Barnaby Wilson
Biography[edit]
Barnaby "Barney" Wilson (other nicknames listed below) is an esteemed LOpSoc member who's contributed a lot to our society. He's made himself known through principal parts, direction, or giving us fresh fuel for the nonexistent meme page that definitely does not exist. He was born, as all other people are, some time in the mid 90s, and lived an easy life of comfort before taking a Maths degree and deciding to do LOpSoc shows somewhere around 2015. His first principal part as Philip in the Iolanthe run of Harrogate started a spiral into insanity most people call "LOpSoc membership" but his psychiatrist called "unacceptable". His role as Philip also led to him discovering his special power: a Pokemon-esque "AAAAAA" sound blast that shattered the ear drums of several audience members, and left several cast members with the inability to hear anything but the opening notes to "O Shameless One, Tremble" for 36 hours.
After a successful run of Iolanthe, during which he was only partially unnerved, Barney took some control over the music of H.M.S Pinafore as our esteemed co-MD. This left him open to the sisters cousins and aunts chorus, according to this biographer, alternately hitting on him and doing as they were told. Such attention gave him war flashbacks to Iolanthe, a condition he still suffers whenever he hears the sounding brasses loudly bang or looks at a picture of the Houses of Parliament for longer than 10 seconds. Pinafore, however, was a resounding success. Which is nice.
Barnaby is a man who enjoys being involved in production teams. His next position was telling the rabble we call LOpSoc just how many Fruma Sarahs (experts say it was "quite a few") to sing in Fiddler on the Roof as our co-MD. His capacity for involvement didn't end there, as he played His Honour the Priest, a little Jewish boy, the world's least threatening Russian and the summoned ghost of Derek Jacobi in a show that critics called "actually quite good". Such versatility was well rewarded as he moves on to playing Marco in the upcoming show The Gondoliers. We know he can take a pair of sparkling eyes, but I really wish he'd stop carrying them around in his pocket.
Fresher Legends[edit]
-Why does he have so many nicknames?
-What is this ahhhhhhhh of which you speak?
List of Nicknames[edit]
• Baz
• Barnababy/Bananababy/ Bananarama-by and variants
• Rosemary
• Notorious B.A.Z.
• Bizzarney
• B-Dubs
• Bazblock Plus
• Bazzatron
• Original Windows Vista Desktop Wallpaper
• AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
• His Honour the Priest
• In No Way Affiliated With the Dinosaur From That One Kids’ Show
Cast Roles[edit]
| Show | Role |
|---|---|
| Mikado 2017 (Harrogate) | (Intelligent) Nanki-Poo |
| Half a Sixpence 2017 | Young Walsingham |
| Mikado 2017 | Nanki-Poo |
| Gondoliers 2016 (Harrogate) | Marco |
| Gondoliers 2016 | Marco |
| Iolanthe 2015 | Philip |
Production Team Roles[edit]
| Show | Role |
|---|---|
| Fiddler on the Roof 2016 | Musical Director |
| H.M.S. Pinafore 2015 | Musical Director |
Band Roles[edit]
| Show | Role |
|---|---|
| Sweeney Todd 2014 | Euphonium |
| Pirates of Penzance 2014 | Euphonium/Trombone |