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 contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion.

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Dramatis personae and other definitions

Gwynned: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan’s cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is negotiating a new relationship with her mistress.

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.

Renko: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed.

Harper: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors.

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. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.

Credits

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

STARRING:

  • Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine

  • Josh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslinger

  • Vikki as Renko, the Flake

  • Marta da Silva as Harper, the Searcher

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands

MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst

SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman

SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Virtutes Instrumenti and Right Behind You by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0); pigeons taking off by glaneur de sons on Freesound (CC BY 3.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution.

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

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