====== WHODUNNIT? (Hilary, 2023) ======

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//Eight guests. Many suspects. One dead body at the bottom of the stairs. Whodunnit?
OULES makes a grab for Mousetrap fame in this unique (let’s call it that) murder mystery comedy. When Lord Harvington is found dead at the bottom of his staircase, it falls to one incompetent inspector and his beleaguered sidekick to crack the case. But red herrings are everywhere and the clues aren’t easy to solve. So, who did it? The squeaky-clean Goodys? The suspect Shadys? The Harvington children? Or someone completely left-field, like a police sergeant who confuses a walkie-talkie with a nose trimmer?//

===== Cast =====

==== The Harvingtons ====

  * **Lord Harvington** - [[member: Ugur Oezcan|Uğur]] // "I wanna be naked in a Disney+ show"// [[member: Ugur Oezcan|Özcan]] //(Jesus)//
  * **Lady Harvington** - [[member: Elsie Clark|Elsie]] // "Sexual deviancy - what ho!"// [[member: Elsie Clark|Clark]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Minty Harvington** - [[member: Libby Alldread|Libby]] // "Capital punishment is completely fine"// [[member: Libby Alldread|Alldread]] //(Corpus Christi)//
  * **Binky Harvington** - [[member: Macey Pattenden|Macey]] // "Get a blazer and then we can talk"// [[member: Macey Pattenden|Pattenden]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Percy Harvington** - [[member: Ali Witheford|Ali]] // "Like the Jackson 5 but more talented"// [[member: Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Charlie Harvington** - [[member: Bibor Batki|Bíbor]] // "What can I say I'm a bitch"// [[member: Bibor Batki|Batki]] //(St Hugh's)//
  * **Alex Heartswept** - [[member: Chris Chang|Chris]] // "All children are isomorphic"// [[member: Chris Chang|Chang]] //(St Anne's)//

==== The Staff ====

  * **Tompkins** - [[member: Patrick Painter|Patrick]] // "I am a massive bastard"// [[member: Patrick Painter|Painter]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Mabel** - [[member: Acadia Klepeis|Acadia]] // "I'm not even French"// [[member: Acadia Klepeis|Klepeis]] //(Keble)//
  * **Bob** - [[member: Fen Brunt|Fen]] // "It's Jesus or death"// [[member: Fen Brunt|Brunt]]
  * **Dorothy** - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"Oh, to be tiddled"// [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//

==== The Guests ====

  * **Angel Goody** - [[member: Alysa Fitch|Alysa]] //"😇"// [[member: Alysa Fitch|Fitch]] //(Keble)//
  * **Saint Goody** - [[member: Federica Pescini|Federica]] //"My cheeks hurt from smiling"// [[member: Federica Pescini|Pescini]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Lucifer Shady** - [[member: Paul Becsi|Paul]] //"Not a big fan of balls"// [[member: Paul Becsi|Becsi]] //(Oriel)//
  * **Jezebel Shady** - [[member: Maja Kowalewska|Maja]] //"I can't be funny on the spot"// [[member: Maja Kowalewska|Kowalewska]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Dr Angus Bones** - [[member: Kevin Zheng|Kevin]] //"Am I Scottish or am I a normal person?"// [[member: Kevin Zheng|Zheng]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Dr Andrew Bones** - [[member: Warwick Wagner|Warwick]] //"My complaint is that I don't get to be a whore"// [[member: Warwick Wagner|Wagner]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Cuthbert Snooty** - [[member: Heledd Newton|Heledd]] //"Mm"// [[member: Heledd Newton|Newton]] //(LMH)//
  * **Joe Dullard** - [[member: Peter Bachev|Peter]] //"I can't wait for the scene where I'm tied up and gagged"// [[member: Peter Bachev|Bachev]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Joe Dullard (Thu)** - [[member: Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"Spice is the spice of life"// [[member: Fen Brunt|Brunt]]

==== The Police ====

  * **Inspector Bumbleton** - [[member: Sebastian Morson|Sebastian]] //"You are a very movable object"// [[member: Sebastian Morson|Morson]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Barney** - [[member: Lily Massey|Lily]] //"Yes, but-"// [[member: Lily Massey|Massey]] //(Pembroke)//
  * **Chief Manners** - [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Freddie]] //"The audience are simple people"// [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//
  * **Constable Goons** - [[member: Alice Yates|Alice]] //"A measured response to workplace bullying"// [[member: Alice Yates|Yates]] //(Trinity)//
  * **Sergeant Silly** - [[member: Max Northcott|Max]] //"God's twinkiest soldier"// [[member: Max Northcott|Northcott]] //(St Anne's)//

