#the cornley it couple

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Sandra and Max being the same height in Peter Pan Goes Wrong on Broadway is something so special to me

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send me your cornley headcanons please and thank you

[personinthepalace]

Is it this???

does it say on the mischief wiki that chris and trevor are dating or have i actually started seeing things...

[sapphic-songbird]

okay welcome to the niche post to end niche posts

Cornley as Scream’d the musical parody

so I’m just basically casting it but these are the two things I’m really insane about and yes ik this post is only for me but it’s been a week let me have this weird ass coping mechanism

so Chris casts himself as Billy I feel like. And I think he’d do a decent job at it tbh (no one will ever be as amazing as Ray Winters I could talk about how perfect the way he plays Billy for hours but like-) anyways I headcannon Chris very tenor so those notes in My Own Worst Enemy he goes hard. He for sure gets beat up. Any fake fall becomes real- he’s tripping over the ghostface robes- he uses red paint for blood and it goes right in his mouth- and also everyone envision Chris with the Billy Loomis hair with me PLEASE

I think Max would be a really good Stu- although I think he’d fully miss the sort of sinister undertone Stu has (Stu is the scarier ghostface and I can rant about it and also Joey Derby NAILS THAT TOO AND AAAAA THE SCREAMD CAST IS SO GOOD) but he would kill the super like bouncy energy in Flagpole Sitta- i do think he’d get a little overexcited with the fake blood but like it works-

Sandra as Tatum/Casey cus one I love when she gets to play a couple with Max (even tho Stu and Tatum are…complex) but also Sandra is that bitch. She’s the opening song. She’s Torn which is one of the best numbers. Her constant looks at the audience are kinda perfect

Dennis as Dewey. Chris isn’t sure either. It just happened. He’s kinda cute in some scenes. He freaks the fuck out during Iris and is the most deer in the headlights looking man- also Gale has his lines written in a book prop she keeps showing him

speaking of Gale- Annie as Gale!!! She would be so perfect- I love Gale, both times I saw it I got to do the book signing interaction with her and literally a core memory but anyway Annie’s confidence and sass would be perfect and she’d look damn good in the costume.

Jonathan as Randy- he’s kinda Randy like in universe and I can’t explain it- but I think he’d do well in that narrator role and I think there’s something funny about how often Randy handles that door. Jonathan is not gonna have fun with that

also Himbry/the other cop/various as Robert- this is because the Himbry improv bit scares the hell out of me every time and Robert would kill that- also I like to think Chris casts him as that spitefully cus you KNOW Robert thinks he should be Billy (even tho there aren’t really like main roles because Scream’d is such a group show but anyway Robert wouldn’t really be here for that)

and last but obv not least our final girl Sidney- I think Nessa would be a good Sidney, I think she’s got that final girl quality to her- I think some of the more confident bits she might struggle with but I’d love to see like her finding confidence through it aaaa I’d die

(Bonus Trevor content- they have him run on as ghostface a couple times and he actually loves it but will NEVER admit it. He seems like a big horror fan so I think he’d actually like this show ((and my ChrisTrev agenda wants to add he would be missing cues over Chris as Billy)) and he spends the whole run so stained red from being the main blood handler-)

anyway if I missed anyone lmk but I’m exhausted and I’ve been up since 4am for work and then had 4 hours rehearsal and classes so I’m ✨out of it✨

[natashasbitxh]

Finally got to see Peter Pan Goes Wrong in West End with Charlie Russell, Matthew Cavendish, Greg Tannahill, Matthew Howell, Harry Kershaw, Clark Devlin, Jamie Birkett, Chris Leask, Ellie Morris, and Jean-Luke Worrell! They were all amazing, I thought I'd share some of my fav bits! (Warning: There's a lot)

• Firstly, programme stuff: the note from the director basically just being Chris and Trevor arguing like a married couple. Chris being too scientific and Trevor having to remind him it's supposed to be festive.

● Them leaving a note asking if anybody was a flying operator as they didn't currently have one😭

• Robert leaving the children of the Cornley Youth Theatre abandoned in a forest with limited food and knives,to prepare for their performance of Lord of the Flies. NSPCC and police had to intervene, 2 of the children are still missing today (Ben McIntyre and Sarah Cordell)

• Jonathon's interview where's he's practically begging the interviewer to take note he was 'fashionably late', when he was actually waiting for 6 hours.

