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Eight guests. Many suspects. One dead body at the bottom of the stairs. Whodunnit? OULES makes a grab for Mousetrap fame in this unique (let’s call it that) murder mystery comedy. When Lord Harvington is found dead at the bottom of his staircase, it falls to one incompetent inspector and his beleaguered sidekick to crack the case. But red herrings are everywhere and the clues aren’t easy to solve. So, who did it? The squeaky-clean Goodys? The suspect Shadys? The Harvington children? Or someone completely left-field, like a police sergeant who confuses a walkie-talkie with a nose trimmer?
Best Heroic Character | Sergeant Silly - Max Northcott |
Best Couple | Lady Harvington and Dorothy - Elsie Clark, Fabian Bourdeaux |
Best Song | Whodunnit? - Patrick Painter |
Best Costume | Dorothy - Fabian Bourdeaux |
Best Worst Prop | The Door |
Best Best Prop | Binky's badges - Fen Brunt |
Best Noise from a Cast Member | “GOONS!” - Freddie Houlahan |
Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal | Max Northcott making that joke about OULES health & safety risk assessment a dark prophecy; slices finger during cocktail making |
Best Cock-Up During a Performance | Dead Lord Harvington not being there to be … dead - Uğur Özcan |
Best Ad-lib | “I am the throat goat” - Fabian Bourdeaux |
Best Audience Participation | Fabian giving out the numbers - Fabian Bourdeaux |
Best Programme Quote | “God's twinkiest soldier” - Max Northcott |
The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act | Sebastian Morson |
Best Script | Elsie Clark |
Best Directorial Team | Jake Caudwell (asst. Cecilia Twigger, Libby Alldread, Freddie Houlahan, Alice Yates) |
Best Marketing Team | Amy Hemsworth (asst. Weronika Galka, Freddie Houlahan) |
Best Heroic Character | Barney - Lily Massey Lady Harvington - Elsie Clark Bumbleton - Sebastian Morson Minty - Libby Alldread Chief Manners - Freddie Houlahan |
Best Villainous Character | Barney - Lily Massey Lucifer Shady - Paul Becsi Bumbleton - Sebastian Morson Snoop & Scoop - Fabian Bourdeaux, Em Fawcett |
Best Morally Ambiguous Character | Dorothy - Fabian Bourdeaux Snooty - Heledd Newton Joe Dullard - Peter Bachev, Fen Brunt Tompkins - Patrick Painter Barney - Lily Massey The Shadys - Paul Becsi, Maja Kowalewska Bumbleton - Sebastian Morson Lord Harvington - Uğur Özcan |
Best Group/Double Act | The Harvingtons - Uğur Özcan, Elsie Clark, Libby Alldread, Macey Pattenden, Ali Witheford, Bíbor Batki The Shadys - Paul Becsi, Maja Kowalewska Snoop & Scoop - Fabian Bourdeaux, Em Fawcett Mabel and Tompkins - Acadia Klepeis, Patrick Painter The Goodys - Alysa Fitch, Federica Pescini Barney and Bumbleton- Lily Massey, Sebastian Morson Chief Manners, Goons and Sergeant Silly - Freddie Houlahan, Alice Yates, Max Northcott |
Best Couple | The Shadys - Paul Becsi, Maja Kowalewska Dullard and Snooty - Peter Bachev, Fen Brunt, Heledd Newton Bumbleton and Dorothy - Sebastian Morson, Fabian Bourdeaux Lord Harvington and Alex Heartswept - Uğur Özcan, Chris Chang |
Best Spurious Accent | Whatever Max is doing as Sgt Silly - Max Northcott Mabel - Acadia Klepeis Snooty - Heledd Newton Angus Bones - Kevin Zheng Lady Harvington - Elsie Clark |
Best Song | Bumbleton is Best - Amy Hemsworth, Oliver Brown Join our Hackathon - Kevin Zheng |
Best Performance of a Song | Join Our Hackathon - Fabian Bourdeaux, Em Fawcett Seb in Bumblesong - Sebastian Morson Everyone in Bumblesong - Sebastian Morson, Freddie Houlahan, Max Northcott, Lily Massey, Alice Yates Happiness is Clappiness - Alysa Fitch, Federica Pescini Snooty's Rap - Heledd Newton |
Best Costume | Sergeant Silly - Max Northcott Minty - Libby Alldread Lord Harvington (+jazzy blazer) - Uğur Özcan Alex Heartswept- Chris Chang |
Best Worst Prop | 'Days without incident' whiteboard that keeps falling over - Fen Brunt Silly's Polis vest - Fen Brunt L. Shady's newspaper and glasses- Fen Brunt Bob's miscoloured dinner - Fen Brunt Dorothy's shoes - Jake Caudwell |
Best Best Prop | Blue VK - Fen Brunt Harvington's phone - Fen Brunt Whiteboard - Fen Brunt Recorder Banana The Door |
Best Noise from a Cast Member | Silly's voice throughout the play - Max Northcott “Ding Dong” - Fabian Bourdeaux Chorus of Lambrini slurps in reheasals Teletubby rage - Fen Brunt Freddie's one-off - Freddie Houlahan |
Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal | Paul Becsi putting the newspaper entirely over his head Patrick Painter: “His body is still hanging in the hallway” |
Best Cock-Up During a Performance | Em Fawcett's kick sending a shoe flying at the audience |
Best Ad-lib | “shit” in Bumbleton is Best - Lily Massey “That little purple bastard” - Fen Brunt Reference to broken door - Freddie Houlahan “37 counts of public indecency” - Sebastian Morson Cocaine Breaking Bod reference - Uğur Özcan “He promised me his pink fluffy handcuffs at least” - Sebastian Morson “What, Onlyfans?” - Chris Chang |
Best Audience Participation | “Replaced by a salamander in the interval” - Branoc Richards Gasp when Barney entered in the last scene - Lily Massey Dorothy wolf whistle - Fabian Bourdeaux Bíbor's brother puts his hands up when accused - Bíbor Batki |
Best Programme Quote | “All children are isomorphic” - Chris Chang “Tumours have a growth mindset” - David Street “Bottom D, eh?” - Fabian Bourdeaux “I can't wait for scene where I'm tied up and gagged” - Peter Bachev |
Best Quote from a Script | “But she's so submissive!”/“I rather imagine that's part of the appeal” Pretty much everything the Shadys say “What's food, sir?” “That's quite enough, Barney” “Gooooooooooooooons!” “His beautiful face is nowhere to be seen because the damn thing is so full of holes” “He was a well endowed chap” “Grippy Socks!” “Nothing under there except some sleeping pills and several kilograms of icing sugar in little plastic bags” |
The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act | Freddie Houlahan Uğur Özcan |
The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty | Fen Brunt for making many wonderful props and for carrying the entire show on their shoulders Jake Caudwell for directing with an upcoming dissertation Whoever had to carry the door. I don't know who it was, but them Amy Hemsworth for everything Sebastian Morson for learning all of the songs |