Keble) and Lily Miles (Hertford) for The Splash and Emily
Anna White and Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall) for Officers Abbie and Arnie
Best CoupleMark Simonitis (Keble) and Lily Miles (Hertford) for The Splash and Emily
Rebecca Barton (Regent’s Park) and Ana Pagu (St Edmund Hall) for David and Lisa Wright
Emma New (St Hildas) and Nick Richardson (Real Boy) for Batman and Superman
Emma New (St Hildas) and Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for Batman and Imogen Smiley
Velina Robinson (Mansfield) and Connie Chen (St Anne’s) for Black Widow and Wonder Woman
Best Spurious AccentJake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Iron Man
George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for The Joker
Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for Imogen Smiley
Best Directing TeamLeo Tucker (Wadham) and Becky Hicks (Oriel) for The Sensational Story of the Splash
Best SongPerry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) for “Trust in the Barista”
Lily Miles (Hertford) for “Avengers, assemble!”
Judith Moore (Balliol) for “I am a diva”
Judith Moore (Balliol) for “Splash’s lament”
Emma New (St Hildas) for “Being a hero”
Best CostumeEfi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for The Barista's outfit
George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for The Joker
Tzveta Pokrovska (Queen’s) for Harley Quinn
Emma New (St Hildas) for Batman
Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Loki's horns
Connie Chen (St Anne’s) for Wonder Woman
Best Worst PropBecky Hicks (Oriel) for the Justice League's boat
Becky Hicks (Oriel) and George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for the Joker's Bomb
Best Best PropGeorge Tall (St Edmund Hall) and Becky Hicks (Oriel) for the Ocean Draining Machine
Becky Hicks (Oriel) and Mark Simonitis (Keble) for Splash's Powers
Becky Hicks (Oriel) for the Inflatable Hammer
Best Cock-Up During a PerformanceAna Pagu (St Edmund Hall) and Tzveta Pokrovska (Queen’s) for pulling a Kybett; walking onstage, nodding vaguely and walking off again
Lily Miles (Hertford) for laughing at lights
Emma New (St Hildas) for forgetting half her lines for a scene
Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a RehearsalMarkus Beeken (Brasenose) for taking too long with a costume change and leaving George to improvising being beat up
Best Ad-LibEm Fawcett (Wadham) for “It's a Chevron”
Mark Simonitis (Keble) for “I can take care of Emily now that the sun is down”
Emma New (St Hildas) for “Na na na na na na na na me!!”
Matilda Tempest (Mansfield) for “Is turning off the sun part of our evil plan?”
Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for prodding Batman’s chest and saying “well, that’s disappointing”
The cast for the phone flashlights
Best Audience Participation/Heckle Connie's friends for “Woo! Connie!”
Benjamin Kybett (Magdalen) for “Who did the risk assessment?”
Best Quote from a ScriptMarkus Beeken (Brasenose), Lily Miles (Hertford) and Emma Bates (Univ) for “Evil is brewing and we're the masters of the kettle”
Markus Beeken (Brasenose) and Lily Miles (Hertford) for “You're and idiotic pubescent hothead with an internal supersoaker”
Markus Beeken (Brasenose), Lily Miles (Hertford) and Emma Bates (Univ) for “Secondary villains, deal with them”
Markus Beeken (Brasenose), Lily Miles (Hertford) and Emma Bates (Univ) for all the coffee puns
Markus Beeken (Brasenose) and Lily Miles (Hertford) for “and I called her…ROSITA!”
Markus Beeken (Brasenose), Lily Miles (Hertford) and Emma New (St Hildas) for “Seems…Counterproductive”
The Branoc Richards Award for Best Worst Line LearnerEmma New (St Hildas) for Batman
Markus Beeken (Brasenose) for Bruce Banner and the Judge
The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act Emma New (St Hildas) for Batman
Emma Bates (Univ) for The Barista
Lily Miles (Hertford) for Emily Wright
George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for The Joker
The 'Beyond the Call of Duty' Award for Going Beyond the Call of DutyEfi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for Imogen's dance
George Tall (St Edmund Hall) and Becky Hicks (Oriel) for the Ocean Draining Machine
Jack Slater (St Edmund Hall) for coming to Splash every night and filming it multiple times
Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for making/repairing Loki's horns
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