The Haunting House of Haunting Horrors (Michelmas, 2019)

The Haunting House of Haunting Horrors (Michelmas, 2019)

Meddling kids, a haunted house, a murderous monster and a monster murderer… plots and schemes come to light when Halloween falls on Friday the 13th, but with a troupe of hardy paranormal investigators to hand, what could possibly go wrong? Turns out, the answer is a lot!
OULES is proud to present The Haunted House of Haunting Horrors, a new comedy musical about ghosts, ghouls… and garlic bread.

Cast

Ghost Grabbers

Chris - Em “Chaos is the system” Fawcett (Wadham)
Alf - Ed “I'm not scared” Tansley (St Anne's)
Kim - Tom *Tips Fedora* Vallely (Somerville)
Jo - Elsa “It's your line!” Kienberger (Pacific Lutheran University)
Celeste - Rebecca “I'm dead offended” Barton (Regent's Park)
Danny - Jack “Danny sucks” Slater (St Edmund Hall)

Teens

Vic - Bethan *Avenger's theme song* Chalmers (St Hilda's)
Sam - Samanwita “Constant existential crisis” Sen (Oriel)
Alex - Fen “Shut up Vic” Brunt (Mansfield)
Jean - Chloe “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH” Pavey

Villains

Mallory - Absana *There in spirit* Rutherford
Mallory Understudy - Valeriia “Unbridled ecstasy” Gladkova (Merton)
Shadow (Shade) - Chris “I bought a new scarf for this” Davies
Shade (Shadow) - Albert “I am Shadow, that's Shade!!!” Prats (St Peter's)

Ghosts

Charlie - Charlie “No acting required” Howley (LMH)
Margaret - Velina “I'm not getting blood on this dress” Robinson (Mansfield)
Harold - George “Quick! While Velina's not looking” Tall (St Edmund Hall)
Brody - Zain “The humour is masking my anxiety” Iqbal
Tony - Fen “Box step til you die” Brunt (Mansfield)

Vampires

Dracula - Matilda “Bram Stoker didn't make it gay enough” Tempest (Mansfield)
Laurent - Jack “So does Laurent” Slater (St Edmund Hall)
Gerald - Erin “What character am I actually playing again?” English (Wadham)

Assorted Others

Rogue Reaper - Ekin“If dead parents are cocaine lines then sniff sniff” Pehlivan
Pizza Man - Joseph “Nope” Rcym
Keith - Chris “Ominous cackling” Davies
Disposable Citizen - Em “WHAT IN EVERLOVING GOD IS THIS SONG” Fawcett (Wadham)

Production

Director - Velina “The system is chaos” Robinson (Mansfield)
Assistant Directors -
- Valeriia “CULES weren't at fresher's fair” Gladkova (Merton)
- Georgia “So it's not a sex joke?” Watkins (St Hilda's)
Producer - Matilda “Delegator in chief” Tempest (Mansfield)
Assistant Producer - George “Words” Sutherland
Stage Manager - Em “Ekin, buy more milk” Fawcett (Wadham)
Assistant SM - Ekin “Em, you need anything from the shops?” Pehlivan
Musical Director - Rebecca “This is fine” Barton (Regent's Park)
Assistant MD - Perry “34 and done” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
Writers -
- Em “The true horror is my writing” Fawcett (Wadham)
- Ekin “Chubby lizard basking in the sun” Pehlivan

Songs

Arrangements by Perry “34 and done” Hartland-Asbury

Ghost Grabber's Theme Song - Em “Back in the main room sheet-man” Fawcett (Wadham)
Ghosts Need Therapy - Erin “I, too, need therapy” English (Wadham)
The Mallory Way - Tegan “So much more fun this way” Gears (Teddy Hall)
Angst Off - Em “I've run out of programme quotes” Fawcett (Wadham)
Spooked But Strong - Rebecca “I did this instead of learning lines” Barton (Regent's Park)
Exorcism Song - Em “But not in the sex way” Fawcett (Wadham)
The Final Song - Rebecca “Transitions are overrated” Barton (Regent's Park)

