====== Poirot: A Musical (Trinity, 2010) ======

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//When the great (straight) detective Hercule Poirot is invited to a wedding party, nothing can possibly go wrong. The mansion is secluded, the family is argumentative, and the ducks are on the offensive. Did the butler do it? We don't know, but the wedding guests are taking bets.//

===== Cast =====

  * **Poirot** - [[member:Jonathan Sims|Jonathan]] //"Straighter than an incredibly straight arrow designed to fly in a straight line"// [[member:Jonathan Sims|Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)//
  * **Hastings** - [[member:Samuel Swinnerton|Samuel]] //"My hair is unusually bouncy"// [[member:Samuel Swinnerton|Swinnerton]] //(Queen's)//
  * **Sergeant Higgins** - [[member:Martin Corcoran|Martin]] //"soft as pussings"// [[member:Martin Corcoran|Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)//
  * **Miss Green** - [[member:Hannah Snell|Hannah]] //"awfully large swallow"// [[member:Hannah Snell|Snell]] //(Balliol)//
  * **Mrs Green** - [[member:Jessica Law|Jessica]] //"If I wasn't so emotionally repressed, I'd slap you"// [[member:Jessica Law|Law]] //(St.Anne's)//
  * **Mr Green <sub>(Tuesday and Wednesday)</sub>** - [[member:Matthew Williams|Matthew]] //"strawberry tart"// [[member:Matthew Williams|Williams]] //(mansfield)//
  * **Mr Green <sub>(Thursday)</sub>** - [[member:Rory Morrison|Rory]] //"quack!"// [[member:Rory Morrison|Morrison]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Mrs White** - rk //"cantankerous old bitch"// hughes //(hertford)//
  * **Miss Scarlet** - [[member:Emma New|Emma]] //"soon you'll be over her and under me!"// [[member:Emma New|New]] //(St Hildas)//
  * **Parker** - [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury|Perry]] //"comic fainting"// [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury|Hartland-Asbury]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Miss Lemon** - [[member:Sasha McKenna|Sasha]] [[member:Sasha McKenna|McKenna]] //(St Hildas)//
  * **Mr Musard** - Anselm //"exploring the crevices"// Aston
  * **Archie the Policeman** - [[member:Alice Young|Alice]] //"light relief"// [[member:Alice Young|Young]] //(Hertford)//
  * **Eldritch the Policeman <sub>(Tuesday and Wednesday)</sub>** - [[member:Alice Young|Alice]] [[member:Alice Young|Young]] //(Hertford)//
  * **Eldritch the Policeman <sub>(Thursday)</sub>** - [[member:Matthew Williams|Matthew]] [[member:Matthew Williams|Williams]] //(mansfield)//
  * **Wedding Guest 1** - [[member:Eilise Norris|Eilise]] //"here to pick up insecure bridesmaids"// [[member:Eilise Norris|Norris]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **Wedding Guest 2** - [[member:Felicity White|Felicity]] //"what was that abour my flower garden?"// [[member:Felicity White|White]] //(Merton)//
===== Production =====

  * **Written by** - [[member:Sasha McKenna|Sasha]] //"your mum"// [[member:Sasha McKenna|McKenna]] //(St Hildas)//
  * **Director** - [[member:Kate Morris|Kate]] //"ham it up, lead with your boobs"// [[member:Kate Morris|Morris]] //(St Hildas)//
  * **Musical Director** - [[member:Samuel Swinnerton|Samuel]] //"hands of blue"// [[member:Samuel Swinnerton|Swinnerton]] //(Queen's)//
  * **Songs by:**
    * [[member:Jessica Law]] //(St.Anne's)//
    * [[member:Fabby Styles]] //(Oriel)//
    * [[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)//
    * [[member:Samuel Swinnerton]] //(Queen's)//
===== Script and Programme =====

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

|**Best Song**|[[member:Jessica Law]] //(St.Anne's)// for The Plotting Song|
===== Flosscars Nominations =====

|**Best Hero**|[[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Poirot|
|**Best Bad Guy/Villain**|[[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Miss Scarlet \\ [[member:Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Mansfield)// for Professor Plum|
|**The "M-Tropolis and M-Town" award for Best Double Act/Couple**|[[member:Hannah Snell]] //(Balliol)// and Anselm Aston for Miss Green and Mr Mustard \\ [[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// and [[member:Samuel Swinnerton]] //(Queen's)// for Poirot and Hastings|
|**The "Tom Reynolds" Award for most Spurious Accent**|[[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Poirot|
|**Best Directing Team**|[[member:Kate Morris]] //(St Hildas)// and [[member:Samuel Swinnerton]] //(Queen's)//|
|**Best Writer**|[[member:Sasha McKenna]] //(St Hildas)//|
|**Best Song**|[[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Oh Miss Scarlet|
|**Best Costume**|[[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for His moustache in Poirot \\ [[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Miss Scarlett / French Maid|
|**Best fluff/fuck-up/cock-up during a performance**|[[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Concussing the audience. \\ [[member:Rory Morrison]] //(Mansfield)// for Epic beer fail - the best pratfall I've ever seen|
|**Best Ad Lib**|[[member:Sasha McKenna]] //(St Hildas)// for giving Hastings a hand-job in the final song of Poirot \\ [[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for "I hope have a long, 'appy life stealing childrens pokemon together."|
|**Best Quote (during a show)**|[[member:Jessica Law]] //(St.Anne's)// and [[member:Sasha McKenna]] //(St Hildas)// for "If I wasn't so emotionally repressed, I'd slap you."|
|**The "Ooh you luvvie" Award for actually being able to act**|[[member:Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Miss Scarlet \\ [[member:Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Poirot|

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