Tingewick Firm 2023

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As Assistant Director, Hannah’s role involves being Harrison’s right hand man. As a child Hannah always wanted to be an actor, so here they are doing a 6 year medical degree and making their entire personality revolve around tingewick just to get a little taste of that sweet sweet drama. When they’re not working on tingewick, Hannah’s hobbies include: thinking about tingewick, talking about tingewick, dreaming about tingewick. At least it’ll make a change from hearing them talk about the gym.

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Ladies and gentlemen, gather around and let me introduce our assistant producer, Maya! She’s ready to be Tolu’s right hand woman and make sure Tingewick is the well-oiled, money-raising, pantomime-performing machine we know and love. Musical theatre has always been a love of Maya’s. She hates to admit it, but she was a drama kid at school - don’t tell anyone!

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The woman, the myth, the legend- Louisa is your online Rita for this year. Did she just join the firm for the social…media? Lucky for us, after many years (excuse you), Louisa has put down her sexy water polo hat and has started prioritising what is truly important… Tingewick. Louisa can build hype like no other so we expect sales to be through the JR roof this year. Louisa’s hobbies include going on holiday and talking about going on holiday.

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After front-flipping on the Tingewick stage as Batman, Greg is giving his knees a rest this year to take on the role of flipping into your DMs as Rita instead! As a bit of a nerd, he's extremely excited to get intimately acquainted with the website's code, as well as the inner-workings of the FIXR ticketing system. When not complaining about being sleepy all the time, he can probably be found on the croquet lawn (in the summer) or the ski slopes (in the winter).

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Next up we have Helen who'll be our Head Writer for this year! Although you might not know Helen due to her (allegedly) minimal attendance on placement,* she actually does go to Oxford Medical School and intends to write an absolute banger of a script alongside the other writers. Her literacy may have been questioned a few times in school, but she can’t wait to prove the haters wrong and actually use some words with more than 2 syllables.
*Please note: the 2nd sentence is a joke (for legal reasons).

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Putting the sexy in dyslexia, Harriet is one of this year’s tingewick writers (oh the irony). Known for spending far too much time on reddit, and indulging in reality tv, she has plenty of funny - and sometimes frankly bizarre - ideas to bring to the writers’ room.

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‘He bleeds Art. Cut him and out flows a river of tears. Half of them joy and half of them despair for the tragedy and comedy he imprints onto the page every time he opens up his heart to write.’ These were the last words of William Shakespeare, speaking about the utter [REDACTED] Andrei was about to try and get into the Tingewick script 407 years later, much to the general disdain of the rest of the firm. Clearly they did not understand his visceral elephantine retelling of Macbeth.

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Under the invisible and forgettable alias ‘Ella Smith’, Lin Manuel Miranda is excited to be part of this year’s Tingewick firm. After the success of Hamilton he’s looking forward to trying his hand at a pantomime, injecting the same historical accuracy, poignancy, and sexual tension as seen in this award-winning masterpiece. Lin’s talent promises to render this year’s tingewick a revolution in musical theatre.

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As foretold by his casting in Tingewick '22, Jono will be making the transition from House, M.D. to Hampshire, MD (though hopefully losing the general distaste for the human race and questionable accent along the way!) Setting aside his drum sticks for the conducting baton *pencil*, Jono will be this year's Musical Director. Some say he spends more time doing music than his degree, so we're hoping this experience will translate into a smashing soundtrack to Tingewick '23.

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After singing, dancing and playing her way through Tingewick last year, Eve is really excited to join the musical team on firm this year! She’s looking forward to using her multi-instrumental musical talents to raise some money for great causes. When she’s not convincing everyone to join Tingewick band, Eve has many side hustles, including throwing hoops on a netball court, telling everyone about Jonno’s perfect pitch, and singing Welsh folk songs to anyone that will listen.

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Alice’s enthusiasm for the Tingewick band is paralleled only by her enthusiasm for horses and Magic Mike sex dances. When not riding or dancing, Alice can usually be found at the pub, although very occasionally she may be found sat behind a cello. She looks forward to working alongside Jonno and Eve to create a cracking soundtrack and continue the excellent band vibes.

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After a stint in medical school Reef is finally ready to commit full-time to his lifelong dream of being in Tingewick! After having far too many costume changes and leaving little to the imagination in the sex dance in Tingewick '22, Reef is excited to now become a musician without breaking his promise to his mum of getting a degree first. When he is not juggling too many hobbies and commitments, or pretending to be a mixologist, Reef may be found burnt out.

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Following on from a brief stint as a bright pink singing elephant, Gianni is excited to continue his Tingewick dreams alongside Luke, working together to ensure this year’s production is sounding at least vaguely tuneful. Outside of Tingewick, Gianni also never shuts up, singing in college choirs, musical theatre productions and running a student a capella group, The Oxford Alternotives.

