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It's All Greek To Me (Hilary, 2017)
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The Oxford University Light Entertainment Society is proud to present 'It's All Greek To Me!', an epic (musical) tale of gods and heroes in a quest to stop Hades' questionably realistic evil plans to take over Olympus. Unexpected heroes, mildly terrifying villains, some really dodgy accents, and an enormous amount of wine await!
Cast
Chorus
The (Relatively) Good Immortal Ones
- Dionysus - Jay “France doesn't exist!” Jivani
The Villainous Immortal Ones
- Hades - Perry “Besiege my dread-castle” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
The Heroic Gang
- Ariadne - Elsa “Pissed at the patriarchy” Kienberger (Pacific Lutheran University)
THIS. IS. SPARTA!
- Leonidas - Will “Shut up, Mindaros!” Mason
- Stellios - Jasper Rose “Shut up, Minders.” Russell (ex-Merton)
Odysseus and Crew
Assorted Greeks with Occasional Romans
- Delphine - Sofia “It's not drugs!” Gomezllata (St Anne's)
- Melly (Tues) - Alex “Shiny new chariot” Brinkmann-Young (St. Anne's)
- Clodia - Alex “I have had enough fake news!” Brinkmann-Young (St. Anne's)
- Ctessipus - Irina “Woah, pretty lady” Boeru
Production
- Musical Director - Perry “Entirely brilliant and practical” Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield)
Songs
- Will You Marry Me? - Asha “AHA!” Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) and Perry “PHA!” Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield)
- Underworld - Perry “Ana’s personal vocal coach” Hartland-Asbury (ex-Mansfield)
Script and Programme
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Flosscars Wins
| Best Heroine | Elsa Kienberger for Ariadne |
| Best Morally Ambiguous Person | Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Hercules |
| Best Double/Group Act | Lily Miles (Hertford) and Tzveta Pokrovska (Queen's) for The Chorus |
| Most Spurious Accent | Will Mason, Jasper Rose Russell (ex-Merton) and James Marsden (ex-Corpus) for The Spartans |
| Best Writer(s) | Benjamin Kybett (Magdalen) for It's All Greek To Me |
| Best Song | Judith Moore (Balliol) for Labour of Love |
| Best Worst Prop | Leo Tucker (Wadham) for The 3 inch sword |
| Best Cock-up Backstage or During Rehearsals | The Greek Cast for The Hero Centipede |
| Best Ad-Lib | Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Suavely catching Asha's bra |
| Best Audience Participation / Heckle | Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose), Judith Moore (Balliol) and Fitzy for maybe if we give them a Flosscar they'll stop throwing underwear on the stage? |
| Best Quote During a Show (from a script) | Leonidas for 'This guy says his grandfather was my anus' |
| The 'Beyond the Call of Duty' Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty | Georgie Atton (Somerville) and George Gurney for Spending hours upon hours sculpting many sets of armour |
Flosscars Nominations
| Best Hero | Becky Hicks(Oriel) for Theseus Jay Jivani for Dionysus Bianca Daroltifor Jason Neil Suchak(LMH) for Perseus Branoc Richards(Magdalen) for Odysseus |
| Best Heroine | Velina Robinson(Mansfield) for Penelope Sofia Gomezllata(St Anne's) for Delphine Emma Bates (Univ) for Helen of Troy |
| Best Villain | Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) for Hades Ana Pagu(St. Edmund Hall) for Persephone Isabella Morris(St John's College) for Charon |
| Best Morally Ambiguous Person | Markus Beeken(brasenose) for Zeus |
| Best Double/Group Act | Neil Suchak (LMH), Bianca Daroltiand Becky Hicks (Oriel) for The Greek Heroes Will Mason, Jasper Rose Russell (ex-Merton) and James Marsden (ex-Corpus) for The Spartans Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) and Alexandra Brinkmann-Young (St. Anne's) for Hercules and Claudia |
| Best Couple | Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) and Ana Pagu(St. Edmund Hall) for Hades and Persephone Matilda Tempest (Mansfield) and Velina Robinson(Mansfield) for Melly and Penelope |
| Most Spurious Accent | Katie Moore (Ex-Magdalen) for Silenus |
| Best Directing Team | Leo Tucker (Wadham) and James Carter (Ex-Magdalen) for It's All Greek To Me |
| Best Song | Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) and Asha Hartland-Asbury (Brasenose) for The Suitors' Song Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) and Markus Beeken(brasenose) for This Hero's Day Katie Moore (Ex-Magdalen) for Hero Be Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) for Underworld |
| Best Costume | Georgie Atton (Somerville) and George Gurney for The Armour Jay Jivani for Dionysus Ana Pagu(St. Edmund Hall) for Persephone Will Mason for Leonidas Georgie Atton (Somerville) for Togas Katie Moore (Ex-Magdalen) for Silenus Markus Beeken(brasenose) for Zeus's Nipples |
| Best Worst Prop | Judith Moore (Balliol) for The Chorus Masks |
| Best Best Prop | Judith Moore(St Hugh's) for Hercules' Autobiography Georgie Atton (Somerville) for Greek Columns Georgie Atton (Somerville) for Athena's Shield Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for The Brownie Judith Moore(St Hugh's) for The Hippogriff Head from Orlando Furioso |
| Best Cock-up During a Performance | The JDP for Not fixing their lighting rig and causing it to strobe Benjamin Kybett (Magdalen) for Walking on stage at the wrong time, vaguely nodding, walking off again |
| Best Cock-up Backstage or During Rehearsals | Lily Miles (Hertford) for Breaking Ben's priceless red wine Branoc Richards(Magdalen) for 'Horse full of wooden Greeks' |
| Best Ad-Lib | Elsa Kienberger for 'No! Don't go into the light!' |
| Best Audience Participation / Heckle | The entire audience for 'So what, I hear you ask!' 'So what!' The entire audience for 'I'm trying to do serious theatre' 'Oh no you're not!' Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) for 'You haven't got a pianist!' 'Darling, if there's one thing I've got…' |
| Best Quote During a Show (from a script) | Theseus for 'I regret nothing!' Silenus for 'Call me did you what just?' Pericles for 'some ludicrous hack of a so-called comedy writer' Charon for 'I'm basically a very, very glorified chauffeur' Pericles for 'I was too young sir. I'm 35 now' Persephone for 'You ever tried fighting a season, bitch?' |
| Best Worst Line-Learner | Branoc Richards(Magdalen) for It's All Greek To Me Katie Moore (Ex-Magdalen) for It's All Greek To Me |
| The 'Ooh you luvvie' Award for Actually Being Able to Act | Becky Hicks(Oriel) for Theseus Perry Hartland-Asbury (Ex-Mansfield) for Hades Katie Moore (Ex-Magdalen) for Silenus Lily Miles (Hertford) for Phoebe |
| The 'Beyond the Call of Duty' Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty | Branoc Richards(Magdalen) for Learning his lines before the all day rehearsal for Greek The badger for Not distracting the cast like last year Sebastian Fox (Mansfield) for Offering to learn an entire part when it looked like a cast member was going to be ill Emma Bates (Univ) for Going on stage while almost dying because they were sick Jake Griffiths (Brasenose) for Skinning his feet in Greek during the song Will Mason for Destroying his voice during Greek Neil, Bianca, and Becky for recording the Greek trailer barefoot in freezing temperatures |
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