==== The Reporters ====

  * **Scoop** - [[member: Em Fawcett|Em]] //"Then we, as one, scuttle"// [[member: Em Fawcett|Fawcett]] //(Wadham)//
  * **Snoop** - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"Best dead body I've ever seen"// [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//

===== Crew =====

==== Direction ====

  * **Director** - [[member:Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"Still camp but better"// [[member:Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Assistant Directors**
    * [[member: Libby Alldread|Libby]] //"More disgusted by poor people please"// [[member: Libby Alldread|Alldread]] //(Corpus Christi)//
    * [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Freddie]] //"Stop badmouthing crucifixion"// [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//
    * [[member: Cecilia Twigger|Cecilia]] //"Lick it and sniff it"// [[member: Cecilia Twigger|Twigger]] //(Regent's Park)//
    * [[member: Alice Yates|Alice]] //"You dont get many slutty monks"// [[member: Alice Yates|Yates]] //(Trinity)//

==== Writing ====

  * **Writer** - [[member: Elsie Clark|Elsie]] //"Liquid Banger"// [[member: Elsie Clark|Clark]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Script Editors**
    * [[member: Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"More a remonstrance than an assault"// [[member: Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
    * [[member: Alice Yates|Alice]] //"Does anyone have a big foam banana"// [[member: Alice Yates|Yates]] //(Trinity)//
    * Christopher //"10'0"// Goble
    * [[member: Patrick Painter|Patrick]] //"Here all week, under Jake's bed"// [[member: Patrick Painter|Painter]] //(St Anne's)//
    * [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"Ctrl+F for submissive"// [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//

==== Production ====

  * **Producer** - [[member: Sebastian Morson|Sebastian]] //"I can do Jesus"// [[member: Sebastian Morson|Morson]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Production Manager** - [[member: Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"I'm not directing I just have opinions"// [[member: Fen Brunt|Brunt]]
  * **Stage Manager** - [[member: Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"I'll always take a good axe-ing"// [[member: Fen Brunt|Brunt]]
  * **Lighting Designer** - [[member: Libby Alldread|Libby]] //"Woman, your place is by the phone"// [[member: Libby Alldread|Alldread]] //(Corpus Christi)//
  * **Lighting Assistants**
    * [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"The rainbow doesn't want to taste me"// [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//
    * [[member: Max Northcott|Max]] //"Maid insurgency leader"// [[member: Max Northcott|Northcott]] //(St Anne's)//

==== Marketing ====

  * **Marketing Manager** - [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"Let's workshop a cult"// [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//
  * **Marketing Assistants**
    * [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Freddie]] //"A velcro kind of man"// [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//
    * [[member: Ali Witheford|Ali]] //"My voice is permafrost"// [[member: Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Art Director** - [[member: Weronika Galka|Weronika]] //"I'm not neurotic"// [[member: Weronika Galka|Galka]] //(St Peter's)//
  * **Trailer Director** - [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"Jesus is a talented guy"// [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//
  * **Trailer Videographer** - [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Freddie]] //"Are you suggesting I'm a eunuch?"// [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//
  * **Trailer Editing** - [[member: Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"Paint me like one of your French corpses"// [[member: Fen Brunt|Brunt]]

==== Music ====

  * **Music Director** - [[member: Oliver Brown|Oliver]] //"A cross between Dobby & Dominatrix"// [[member: Oliver Brown|Brown]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Assistant Music Director** - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"Just enjoy the millipede feet"// [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Choreographer** - [[member: Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"Semicirculate"// [[member: Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Violists**
    * Emma Lee
    * Darcey Snape //(Jesus)//

==== Other ====

  * **Welfare Officer** - [[member: Ugur Oezcan|Uğur]] // "I'll only be objectified by Fabian"// [[member: Ugur Oezcan|Özcan]] //(Jesus)//
  * **Venue Coordinator** - [[member: Macey Pattenden|Macey]] //"There's a head inside my soul"// [[member: Macey Pattenden|Pattenden]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Drinks Coordinator** - [[member: David Street|Dave]] //"Tumours have a growth mindset"// [[member: David Street|Street]] //(LMH)//

