Flosscars 2023

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Nominees:

• Macey for finding a venue - Macey Pattenden (Worcester) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Private Killer - Cassie Wicks (St Hilda's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Lady Macduff - Elsie Clark (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Private Giggler - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Barney - Lily Massey (Pembroke) (Whodunnit?)
• Lady Harvington - Elsie Clark (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Bumbleton - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Minty - Libby Alldread (Corpus Christi) (Whodunnit?)
• Chief Manners - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Sergeant Silly - Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• Lady Macbeth - Lily Massey (Pembroke) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Macbeth - Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Vlad - Paul Becsi (Oriel) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Barney - Lily Massey (Pembroke) (Whodunnit?)
• Lucifer Shady - Paul Becsi (Oriel) (Whodunnit?)
• Bumbleton - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Snoop & Scoop - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Em Fawcett (Wadham) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Coronet Yew - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)

Nominees:

• Duncan - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Dorothy - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Snooty - Heledd Newton (LMH) (Whodunnit?)
• Joe Dullard - Peter Bachev (St Anne's), Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Tompkins - Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Barney - Lily Massey (Pembroke) (Whodunnit?)
• The Shadys - Paul Becsi (Oriel), Maja Kowalewska (Magdalen) (Whodunnit?)
• Bumbleton - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Lord Harvington - Uğur Özcan (Jesus) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Laddie of the Loch - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)

Nominees:

• The Egg - Tom Vallely (Somerville), Ed Tansley (St Anne's) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• Witches - Macey Pattenden (Worcester), Libby Alldread (Corpus Christi), Harram Khurram (Wolfson) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Soldiers - Nicole Tong (Magdalen), Max Northcott (St Anne's), Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Cassie Wicks (St Hilda's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Kitchen Staff - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol), Maja Kowalewska (Magdalen), Heledd Newton (LMH), Maya Walker (St Anne's), Kaleb Ells (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Harvingtons - Uğur Özcan (Jesus), Elsie Clark (St Anne's), Libby Alldread (Corpus Christi), Macey Pattenden (Worcester), Ali Witheford (Magdalen), Bíbor Batki (St Hugh's) (Whodunnit?)
• The Shadys - Paul Becsi (Oriel), Maja Kowalewska (Magdalen) (Whodunnit?)
• Snoop & Scoop - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Em Fawcett (Wadham) (Whodunnit?)
• Mabel and Tompkins - Acadia Klepeis (Keble), Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• The Goodys - Alysa Fitch (Keble), Federica Pescini (Magdalen) (Whodunnit?)
• Barney and Bumbleton - Lily Massey (Pembroke), Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Chief Manners, Goons and Sergeant Silly - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol), Alice Yates (Trinity), Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winners:

• Gerome/Susanna - Tom Vallely (Somerville), Ed Tansley (St Anne's) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• Vladwin - Paul Becsi (Oriel), Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) (Macbeth: The Musical)

Nominees:

• Nymphoides and Lisa - Lily Massey (Pembroke), Aleksandra Matkowska (Keble) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• The Macbeths - Lily Massey (Pembroke), Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Shadys - Paul Becsi (Oriel), Maja Kowalewska (Magdalen) (Whodunnit?)
• Dullard and Snooty - Peter Bachev (St Anne's), Fen Brunt, Heledd Newton (LMH) (Whodunnit?)
• Bumbleton and Dorothy - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's), Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Lord Harvington and Alex Heartswept - Uğur Özcan (Jesus), Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winners:

• Vladwin - Paul Becsi (Oriel), Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Lady Harvington and Dorothy - Elsie Clark (St Anne's), Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• Gerome/Susanna Hivemind - Tom Vallely (Somerville), Ed Tansley (St Anne's) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• The Porter - Kaleb Ells (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Macbeth - Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Whatever Max is doing as Sgt Silly - Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Mabel - Acadia Klepeis (Keble) (Whodunnit?)
• Snooty - Heledd Newton (LMH) (Whodunnit?)
• Angus Bones - Kevin Zheng (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Lady Harvington (specifically, “your father is recently deceased”) - Elsie Clark (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Laddie of the Loch - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)