• Jonathon saying (in the interview), he's been focusing on humanitarian work, such as adopting a child from Ethiopia and a child from Vietnam. And then the interviewer just replied with "That is Brad Pitt. Everything you have just said is about Brad Pitt and not yourself."

• In the cast section, Chris Bean writing "I would like to remind my father that there is a spare ticket at the box office for him if he chooses to show up." That's so sad😭

• Trevor's section ended with "trevorzbeatz/YouTube.co.uk" 😭

• Pip (assistant stage manager) just says: "They call me Big Pip up north. Trevor's cousin. Out and about and that. Nice one." Like okay yh me too Big Pip

• They tried to feed the crocodile an alarm clock😭 (RIP Nadia tho😔)

• Annie left a little note saying she's "looking for a man" and then there's some description of what she's (not) looking for

• A page saying welcome to the theatre, but it is still very much in character😭 "Director Chris Bean always fulfils his promise of giving us a show we will remember for a very long time."

•Pre-show antics: one of the assistant stage managers (I'm gonna guess Pip? Not too sure tho) was walking around looking for a hammer. I noticed that he'd act like he was looking around and then when he spotted a child he'd go and ask them. I thought that was cute🥹

• I couldn't see the wires going through the audience cause I had seats up high, but I did see Robert pulling the end of the wire whilst on stage with the help of an audience member

• Dennis was late I think, ran across the stage from the audience with a bag on

• Lucy suddenly ran off stage, Robert not far behind shouting things like "You have to do it!" (And then later on she ran back on stage,but it seemed Robert got caught up in a convo)

• Now onto the actual show, I thought Dennis singing les mis due to his headgear was pretty funny seeing as les mis was about a door or 2 down

• At one point we were clapping for something (can't remember what, but it was during the beginning Darling Family scene), and Max joined in with the clapping. Sandra had to tell him to stop with a pointed glare and a lil hand gesture

• Every appearance with Robert as the shadow was amazing, I know it's simple but I'm always impressed with the rug pull and the way he lands

• During the bit where there's too much smoke and it engulfs the pirates, Trevor comes to the rescue but does hit Chris in the arse by accident, christrev anybody?

• I will forever love Robert trying to get Dennis to pick up the sword, Dennis picking up the boat paddle and Robert going on a rant about how he's been moving his arms for the past 5 mins why would he need the paddle

• During the interval the lights would still go out occasionally, fun touch

• As Jonathan flew up before crashing down, a banner fell down with Robert holding a bean, a reference of his show Jack and the bean

• Before this, I'd only seen the BBC recorded version of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, so I rlly enjoyed the changes. Such as the mermaids, but I RLLY laughed at Robert being the Mr Bumble in Oliver that killed a child. Especially when he went to be Peter Pan before starting to sing 'Food, Glorious Food"

• The whole poison bit was incredible, Harry's improv was on FIRE. We obvs did the traditional pantomime business which made Chris mad, he very much gave teacher vibes as he sat down on the set and said it was our own time we were wasting. He also complained that this was only the matinée and they still had an evening performance to get to. Then he pointed out how somebody in the audience was hissing, "Nobody goes to a show and says 'Yeah it was good but the person in the fourth row wouldn't stop hissing'" (this resulted in a lot of children hissing whenever he appeared on stage). Then when it got to the poison bit, a child was yelling at him to hurry up, causing Chris to go on a rant about how he didn't even want children there, sitting there on their booster seats. After the child yelled at him multiple times, Chris gave up and told the child to open it for him, which they did. Then as he was leaving, we were booing again and he was like "NO NO DONT BOO ME, IT WAS THE CHILD THAT POISIONED HIM." Then as he exited, he said something along the lines of "blame the child murderer." It was insane.

• Then, when Peter asked who would try to poison him, Tink/Annie pointed at the child that opened the bottle. I think Chris Leask actually had to turn his head downwards and to the side to hide his laughing.

• I've pointed this out before, but I'm so endeared with how worried Chris was when Annie was unconscious. HE KNEELED THERE HOVERING OVER HER BODY JUST LIKE TOUCHING HER FACE, NOT SPEAKING FOR AWHILE. Adorable. Every characters reaction was adorable...sorry Annie

• I just have to say Francis' Cabaret performance to distract us from Annie was amazing. Loved the audience clapping along as well and the rest of the cast looking absolutely shocked and confused

• I loved that we heard a whole marriage fall apart through Dennis' headgear. I want to know more abt them, the husband that took over to help Dennis sounded sweet

• When Lucy slid down the ship in her wheelchair she was flung out and then caught by Trevor in a sort of bear hug, Lucy's legs wrapped around his torso. Trevor was SEVERELY judging the cast HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THEM. They're besties ur honour, I thought it was so cute

• Loved Francis' Cabaret performance again during the big fight scene with the set moving.

