Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 1

Act One of Five: Something’s rotten in the county of Brackshire. Peggy has some rotten luck and Graham smells a rat.

Coming next on 11 March – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 2

PROGRAMME NOTES
This production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal.

Free exhibition Tarot: Origins and Afterlives is at the Warburg Institute, London until 30 April. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/tarot-origins-and-afterlives-2025

DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS
RENKO: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.
GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself.
GRAHAM: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse.
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.
JESS BUTTERWORTH: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide.
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:
- Vikki as Renko, the Flake
- Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine
- Alexander Pankhurst as Graham, the Summoned
- Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crooked
- with Ellen Gould as Jess Butterworth
ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/
MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst
SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman
EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

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