====== A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream (Trinity, 2022) ======

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//A Midsummer Night’s Fever Dream is a modern spin on the iconic original. Will and Rowan are enthusiastic seekers of romance who met online and bonded over their love for Shakespeare. However, Rowan is a fairy from the Forest of Love, ruled by his stern parent Coronet Yew who hates humans with a passion. Only on the night of Midsummer, when the two worlds collide, can the lovers finally be together – along with Ray, Will’s sarcastic best friend who secretly has feelings of his own! Can the trio complete the quest to help love win the day, or is their blossoming romance doomed? Join us to find out!

Expect lot of cheesy lines, great puns and a plethora of side characters with their own romantic turmoil. Did anyone say relationship drama, hiveminds and science witches? That’s right, we’ve got it all!//

===== Cast =====

==== The Friends ====

  * **Will** - [[member: Alice Yates|Alice]] //"am I still tied up?"// [[member: Alice Yates|Yates]] //(Trinity)// 
  * **Ray** - [[member: Bibor Batki|Bíbor]] //"it's giving too much dude"// [[member: Bibor Batki|Batki]] //(St. Hugh's)//

==== The Science-Witches ====

  * **Lisa** - [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks]] // "aw, I was looking forward to the fight!"// [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Matkowska]] //(Keble)//
  * **Milly** - [[member: Anna Wilson|Anna]] //"emphasis on cursed"// [[member: Anna Wilson|Wilson]]

==== The Humans ====
  * **Anne** - [[member:Ali Witheford|Ali]] // "gaslight the hell out of me"// [[member:Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Ben** - [[member: Paul Becsi|Paul]] //"I fuck girls and beyblades"// [[[member: Paul Becsi|Becsi]] //(Oriel)//
  * **Charlotte** - [[member: Emily Oldridge|Emily]] //"programme quotes are weird"// [[member: Emily Oldridge|Oldridge]] //(St. John's)//
  * **Susanna** -  [[member: Ed Tansley|Ed]] //"I wouldn't turn down some bacon at this point" //[[member: Ed Tansley|Tansley]] //(St. Anne's)//
  * **Gerome** - [[member: Tom Vallely|Tom]] //"no tomlette without breaking a few eds"// [[member: Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Julia** - [[member: Lydia Hoggarth|Lydia]] //"is that the wrench line"// [[member: Lydia Hoggarth|Hoggarth]] //(Keble)//
  * **Romeo (Tim)** - [[member: Ugur Özcan|Ugur]] //"the tree's a good kisser!"// [[member: Ugur Özcan|Özcan]] //(Jesus)//


==== The Fairies ==== 
  * **Rowan** - [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"As Taylor Swift once said, swish swish bish" //[[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)//
  * **Nymphoides** - [[member: Lily Massey|Lily]] //"I'm not doing a hand gesture"// [[member: Lily Massey|Massey]] //(Pembroke)//
  * **Valentine** - [[member: Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"definitely not that line"// [[member: Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)// 
  * **Chrysanthemum** - [[member: Andrew Kenyon-Roberts|Andrew ]] //"whale boning"// [[member: Andrew Kenyon-Roberts|Kenyon-Roberts]] //(Merton)//
  * **Juniper** - [[member: Em Fawcett|Em]] //"gotta finger that pipe"// [[member: Em Fawcett|Fawcett]] //(Wadham)//
  * **Coronet-Yew** - [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Freddie]] //"so true bestie"// [[member: Freddie Houlahan|Houlahan]] //(Balliol)//
  * **Spruce** - [[member:Ekin Pehlivan|Ekin]] //"CHILDREN!"// [[member:Ekin Pehlivan|Pehlivan]] 
  * **Rosehip** - [[member: Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"hope is devastating..."// [[member: Fen Brunt|Brunt]] 

==== Others ====
  * **Blossom** - [[member: Sebastian Morson|Sebastian]] //"that can be arranged..."// [[member: Sebastian Morson|Morson]] //(St. Anne's)//
  * **Riddle-Giddle** - [[member:Luke Tinworth|Luke]] //"the mystery test is up your arse!"// [[member:Luke Tinworth|Tinworth]] 
  * **Cursed Tree** - [[member: Paul Becsi|Paul]] //"I like to watch"// [[[member: Paul Becsi|Becsi]] //(Oriel)//
  * **Tree** - [[member: Andrew Kenyon-Roberts|Andrew]] //"no respect for elder!"// [[member: Andrew Kenyon-Roberts|Kenyon-Roberts]] //(Merton)//

