====== A Christmas Carole (Michelmas, 2021) ======

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//A Christmas Carole is an original modern spin on the Dickens classic. This time it’s not just the famous miser Ebeneezer Scrooge who is visited by night-time apparitions – his self-centred and irritatingly Christmassy niece Carole also meets some instructive spirits of her own! 

Each embarks on their own ghostly voyage of self-discovery, but disaster strikes when nefarious ghouls fool Tiny Tim and the rest of Bob Scratchit’s children on a foolish mission to save Christmas, leaving hilarious chaos and ghost bureaucracy in their wake...//

===== Cast =====

==== The Scrooges ==== 
  * **Carole Scrooge** - [[member:Paige Allen|Paige]] //“I don’t //just// like lizards”// [[member:Paige Allen|Allen]] //(St Hugh’s)//
  * **Ebenezer Scrooge** - [[member:Freddie Houlahan|Freddie]] //“squished rodent of a dog”// [[member:Freddie Houlahan|Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//
  * **Fred Scrooge** - [[member:Fen Brunt|Fen]] //“what’s an overcoat”// [[member:Fen Brunt|Brunt]] //(Mansfield)// 

==== Narrators ==== 
  * **Charlie** - [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //“sweep the other way”// [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Jamie** - [[member:Charlie Howley|Charlie]] //“the real queer was inside us all along”// [[member:Charlie Howley|Howley]] //(LMH)//
  * **Arabella** - [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks]] //“moustache in my pocket”// [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Matkowska]] //(Keble)//
  * **Geoff** - [[member:Charlie Gill|Charlie]] //“up and down like whack-a-mole”// [[member:Charlie Gill|Gill]] //(Green Templeton)// 
  * **Riley** - [[member: Alice Hackney|Alice]] //“breaking out of ghost jail”// [[member: Alice Hackney|Hackney]] // (St John’s)//

==== Ghosts ==== 

  * **Christmas Past** - [[member: Chloe Pavey|Chloe]] //“not method acting, just fifth week”// [[member: Chloe Pavey|Pavey]] 
  * **Christmas Present** - [[member:Megan Allbrooks|Megan]] //“Brits have better hold music”// [[member:Megan Allbrooks|Allbrooks]] //(Keble)// 
  * **Christmas Future** - [[member:Tom Vallely|Tom]] //“life is pain”// [[member:Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Holidays Past** - [[member:Andrew Raynes|Andrew]] //“we’re the important ones”// [[member:Andrew Raynes|Raynes]] //(Somerville)// 
  * **Holidays Present** - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //“I’ll just whip out a carrot”// [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne’s)//
  * **Holidays Future** - [[member:Grace Masback|Grace]] //“British people have their own Christmas songs?”// [[member:Grace Masback|Masback]] //(Wadham)//
  * **Xmas Past** - [[member:Velina Robinson|Velina]] //“pause between gag and dominate”// [[member:Velina Robinson|Robinson]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Xmas Present** - [[member: Ed Tansley|Ed]] //“if Cherwell want a scrap I'll give them a scrap”// [[member: Ed Tansley|Tansley]] //(St Anne’s)// 
  * **Xmas Future** - [[member:Em Fawcett|Em]] //“dabbing is illegal in Saudi Arabia”// [[member:Em Fawcett|Fawcett]] //(Wadham)// 
  * **Yuletide Past** - [[member: Alice Hackney|Alice]] //“getting all ghosty”// [[member: Alice Hackney|Hackney]] // (St John’s)//
  * **The Boss** - [[member: Jake Burton|Jake]] //“kids is too ‘street’”// [[member: Jake Burton|Burton]] 