• Trevor saying something like "You've got to be joking" when Lucy picked up the book 😭

• I wanted to scream laugh at Chris lying in the bed like an ill victorian child as Lucy closed up the story, and then Dennis choosing to lie on the squished bottom bunk

• As Lucy continued to read, Chris, Sandra, Trevor, Dennis, and Max were all checking up on one another in the background. Hugs, shoulder grabs. Guys, I love Sandra and Chris' dynamic so much, Sandra was making sure he got off the bed alright and then gave him a hug

• Of course the whole end song, Max as the crocodile encouraging us to clap

It was so amazing, everybody was fantastic!! My jaw still aches from laughing so hard! Hope ppl found this interesting cause I always love when other ppl share what happened during their show😭

[creativeimagination206]

Well, with the Cornley Christmas Chaos deadline approaching, I wanted to make a couple quick announcements (partly to ease my own anxiety XD).

Firstly, a huge huge thank you to @blodsten for hosting the challenge—it's such a fantastic idea, and I know it must have taken a ton of preparation. I'd definitely be willing to help make this a tradition if everyone else is on board, especially now that I'll hopefully have more time to be creative.

On that note, I was only able to complete two of the thirteen prompts: though I was hoping to do separate fics for each prompt, life has really... sucked, honestly, for the past few months, so I haven't been as active in writing as I wished. My intention (though I wouldn't hold me very tightly to it) is to continue writing the fics I had planned out even after the challenge is over and post them separately on my AO3 account, so for those who went ahead and tried to guess what each of my titles meant, be sure to keep your eyes out! I hope to get to them all; it might just take me a bit more time than I planned.

Again, thank you all, and I'm so excited to read what everyone's written! I think we've all really been going through it, but it seems like the turnout was great, and I'm really proud of all of us! <3

[kyrilu]

seeing peter pan goes wrong was so much fun, and it makes up for all my disappointment that I couldn't see the jet lag premiere in-person yesterday due to "I cannot easily Metro to/from that this late at night" issues. (the cruel irony of enjoying train content youtubers who you cannot functionally take the train to because local transit infrastructure is broken.)

I was worried that I wouldn't be as excited since I've seen the PPGW BBC recording, but no, there were different jokes/scenes not in the BBC version (the undersea scene, and Dennis relaying lines from the squabbling couple, for example) - I love how they adapted it for an American audience (Bradley Whitford as the narrator holding up a SAG-AFTRA sign! Chris taking potshots at the audience - "this is why you don't get Shakespeare") - and it's just so, so charming and wonderful to see them perform from a stage.

tbh, i was kinda disappointed that Dave Hearn wasn't there, because og Max had my heart ever since I watched PPGW for the first time (not being able to hear his triumphant "snap snap!" in person is a tragedy), but the other guy playing him did fine, and it really was nice that it was nearly all the original British cast. it was just about everything I wanted to see from mischief theatre as a fan who's only been able to see their officially recorded productions. i was still laughing even though I anticipated most of the gags/punchlines, and it was so cool to get the playbill with all the in-universe cornley stuff too.

it's still wild to me how the YouTube algorithm recommended ppgw to me since it was illegally uploaded by someone, and it came at the right time since I drastically needed cheering up, and four years later, I've finally seen them in person.

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16, 17, a cheeky 28, and 49 for the ask game? Thanks :)

Also obligated to include 43 though you don’t have to answer bc I don’t think you do prompts

HELLO MY LOVE thank you for asking me things even though it's one and a half days after I said I'd be bored at work.

