Aladdin (Michaelmas, 2018)

Aladdin (Michaelmas, 2018)

The Oxford University Light Entertainment Society is proud to present Aladdin!

In the bustling city of Agrabah-on-Thames resides a young chap called Aladdin; a street rat helping others by stealing what he can, it’s no wonder he always finds himself in trouble. On the other side of the city, Princess Jasmine is pacing the Royal Palace, longing for freedom and adventure. One fateful night, Aladdin and Jasmine’s worlds will collide and sparks will fly. If only the evil Abanazer wasn’t plotting to find the Magic Lamp and become an all-powerful sorcerer.

Can Aladdin and Jasmine find their happy ending? Will Abanazer rule over Agrabah-on-Thames? And what’s so special about this Magic Lamp anyway?

Cast

Our Heroes

Aladdin - Tegan “Falling over Again” Gears (Teddy Hall)
Wishee Washee - Georgia “Filthy Pizza Child” Watkins
Widow Twankee - Asha “Particularly Filthy” Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose)

Our Villains

Abanazer - Jake “Get in the Hole” Griffiths (Brasenose)
Mal Adiegh - Charlie “DO IT!” Howley (LMH)
Osric Le Doux - Valeriia “BURN THEM!!” Gladkova (Merton)

Royal Court

Princess Jasmine - Jules “Oh no” Pars (Pembroke)
Emperor Sheev - Neil “I am the Senate” Suchak (LMH)
Empress Eve - Tzveta “Just Typecast Me” Pokrovska (LMH)
Iov the Tiger - George “Let them eat Cake” Tall (St Edmund Hall)
Victor Vizier - Leo “Definitely not Forgotten” Tucker (Wadham)
Vivian Vizier - Rachael “Sacrificial Plot Point” Twyford

Magical Beings

Genie of the Lamp - Alex “You Sexy Thing” Coombs (St Peter’s)
Spirit of the Ring - Stephen “Will that Do” Walsh (Teddy Hall)
Pixie of the Teapot - Velina “I Can't Do Yorkshire” Robinson (Mansfield)

Guards

Guard Kennedy - Matilda “Formalised Frenemies” Tempest (Formerly Mansfield)
Guard Rowan - Ana “Sharking is a no for me” Pagu (Linacre)
Guard Violet - Erin “We were on a Break” English (Wadham)
Guard Robin - Fen “More hits than lines” Brunt (Mansfield)

Market Folk

Wash - Rebecca “It's another pun, I'm sorry” Barton (Regent’s Park)
Drye - Em “Chevron” Fawcett (Wadham)
Mark Etman - Bethan “Aaargh” Chalmers (St Hilda’s)
Flora the Florist - Lily “Right amount of Anarchy” Miles (Hertford)
Fred the Florist - Anna “Definitely Illegal” White
Suzie the Smith - Rachael “It doesn't matter” Twyford
Brian the Baker - Branoc “Too Ugly” Richards (Formerly Magdalen)
Chris the Customer - Bethan “Aaargh again” Chalmers (St Hilda’s)
Fortune Teller - Gabrielle “Works every time” Young (St Hilda’s)

Miscellaneous

Ali Barber - Becky “Thieves assemble” Hicks (Oriel)
Thief Kyle - Idil “Bit of Light Stabbing” Cazimoglu (New College)
Thief Abagnale - Samanwita “Bolt the door” Sen (Oriel)
Rose - Ana “No trace of plot relevance” Pagu (Linacre)
Lily - Matilda “Ogramme-Pray Ote-Quay” Tempest (Formerly Mansfield)
El-Tinder - Beth “Daaarlin” Mabbutt (LMH Alumnus)
Prince George - Jesús “Mad Gainz” Siller Farfán (Exeter)
Prince Stephane - Perry “Enchantée” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
Prince William - Branoc “Hey there Princess” Richards (Formerly Magdalen)
Alex - Gabrielle “Weirdest Menu” Young (St Hilda’s)
Sally the Bear - Idil “Bearly Ferocious” Cazimoglu (New College)
Christina the Parrot - Maddie “Really into Tuberculosis” Leggett (St John’s)
Thieves
- Markus Beeken
- Lily Miles
- Maddie Leggett
- Gabrielle Young
- Jesús Siller Farfán
- Ana Pagu
- Fen Brunt
- Erin English
- Leo Tucker
- Bethan Chalmers
- Anna White
Tomb Warriors
- Lily Miles
- Ana Pagu

Production

Director - Markus “How about a guttural scream?” Beeken (Brasenose)
Assistant Directors
- Will “Markus, he's gone Welsh again” Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall)
- Velina “Was hoping to just do nothing” Robinson (Mansfield)
Writer/ Musical Director - Perry “Needed a Play for the Song” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
Producer - Lily “Collage Like the Wind” Miles (Hertford)
Stage Manager - Tzveta “Touch my Props and Die” Pokrovska (LMH)
Assistant Stage Manager - Em “Can someone check Em is alive?” Fawcett (Wadham)
Lighting - Will “Genie of the Lights” Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall)
Guitar - Jake Griffiths (Brasenose)

Special thanks to Jesús Siller Farfán, Rebecca Barton and Rachael Twyford for filming.

