Woven together (Vigil Backstage)

The cast work out how everyone’s connected to Ellie’s new character.

Coming next on 15 October – Vigil: Tailor Made, Act 2

Programme notes

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

Dramatis personae and other definitions

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 ???

  • 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

MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

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