===== Songs =====

  * **Whodunnit?** - [[member: Patrick Painter|Patrick]] //"A swarm of fish flopping around"// [[member: Patrick Painter|Painter]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Bad Bad Plans** - [[member: Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"Again with the foot elevation"// [[member: Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Bumbleton is Best**
    * Lyrics: [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //"Bumbleton to your heart's content"// [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Univ)//
    * Music: [[member: Oliver Brown|Oliver]] //"I mean I only have one quotation to choose from"// [[member: Oliver Brown|Brown]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Snooty's Rap** - [[member: Paul Becsi]]
  * **Happiness is Clappiness**
    * [[member: Paul Becsi| Paul]] //"I wish you would ride on me sometime"// [[member: Paul Becsi|Becsi]] //(Oriel)//
    * [[member: Oliver Brown|Oliver]] //"I'm going to church now"// [[member: Oliver Brown|Brown]] //(Worcester)//
  * **Join our Hackathon** - [[member: Kevin Zheng|Kevin]] //"I can see more of your chin than usual"// [[member: Kevin Zheng|Zheng]] //(St Anne's)//
  * **Final Song** - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"Bottom D, eh?"// [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//

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

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

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

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

|**Best Heroic Character**| Sergeant Silly - [[member:Max Northcott]]|
|**Best Couple**| Lady Harvington and Dorothy - [[member:Elsie Clark]], [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] |
|**Best Song**| Whodunnit? - [[member:Patrick Painter]] |
|**Best Costume**| Dorothy - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]]|
|**Best Worst Prop**| The Door |
|**Best Best Prop**| Binky's badges - [[member:Fen Brunt]]|
|**Best Noise from a Cast Member**| "GOONS!" - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] |
|**Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal**| [[member:Max Northcott]] making that joke about OULES health & safety risk assessment a dark prophecy; slices finger during cocktail making |
|**Best Cock-Up During a Performance**| Dead Lord Harvington not being there to be … dead - [[member:Ugur Oezcan|Uğur Özcan]] |
|**Best Ad-lib**| "I am the throat goat" - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]]|
|**Best Audience Participation**| Fabian giving out the numbers - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]]|
|**Best Programme Quote**| "God's twinkiest soldier" - [[member:Max Northcott]] |
|**The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act**| [[member:Sebastian Morson]] |
|**Best Script**| [[member:Elsie Clark]] |
|**Best Directorial Team**| [[member:Jake Caudwell]] (asst. [[member:Cecilia Twigger]], [[member:Libby Alldread]], [[member:Freddie Houlahan]], [[member:Alice Yates]]) |
|**Best Marketing Team**| [[member:Amy Hemsworth]] (asst. [[member:Weronika Galka]], [[member:Freddie Houlahan]]) |

