A Christmas Carole (Michelmas, 2021)

A Christmas Carole (Michelmas, 2021)

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 - Paige “I don’t just like lizards” Allen (St Hugh’s)
Ebenezer Scrooge - Freddie “squished rodent of a dog” Houlahan (Balliol)
Fred Scrooge - Fen “what’s an overcoat” Brunt (Mansfield)

Narrators

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

Ghosts

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

The Cratchits

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

Others

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

Production

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

Songs

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

Script and Programme

Script

Programme

Flosscars Wins

Best Heroic Character	Carole - Paige Allen (St. Hugh's)
Best Group/Double Act	Charlie and Jamie - Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) and Charlie Howley (LMH)
Best morally ambiguous character	Xmas present - Ed Tansley (St. Anne's)
Best spurious accent	Urchin Child - Ali Witheford (Magdalen)
Best Couple	Charlie and Jamie Jake Caudwell (Magdalen) and Charlie Howley (LMH)
Best Worst Prop	Crachit Christmas Tree
Best Best Prop	Ghost of Chistmas Tree Past (+Carole Set) - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) and 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 - Paige Allen (St Hugh’s)
Best directing team	director: Amy Hemsworth (Teddy Hall), AD: Elspeth Rogers (St. John's), AD: Tom Vallely (Somerville)
Best marketing campaign	Velina Robinson, Andrew Raynes (Somerville) , Aleksandra Matkowska (Keble), Megan Allbrooks (Keble), Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen)

Flosscars Nominations

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

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