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Over the last few years, Luke has ended up singing a lot, although this is mostly unrelated to music, or any particular vocal talent. Instead, reasons for singing include free dinners, free drinks, avoiding revision and the fact his girlfriend goes to choir. His application for firm also focused in non-musical areas - mainly rowing, and his desire to walk up hills in the rain for charity. Despite all this he is very excited to take on the vocals role with Gianni and discover the hidden singing abilities of the fourth years.

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After finally achieving her main medical school goal of being in the sex dance, Becky couldn’t let it be taken away from her too soon so she’s back as choreo! Despite winning the dancing queen title for our year, tragically she didn’t make it into the ABBA medley (even though she performed as a kid in full costume as an ABBA tribute act with her family). We’ve decided to take a chance on her so we’re hoping that teaching the choreo for Tingewick won’t have her finally facing her Waterloo.

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Upon getting a splinter in their foot mid-Tingewick audition, Kristin knew there was no other place they’d rather be than on Tingewick firm ‘23. After being cast as everyone’s favourite Italian (Davide) Kristin booked a trip to Italy just to nail the accent…and definitely not procrastinate labmed. Now they’re back and ready to put the same dedication into choreographing hit numbers such as the sex dance and attempting to convert everyone into Kpop stans.

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Heading up the design department chaos is Lauren. Did she just sign up to climb the 3 peaks or to finally make it into the sex dance – possibly. Does she love Rita and her fellow Tingewick gang – definitely. Ready to whip out her GCSE art skills, be prepared to be blown away by Ben Nevis height set designs and irresistible marketing campaigns for all the Tingewick ‘23 events. If you can’t find her in a questionably sourced set of scrubs and with a paintbrush in hand, she may be found playing some sweet sweet tunes on her sax*.
(*unless it’s Saturday morning, then she’ll be at Park Run)

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Grace caught the Tingewick fever after taking on the iconic role of the Map in Tingewick pants 2022. Her design experience may be limited however what she lacks in skill she makes up for in enthusiasm and love for Rita. When she’s not battling photoshop or taking her clothes off in the Magic Mike sex dance you can catch her on the river with Osler Boat club or more likely having a boogie in Osler House bop (plug for Tingewick bops!)

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Bringing nothing but a passion for tingewick and the faint smell of chlorine, Claudia is honestly just happy to be here. Difficult to find in both the hospital by consultants and the pool by their captain, Claudia certainly has plenty of time they are willing to donate to tingewick’s cause. Showing up (probably late) with coffee in hand, they are excited to get started designing for tingewick 2023!
(Claudia denies allegations that the only reason they joined firm is to participate in the sex dance.)

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Even knowing he was going to make his entire personality into theatre, Finley decided to take the Tingewick plunge. He’s been involved in shows all over Oxford, so is ready to tackle the mighty Tingewick Hall to make sure Tingewick ‘23 is as technological and productional as possible! Lack of other personality traits means the hobbies section of this is a bit dire - consider this a (very) urgent plea for literally any suggestions.

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Unable to resist the call of the Magic Mike sex dance, Julia is back for another year and ready to delve into the depths of the Tingewick cupboard. As a member of the Production team she will be helping to organise backstage, source props and construct set. Here’s hoping they’ll let her crochet as many of the props as possible. But mostly, she’s looking forward to obtaining a Tingewick fleece to go alongside her OHBC one, bringing her total number of personality traits up to 2.

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The unsurprising winner of the “Spirit of Rita” award, the Derek formerly known as Alex was keen to keep up the Tingewick life (obsession?) for another year. The only way he’ll be found in the hospital this year is trawling through the depths of Tingewick cupboard. It’s fine though, OSCEs are just like acting, right?

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Leah couldn’t escape Tingewick after spending an excessive amount of time on it last year (did you know she was the main character?) and so has landed herself on the production team. Whether it be producing baked goods or creating odd items out of papier-mâché she won’t be able to escape the Elle in her by making everything pink and being excessively smiley when everyone is super stressed.

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Running a craft blog in year 8 means Annie thinks she is ready to join the Tingewick production team. As a result, there is a high probability that all props and costumes this year will be quilted. When taking time away from shouting obscenities at her malfunctioning sewing machine, she also enjoys climbing, quizzes, and talking about climbing and quizzes.

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After shining too bright in last year’s production and upstaging the entire cast (including Rita) with nothing but a bathrobe and a cigar, Victor was expressly forbidden from setting foot in Tingewick Hall ever again. But this year he’s back, and Rita’s mad. Recent intel suggests he’s infiltrated the firm posing as a member of the Tech crew. He cannot keep getting away with this. We need to put a stop to him — for the sake of the show. For Rita.

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Matt really loves karaoke, and with this role has gone from singing into the mics to making sure they are working! When he’s not helping out with lights and sound, he can also be found playing his sax and going for long walks in the Cotswolds! Matt is also a massive fan of board games, and I’m sure the planning and adapting involved (as well as a bit of the luck too…) will stand him in good stead with this position!