==== The Cratchits ==== 
  * **Bob Cratchit** - [[member: Andrew Kenyon-Roberts|Andrew]]  //“we’ll just have to go with a hug”// [[member: Andrew Kenyon-Roberts|Kenyon-Roberts ]]
  * **Emily Cratchit** - [[member:Lily Massey|Lily]] //“Christ-”// [[member:Lily Massey|Massey]] //(Pembroke)//
  * **Peter** - [[member: Fiona Bestrova|Fiona]] //“YAYYYY!”// [[member: Fiona Bestrova|Bestrova]]
  * **Martha** - [[member:Eliza Niblett|Eliza]] //“the dim one”// [[member:Eliza Niblett|Niblett]] //(Corpus Christi)// 
  * **Belinda** - [[member:Phoebe Winter|Phoebe]] //“killing the children off one by one”// [[member:Phoebe Winter|Winter]] //(Oriel)//
  * **Tiny Tim** - [[member:Sebastian Morson|Sebastian]] //“distressed and cheerful”// [[member:Sebastian Morson|Morson]] //(St Anne’s)// 

==== Others ==== 
  * **Headmaster** - [[member: Will Ainsworth|Will]] //“Scroogé”// [[member: Will Ainsworth|Ainsworth]] //(St Edmund Hall)// 
  * **Young Ebenezer** - [[member: Ali Witheford|Ali]] //“I choose violence”// [[member: Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)// 
  * **Fran** - [[member:Megan Allbrooks|Megan]] //“the real star”// [[member:Megan Allbrooks|Allbrooks]] //(Keble)//
  * **Fezziwig** - [[member: Jake Burton|Jake]] //“danger”// [[member: Jake Burton|Burton]]
  * **Teen Ebenezer** - [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Mo]] //“teen vibez”// [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Weckbecker]] 
  * **Belle** - [[member:Lily Massey|Lily]] //“normally forever things”// [[member:Lily Massey|Massey]] //(Pembroke)//
  * **Matthew** - [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Mo]] //“extremely dominatable”// [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Weckbecker]] 
  * **Clara** - [[member: Ekin Pehlivan|Ekin]] //“soggy biscuit”// [[member: Ekin Pehlivan|Pehlivan]] 
  * **Graveyard Worker 1** - [[member:Jolina Bradley|Jolina]] //“quiescence”// [[member:Jolina Bradley|Bradley]] //(Magdalen)// 
  * **Graveyard Worker 2** - [[member:Luca Ford|Luca]] //“quietude”// [[member:Luca Ford|Ford]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Urchin** - [[member: Ali Witheford|Ali]] //“Scottish tourist board, do better”// [[member: Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//

===== Production =====

  * **Director** - [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //“you’re all just characters to me now”// [[member:Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Teddy Hall)//
  * **Assistant Directors**
    * [[member:Tom Vallely|Tom]] “now for the hos, kids” [[member:Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
    * [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Elspeth]] //“I have no idea what I’m doing”// [[member:Elspeth Rogers|Rogers]] //(St John’s)// 
  * **Writer** - [[member:Lily Miles|Lily]] //“clearly unoriginal”// [[member:Lily Miles|Miles]] //(Actual Adult)// 
  * **Musical Director** - [[member:Tom Vallely|Tom]] “hunt the minors down” [[member:Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Pianist** - [[member: Tobi Wedel|Tobi]] //“we can try Eye of the Tiger?”// [[member: Tobi Wedel|Wedel]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Production Manager** - [[member:Charlie Gill|Charlie]] //“rewards or sadness”// [[member:Charlie Gill|Gill]] //(Green Templeton)//
  * **Production Assistants**
    * [[member:Fen Brunt|Fen]] //“it can be manipulated, it’s fine”// [[member:Fen Brunt|Brunt]] //(Mansfield)//
    * [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //“I shouldn’t have asked”// [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
    * Juliana //“here for a grave time not for a long time”// Vitosh 
  * **Stage Manager** - [[member: Will Ainsworth|Will]] //“come see my Lego room ;)”// [[member: Will Ainsworth|Ainsworth]] //(St Edmund Hall)//
  * **Set Manager** - [[member:Fen Brunt|Fen]] //“I don’t have another one”// [[member:Fen Brunt|Brunt]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Lighting** 
    * [[member:Jolina Bradley|Jolina]] //“luminescence”// [[member:Jolina Bradley|Bradley]] //(Magdalen)//  
    * [[member:Luca Ford|Luca]] //“phosphorescence”// [[member:Luca Ford|Ford]] //(Magdalen)// 
  * **Fight Choreography**
    * [[member:Andrew Raynes|Andrew]] //“bordering on burlesque”// [[member:Andrew Raynes|Raynes]] //(Somerville)//
    * [[member:Tom Vallely|Tom]] //“not since the incident”// [[member:Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Marketing Manager** -  [[member:Velina Robinson|Velina]] //“we want your bodies”// [[member:Velina Robinson|Robinson]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Marketing Assistants**
    * [[member:Andrew Raynes|Andrew]] //“that’s penetration”// [[member:Andrew Raynes|Raynes]] //(Somerville)//
    * [[member:Megan Allbrooks|Megan]] //“nothing like public humiliation”// [[member:Megan Allbrooks|Allbrooks]] //(Keble)//
    * [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks]] //“100% accurate”// [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Matkowska]] //(Keble)//
    * [[member:Branoc Richards|Branoc]] //“I’m trying to retire, honest”// [[member:Branoc Richards|Richards]] //(Associate MCR at Magdalen)//