Nominees

• Hate vs Love - Mo Weckbecker (Mansfield) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• Midsummer Love - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Aleksandra Matkowska (Keble), Ellie Welbourn (Magdalen) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• Constantly Thwarted - Maya Walker (St Anne's), Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Scottish Play - Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Murder Song - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Haggis and Chips - Cassie Wicks (St Hilda's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Guard Song - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Maya Walker (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Bumbleton is Best - Amy Hemsworth (Univ), Oliver Brown (Worcester) (Whodunnit?)
• Join our Hackathon - Kevin Zheng (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Whodunnit? - Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• I Just Love Love - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen), Tom Vallely (Somerville), Lily Massey (Pembroke), Ali Witheford (Magdalen)
• Constantly Thwarted - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen), Paul Becsi (Oriel) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Murder Song - Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Join Our Hackathon - Fabian Bourdeaux (), Em Fawcett () (Whodunnit?)
• Seb in Bumblesong - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Everyone in Bumblesong - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's), Freddie Houlahan (Balliol), Max Northcott (St Anne's), Lily Massey (Pembroke), Alice Yates (Trinity) (Whodunnit?)
• Happiness is Clappiness - Alysa Fitch (Keble), Federica Pescini (Magdalen) (Whodunnit?)
• Snooty's Rap - Heledd Newton (LMH) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Midsummer Rap - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)

Nominees

• Duncan - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Laddie of the Loch - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Sergeant Silly - Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Minty - Libby Alldread (Corpus Christi) (Whodunnit?)
• Lord Harvington (+jazzy blazer) - Uğur Özcan (Jesus) (Whodunnit?)
• Alex Heartswept - Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Dorothy - actor: Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), provided by: Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• The Gnome Summoning Pipe - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• The Egg - Elspeth Rogers (St John's) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• Banquo's KFC - Amy Hemsworth (Univ) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Jake's fallen radio mic - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• 'Days without incident' whiteboard that keeps falling over - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Silly's Polis vest - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• L. Shady's newspaper and glasses- Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Bob's miscoloured dinner - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Dorothy's shoes - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: The Door (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• Buffy's Wig - Bibor Batki (St Hugh's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Banquo's KFC - Amy Hemsworth (Univ) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Weapons - Fen Brunt (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Blue VK - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Harvington's phone - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Whiteboard - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Recorder (Whodunnit?)
• Banana (Whodunnit?)
• The Door (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Binky's badges - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• Kazoo solo - Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Constantly Thwarted scream - Maya Walker (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Silly's voice throughout the play - Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• “Ding Dong” - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Chorus of Lambrini slurps in reheasals (Whodunnit?)
• Teletubby rage - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Freddie's one-off - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: “GOONS!” - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• “Don't be revoltingly sloppy” - Macey Pattenden (Worcester) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “I haven't seen this side of you before”/“What, the front?” - Caleb Lee, Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Forgetting to record half of Act 2 of Macbeth on opening night - Amy Hemsworth (Univ) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Putting the newspaper entirely over his head - Paul Becsi (Oriel) (Whodunnit?)
• “His body is still hanging in the hallway” - Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Max making that joke about OULES health & safety risk assessment a dark prophecy; slices finger during cocktail making - Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• Grabbing the axe head, then saying “ow” - Elsie Clark (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Whatever was going on with the witches' dialogue - Macey Pattenden (Worcester), Libby Alldread (Corpus Christi), Harram Khurram (Wolfson) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Saying “there's a knocking without” twice in one performance, with the audience laughing harder the second time - Kaleb Ells (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• The Witch Song - Macey Pattenden (Worcester) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Fallen radio mic - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Waiting for MacChef at the end of Macbeth (It wasn't Freddie's fault!) - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Em's kick sending a shoe flying at the audience - Em Fawcett (Wadham) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Dead Lord Harvington not being there to be … dead - Uğur Özcan (Jesus) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• “Sure would be a great time for a meal right now, MacChef!”/“Here I am, right on time!” - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's), Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Banquo lighting a spliff with a seance candle - Alice Yates (Trinity) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “I know what you're thinking. I should really pick that up before continuing the scene” after dropping the mic in Macbeth - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Giggler pretending to be Buffy in a red wig - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Mii Theme - Kevin Zheng (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Hermione's improv rhyme - Libby Alldread (Corpus Christi) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “Shit” in Bumbleton is Best - Lily Massey (Pembroke) (Whodunnit?)
• “That little purple bastard” - Fen Brunt (Whodunnit?)
• Reference to broken door - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Whodunnit?)
• “37 counts of public indecency” - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Cocaine (Whodunnit?)
• Breaking Bod reference - Uğur Özcan (Jesus) (Whodunnit?)
• “He promised me his pink fluffy handcuffs at least” - Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• “What, Onlyfans?” - Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: “I am the throat goat” - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• “Then lie down” (in response to “I can't sit here and watch you do this”) - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Bíbor Batki (St Hugh's) (A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream)
• Trying to drink from the flask but it was empty because Fabian had already drank all the alcohol in it - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's), Branoc Richards (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Shining in the spotlight during Macbeth - Branoc Richards (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “Replaced by a salamander in the interval” - Branoc Richards (Whodunnit?)
• Gasp when Barney entered in the last scene - Lily Massey (Pembroke) (Whodunnit?)
• Dorothy wolf whistle - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• Bíbor's brother puts his hands up when accused - Bíbor Batki (St Hugh's) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Fabian giving out the numbers - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• “Parody of a person” - Maya Walker (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “Be more like Maya” - Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “Where doth the pigeon sit?” - Weronika Galka (St Peter's) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “THUS SPAKE THE HUNGRY CATERPILLAR” - Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “I speak in shrek references” - Amy Hemsworth (Univ) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “All children are isomorphic” - Chris Chang (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• “Tumours have a growth mindset” - David Street (LMH) (Whodunnit?)
• “Bottom D, eh?” - Fabian Bourdeaux (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)
• “I can't wait for scene where I'm tied up and gagged” - Peter Bachev (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Winner: “God's twinkiest soldier” - Max Northcott (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• “Correct me if I'm wrong”/“You know I always do” (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “Kneel before your king, people of Scotland, and accept the right and fitting punishment which I shall bestow!!!!!!!” (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “It’s not rocket science”/“What’s a rocket?” (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “There’s plenty of horses in the stables” (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “But she's so submissive!”/“I rather imagine that's part of the appeal” (Whodunnit?)
• Pretty much everything the Shadys say (Whodunnit?)
• “What's food, sir?” (Whodunnit?)
• “That's quite enough, Barney” (Whodunnit?)
• “Gooooooooooooooons!” (Whodunnit?)
• “His beautiful face is nowhere to be seen because the damn thing is so full of holes” (Whodunnit?)
• “He was a well endowed chap” (Whodunnit?)
• “Grippy Socks!” (Whodunnit?)
• “Nothing under there except some sleeping pills and several kilograms of icing sugar in little plastic bags” (Whodunnit?)