16. What's an AU you would love to read (or have read and loved)?

ohh i read and love so many aus it is so difficult to choose just one. some of my favourites include spies, ghost hunting, anything with magic, pacific rim (despite never having seen the movie lol), stories in which there Are alternate universes and characters get trapped in them. i could keep going but i'll stop there haha

17. What highly specific AU do you want to read or write even though you might be the only person to appreciate it?

I love writing things that draw from real life, partially because it adds ✨realism✨ and partially because it's fun to romanticise things that are happening in my life by turning them into fic in my head. (see: newsies band camp fic, newsies soulmates fic)

SO in that vein I would probably have an absolutely joyous time reading/writing a summer festival au, with tips to a bunch of the shenanigans I've gotten up to / been privy to over the past couple years. this may or may not include the romcom I dreamed up last year because our office (serious meetings) shared a wall with the city basketball team management (ping pong and beyonce). perhaps some bad roller coasters. camaraderie. breathless wonder. doesn't that sound alluring??? I can't get too excited otherwise I'll start writing it for real

28. Does anyone read your fics before you post them? If so, who?

welllllll if you're asking...

anyway I do have beta readers, three of them in fact! they are all some of the most incredible people I have had the fortune to meet through mischief, each incredibly talented and inimitably kind, and it brings me so much joy to get to hang out with them in chat every day. bean on!!

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you're up for it!

surpriiiise I am currently working on my supernatural detective agency au! it is called detective sagency in my files because I tried to make a joke about how they could use the same acronym. the cornley polytechnic detective 'sagency. it feels in character, like they would put it on their door like that. you know.

Trevor seems pleased to hear this. "That's what we do here," he says, and before Vanessa can interject with a slightly bewildered tell people which animal their initials look like? he adds, "Discover new things. You know." He waves a hand sort of willy-nilly. "Detectives."

+ 43. If you take/write prompts: what's your favourite prompt fic that you've written?

I love how you are obligated to anyway despite knowing the answer. In lieu of prompt fics etc, I will mention one of my favourite things that could have been a prompt but isn't - it was suggested in a private chats and expanded upon to a point where it basically became a little chatfic. It's an au of Lookout 3 (really inception-ing the AUs haha) in which Paul is not dead, the Penguin lands in Bethsbridge to wait out a storm and the crew embroil themselves in a cultish murder mystery, and Paul and John get to do the spiderman pointing meme at each other. I will probably never write it, so if you ever want a full elaboration / the entire sparknotes plot, I will be happy to oblige :)

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Day 22: Henry Shields/Chris

Now here's a show to make you laugh. It in 2013/2016 and is pretty fun.

More in Keep Reading.

Wikipedia states:

Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2013), is a comedy by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of the Mischief Theatre Company in which the characters and members of the fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to present their production of Peter Pan.

This is the version of Captain Hook. Classic look with blue eyes, long black hair, and a right-handed hook. He is also a bit more of a flop than a proper menacing villain but that's the concept of the show. It is not meant to be done right.

There is a couple of links on Youtube to look at…

Note: People used to put the whole thing on Youtube for free but I believe it got taken down. Even the link is age-restricted.

If you want, you can watch this instead…

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I Would Be Lost Without You --- Maybe a Cornley Fam fluff hurt/comfort? The line, if I'm remembering right, is from ACCGW when Chris is apologizing in the graveyard. So, that's what led me to this conclusion.

A Sparkle of Mischief --- This sounds really cute, ngl I kind of want this one or the 15 Quid one to be for the Candy Canes adlsk;jf

Christmas Every Day --- this may just be because I love time loop AUs, but is this a time loop AU? If not, maybe something cute and fluffy with a couple, perhaps even Sandra and Max ?

Do You Always Dress Like That? --- This has the potential to be either super funny and kind of cute or angsty, and I cannot decide which idea I like more.

Once More, With Feeling --- I'm gonna be honest, m8, I have no clue.

You’ve Always Been the Same, Scrooge --- Is this perhaps immediately post-ACCGW with Chris and someone or someones in the cast? It feels like it could be, but that could also be because Chris is my angst blorbo of the moment right now.

Roasting on an Open Fire (Seriously, Call the Firehouse) --- 👀👀👀 Did the cast set the theatre on fire??? (side note, “The Christmas Song” is one of my favorite Christmas songs, so the title has me supes curious a;dkj)

A Childhood Worth Forgetting (Except for This) --- Sledding? Maybe a redo as an adult of a childhood that wasn't great, and so they go sledding to give them something nice to think of for the holidays?

Cut Me Down --- Decorating the Tree? Or Traditions? I'm not sure here.

Let’s Not Re-Create the Classics --- Christmas Movie Marathon, right? This feels like it would be CMM's prompt fill. Maybe the cast is putting on, idk, White Christmas (1954) or something, and it's just. *Shakes head* sometimes hits are hits for a reason, and sometimes they can't be recaptured again…

Ornamental CATastrophe --- Decorating the Tree or Hanging Tinsel, I just need to know who has the chaotic cat right now immediately ak;dsjfasd

What Do You Want For Christmas (Under £15) --- I really want this to be like some sort of White Elephant/Secret Santa thing but instead of like a nice notebook or smth, the giftee gets just. The most outrageous amount of Candy Canes lmao ALso, third favorite title you've got here.