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

|**Best Heroic Character**| Barney - [[member:Lily Massey]] \\ Lady Harvington - [[member:Elsie Clark]] \\ Bumbleton - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ Minty - [[member:Libby Alldread]] \\ Chief Manners - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] |
|**Best Villainous Character**| Barney - [[member:Lily Massey]] \\ Lucifer Shady - [[member:Paul Becsi]] \\ Bumbleton - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ Snoop & Scoop - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]], [[member:Em Fawcett]] |
|**Best Morally Ambiguous Character**| Dorothy - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] \\ Snooty - [[member:Heledd Newton]] \\ Joe Dullard - [[member:Peter Bachev]], [[member: Fen Brunt]] \\ Tompkins - [[member:Patrick Painter]] \\ Barney - [[member:Lily Massey]] \\ The Shadys - [[member:Paul Becsi]], [[member:Maja Kowalewska]] \\ Bumbleton - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ Lord Harvington - [[member:Ugur Oezcan|Uğur Özcan]] |
|**Best Group/Double Act**| The Harvingtons - [[member:Ugur Oezcan|Uğur Özcan]], [[member:Elsie Clark]], [[member:Libby Alldread]], [[member:Macey Pattenden]], [[member:Ali Witheford]], [[member:Bibor Batki|Bíbor Batki]] \\ The Shadys - [[member:Paul Becsi]], [[member:Maja Kowalewska]] \\ Snoop & Scoop - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]], [[member:Em Fawcett]] \\ Mabel and Tompkins - [[member:Acadia Klepeis]], [[member:Patrick Painter]] \\ The Goodys - [[member:Alysa Fitch]], [[member:Federica Pescini]] \\ Barney and Bumbleton- [[member:Lily Massey]], [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ Chief Manners, Goons and Sergeant Silly - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]], [[member:Alice Yates]], [[member:Max Northcott]] |
|**Best Couple**| The Shadys - [[member:Paul Becsi]], [[member:Maja Kowalewska]] \\ Dullard and Snooty - [[member:Peter Bachev]], [[member:Fen Brunt]], [[member:Heledd Newton]] \\ Bumbleton and Dorothy - [[member:Sebastian Morson]], [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] \\ Lord Harvington and Alex Heartswept - [[member:Ugur Oezcan|Uğur Özcan]], [[member:Chris Chang]] |
|**Best Spurious Accent**| Whatever Max is doing as Sgt Silly - [[member:Max Northcott]] \\ Mabel - [[member:Acadia Klepeis]] \\ Snooty - [[member:Heledd Newton]] \\ Angus Bones - [[member:Kevin Zheng]] \\ Lady Harvington - [[member:Elsie Clark]] |
|**Best Song**| Bumbleton is Best - [[member:Amy Hemsworth]], [[member: Oliver Brown]] \\ Join our Hackathon - [[member:Kevin Zheng]] |
|**Best Performance of a Song**| Join Our Hackathon - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]], [[member:Em Fawcett]] \\ Seb in Bumblesong - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ Everyone in Bumblesong - [[member:Sebastian Morson]], [[member:Freddie Houlahan]], [[member:Max Northcott]], [[member:Lily Massey]], [[member:Alice Yates]] \\ Happiness is Clappiness - [[member:Alysa Fitch]], [[member:Federica Pescini]] \\ Snooty's Rap - [[member:Heledd Newton]] |
|**Best Costume**| Sergeant Silly - [[member:Max Northcott ]] \\ Minty - [[member:Libby Alldread]] \\ Lord Harvington (+jazzy blazer) - [[member:Ugur Oezcan|Uğur Özcan]] \\ Alex Heartswept- [[member:Chris Chang]] |
|**Best Worst Prop**| 'Days without incident' whiteboard that keeps falling over - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Silly's Polis vest - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ L. Shady's newspaper and glasses- [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Bob's miscoloured dinner - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Dorothy's shoes - [[member:Jake Caudwell]] |
|**Best Best Prop**| Blue VK - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Harvington's phone - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Whiteboard - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Recorder \\ Banana \\ The Door |
|**Best Noise from a Cast Member**| Silly's voice throughout the play - [[member:Max Northcott]] \\ "Ding Dong" - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] \\ Chorus of Lambrini slurps in reheasals \\ Teletubby rage - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Freddie's one-off - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] |
|**Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal**| [[member:Paul Becsi]] putting the newspaper entirely over his head \\ [[member:Patrick Painter]]: "His body is still hanging in the hallway" |
|**Best Cock-Up During a Performance**| [[member:Em Fawcett]]'s kick sending a shoe flying at the audience |
|**Best Ad-lib**| "shit" in Bumbleton is Best - [[member:Lily Massey]] \\ "That little purple bastard" - [[member:Fen Brunt]] \\ Reference to broken door - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] \\ "37 counts of public indecency" - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ Cocaine \\ Breaking Bod reference - [[member:Ugur Oezcan|Uğur Özcan]] \\ "He promised me his pink fluffy handcuffs at least" - [[member:Sebastian Morson]] \\ "What, Onlyfans?" - [[member:Chris Chang]] |
|**Best Audience Participation**| "Replaced by a salamander in the interval" - [[member:Branoc Richards]] \\ Gasp when Barney entered in the last scene - [[member:Lily Massey]] \\ Dorothy wolf whistle - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] \\ Bíbor's brother puts his hands up when accused - [[member:Bibor Batki|Bíbor Batki]] |
|**Best Programme Quote**| "All children are isomorphic" - [[member:Chris Chang]] \\ "Tumours have a growth mindset" - [[member:David Street]] \\ "Bottom D, eh?" - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] \\ "I can't wait for scene where I'm tied up and gagged" - [[member:Peter Bachev]] |
|**Best Quote from a Script**| "But she's so submissive!"/"I rather imagine that's part of the appeal" \\ Pretty much everything the Shadys say \\ "What's food, sir?" \\ "That's quite enough, Barney" \\ "Gooooooooooooooons!" \\ "His beautiful face is nowhere to be seen because the damn thing is so full of holes" \\ "He was a well endowed chap" \\ "Grippy Socks!" \\ "Nothing under there except some sleeping pills and several kilograms of icing sugar in little plastic bags" |
|**The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act**| [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] \\ [[member:Ugur Oezcan|Uğur Özcan]] |
|**The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty**| [[member:Fen Brunt]] for making many wonderful props and for carrying the entire show on their shoulders \\ [[member:Jake Caudwell]] for directing with an upcoming dissertation \\ Whoever had to carry the door. I don't know who it was, but them \\ [[member:Amy Hemsworth]] for everything \\ [[member:Sebastian Morson]] for learning all of the songs |

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