Merely Roleplayers
Where theatrical people play roleplaying games. Each season our players part-improvise a story in a new genre, with roleplaying game rules providing surprising twists and turns. Jump in at the start of any season! The story continues every other Tuesday; on the Tuesdays in between, Backstage episodes shed light on the game and storytelling mechanics behind the scenes.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 307
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Prospero & Viola, Act One
The cruise ship Prospero founders in stormy seas. A year later, the Viola follows in its wake. A remote island offers the survivors refuge - but it’s not without its dangers…
We’re nominated for two…
00:40:58 |
Tue 08 Oct 2019
Prospero Awaits (Prospero & Viola Backstage)
Matt introduces the concept of this season and the roleplaying game rules we'll use to improvise our story.
Come to Blackshaw Theatre Company’s annual Scare Slam at the Pleasance Theatre, London on 1…
00:16:01 |
Tue 01 Oct 2019
Shipping the Sails (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
Where else could the winds have taken us, if we'd set our sails a little different?
00:29:18 |
Tue 17 Sep 2019
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Five
The Cloudskipper's next voyage may be its last. And wherever it leads, it'll change its crew's lives forever.
00:41:17 |
Tue 10 Sep 2019
Alex the Lookout (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
Alex builds his role as ship's lookout. His eye sees far, but it don't always alight on the right things...
00:16:47 |
Tue 03 Sep 2019
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Four
The crew stirs up a hornet’s nest in Grimspire. It’s anyone’s guess who’ll make it back to sea in one piece.
00:37:17 |
Tue 27 Aug 2019
Starkey the Deck-Rat (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
Starkey builds his role as the ship's jack-of-all-trades. With the Cap'n as he is, the Cloudskipper don't float without our Starkey...
00:19:52 |
Tue 20 Aug 2019
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Three
Revelations aboard the Cloudskipper present the junior crew with a choice: the Captain, or treasures unknown?
00:40:00 |
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Nat the Netmaker (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
Nat builds her role as maintainer of the Cloudskipper's lightning nets. Like bottled lightning, this one is - quick to anger and full of secrets...
00:20:22 |
Tue 06 Aug 2019
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act Two
It’s time for all hands to choose sides, as a deadly conflict erupts on the deck of the Cloudskipper.
00:45:48 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
Ellie the Cook (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
Ellie builds her role as ship's cook. She's suspiciously well dressed under that apron, but why would a highborn lady be crewing a lightning trawler?
00:28:19 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
The Cloudskipper's Captain, Act One
The Cloudskipper sails the sky-sea, laden with lightning. But as the junior crew soon find, that's not the most valuable cargo aboard...
00:42:21 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Billy the Resistor (The Cloudskipper's Captain Backstage)
Afore ye hear our tale, ye have to know something of our land, our vessel the Cloudskipper - an' our dear Cap'n Billy.
00:32:48 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
The Fourth Dropped Stitch
When you're extraordinary, you can't help but attract hangers-on and haters.
00:24:24 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
The get-out (Upstaged! Backstage)
Could the contest have turned out differently? Would we want that?
00:15:36 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Upstaged! Act Four
Nationals! Here against all the odds, can the company stick the landing?
00:56:42 |
Tue 18 Jun 2019
Meet the judges (Upstaged! Backstage)
The company introduce us to their alter egos: the judges of Upstaged!
00:12:06 |
Tue 11 Jun 2019
Upstaged! Act Three
After taking a bath in the first round, the company struggle to keep their heads above water.
01:09:30 |
Tue 04 Jun 2019
The stakes (Upstaged! Backstage)
Why would a small theatre company want a big cash prize? Silly question. Here's a better one: why can't they afford to lose?
00:14:40 |
Tue 28 May 2019
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