====== Flosscars 2012 ======

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===== Best Hero =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Jenni Goodchild]] //(Mansfield)// for Hamlet ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Joe Hermaszewski]] //(Oriel)// for Kay ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Diran Bodossian]] //(Balliol)// for Captain Trumpeter ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Romeo ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])


===== Best Heroine =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Rhoslyn Beckwith]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Juliet ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  *Ellie Armstrong for Gerda ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Rebecca Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)// for Lady Vanity ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : Rachel Hughes for Lt Polly Oliver ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])


===== Best Bad Guy / Villain =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  *Pippin //(Magdalen)//, [[member: Aya Matsumoto]] and [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// for The Witches ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Emma Slattery]] //(Merton)// for Jardis ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])

**Winner** : [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for The Pirate Queen ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])


===== The "M-Tropolis and M-Town" award for Best Double Act/Couple =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// and [[member: Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for Nursey and Father Lawrence ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Jessica Law]] //(St.Anne's)// and [[member: Bryn Griffiths]] //(New College)// for Shakespeare and Marlowe ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// and [[member: Tim Ledsam]] //(Hertford)// for Jakob and Gregor ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Adrian Clayton]] //(Hertford (Graduated))// and [[member: Rebecca Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)// for Püsh and Shöve ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Bryn Griffiths]] //(New College)//, [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// and [[member: Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for Dieter, Dieter and Dietrich ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// and [[member: Rory Morrison]] //(Mansfield)// for Pirate Queen and Pirate King ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// and [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for Pirate Queen and Admiral Lord Flashknob ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Diran Bodossian]] //(Balliol)// and [[member: Rebecca Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)// for Captain Trumpeter and Lady Vanity ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Thomas Little]] //(Hertford)// and [[member: Jonathan Lipscombe]] //(Mansfield)// for Ham and Abel //(aka Sailors 8 and 9)// ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Tim Ledsam]] //(Hertford)// and Tim Skew for One Armed Jack and Green Aeron the Pirate //("Ye can't scourge the Sea of Tranquility!")// ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// and [[member: Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for MacBeth and Father Lawrence ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])


===== Best Portrayal of a Member of the Opposite Sex =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Romeo ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Alice Young]] //(Hertford)// for Mercutio ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Jenni Goodchild]] //(Mansfield)// for Hamlet ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  *Bob Hunt for Greta ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  *Rachel Hughes for Lt Polly Oliver ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Morgan Wilkinson]] //(Hertford)// for The Chaplain ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for Nursey ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])


===== The "Tom Reynolds" Award for most Spurious Accent =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// and [[member: Tim Ledsam]] //(Hertford)// for Jakob and Gregor ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Diran Bodossian]] //(Balliol)// for Tuuli (The Northern Wind) ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Thomas Little]] //(Hertford)// for Jareth (The Bowie Voice) ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Jessica Law]] //(St.Anne's)// for Chief Don ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Adam Robinson]] //(St. Peter's)// for Don Antonio Constanza y Panadero de Stregaverde, Count of Cules ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])


===== Best Directing Team =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Aya Matsumoto]], [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// and [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Sasha McKenna]] //(St Hildas)//, [[member: Adam Robinson]] //(St. Peter's)//, [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// and [[member: Frances Watson]] //(Queen's)// ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])

**Winner** : [[member: Alex Brinkman-Young]], [[member: Frances Watson]] //(Queen's)//, Rachel Hughes and [[member: Jonathan Lipscombe]] //(Mansfield)// ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

===== Best Writer =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Richard Owen]] //(Ex-Lincoln)// ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: James Marsden]] //(Corpus)// ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Asha Hartland-Asbury]] //(Brasenose)// ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])


===== Best Song =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for So Much Fun to be a Shakespeare Zombie ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  *Rachel Hughes for Oh Kay ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// and [[member: Tim Ledsam]] //(Hertford)// for Science! Zombies! Tsunamis! ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// for It's Good To Be Evil ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Jonathan Lipscombe]] //(Mansfield)// and [[member: Samuel Swinnerton]] //(Queen's)// for Everything's <adjective> ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Jonathan Lipscombe]] //(Mansfield)// and [[member: Samuel Swinnerton]] //(Queen's)// for Sacrifice for Love ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// and [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for Diplomatic Intercourse ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  *Rachel Hughes for Just Like You ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Rory Morrison]] //(Mansfield)// and The Bee Gees for Piracy! ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Jessica Law]] //(St.Anne's)// for The Infanta of Spain ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])


===== Best Costume =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Alice Young]] //(Hertford)// for Mercutio ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Rhoslyn Beckwith]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Juliet's Wedding Dress ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Olivia Upchurch]] //(Jesus)// for her dress //(post paddling pool...)// ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Rory Morrison]] //(Mansfield)// for The Pirate King ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for The Pirate Queen ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Diran Bodossian]] //(Balliol)// for Captain Trumpeter's 17th Century uniform ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)//, [[member: Bryn Griffiths]] //(New College)// and [[member: Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for Three Utterly ridiculous pairs of dungarees ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])

[[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for Admiral Lord Flashknob's glittery suit ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