Don’t Get Me Drunk on Eggnog (I Might Say Too Much) --- OUGH THE ANGST POTENCH HERE IS DELICIOUS!!! Maybe this one has something to do with Mistletoe Moments? Oh, just from the title I'm so hype to read this one a;ldskfjasdk

I'm very excited for these because I just can't seem to make up my mind on the tone of them ! Truly, Eggnog, Open Fire, and 15 Quid are the three titles I'm most looking forward to simply because I greatly enjoy the titles haha

What’s In A Title?

I thought that, since we’ve now entered December and The Big Reveal is soon upon us, we could play a little game. A game involving one of the hardest parts of fic writing—Titles!

So, if you want to participate, these are the rules (not really rules);

Reblog this post with the title(s) of your CCC fic(s)—be it the actual title(s) or the current work title(s)—and let people make assumptions about the stories you’ve written.

Let’s see how close or far off we’ll be able to guess with only titles to go on.

[personinthepalace]

Sandra x Max

If there ever was a perfect couple, this one qualifies!

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i’m so excited about my fic wip and absolutely cannot wait to start publishing it on ao3. like it’s genuinely something that brings me so much joy to just think about sharing it with everyone.

… wait what do you mean i have to write it first

[trashpidgeon48]

Cornley Annie cast

Annie- Annie Twilloil

Mr. Warbucks- Chris Bean

Grace- Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn Carroway

Ms. Hannigan- Sandra Wilkinson

Rooster- Max Bennett

Lilly St. Regis- Lucy Grove

FDR/Bert Healy/ others- Dennis Tyde

Sandy/ Mr. Bundles/others- Robert Grove

Other Orphans- Cornley Elementary school children 

I just had a little thought, what if the CPDS did Annie, so then I cast it, I shall put my reasonings under the cut

Annie- 1. Haha Annie as Annie 2. Nancy has a very pretty singing voice 3. She works as a little girl, she’s short, spunky, and we’ve seen her as one before. Chris would also trust her as Annie.

Chris- I feel like he just works the best as Mr. Warbucks, in a similar way that we’ve seen him as a grumpy old man, and he is one.

Vanessa- She has a very pretty soprano voice and has that kind of kind elegance about her. Perfect for Grace.

Sandra- She’s sassy and has an ego, plus I think it would be fun for Sandra to play a true villain, we’ve seen her semi-villainous before, but not like an out there villain.

Max- He would be hilarious as rooster, I bet 10 bucks he would have the time of his life making those noises.

Lucy- She has so much potential, I think Lilly would be a nice role to push her out of her comfort zone. Plus she’d be paired with Max, who’s always very friendly and comforting

Dennis- FDR Dennis would be funny because he doesn’t have the gravitas and messing up the larger speeches would be very funny. Plus I put him as burt as well because Jono has a wonderful singing voice not heard much outside of MMNI.

Robert- I just feel like Robert would be on probation number 2 because of shooting chris, also Robert doesn’t have the best singing voice as seen in the Christmas special and the use of a live dub

Orphans- The kids were told they’d get a free couple days of school off if they participated.

[sapphic-songbird]

ask and ye shall receive. all of the cornley characters for the bingo. (or if you don’t want to do all of them in one go, just choose a couple)

Alright and now for every character I haven't done so far lmao

Max

Again he is adhd walking

Chris

A fun fact about me is that Chris is my favorite character ever, also beat him up affectionate as in fight him into caring about himself or some shit lmao

Robert

But like I kinda have things against him personally lmao, and don't get me wrong I love Robert but...in an angst filled way

Dennis <3

Jonathan

Im still mad at him about PPGW and aside from that I feel like we don't see enough of him for me to have a strong opinion?? I like him in fanfics tho :)

Annie

Need I say more? I love Annie <3

Last but so so far from least, Vanessa

Nessa <3 she is so me

So yeah thank you for letting me ramble about this lmao I love doing these :)

