Unpicking (Vigil Backstage)

The cast look back at Peggy’s debut. Was this the grossest Vigil yet?

Coming up in the Studio on 31 December – Her Many Masks, Act 1

PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS
PEGGY TAILOR: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong.
CALISTARIUS SOFTBINDING: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume.
ED KINCAID: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline.
JINNY GREENTEETH: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village.
DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.
SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.
OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted.

CREDITS
COMPERE: Matt Boothman
STARRING:
- Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crooked
- Chris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the Expert
- Chris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the Professional
- Josh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslinger
- with Chris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

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