===== Songs =====

  * **Carole’s Carol** - [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] “dubious musical choices” [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **We’re Going to Have a Great Christmas**
    * [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks]] //“Xbox One???”// [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Matkowska]] //(Keble)//
    * [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //“the kids are gay”// [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne’s)//
  * **Xmas Forever**
    * [[member:Velina Robinson|Velina]] //“it’s time to make the minor pay”// [[member:Velina Robinson|Robinson]] //(Mansfield)//
    * Char “evil schE minore” Vine 
  * **The Battle for Christmas** - [[member:Tom Vallely|Tom]] //“Ebenezer has the biggest...”// [[member:Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
  * **The Final Song** - [[member:Branoc Richards|Branoc]] //“stealing for parody is not a crime”// [[member:Branoc Richards|Richards]] //(Associate MCR at Magdalen)//

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

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

|**Best Heroic Character**| Carole - [[member: Paige Allen]] //(St. Hugh's)//|
|**Best Group/Double Act**| Charlie and Jamie - [[member: Jake Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)// and [[member: Charlie Howley]] //(LMH)//|
|**Best morally ambiguous character**| Xmas present - [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)//|
|**Best spurious accent**| Urchin Child - [[member:Ali Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//|
|**Best Couple**| Charlie and Jamie [[member: Jake Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)// and [[member: Charlie Howley]] //(LMH)//|
|**Best Worst Prop**| Crachit Christmas Tree |
|**Best Best Prop **| Ghost of Chistmas Tree Past (+Carole Set) - [[member: Charlie Gill]] //(Green Templeton)// and [[member: Will Ainsworth]] //(Teddy Hall)//|
|**Best cock-up backstage/during rehearsal **|Xmas forever shadow dancing backstage |
|**The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act**| Carole - [[member: Paige Allen]] //(St Hugh’s)//|
|**Best directing team **| director: [[member: Amy Hemsworth]] //(Teddy Hall)//, AD: [[member: Elspeth Rogers]] //(St. John's)//, AD: [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//|
|**Best marketing campaign **| [[member: Velina Robinson]],[[member: Andrew Raynes]] //(Somerville)// , [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska]] //(Keble)//, [[member:Megan Allbrooks]] //(Keble)//, [[member:Branoc Richards]] //(Associate MCR at Magdalen)//|