[reallyhardy]

went through the goes-wrong-verse playbills/programmes - that is, ‘the play that goes wrong’ and ‘peter pan goes wrong’ (thank you @cornleypolytechnicgoeswrong​ !) trying to piece together each society member’s career within the society PLUS if possible whatever it was they were doing at the polytechnic (university) course-wise, along with whatever other character snippets they give. this is mostly to inform me when writing but i thought it’d be useful for other mischief/goes wrong fans!

chris bean:

as of TPTGW is the ‘newly elected’ head of the drama society, and is known at the university for his charitable & philanhropic work. he has six acting credits within the polytechnic to his name.

i was going to presume his choice of course at the uni was acting or directing, but his PPGW bio states that his ‘dacting’ (directing and acting) is all self-taught, so who knows. maybe he’s just in the society because of his aforementioned charitable work.

robert grove:

has starred in 40 productions with the society since 2002 (when he began work at cornley polytechnic as a caretaker - i’m taking this to mean he was never actually a student there.) anyway wow explains why they call him a “veteran actor” lol.

he offers acting lessons (reacting, gesturing, emotioning and acting) and can be contacted via twitter @robertgoodactor. i’ve looked this twitter account up and it does exist it’s just not been used since 2017 - that said there are some in-character photos of henry lewis as robert and nancy zamit as annie on there and plenty of tweets.

he runs an extremely dubiously safe cornley youth theatre program and can be contacted at his email robertgoodactor@hotmail.com (membership fees are non-refundable.)

trevor watson:

in TPTGW is arbitrarily from ‘the north east’ (rob falconer’s portrayal, whereas chris leask’s portrayal is firmly and specifically scouse.)

he has a twitter account (rob falconer’s portrayal) @trevtechie, with i think probably the most tweets of the cornley twitters. stopped being updated in 2017.

his participation in haversham was to complete an electronics module - as the light and sound technician i’d assume his course was in this kinda field.

he states that after haversham he wants to never work with the cornley drama society again, but as of PPGW he’s “following in his parents footsteps” and has pivoted to possibly actually studying stage management. (his PPGW bio states that he’s in his final year at the uni for the 3rd time running. so it could mean his staying on with cornley is like partially due to failing his course?)

dennis tyde:

in his TPTGW bio it states that he joined the drama society after failing to get in to any other societies.

he didn’t live on university campus and commuted in from his parents’ house. he mostly just wanted to make friends - he’s interested in snooker and wants to meet like-minded people.

in his PPGW bio he still wants to make friends and says you can reach him via twitter @dennistyde. i checked this account too and again it does exist but hasn’t been used since 2013, and there are only 3 tweets so its much more bare-bones than the others. i like his one tweet about drinking a mug of bovril to calm his nerves before a show.

as of 2021 in promotional vids we learn that dennis and robert now live together.

max bennett:

in TPTGW bio it says he was a first year studying human geography and crime which i was surprised about but sure okay. it also says here that he happily donated “a large portion of his recent inheritance” to the society to help fund it.

at the bottom of TPTGW’s cast page it states that the west end performance of the play is “made possible by a generous legacy from claude bennett” who’s presumably max’s grandfather? or just father? idk

his TPTGW bio also says his favourite movie is the legend of bagger vance which i’ve never seen but is apparently a will smith golf movie.

his hobbies as listed in his PPGW bio are chess, cooking & hanging out with friends and fam. he also dedicates his performance in PPGW to his grandma claire, which is sweet.

annie twilloil:

as of TPTGW she’s designed, built, painted, costumed & stage managed every cornley show for the past 3 years. in the PPGW bio, it states she’s studying cognitive behavioural therapy and pottery, and has taken up life drawing at the student’s union (as the model.)

after haversham, she apparently had an internship lined up at the bolton octagon.

she has WILD backstory in her PPGW bio that says she dedicated her performance to her estranged husband julian who she hoped was in the audiance and two children frangipani and ylang-ylang. not sure if the kids are with her or with the husband but either way, wild. nuts. pretty funny but also pretty tragic.

she’s also got an ad out looking for a new bloke (i suppose if her husband isn’t in the audience) apparently she’s been left by boyfriends previously for an air hostess, a stripper, and a coal miner.

she also enjoys knitting and playing the banjolin (an instrument she made herself.) her email address is greatfunmum@hotmail.com.

she has a twitter account that again hasnt been used since 2017 (@annietwiloil). a couple tweets chronicle dave hearn’s shoulder dislocation but as max so i guess its canon that max also dislocated his shoulder, but he did it while trying to open a twix? lmao

sandra wilkinson:

in her TPTGW bio it states that haversham manor is her 11th production with the company. idk how frequently they put on shows.

