April 2006 - drama-alumni@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

[Drama-alumni] A Fond Farewell...
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Ahoy Campers! It's hard to believe that this is the last Drama email I'll be writing as your indomitable Chairman/person/thingy. It's been a fantastic year for DCU Drama, and without out eager and avid membership and alumni, we would be lost. So give yourselves a huge pat on the back for making it a year to remember for DCU Drama! In addition to breaking new ground with our first ever trip to the USA, we spent the year collecting awards and prizes! From our 5 awards at the One Act Wonder Festival to Eoin's excellent ISDA for Best Supporting Actor to Steve winning Best Fresher at the Clubs and Socs awards to of course winning the big enchilada, Best Society at the Clubs and Socs Awards! And while we can't say that we won at the BICS, there's no denying that we had a whole lotta fun in the attempt! A brief review of the year then... - *Pimps & Hoes Karaoke, Fresher's Week: *About 60 attended our popular singalong afternoon in the Old Bar, and more than a few dressed as their favourite pimp or ho!** - *Clubs & Socs Day: *A record 340+ signed up over the two days, with help from madcap recruiters and monster puppets.** - *Workshops: *So far this year we have had three very well attended acting workshops, one sound workshop (as part of Tech Week) and one vocal projection and diction workshop. Informal workshops in sound and lighting are given during the run up to all shows for those who are interested! ** - *Theatre Trips: *Over 20 travelled to St. Pat's to see "The Witches" in December, and 26 visited "The Fiddler On The Roof" in week 9. ** - *The Play's the Thing:* Our member Aislinn wrote this short spoof of Hamlet for us last year and we could not wait to put it on for Arts Week – it played in the Interfaith for 4 free performances alongside…** - *The Breakfast Club: *Our other one act play for Arts Week, adapted from the movie of the same name. Both plays were a resounding success, averaging an audience of about 20 per show. ** - *DCU Open Day: *Drama led the way Open Day with an impressive stand (winning 150 euro from the SPC) and recalling our friends from Bui Bolg to patrol the HUB and convince next year's Freshers to sign up with DCU. (and DCU Drama!)** - *Babez in da Hood: *Our original and zany script was penned by the overenthusiastic cast and producers themselves, and, under the skilful helm of first-time director Stephen Grimes, "Babez In Da Hood" proved to be one of the funniest productions in DCU Drama's history. Impressively, all technical operations, production work, script-writing and direction for this production were handled by first years, which is a testament to the dedication of DCU Drama's Freshers. "Babez In Da Hood" had everything from badminton-playing monkeys to singing nuns to a stirring rendition of 'I Want It That Way' by the "Backwood Boys." Despite technical hiccups and the interruption of one sex goblin, the show received rave reviews.** - *All My Sons: *In week 1 of Semester 2* *third year member Fiona Colhoun excelled herself with her gutsy yet poignant direction of Arthur Miller's tale of family strife in 1940's America. The cast were outstanding and drew rave reviews and large audiences (est. 450 over 3 performances). ** - *The Merchant of **Venice**: *Week 3, Semester 2, the Space, The Helix. DCU Drama's second attempt at Shakespeare after the success of last year's Macbeth, The Merchant Of Venice took up where Macbeth left off. With six performances in just 4 days, the cast wowed large audiences for the duration of the run. Our tech crew, now familiar with the Helix, were creative, even using dry ice, while the performances from the cast were awe-inspiring. At least 450 saw Merchant during its run, including over 100 schoolchildren from Drogheda and Dublin.