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

|**Best Heroic Character**| Scrooge - [[member: Freddie Houlahan]] //(Balliol)// \\ Holidays Past - [[member: Andrew Raynes]] //(Somerville)// \\ Holidays Present - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)// \\ Tiny Tim - [[member: Sebastian Morson]] //(St. Anne's)// \\ Christmas Future - [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//|
|**Best morally ambiguous character**| Carole - [[member: Paige Allen]] //(St. Hugh's)// \\ Christmas Future - [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)// \\ Scrooge - [[member: Freddie Houlahan]] //(Balliol)// \\ Holidays Present - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)//|  
|**Best group/double act**| The Crachit kids - Fiona Bestrova, [[member: Sebastian Morson]] //(St. Anne's)//, [[member:Eliza Niblett]] //(Corpus Christi)//, [[member:Phoebe Winter]] //(Oriel)// \\ Xmas ghosts - [[member: Velina Robinson]] //(Mansfield)//, [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)//, [[member: Em Fawcett]] //(Wadham)// \\ Holiday ghosts - [[member: Andrew Raynes]] //(Somerville)//, [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)//, [[member: Grace Masback]] //(Wadham)//|
|**Best song performance**| Battle for Christmas - [[member: Freddie Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//, [[member: Paige Allen]] //(St. Hugh's)//, [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)//, [[member: Velina Robinson]] //(Mansfield)// \\ Carole's Carol - [[member: Paige Allen]] //(St. Hugh's)//|
|**Best costume**|Holidays Present - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)// \\ Xmas Present - [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)// \\ Carole - [[member: Paige Allen]] //(St. Hugh's)// \\ Christmas Future - [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//|
|**Best Worst Prop**| The Christmas Turkey|
|**Best Best Prop**| Street Lamp - [[member: Will Ainsworth]] //(Teddy Hall)// \\ Tiny Tim's crutch \\ Holidays Present's carrots \\ The Cratchit Christmas "Tree" \\ "Meeting" bunting \\ [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks']] moustache|
|**Best Noise**| Fight noises - [[member: Grace Masback]] //(Wadham)// and Mo Weckbecker \\ "ha ha ha" - [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)// \\  Tiny Tim's coughs - [[member: Sebastian Morson]] //(St. Anne's)//|
|**Best Ad-Lib**| "Why are there three junior narrators?" "An excess of cast." - [[member: Charlie Howley]] //(LMH)// \\ "What about ze children?" - [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//|
|**Best Programme Quote**| "ha ha ha" - [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)// \\ "pause between gag and dominate" - [[member: Velina Robinson]] //(Mansfield)// \\ "Not method acting, just fifth week" - [[member: Chloe Pavey]] //(St. Anne's)// \\ "I'll just whip out a carrot" - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)//|
|**Best Quote from a Script**| "I don't know how to tell you how stupid you are" \\ "Today? Why it's Christmas Day!"|
|**The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act**| Scrooge - [[member: Freddie Houlahan]] //(Balliol)// \\ Yuletide past - [[member: Alice Hackney]] //(St. John's))//|
|**Best Villainous character **| Xmas Past - [[member: Velina Robinson]] //(Mansfield)// \\ Xmas Future - [[member: Em Fawcett]] //(Wadham)// \\ Scrooge - [[member: Freddie Houlahan]] //(Balliol)// \\ Xmas Present - [[member: Ed Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)//|
|**Best Couple**| Bob and Emily Cratchit - Andrew Kenyon-Roberts and [[member:Lily Massey]] //(Pembroke)// \\ Carole and Holidays Past - [[member: Paige Allen]] //(St. Hugh's)// and [[member: Andrew Raynes]] //(Somerville)//|
|**Best Spurious Accent**| Christmas Future - [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)// \\ Holidays Future - [[member: Grace Masback]] //(Wadham)//|
|**Best Song**| Carole's Carole - [[member: Jake Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)// \\ The Final Song - [[member:Branoc Richards]] //(Associate MCR at Magdalen)// \\ Battle for Christmas - [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)// \\ Xmas Forever - [[member: Velina Robinson]] //(Mansfield)// and Char Vine|
|**The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award**| [[member: Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)// for accepting music director on top of assistant director \\ Set designers|



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