she won some kind of local kids beauty pageant in 1998 and did some modelling for a local restaurant (the sunam balti house, which apparently the cornley crew frequent? or have at least been to - seems they struggled with spicyness levels there, especially dennis.)

nothing on her course at the university, i might just take a stab and assume she was actually doing acting, since her bio is mostly about her being a performer.

she’s a big fan of jeremy irvine, they mention him in both of her bios.

jonathan harris:

is a total health & fitness guy. his course at the uni is in physical education and he’s also a model, though who’s to say what for. in PPGW this is expanded and he’s moved on to being a combo model/actor/photographer/lifecoach.

he loves his outdoor sports: mountain biking & kayaking are noted.

he had a bath salts advert out and he hoped it was gonna go national.

lucy grove:

her surname IS grove! i wasn’t sure, but that’s confirmed. not really much about her in there, because the bio is written by robert and he just used it to gas himelf up.

can’t tell if she’s a student at the university or just in the society through robert. genuinely there’s just not a lot to go on when it comes to lucy.

another note is that the murder at haversham manor and the version of peter pan that the cornley crew perform are both written by ‘susie h. k. brideswell’ who i guess either chris knows or chris is a big fan of?

other notes... they try so hard to make out like the characters aren't all the same age like implying that robert is genuinely older than most of them etc etc but ofc the cast featured in the TV broadcasts are all visibly the same age... ofc all this is just comedy innit so you can take it or leave it

also i realised that the american version of TPTGW calls it “the cornley university drama society” since i guess you guys dont have polytechnics over there. a polytechnic is like... a university that offers the arts (among the classics you know science law what have you) basically. by 2021 in promotional videos etc. shields in character as chris has dropped “polytechnic” altogether from the group’s name (but varies between calling it ‘the cornley drama society’ and ‘the cornley amateur dramatics society’) i assume to reflect how much time has passed since the group put on their first production under chris’ leadership - and that now they’re simply operating unattached to the university because they’ve become a real family. love love love, sillyness and love.

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Hello hope you don't mind people asking but I have a question about your fic the elephants mind (well kind of)! (I've loved the first two chapters btw)

Do you have any headcanons about how Chris stims? Also do you think you'll write anything more about his autism?

Also do the rest of the society know about anything he's been diagnosed with?

Also also any other headcanons on neurodivergency for other Cornley members?

Also also also I'm very excited for the next chapter and the conclusion and any other fics you might write!!

Hello!! Thank you so much for the questions, very glad to answer all of them. The next chapter for Elephant's Mind should be out in the next couple days :)

I do have headcanons on how he stims! I believe he chews on his tongue and the inside of his cheeks a lot, he also gives off very big sensory vibes, so tapping his thumb to each finger and counting in his head, rubbing the pads of his thumb and index finger together, tapping his fingers, spinning a pen or pencil, and typing on a computer even if it's nonsensical. As for writing about his autism, it won't come to play much in Elephant's Mind, that more focuses on the trans headcanon, but I've already got a draft for another fic that highlights it and the ND's of Cornley much more, so stay tuned!

The rest of the cast "knows", as in he mentioned it offhandedly once to Trevor, which was overheard by Max, who told Sandra, who told Annie, so on and so forth. He's never outright denied being autistic, but they all dance around the topic and try not to bring it up and help him around a bit when they notice he's not having the best of days.

ND's of Cornley! I discussed this very heavily with a friend of mine when the idea for Elephant's Mind was thought up with. Jonathan, Max, Dennis, and Sandra all have ADHD, though Sandra is one of those "well I'm not *that* kind" and it bugs Max big time. Chris, Robert, Dennis, and Vanessa are autistic, though again, Robert denies it because when he was diagnosed, he was told it was Asperger's and refuses to associate with "that kind of ASD" despite being told by Chris that Asperger's isn't a diagnosis anymore. Jonathan, Chris, Vanessa, and Annie all have OCD, and I'll elaborate a bit more on what types in a separate post since this one is rather long already. Trevor's dyslexic and dyscalculic. Trevor and Chris have tics, though Trevor's a diagnosed disorder and Chris links his to stress and ASD. These can/will be elaborated on in a separate post!

I'm so glad you're enjoying my fic, I'm super happy with how it's come out so far! If you've got more questions, please ask them, I love sharing headcanons and little tidbits about the characters!