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Scones in the Morning (Trinity, 2018)
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Oxford University Light Entertainment Society is proud to present Scones in the Morning!
Scones in the Morning is a ‘20s country house farce in the tradition of Wodehouse and his like. When our hero Freddie returns home he faces many trials: his increasingly vague father, his mother’s attempts to get him married off, and the villainous Phillips-Phillips family. Kingsham Manor is awash with unlikely romantic gestures, scheming servants and horticultural sabotage, and everything is heading towards the pivotal Annual Cricket Match. Freddie and his chums have got their hands full, so it’s a good thing they’ve got faithful butler Derbyshire to rely on. But will love — and, more importantly, cricket — triumph?
Cast
The Kingsham Family
- Freddie Kingsham - Jay “Thank Me On Bended Knee” Jivani
The Phillips-Phillips Family
Assorted Servants
- Bert - Jasper Rose “Hurghgh” Russell (ex-Merton)
Kingsham-by-the-Water XI
- Sergeant Flower - Perry “Bad Ball” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
Cricket Commentators
Production
- Director - Asha “Just Remember, Lily…” Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose)
- Assistant Director - Nick “Alcoholic Fornication” Richardson (Real Boy)
Special thanks to Tzveta Pokrovska for filming.
Songs
- You can always trust a butler - Emma New and Peter “He Doesn’t Even Go Here” New
- I'm Falling For You - Asha “Hugging Practice Needed” Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose)
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Flosscars Wins
| Best Spurious Accent | Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for Hector needing a script revision to make sense of his accent |
| Best Directing Team | Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose), Nick Richardson (Real Boy) and Emma New (St Hildas) for Scones in the Morning |
| Best Performance of a Song | Emma New (St Hildas) for Always Trust a Butler |
| Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Performance | Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for “Can you get on your knees, but not in a blowjobby way” |
| Best Ad-Lib | Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for Hector's drunken interactions with the tree |
Flosscars Nominations
| Best Heroic Character | Jay Jivani for Freddie Kingsham Emma New (St Hildas) for Derbyshire George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for Arthur Kingsham |
| Best Villainous Character | Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall) for Phillip Phillips-Phillips Em Fawcett (Wadham) for Phyllis Phillips-Phillips Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Mr Mason Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for Hector |
| Best Morally Ambiguous Character | Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for Charlotte Kingsham Jasper Rose Russell (ex-Merton) for Bert Velina Robinson (Mansfield) for Mrs Fox |
| Best Group/Double Act | Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall), Em Fawcett (Wadham) and Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for the Phillips-Phillips Family Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s), Robert Stemmons (Merton) and Em Fawcett (Wadham) for the Cricketers Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) and Velina Robinson (Mansfield) for Mr Mason and Mrs Fox George Tall (St Edmund Hall), Beth Mabbutt (LMH Alumnus), Jay Jivani and Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for the Kingsham Family |
| Best Couple | Jay Jivani and Ana Pagu Linacre) for Freddie and Annie Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) and Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for Charlotte and Hector George Tall (St Edmund Hall) and Beth Mabbutt (LMH Alumnus) for Arthur and Sybil |
| Best Spurious Accent | Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh’s) for Geoffrey Allcott Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for Charlotte Kingsham Jasper Rose Russell (ex-Merton) for Bert Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for Harold Blofeld and Bert |
| Best Script | Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen) for Scones in the Morning |
| Best Marketing Campaign | George Tall (St Edmund Hall) and Becky Hicks (Oriel) for Scones in the Morning |
| Best Song | Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for Falling for You Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for Don't Worry Old Sport Emma New (St Hildas) and Peter New for Always Trust a Butler |
| Best Performance of a Song | Jay Jivani for Don't Worry Old Sport |
| Best Costume | Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Mr Mason Emma New (St Hildas) for Derbyshire Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for the Harold Blofeld |
| Best Worst Prop | Em Fawcett (Wadham) for the Tennis Ball Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for the Camping Chair that kept breaking Nick Richardson (Real Boy) for the Scheming Stool Nick Richardson (Real Boy) for the Unclotted Clotted Cream |
| Best Best Prop | Becky Hicks (Oriel) for the Machination Monocle Becky Hicks (Oriel) and George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for the Scones Jay Jivani for the Flasks Robert Stemmons (Merton) for the Umbrella |
| Best Cock-Up During a Performance | Em Fawcett (Wadham) for hitting Efi in the face with a tennis ball George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for Arthur forgetting his wife's name Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) and Jasper Rose Russell (ex-Merton) for Hector and Bert's collision |
| Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal | Jay Jivani for “My Mother's Aunt” instead of Maid Nick Richardson (Real Boy) for “Alcoholic fornication” Nick Richardson (Real Boy) for Unclotting the Clotted Cream Velina Robinson (Mansfield) and George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for running into their scenes at the outdoor rehearsal |
| Best Ad-Lib | Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for “I'll find a nunnery, there's plenty in the country” Jasper Rose Russell (ex-Merton) for “Who's on the floor now?” |
| Best Audience Participation/Heckle | David Miles and Tracey Miles for bringing an entire picnic and sharing alcohol with the cast Katie Moore (ex-Magdalen) for “Benjamin!” Katie Moore (ex-Magdalen) for “It's not a dark secret, it's a moustache” |
| Best Quote from a Script | Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen) and Jay Jivani for “I thought I was in America once, turned out it was Botley” Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen), Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) and Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for “I'm not sure I've ever wanted to be toast” “That's a shame, you'd look rather fine covered in Marmalade” Benjamin Kybett (ex-Magdalen) and Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for “You wouldn't happen to have a Nurse's Uniform?” |
| The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act | Will Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall) for Phillip Phillips-Phillips Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Mr Mason and Fenrir Jay Jivani for Freddie Kingsham Lily Miles (ex-Hertford) for Charlotte Kingsham George Tall (St Edmund Hall) for Arthur Kingsham Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for Hector Phillips-Phillips |
| The “Beyond the Call of Duty” Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty | Tzveta Pokrovska (LMH) for filling in for Bert at last minute |