* * - *****Guys & Dolls (2005/06 Musical): * DCU Drama's annual musical spectacular wrapped up on Thursday 30thMarch in the Venue, and what a spectacular it was! With returning director Alan Kinsella once again at the helm, accompanied by Iain Dowling (choreographer) and Olga Reynolds (musical & vocal director), the all-singing, all-dancing cast of maniacs gave a fantastic show every night. Guys and Dolls tells the story of a group of small - time gamblers and the ladies in their lives. Based on Damon Runyon's short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown," Guys and Dolls revolves around Nathan Detroit, the organizer of the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York, who bets fellow gambler Sky Masterson that he can't make the next girl he sees fall in love with him. The next girl he sees happens to be Miss Sarah Brown, a pure-at-heart Salvation Army-type reformer, and the stage is set for an hilarious evening of complications. All four leads - Eoin O Callaghan (Sky Masterson), Doireann O Rourke (Sarah Browne), Stephen Grimes (Nathan Detroit) and Lyndsey Fay (Adelaide) were outstanding, and were ably supported by a very talented ensemble cast. First year Conor Lynch's performance as Lt. Brannigan was especially memorable, notably for his re-writing of the script every night! A cleverly-constructed revolving set enabled the crew to transform the Venue into a street scene in New York, a cafe in Havana and a dirty sewer in the blink of an eye, with the paintwork provided by another first year, Jenni Tweed. Attendances were strong throughout the run, with many DCU Drama alumni coming along to compare the show to previous years' efforts. Adam Doherty, a Drama warrior of old, exclaimed that it was the best show he had ever seen DCU Drama put together. High praise indeed. - *DCU Drama Table Quiz: *Featuring our new, revolutionary format: "goes up to eleven." This Spinal Tap-inspired quiz had 11 questions per round, with the 11th being an impossible toughie worth 3 points! About 100 came along to our fund-raising quiz, and just about everybody went home with a spot prize – we gave spots for best team name, worst team name, most creative wrong answer, least dressed team – in fact we gave away a shopping trolley full of spot prizes, to just about anyone who asked for one! - **** - ** *My Mother Said I Never Should: *An intimate, all female cast performed this show in week 11 in the Venue. Directed by third year member Dee Jones, it was a powerful tour-de-force about female relatives throughout the years from World War II to the present.** * * *New Initiatives:* * * - *Workshops: *We have organised an intervarsity *set-design workshop*in association with the Drama League of Ireland, St. Pat's, Mater Dei & DIT. The workshop will take place in week 7 in the Venue and will be held by Tom Madden, a renowned set designer. The theme will be that of our forthcoming musical "Guys & Dolls" and will be a unique opportunity for intervarsity relations. Coming up in week 6, Bob has also organised a *vocal projection & diction workshop* in association with the Gaiety School of Acting. - *Broadway Baby 2006: *A first for DCU Drama and over 6 months in the planning, We organised a trip to New York for 30 intrepid DramaHeads in January of 2006. The group took in 3 major Broadway shows, spent 4 nights in Manhattan and generally had the time of their lives. Bob shouldered the bulk of the organisational duties, including acquiring huge discounts on tickets for some of the hottest shows on Broadway and negotiating further discounts with Aer Lingus and the International Youth Hostel in New York. - *Whose Line is it Anyway?:* Upon being approached by Martin Conry of the president's office early on in the year with regard to a DCU Drama performance for the DCU 25th Anniversary Party, we came up with our own twist on the popular improv show "Whose Line is it Anyway?" With a dedicated crew to assist in the production, several very successful shows were performed on the night of the celebrations, and went down so well that we repeated the show during Arts Week and again at the One Act Wonder Festival at St. Pat's in November. - *Website Photo Gallery:* A revamp of the DCU Drama website was necessary this year, especially its photo gallery, with the result that precious older photos have been restored to the gallery and over 2,000 pictures from this year alone are now available on our website. - *Nursing Program:* Bob is currently in negotiations with the Faculty of Nursing here in DCU to provide DCU Drama members to act as live patients to facilitate nursing training, another first for DCU Drama! - *Bui Bolg:* We have established links with this prestigious puppet company from Wexford, and headlined the St Patrick's Day Parade with them! *Inter-Society & Intervarsity Events:* * * - *Rocky Horror Picture Show: *In association with LGBT and the Student's Union Halloween Ball, this year's Rocky Horror was for many the best yet! A large and enthusiastic crowd of cross-dressers (175+) attended and did the Timewarp!