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
Vicious cuts (Vigil Backstage)
Fear cuts deep. Let’s take a break from that and drink of the deep well of clips we cut from this production.
Coming next on 27 February – Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 5
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:17:31 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 4
Act Four of Five: Cameron and Jess get their first taste of Fairyland. The mortals and Graham all get their targets in sight.
Coming next on 20 February – Vicious cuts (Vigil Backstage)
PROGRAMME N…
00:48:13 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 3
Act Three of Five: The Conductor warns Cam and Jess about the perils awaiting in Fairyland. As if the journey aboard the ghost train wasn’t perilous enough.
Coming next on 13 February – Vigil: Fear …
00:52:11 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Dear Graham & co (Vigil Backstage)
Persephone Byron is gone from this time, but her words to her friends remain.
Coming next on 30 January – Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 3
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains fantasy violence, gun vi…
00:06:13 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 2
Act Two of Five: Cameron takes charge of the itinerary, as the trio leaves town to neutralise the threat to Kit and Jess.
Coming next on 23 January – Dear Graham & co (Vigil Backstage)
PROGRAMME NO…
00:51:24 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Common fears (Vigil Backstage)
What past experiences do our three main characters share? What can they cling to in comfort when terror closes in all around?
Coming next on 16 January – Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 2
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:23:14 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 1
Act One of Five: Jess’s haunting friend Kit gives her a fright, and it turns out the good guys aren’t the only ones who can join forces and pool resources.
Coming next on 9 January – Common fears (V…
00:45:56 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
After party (Office Party Backstage)
The players and their Guide talk Quest, Bureautopia and the unseen lands they could have trod.
Coming up in the Main House on 2 January – Vigil: Fear Itself, Act 1
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production c…
00:21:48 |
Tue 05 Dec 2023
The Office Party, Act 5
The Bureautopians’ ultimate quest: take responsibility and commit to your goals by saving Murawai from total destruction.
Coming next on 5 December – After party (Office Party Backstage)
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00:37:23 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
The shredder (Office Party Backstage)
Enjoy some gags, flubs and out of character moments that we had to cut from the main acts to make efficiency savings.
Coming next on 28 November – The Office Party, Act 5
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:13:09 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
The Office Party, Act 4
The Bureautopians’ fourth quest: practise creative problem-solving by rescuing Michaela from a vampire pirate stronghold.
Coming next on 21 November – The shredder (Office Party Backstage)
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00:39:30 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
The Office Party, Act 3
The Bureautopians’ third quest: support others’ development by breaking Sir Ansellus the Daring’s chicken curse.
Coming next on 14 November – The Office Party, Act 4
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:36:28 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
The Office Party, Act 2
The Bureautopians’ second quest: demonstrate attention to detail by uncovering the secrets of Quilla village.
Coming next on 31 October – The Office Party, Act 3
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production con…
00:37:08 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Team building (Office Party Backstage)
The players create their dull Bureautopian characters – and the questing heroes they will discover within themselves.
Coming next on 17 October – The Office Party, Act 2
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:35:45 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
The Office Party, Act 1
Four Bureautopians embark on their first quest: to enhance their personal development with team building exercises in a faraway land.
Coming next on 10 October – Team building (Office Party Backstag…
00:36:02 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
Exit interview (Vigil Backstage)
Time for a retro on what we achieved this quarter, so we can set SMART goals for our return to market.
Coming up in the Studio on 3 October – The Office Party, Act 1
PROGRAMME NOTES
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00:32:35 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 5
Act Five of Five: The appointed hour is nigh, for the humble and lowly to Attack and Dethrone Gods.
Coming next on 26 September – Exit interview (Vigil Backstage)
PROGRAMME NOTES
This production co…
00:42:55 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Left behind (Vigil Backstage)
Not every bit of audio makes it to the higher plane of existence that is a full story act. But not everything left behind deserves to be forgotten. Which is a roundabout and thematic way of saying th…
00:18:14 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 4
Act Four of Five: Canst it be truly a sin to destroy a God? For when God is no more, who remaineth to name the deed a sin?
Coming next on 12 September – Left behind (Vigil Backstage)
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00:44:35 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Replay: Codename Mosaic (Backstage)
Let’s head undercover to investigate the secret plots and machinations behind our globetrotting spy production, Codename: Mosaic.
Coming next on 5 September – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 4
PROGRAMME NOT…
00:53:57 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
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