Winners:

• “I didn't think someone wearing a garlic necklace would need to wear much protection” (Macbeth: The Musical)
• “Fetch my wife, I must speak to her upon the instant!”/“I don’t think we’ve got on of those, you might have to speak to her upon the sofa” (Macbeth: The Musical)

Nominees:

• Paul Becsi (Oriel) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Freddie Houlahan (Balliol) (Whodunnit?)
• Uğur Özcan (Jesus) (Whodunnit?)

Winners:

• Lily Massey (Pembroke) (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Sebastian Morson (St Anne's) (Whodunnit?)

Nominees:

• Weronika Galka for stepping in as front of house last minute and for incredible graphics and marketing (Macbeth: The Musical)
• Fen Brunt for making many wonderful props and for carrying the entire show on their shoulders (Whodunnit?)
• Jake Caudwell for directing with an upcoming dissertation (Whodunnit?)
• Whoever had to carry the door. I don't know who it was, but them (Whodunnit?)
• Amy Hemsworth for everything (Whodunnit?)
• Sebastian Morson for learning all of the songs (Whodunnit?)

Winner: Macey Pattenden for finding a venue even before middle of term and everything else (Macbeth: The Musical)

Nominees:

• Macbeth: The Musical - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen)
• A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream - Em Fawcett (Wadham)

Winner: Whodunnit? - Elsie Clark (St Anne's)

Nominees:

• A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream:
  • Director: Elspeth Rogers (St John's)
  • Assistant Director: Tom Vallely (Somerville)

Winners:

• Macbeth: The Musical - Patrick Painter (St Anne's) (asst. Amy Hemsworth (Univ), Elspeth Rogers (St John's), Fen Brunt)
• Whodunnit? - Jake Caudwell (asst. Cecilia Twigger (Regent's Park), Libby Alldread (Corpus Christi), Freddie Houlahan (Balliol), Alice Yates (Trinity))

Nominees:

• A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream:
  • Marketing Manager: Aleksandra Matkowska (Keble)
  • Marketing Assistants:
    • Ali Witheford (Magdalen)
    • Jake Caudwell (Magdalen)
• Macbeth: The Musical:
  • Marketing Managers:
    • Bibor Batki (St Hugh's)
    • Weronika Galka (St Peter's)

Winner: Whodunnit? - Amy Hemsworth (Univ) (asst. Weronika Galka (St Peter's), Freddie Houlahan (Balliol))