* * - *Stars in their Eyes: *In association with MPS & ArtSoc, "Stars" was a huge success this year, featuring an excellent selection of performers including ABBA, the Spice Girls and the Blues Brothers! An estimated 150+ filled the Venue on Wednesday of Arts Week. - *Murder Mystery Quiz Night:* DCU Drama and Murder She Wrote collaborated on this popular quiz night, held in the Venue in semester 1. - *St.* *Vincent de Paul Week: *Bob MC'd the Simpsons Table Quiz for SVP and several Drama members whored themselves onstage for the hilarious Slave Auction! - *One Act Wonder Festival: *"The Breakfast Club" and "The Play's the Thing" represented DCU at the festival this year, where DCU Drama picked up FIVE awards, including Best Director for "The Play's the Thing." - *Intervarsity "Whose Line?": *Bob presented this first-of-its-kind event as part of the One Act Wonder Festival, featuring performers from DCU (our own Eoin O Callaghan), St. Pat's, Mater Dei & DIT. The show was given a special achievement award by the festival's judges! - *DCU Drama Christmas Party (2005):* In association with Music Soc, RedBrick and GamesSoc . Over 150 attended this fun night in the Venue, complete with live bands and Santa's Grotto with presents!* * - *St.* *Vincent de Paul Christmas Party: *Bob willingly donned the Santa suit again for the SVP party, braving the advances of over 70 rampant underprivileged children! All in a good cause though… - *Rag Week –* *"Mini Brother": *Several Drama members tried out for "Mini Brother," with one Aisling Connolly making it all the way to the Mini! - ** *Irish Student Drama Awards: *Both of our entries for this year's competition (held in UCC) – "All My Sons" and "The Play's the Thing" received strong reviews in their initial DCU run, with "TPTT" a great success at the One Act Wonder Festival. At the ISDA festival in Corkin March, both shows were performed to great applause. The judges stated that "TPTT" was one of the funniest and most original pieces they had seen, while Eoin O Callaghan picked up the ISDA for *Best Supporting Actor*for his performance as Chris Keller in "All My Sons" – DCU's first ever award at the ISDAs! - *Music Week 2006:* Bob MC'd the opening Gala event of Music Week 2006, a marathon event in the Old Bar, featuring over 8 bands and all for the benefit of SALZ, an educational programme started by 5 DCU students (Students And Lifestart Zambia). DCU Drama is all about making friends and getting to know new people, we have certainly achieved our goals this year! I would just like to say on a personal level, that it has been a phenomenal experience being the Chair of DCU Drama this year. I have laughed, cried, lost sleep, fallen over, wrecked my knee and my liver and generally eaten, slept and breathed drama. It has been one of the most exciting and fulfilling years of my life and I have the DCU Drama committee and membership to thank. Thank you Thank you Thank you! See y'all next year! Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] New Committee! DADAs Results! etc!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Well, this email does exactly what it says on the tin... DCU Drama's AGM (pt. II) took place last night amidst more than a few 3 euro drinks in the Slipper... ...but we still managed to elect a new committee! Your DCU Drama Committee for 2006/07 (DCU Drama's 20th Anniversary!) is as follows... Chair: Stephen Grimes Vice-Chair: Eoin O Callaghan Secretary: John Cannon Treasurer: Joey Kavanagh PRO: Liana O Cleirigh External Liaisons Officer: Siobhan Hickey Sponsorship Officer: Susan Doyle Technical & Equipments Officer: Alan Keegan Webmaster: Conor Lynch Training Officer: Lyndsey Fay First Year Rep: TBC (not elected 'til next year) I wish the incoming committee the very best of luck! Of course once the committee was elected, we had the small matter of the DADAs to hand out! It was very tough decision making for the committee for most of the awards, hence the record number of nominees... ...but the decisions had to be made, and here's the list of winners! STORMTROOPERS: Alan Keegan Jenni Tweed Declan Traynor Conor Lynch Susan Doyle Susan Bourke ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Steve Grimes BEST COSTUME: The Merry Men (Babez in da Hood) BEST DANCER: Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) OVEREXPOSURE AWARD: The Hot Box Dolls (for stripping during "Take Back Your Mink" – Guys & Dolls) BEST UPSTAGER / OVERACTING: Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Gary Furlong (Babez in da Hood) BEST