Songwriters

Perry “Going full Elton” Hartland-Asbury
- “Once Upon A Time”
- “The Genie Song”
- “Skies of Love”
- “I’m the Villain”
- “My Strongest Suit”
- “Finale”
Markus “I'll just sing it at them” Beeken
- “Agrabah Tango”
Jake “That's not how it works” Griffiths
- “Agrabah Tango”
Erin “Perry can finish It” English
- “I'm the Villain”

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

Flosscar Wins

Best Villainous Character	Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Abanazer
Best Group/Double Act	Charlie Howley (LMH) and Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Mal and Osric
Best Marketing Campaign	Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for Aladdin
Best Costume	Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for all Widow Twankee's Costumes
Best Best Prop	Lily Miles (ex-Hertford), Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) and Dave Fargnoli for the Boxes
Best Audience Participation/Heckle	Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen) for “You'll make a half decent audience one day” “Oh no we won't”
The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act	Georgia Watkins (St Hildas) for Wishee Washee and Death

Flosscar Nominations

Best Heroic Character	Tegan Gears (Teddy Hall) for Aladdin Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for Widow Twankee Jules Pars (Pembroke) for Jasmine Georgia Watkins (St Hildas) for Wishee Washee
Best Villainous Character	Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Osric Le Doux Charlie Howley (LMH) for Mal Adeigh
Best Morally Ambiguous Character	Alex Coombs (St Peter’s) for the Genie of the Lamp Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for Empress Eve Neil Suchak (LMH) for Emperor Sheev Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for the Spirit of the Ring
Best Group/Double Act	Em Fawcett (Wadham) and Rebecca Barton (Regent’s Park) for Wash and Drye Lily Miles (ex-Hertford), Anna White, Rachael Twyford, Branoc Richards (Formerly Magdalen) and Gabrielle Young (St Hilda’s) for the Agrabah Market Folk
Best Couple	Alex Coombs (St Peter’s) and Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for the Genie and the Spirit Tegan Gears (Teddy Hall) and Jules Pars (Pembroke) for Aladdin and Jasmine Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) and Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Widow Twankee and Albert/Abanazer Charlie Howley (LMH) and Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Mal and Osric Neil Suchak (LMH) and Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for Sheev and Eve
Best Spurious Accent	Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Welsh Abanazer Georgia Watkins (St Hildas) for Wishee “Filthy Pizza Child” Washee
Best Directing Team	Markus Beeken (Brasenose), Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall) and Velina Robinson (Mansfield) for Aladdin
Best Script	Perry Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield) for Aladdin
Best Song	Markus Beeken (Brasenose) and Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for the Agrabah Tango Perry Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield) for the Genie Song Perry Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield) for Skies of Love
Best Performance of a Song	Alex Coombs (St Peter’s) for The Genie Song Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for Strongest Suit Tegan Gears (Teddy Hall) for Skies of Love Rachael Twyford for Agrabah Tango
Best Costume	Alex Coombs (St Peter’s) for the Genie George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for Iov
Best Worst Prop	Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for the Lamp Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for the Clothes Wrapped in Plastic Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) and Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for the Moustache
Best Best Prop	Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall) for the Magic Carpet Silhouette Em Fawcett (Wadham) for Abanazer's Staff Em Fawcett (Wadham), Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) and Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for the Sock Puppets Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for the Tomb Sign
Best Cock-Up During a Performance	Fen Brunt (Mansfield) for corpsing while being a corpse Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for all the Moustache Issues Matilda Tempest (Mansfield) for missing a scene Georgia Watkins (St Hildas) for forgetting to go on for her scene because she was so ready for the next scene
Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal	Rebecca Barton (Regent’s Park), Erin English and Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for the Mysterious Floating Pillars Em Fawcett (Wadham), Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) and Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for forgetting the Tomb Sign Georgia Watkins (St Hildas) for corpsing at “Filthy Pizza Child” every time
Best Ad-Lib	Alex Coombs (St Peter’s) for “You're a Wizard, Abbie” Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for “Is Abanazer okay, he lost his moustache?” Charlie Howley (LMH) for “This one has an invisible sign” Jules Pars (Pembroke) for “I'm so glad you're Welsh and Alive” Rachael Twyford for trips “Who put that sweetie there?”
Best Audience Participation/Heckle	Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for “Communism!” Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for the Leek Bra Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen) for “Where might I find this Genie of the Lamp?” “He's behind you” Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen) for “What should we wish for?” “An interval” Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen) and Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for dancing together
Best Quote from a Script	Perry Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield) and Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for “I do love the scent of JASMINE in the air” Perry Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield) and Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for “Filthy Pizza Child” Perry Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield), Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) and Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for “Where might I find this Genie of the Lamp?” “In a Lamp”
The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act	Alex Coombs (St Peter’s) for the Genie Tegan Gears (Teddy Hall) for Aladdin
The “Beyond the Call of Duty” Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty	Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for all of Twankee's costume changes Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for the Boxes Em Fawcett (Wadham), Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) and Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for the Sock Puppets Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) and Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for postering every Oxford college

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