Script and Programme

the-haunting-house-of-haunting-horrors-oules1.3.pdf

Flosscars Wins

Best Spurious Accent	Laurent's 'French' Accent - Jack Slater (Teddy Hall)
Best Worst Prop	Kevin, Always Kevin - Em Fawcett (Wadham)
Best Cock-Up During a Performance	Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Walking on Stage a Scene Early

Flosscars Nominations

Best Heroic Character	Rogue Reaper - Ekin Pehlivan Danny - Jack Slater (Teddy Hall)
Best Villainous Character	Keith - Chris Davies Shade - Albert Prats (St Peter’s) Shadow - Chris Davies Kim - Tom Vallely (Somerville)
Best Morally Ambiguous Character	Brody - Zain Iqbal
Best Group/Double Act	Vic and Alex - Bethan Chalmers (St Hilda’s) and Fen Brunt (Mansfield) Shadow and Shade - Chris Davies and Albert Prats (St Peter’s) The Ghostgrabbers - Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ed Tansley (St Anne’s); Tom Vallely (Somerville); Elsa Kienberger (Pacific Lutheran Univeristy); Rebecca Barton (Regent’s Park); Jack Slater (Teddy Hall)
Best Couple	Tony and Danny - Fen Brunt (Mansfield) and Jack Slater (Teddy Hall)
Best Directing Team	Velina Robinson (Mansfield); Valeriia Gladkova (Merton); Georgia Watkins (St Hilda’s)
Best Script	Em Fawcett (Wadham) and Ekin Pehlivan
Best Marketing Campaign	Matilda Tempest (Mansfield) and George Sutherland (Merton)
Best Song	The Mallory Way - Tegan Gears (Teddy Hall) Exorcism Song - Em Fawcett (Wadham); Arranged by Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) Ghosts Need Therapy – Erin English (Wadham); Arranged by Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
Best Performance of a Song	Ghosts Need Therapy - Charlie Howley (LMH); Velina Robinson (Mansfield); George Tall (Teddy Hall); Zain Iqbal; Fen Brunt (Mansfield)
Best Costume	Ghostgrabber T-Shirts - Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ed Tansley (St Anne’s); Tom Vallely (Somerville); Jack Slater (Teddy Hall); Made by Matilda Tempest (Mansfield) Shadow - Chris Davies
Best Worst Prop	Keith's Frozen Waffle 'Lunch Box' Haunted House Secret Door - Em Fawcett (Wadham) Rogue Reaper's Broom
Best Best Prop	'Property of Luton Airport' Security Camera - Em Fawcett (Wadham) The Door from Haunted House - Em Fawcett (Wadham) Kevin - Em Fawcett (Wadham)
Best Cocku-Up During a Performance	The Secret Door Not Opening
Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal	Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Forgetting to Push Open the Door of Doom The Ghostgrabbers for Learning Their Opening Song's Choreography 30 Minutes Before Curtain Up
Best Ad-Lib	“Sweeping up the Streets” - Ekin Pehlivan “Violence Baguettes Violence” - Jack Slater (Teddy Hall)
Best Quote from a Script	“No you idiot, the garlic bread actually has a soul. Which means that, just like with other beings with souls, it can come back as a ghost” - Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan; Matilda Tempest (Mansfield) “In the dead of night… The night, like me… And dead, like my parents” - Ekin Pehlivan; Em Fawcett (Wadham) “Don't be such a coward, there's absolutely nothing dangerous here - oh look, a gun” - Ekin Pehlivan; Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ed Tansley (St Anne’s) “Keith Had the Only Key, and he Went to Sleep During the Interval” - Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan; Charlie Howley (LMH)
The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act	Chris Davies for Keith Elsa Kienberger (Pacific Lutheran Univeristy) for Jo Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Mallory
The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty	Em Fawcett (Wadham) for all the Set, Props, and Script Things for Haunted House

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