TECHIE: Jay Fallon BEST KISS: Eoin O Callaghan & Laura Whitmore (All My Sons) JENNIFER LOPEZ AWARD: Roibeard O Mhurcu (for crying like a b*tch at the Clubs & Socs Awards) BEHIND THE SCENES: Alan Keegan Charlene Barratt Kat Farrell Ashley Dooley Martyn SET DESIGN: Jenni Tweed (Babez in da Hood, Guys & Dolls) BEST PARTNERSHIP: Dave Grimes & Gary Furlong (The Play's the Thing) BEST FEMALE VOCAL: Doireann O Rourke – If I Were A Bell (Guys & Dolls) BEST MALE VOCAL: Gary Furlong, Cormac Fay & Alan McHale (Fugue for Tinhorns – Guys & Dolls) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laura Whitmore (All My Sons) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eoin O Callaghan (All My Sons) BEST ACTRESS: Lyndsey Fay (Guys & Dolls) BEST ACTOR: Shane Murphy (Merchant of Venice) BEST PRODUCER: Conor Farrell & Laura Aspil (Guys & Dolls) BEST DIRECTOR: Fiona Colhoun (All My Sons) INAUGURAL AWARD: John Cannon, a very deserving winner! GOLDEN TICKET: Elaine Bannon, soon-to-be DCU Drama Alumni! That's it, I'm outta here, and might I add, in the words of Vinnie Jones: "It's been emotional!" Bob, soon-to-be ex-chair, signing off... -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] 2005/06 DCU Drama DADAs nominations!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Ahoy campers! It gives me great pleasure to put you all out of your misery and announce the list of nominees and categories for this year's DCU Annual Drama Awards (DADAs) !! It's been a phenomenal year for DCU Drama, and I can tell you, it wasn't easy selecting winners from this pool of severely talented people! The glorious ceremony will take place in Matt Weldon's (aka The Slipper), across the road from the Ballymun Road entrance, upstairs, Monday 24th April (tonight) at 7pm SHARP. The DADAs will follow directly after the DCU Drama AGM, pt II! We still have to finish electing a committee, so get over to the Slipper at 7pm to cast your vote! The sooner the AGM is over, the sooner we can start the awards! Oh, and the best part of all? THREE EURO DRINKS! YES THAT'S RIGHT, THREE EURO DRINKS! See y'all at the Slipper, THE 2005 – 2006 DCU Drama DADAs …and the nominees are… STORMTROOPERS: No Nominees here! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Gary Furlong Conor Lynch Steve Grimes John Cannon Jay Fallon Doireann O Rourke Alan Keegan Kat Farrell Susan Doyle Ashley Dooley Martyn BEST COSTUME: Niamh Maher (Stars in their Eyes) ABBA (Stars in their Eyes) The Spice Girls (Stars in their Eyes) Charlie Von Metzradt (Rocky Horror) Joey Kavanagh (Rocky Horror) Shane Murphy (Rocky Horror) Roibeard O Mhurcu (Rocky Horror) The Merry Men (Babez in da Hood) Kat Farrell (Babez in da Hood) Mark O Brien (The Play's the Thing) BEST DANCER: Jayann Maher (Babez in da Hood) Jayann Maher (Guys & Dolls) Havana Dancers (Guys & Dolls) BackWoods Boys (Babez in da Hood) Dave Grimes (Guys & Dolls) Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) The Babez (Babez in da Hood) The Entire Cast Doing the Macarena (Babez in da Hood) OVEREXPOSURE AWARD: Conor Lynch (Flashing the Hot Box Dolls during Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong (for being in just about everything DCU Drama have done this year) The Hot Box Dolls (for stripping during "Take Back Your Mink" – Guys & Dolls) Steve Grimes (for Babez in da Hood) Jenni Tweed (for wearing practically nothing for the Rocky Horror Picture Show) BEST UPSTAGER / OVERACTING: Andrew O Connor (Stars in their Eyes) Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong & Roibeard O Mhurcu (Merchant of Venice) John Cannon (Babez in da Hood) Conor Lynch (Guys & Dolls) Chris Vella (for being Chris Vella) BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong (The Play's the Thing) Yvette Poufong & Aileen Murray (Babez in da Hood) Niamh Maher (Babez in da Hood) Gary Furlong (Babez in da Hood) Lyndsey Fay (Guys & Dolls) Conor Lynch (Guys & Dolls) Mark McGowran (Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong & Roibeard O Mhurcu (Merchant of Venice) The entire cast of "Whose Line is it Anyway…?" BEST TECHIE: Alan Keegan John Cannon Jay Fallon Eoghan Gaffney BEST KISS: Gary Furlong & Anna Lawlor (Babez in da Hood) Johnny Kelly & Bridget Barcoe (Merchant of Venice) Eoin O Callaghan & Laura Whitmore (All My Sons) Eoin O Callaghan & Doireann O Rourke (Guys & Dolls) JENNIFER LOPEZ AWARD: Dara Gilroy (for comments he made at the ISDAs) Roibeard O Mhurcu (for crying like a b*tch at the Clubs & Socs Awards) The DCU SU Electoral Committee (for stealing our stage!) BEHIND THE SCENES: No Nominees here either! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... SET DESIGN: Jenni Tweed (Babez in da Hood, Guys & Dolls) Fiona Colhoun (All My Sons) Michelle NiFhaircheallaigh (Stars in their Eyes) Nigel the knob-end (for general Nigel-ness) BEST PARTNERSHIP: John Cannon & Jay Fallon (Babez in da Hood) Cormac Fay & Gary Furlong (Guys & Dolls) Yvette Poufong & Aileen Murray (Babez in da Hood) Ashley Dooley Martyn & Kat Farrell (Backstage) Eoin O Callaghan & Siobhan Hickey (Merchant of Venice) Gary Furlong & Roibeard O Mhurcu (Merchant of Venice) Anna Lawlor & Emma Sothern (Broadway Baby!) Barry Bracken & Paddy Owens (Merchant of Venice) Dave Grimes & Gary Furlong (The Play's the Thing) BEST FEMALE VOCAL: Doireann O Rourke & Lyndsey Fay – Marry the Man Today (Guys & Dolls) Sarah Anne Bennett – What's Up? (Stars in their Eyes) Lyndsey Fay – Adelaide's Lament (Guys & Dolls) Anna Lawlor & Niamh Maher – Respect/Shoop Song (Babez in da Hood) Doireann O Rourke – If I Were A Bell (Guys & Dolls) BEST MALE VOCAL: Eoin O Callaghan (Luck be a Lady – Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong (Anything for Love – Babez in da Hood) Gary Boylan (Wanna be like You – Babez in da Hood) Gary Furlong, Cormac Fay & Alan McHale (Fugue for Tinhorns – Guys & Dolls) The BackWoods Boys – I want it that Way (Babez in da Hood) Cast of "Whose Line" – You Raise Me Up (DCU 25th Anniversary Party) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Bridget Barcoe (Merchant of Venice) Jessica Duggan (Merchant of Venice) Niamh Maher (Babez in da Hood) Laura Whitmore (All My Sons) Liana O Cleirigh (All My Sons) Michelle Crawley (My Mother Said I Never Should) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) Dave Grimes (The Play's the Thing) Eoin O Callaghan (All My Sons) Joey Kavanagh (All My Sons) Dallan McCormick (The Breakfast Club) Steve Grimes (Merchant of Venice) Johnny Kelly (Merchant of Venice) John Cannon (Merchant of Venice) Gary Boylan (Babez in da Hood) BEST ACTRESS: Riona Flood (Merchant of Venice) Doireann O Rourke (Guys & Dolls) Lyndsey Fay (Guys & Dolls) Siobhan Hickey (All My Sons) Anna Lawlor (Babez in da Hood) Orla McGreal (My Mother Said I Never Should) BEST ACTOR: Gary Furlong (Babez in da Hood) Brendan O Rourke (Babez in da Hood) Shane Murphy (Merchant of Venice) Paul Kelly (Merchant of Venice) Eoin O Callaghan (Guys & Dolls) Steve Grimes (Guys & Dolls) Roibeard O Mhurcu (All My Sons) BEST PRODUCER: Jessica Duggan (Merchant of Venice ) John Cannon & Steve Grimes (Babez in da Hood) Fiona Colhoun (All My Sons) Conor Farrell & Laura Aspil (Guys & Dolls) Dave Grimes (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Dave Grimes, Jay Fallon & Jes O Connor (Stars in their Eyes) BEST DIRECTOR: Eoin O Callaghan & Siobhan Hickey (Merchant of Venice) Dee Jones (My Mother Said I Never Should) Fiona Colhoun (All My Sons) Roibeard O Mhurcu (The Breakfast Club) Aislinn O Loughlin (The Play's the Thing) Steve Grimes (Babez in da Hood) INAUGURAL AWARD: No Nominees here! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... GOLDEN TICKET: No Nominees here! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... See ya at the awards! -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] Wanted: Arms (lots of Arms). Also: AGM / DADAs!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

Ahoy gang, Well, as the year winds down, there remains just a few things to be taken care of... We gotta move our set from its current location (outside the equipment room), or it will be moved for us (and we can't have that!) Soooo, we need lots of strapping young men (and women - don't let a little hard work put you off!) to help move it from there into the Glass Room, about 15 feet away. It'll take about 10 mins, if we get enough people - so come along to Clubs & Socs at 1.30 TODAY. We love you longtime :) We also have to give out our DADAs! And elect the remainder of the committee for next year.... ....so we're killing two birds with one stone. Monday 24th, 7pm - Upstairs, The Slipper (aka Matt Weldons) We'll be having the AGM (part II), followed immediately by our annual DADA extravaganza! Have YOU been nominated? Come along and find out if you've won! The full list of categories and nominations will be in Monday's An Tarbh, emailed to the drama list AND posted on life.dcu.ie - so you can't miss them! Oh, and the best part about the DADAs? THREE EURO DRINKS!!!! Yet another excuse NOT to miss it! See y'all there, Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] Great Comedy, Great Cause
