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The Evil Stepmothers' Club (Michaelmas, 2016)
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The Oxford University Light Entertainment Society is proud to present a tale of villains and romance with our Michaelmas Term show: The Evil Stepmothers' Club. Meet the most villainous of stepmothers at their weekly “witch and bitch” meetings; follow a King and Queen at wit's end trying to regain their spare room; a desperate villainous wannabe; and be joined by a host of your favourite characters.
Cast
The Evil Stepmothers' Club
- Mother Gothel - Jay “With teeth!” Jivani
- Maleficent - Asha “Murder is a strong word” Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose)
Roderick's Court
- Monty (head) - Sofia “Mrrrrrr!!” Gomezllata (St Anne's)
The Princes
- Prince Charming - Will “More misogynistic please” Mason
- Dick Whittington - César “Want to stroke my cat?” Candelon
Villainous Evildoers
- Jafar - Perry “Resting witch face” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
- Gaston - Will “That's not how you flex” Mason
Business Owners
Good Guys
Forest Denizens
- Gretel - Anna “What did we do?” Spearing-Ewyn (St. John's College)
- Unruly Children - Kiwi Apteryx-Tokoeka (Charles Xavier School For Gifted Youngsters) and Velina Robinson (Mansfield)
Magical Beings
- Fairy Customer Service - Kajal “Customer service” Radia
- Giant Goose - Kiwi “I'm not a chicken!” Apteryx-Tokoeka (Charles Xavier School For Gifted Youngsters)
- Shoe Elves - Judith Moore (Balliol) and Beth Mabbutt (LMH Alumnus)
The Three Thieves
- Barry - Anna “Really big chicken” Spearing-Ewyn (St. John's College)
Princesses
- Snow White - Kajal “Secret hideout” Radia
- Sleeping Beauty - Giulia “Muuum, five more minutes please!” Antiga
Production
- Writer - Asha “We're having a flipchart” Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose)
Songs
- The Evil Stepmothers' Club - Judith Moore (Balliol) and Markus Beeken (Brasenose)
- I Will Be There - Judith Moore (Balliol)
- The Evil Inside - Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
- Lots of Leather and Ass-Less Chaps - Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield), Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) and Markus Beeken (brasenose)
- Final Song - Cameron Alsop (Formerly St Catherine's), Markus Beeken (brasenose) and Judith Moore (Balliol)
Script and Programme
Flosscars Wins
| Best Hero | Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Rupert |
| Best Couple | Georgie Atton (Somerville) and Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Amy and Rupert |
| Best Directing Team | Judith Moore (Balliol) and Beth Mabbutt (LMH Alumnus) for Evil Stepmothers' Club |
| Best Costume | Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh's) for The Tear-Away Suit |
| Best Best Prop | Georgie Atton (Somerville) for The Bear Trap |
| Best Cock-up During a Performance | Benjamin Kybett (Magdalen) for Repeated corpsing courtesy of the Romeo and Juliet theme |
| Best Worst Line-Learner | Branoc Richards (Magdalen) for Evil Stepmothers' Club |
Flosscars Nominations
| Best Hero | Sofia Gomezllata (St Anne’s) and Tristan Cresswell (Sheffield) for Monty |
| Best Heroine | Georgie Atton (Somerville) for Princess Amethyst |
| Best Villain | Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) for Jafar Branoc Richards (Magdalen) for Jasper James Carter (Ex-Magdalen) for Scar |
| Best Morally Ambiguous Person | Tzveta Pokrovska (Queen's) for Queen Evelyn Naomi Heffer (St Hugh's College) for Griselda Tremaine Jay Jivani for Mother Gothel Georgia Nicholson (St Hugh's) for Rumplestiltskin Benjamin Kybett (Magdalen) for King Roderick Will Mason for Prince Charming Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for Maleficent |
| Best Double/Group Act | Naomi Heffer (St Hugh's College), Jay Jivani, Tzveta Pokrovska (Queen's) and Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for The Evil Stepmothers' Club Adrian Clayton (Hertford (Graduated)) and Anna Spearing-Ewyn (St. John's College) for Hansel and Gretel |
| Best Couple | Benjamin Kybett (Magdalen) and Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh's) for Roderick and Penelope |
| Most Spurious Accent | Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for The Fairy Godfather's Italian-American Accent Katie Moore (Ex-Magdalen) for Hook Georgia Nicholson (St Hugh's) for Rumplestiltskin |
| Best Writer(s) | Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for Evil Stepmothers' Club |
| Best Song | Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield), Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) and Markus Beeken (brasenose) for Lots of Leather and Assless Chaps Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) for The Evil Inside Judith Moore (Balliol) for I Will Be There |
| Best Costume | Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh's) for Monty the Horse |
| Best Worst Prop | Roderick's stool The chest of drawers for being difficult to hide behind Marriage Arch for being huge |
| Best Cock-up During a Performance | Becky Hicks (Oriel) for Coming on very, very late as Baby Bear Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for Thinking she could eat 10 sausage rolls on stage and still say her lines |
| Best Cock-up Backstage or During Rehearsals | Branoc Richards (Magdalen) for Asking Rupert why he was releasing Jasper from the dungeon Matilda Tempest (Mansfield) for Realising she was meant to be in a scene and legging it spectacularly across backstage to get on stage just in time for her line Lily Miles (Hertford) for 'The most sexual coffee shop in the forest' |
| Best Ad-Lib | Cameron Alsop (Formerly St Catherine's) for Romeo and Juliet Theme Cameron Alsop (Formerly St Catherine's) for Romeo and Juliet Theme… again Benjamin Kybett (Magdalen) for 'You've driven me to democracy' Sofia Gomezllata (St Anne’s) for The insightful monologues of Monty Leo Tucker (Wadham) for 'Do you have any pets? I swear I saw a horse around here somewhere' |
| Best Audience Participation / Heckle | Dan Artus (Regent's Park) for Joining in the villainous laughter every single time |
| Best Quote During a Show (from a script) | Bandits for 'I've got this huuuuge chicken…' 'Woah, that's a really big chicken' Scar for 'I'll have a Mufasa on the rocks' |
| The 'Ooh you luvvie' Award for Actually Being Able to Act | Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Rupert and Hercules Stephen Walsh (Teddy Hall) for Fairy Godfather Jay Jivani for Mother Gothel and Dionysus Georgie Atton (Somerville) for Princess Amethyst Naomi Heffer (St Hugh's College) for Griselda Tremaine Georgia Nicholson (St Hugh's) for Rumplestiltskin |
| The 'Beyond the Call of Duty' Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty | Morgan Wilkinson (Hertford) for Doing the lighting for ESC with less than a day to read the script Efi Gauthier (Formerly St Hugh's) for Making Monty |
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