===== Production =====

  * **Director** - [[member: Elspeth Rogers|Elspeth]] //"you have broken me"// [[member: Elspeth Rogers|Rogers]] //(St.John's)//
  * **Assistant Director** - [[member: Tom Vallely|Tom]] //"everyone's losing braincells today"//[[member: Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Writer** - [[member: Em Fawcett|Em]] //"enter Will and Rowan, pursued by an egg"// [[member: Em Fawcett|Fawcett]] //(Wadham)//
  * **Script Editors:**
    * [[member: David Street|David]] //"I think we need 30% less pie"// [[member: David Street|Street]] //(LMH)//
    * [[member: Andrew Raynes|Andrew ]] //"I wasn't a script editor"// [[member: Andrew Raynes|Raynes]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Musical Director** - [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Ellie ]] //"I like a wet muffin"// [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Welbourn]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Producer** - [[member: David Street|David]] //"we have no insurance"// [[member: David Street|Street]] //(LMH)//
  * **Stage Manager** - [[member: Fen Brunt|Fen]] //"mental BDSM"// [[member: Fen Brunt|Brunt]]
  * **Graphic Designer** - [[member: Andrew Raynes|Andrew ]] //"..."// [[member: Andrew Raynes|Raynes]] //(Somerville)//
  * **Marketing Director** - [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks]] //"I don't want to be associated with this"// [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Matkowska]] //(Keble)//
  * **Marketing Assistants:**
    * [[member: Ali Witheford|Ali]] //"if it's good enough for the cows, it's good enough for me"// [[member: Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//
    * [[member: Jake Caudwell|Jake]] //"a gazebo on the camp scale"// [[member: Jake Caudwell|Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)// 
  * **Casting Advisor** - [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Amy]] //only top the bunny with consent// [[member: Amy Hemsworth|Hemsworth]] //(Teddy Hall)// 
  * **Pianist** - [[member:Patrick Painter]] //(St Anne's)// 

===== Songs =====
  * **To Suck or Not to Suck**:
    * [[member: Ali Witheford|Ali]] //"wiggling your cork"// [[member: Ali Witheford|Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//
    * [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Ellie]] //"can't fit a whole jaffacake in my mouth"// [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Welbourn]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Wishing Well** - [[member: Tom Vallely|Tom]] //"rubber chicken!" //[[member: Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
    * Choreography - [[member: Elspeth Rogers|Elspeth]] //"so keep looking at each others... eyes"// [[member: Elspeth Rogers|Rogers]] //(St.John's)//
  * **I Just Love Love** - [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Mo]] //"love? I don't know how tennis works"// [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Weckbecker]] //(Mansfield)//
    * Choreography: 
      * [[member: Tom Vallely|Tom]] //"oh god, not the figure of eight again!" //[[member: Tom Vallely|Vallely]] //(Somerville)//
      * [[member: Elspeth Rogers|Elspeth]] //"so you know the frogs from Flushed Away?"// [[member: Elspeth Rogers|Rogers]] //(St.John's)//
  * **The Two of Us** - [[member: Em Fawcett|Em]] //"I like to watch..."// [[member: Em Fawcett|Fawcett]] //(Wadham)//
  * **Hate vs Love** - [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Mo]] //"Shakespearean diss track"// [[member:Mo Weckbecker|Weckbecker]] //(Mansfield)//
  * **We Tried...** - [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Ellie ]] //"*accidentally stares at Ali's crotch*"// [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Welbourn]] //(Magdalen)//
  * **Everything In Summer Has To End**:
    * [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks]] //"so we're scrapping the bursting?"// [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Matkowska]] //(Keble)//
    * [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"low hanging sausages" //[[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)//
  * **Midsummer Love**:
    * [[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Fabian]] //"I am innocent in this!" //[[member: Fabian Bourdeaux|Bourdeaux]] //(St. Anne's)//
    * [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Aleks]] //"The sound is implied" // [[member: Aleksandra Matkowska|Matkowska]] //(Keble)//
    * [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Ellie ]] //"the crocs stay on during sex" // [[member: Ellie Welbourn|Welbourn]] //(Magdalen)//


===== Script and Programme =====

{{ :shows:midsummer-nights-fever-dream-programme.pdf |Programme}}

===== Flosscars Wins =====

|**Best Villainous Character**| Coronet Yew - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] //(Balliol)// |
|**Best Group/Double Act**| Gerome/Susanna - [[member:Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//, [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St Anne's)// |
|**Best Performance of a Song**| Midsummer Rap - [[member:Freddie Houlahan]] //(Balliol)// |

===== Flosscars Nominations =====

|**Best Group/Double Act**| The Egg - [[member:Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//, [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St Anne's)// |
|**Best Couple**| Nymphoides and Lisa - [[member:Lily Massey]] //(Pembroke)//, [[member:Aleksandra Matkowska]] //(Keble)// |
|**Best Spurious Accent**| Gerome/Susanna Hivemind - [[member:Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//, [[member:Ed Tansley]] //(St Anne's)// |
|**Best Song**| Hate vs Love - [[member:Mo Weckbecker]] //(Mansfield)// \\ Midsummer Love - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//, [[member:Aleksandra Matkowska]] //(Keble)//, [[member:Ellie Welbourn]] //(Magdalen)// |
|**Best Performance of a Song**| I Just Love Love - [[member:Jake Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//, [[member:Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//, [[member:Lily Massey]] //(Pembroke)//, [[member:Ali Witheford]] //(Magdalen)// |
|**Best Worst Prop**| The Gnome Summoning Pipe - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)// \\ The Egg - [[member:Elspeth Rogers]] //(St John's)// |
|**Best Audience Participation**| "then lie down" (in response to "I can't sit here and watch you do this") - [[member:Fabian Bourdeaux]] //(St Anne's)//, [[member:Bibor Batki|Bíbor Batki]] //(St Hugh's)//  |
|**Best Script**| [[member:Em Fawcett]] //(Wadham)// |
|**Best Directorial Team**| [[member:Elspeth Rogers]] //(St John's)// (asst. [[member:Tom Vallely]] //(Somerville)//)|
|**Best Marketing Team**| [[member:Aleksandra Matkowska]] //(Keble)// (asst. [[member:Ali Witheford]] //(Magdalen)//, [[member:Jake Caudwell]] //(Magdalen)//)|

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