===== Best Prop =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Morgan Wilkinson]] //(Hertford)// and [[member: Rebecca Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)// for The Balcony ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Jenni Goodchild]] //(Mansfield)//, [[member: Richard Owen]] //(Ex-Lincoln)// and [[member: Morgan Wilkinson]] //(Hertford)// for The Magic Mirror ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Adam Robinson]] //(St. Peter's)// for The Large Ham! ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Bryn Griffiths]] //(New College)// for Baguette Sword ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Stephanie Clarke]] //(Hertford)// for being the Pirate Queen's grope toy ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Jonathan Lipscombe]] //(Mansfield)// for feather duster ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : Peter Bunyan for his Spare Moustachio ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])


===== Best fluff/fuck-up/cock-up during a performance =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Rhoslyn Beckwith]] //(St. Hilda's)// for forgetting the song and singing "I don't know what the words are" instead ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Olivia Upchurch]] //(Jesus)// and the paddling pool for failed trajectories ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Adrian Clayton]] //(Hertford (Graduated))// for swearing in front of the brownies ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)//, [[member: Tim Ledsam]] //(Hertford)// and [[member: Jonathan Lipscombe]] //(Mansfield)// for putting the benches so far upstage in the Ghost Gag that the ghosts couldn't hide properly ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])

**Winner** : [[member: Alice Young]] //(Hertford)// for "Romeo! I'm so glad I've killed you! I mean found you!" ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])


===== Best Ad Lib =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for the crime fighting with Jesus dream ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Marcus Garner-Hatcher]] //(Lincoln)// for being a tree ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// and [[member: Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for "Aaargh! Thar be Oxford, ripe for the plunderin'!" / "Och Aye, I'm in trouble again!" ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for nothing specific, as all his lines seemed as-libbed... ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Joe Hermaszewski]] //(Oriel)// for "Time to reflect on what you've done" ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// and [[member: Tim Ledsam]] //(Hertford)// for all their lines, none of which were in the script ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  *Tim Skew for The sword-gun ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Rebecca Nightingale]] //(Filthy Brooks Interloper)// for "She looks like a cross between Keira Knightly and Dennis the Bloody Mennace" ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// and [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for "You mean WINcest!" ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for the boards that were held up during the Don's song ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  *Peter Bunyan for "Thank hay-zus [Jesus] I had two!" ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Joe Hermaszewski]] //(Oriel)// for All the unnecessary whipping ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Bryn Griffiths]] //(New College)// for "Violence only baguettes violence" ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Ben Below]] //(Worcester)// for "What does this do? Maybe it controls time? Maybe it controls time? Maybe it controls time?" ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])


===== Best Quote (during a show) =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Adam Robinson]] //(St. Peter's)// and [[member: James Marsden]] //(Corpus)// for "Did someone order a large ham?" ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : Bob Hunt and [[member: Richard Owen]] //(Ex-Lincoln)// for the "Kartoffel-schinken-schubkarre-aale-fahrzeug-kaese-kuche-wursten-schnitzel" line ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])


===== The "Dan Artus" Award for Best Worst Line-learner =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Richard Owen]] //(Ex-Lincoln)// for Montague 2 ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Rory Morrison]] //(Mansfield)// for The Priate King ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  *Chris Webster for Seth (aka Sailor 7) ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  *Ellie Armstrong for Mary the Sloth ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : [[member: Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Father Lawrence ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])


===== The "Ooh you luvvie" Award for actually being able to act =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Emma New]] //(St Hildas)// for Romeo ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Martin Corcoran]] //(St. Edmund Hall)// for MacBeth ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Jonathan Sims]] //(St. Hilda's)// for Father Lawrence ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])
  * [[member: Thomas Little]] //(Hertford)// for Jareth ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  *Rachel Hughes for Lt Polly Oliver ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Perry Hartland-Asbury]] //(Ex-Mansfield)// for Admiral Lord Flashknob ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Hannah Snell]] //(Balliol)// for fooling the audience //(well, one member of it at least)// that she wasn't a plant ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  * [[member: Diran Bodossian]] //(Balliol)// for Captain Trumpeter ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])

**Winner** : Tim Skew for Rax ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])


=====The "Don't Shoot the Children in the Face" Award for Best Performance in a Schools/Homes show of a different part to in the student show =====

**Nominees** :

**Winner** : [[member: Rory Morrison]] //(Mansfield)// for One of the three D's ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])


===== The "Beyond the Call of Duty" Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty =====

**Nominees** :
  * [[member: Sasha McKenna]] //(St Hildas)// and [[member: Adam Robinson]] //(St. Peter's)// for directing at the last minute ([[shows:snow_queen|The Snow Queen]])
  * [[member: Alex Brinkman-Young]] and [[member: Frances Watson]] //(Queen's)// for directing, even though they didn't volunteer for it... ([[shows:piracy|Piracy!]])
  *Robert Collins for repeatedly understudying
  * [[member: Sam Young]] //(Worcester)// for having to kiss Jonny ([[shows:tragedy|Tragedy: A Comedy]])

**Winner** : [[member: James Marsden]] //(Corpus)// for repeated minibus driving, getting Corpus Auditorium, last minute teching, sorting out the constitution and reapplying to the Proctors despite not being on the committee