by Sarah K Martin 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

Hi everyone, Come on down to the Sugar Club on April 26th (next Wednesday) for a fantastic night of Comedy: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly PJ Gallagher & Maeve Higgins from Naked Camera Willa White & Eric Lalar from Des Bishop's Joy in the Hood Tickets are only 20euro including entry into the club after and it's all in aid of Focus Ireland. So buy your tickets online at www.focusireland.ie/comedy and do me a favour... SPREAD THE WORD AND BRING A GANG!! Let me know if you want me to get you a bunch of tickets so you don't have to put it on a credit card. I know some of you aren't even in the country, so sorry you'll be missing it, but sure pass on the email anyway, will ya? Thanks a million everyone. I really appreciate your support as of course does Focus Ireland. See you on the 26th, Sarah 087-2791905 087 2791905

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[Drama-alumni] DADAs & AGM pt. II - the revenge of the sh*t! (also: BICS drunkenness...)
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Ahoy Gang, As you may know, DCU Drama headed to Cork last Thursday to represent DCU in the competition for Best Society in Ireland. Unfortunately, the Gods were not smiling upon us that night, and we came away empty-handed :( Mind you, that didn't stop us from taking over the dance floor and generally going bananas around the hotel in Cork! A great night was had by all ( and more than a few hangovers suffered...) Big Ups to Style Soc, who won Best Event in Ireland for their Fashion Show, and to St Vincent de Paul who won Most Improved Society. It was a fantastic night to be a DCU student! Now, onto business... Last week's AGM was one of the more tumultuous events of the DCU Drama year! The night started at 6pm with an address by Bob and then the entire committee gave an explanation of their duties and how they felt they fared in their efforts throughout the year. Most of us were happy with our progress! Following that, there were a few constitutional changes proposed, namely the creation of the committee positions of Training Officer and Set Manager. This led to a lively and heated debate with many members offering their two cents. The upshot of all that was that the position of Training Officer was created, while the debate over Set Manager was postponed until our EGM next October. Then the moment we all were waiting for....the election of the new committee! Unfortunately, the previous debate ate up a lot of time. The elections didn't start until about 7.20pm! There were three candidates for Chair - Stephen Grimes, John Cannon and Ashley Dooley Martyn. David Grimes was also nominated, but refused the nomination, citing a heavy academic workload for his upcoming final year. After they all gave a speech, the voting started. In a close race, Steve was elected chair for next year. Well done Steve! In the Vice-Chair race, Eoin O Callaghan ran against John and Ashley (who both re-ran, having lost out on the race for chair) ...and Eoin was elected! Well done Eoin! By the time we got to the election for Vice-Chair, it was rapidly approaching 8pm. More than a few people, due to prior engagements (and the unexpected over-run of time) began to get up and leave. Before the election for the position of secretary, DCU Drama lost quorum at the AGM, and Bob adjourned the meeting. Elections performed without quorum are not valid, so there was no point in continuing. Our AGM will be rescheduled for Monday of week 12, at the DADAs awards. The AGM will take place just before the awards ceremony, starting at about 7pm. Details as to location will be sent out as soon as we have confirmed a location :) Still thinking about running? Don't miss it! Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] This Week: My Mother Said / AGM / BICS!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

Ahoy Campers! Now that our hangovers have worn off a bit (and the Best Society Cup is safely stashed under my bed), it's time to get back to business! MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD: This great play will be showing in the Venue Monday, Tuesday & Thursday nights at 8pm. Tickets are 5 euro or 4 euro for members! Don't miss it (that's an order).... DCU DRAMA AGM: Tuesday, 6pm, CG86 (the pit). Come and have your say! Vote on stuff! Elect a new committee! Do all of the above! Positions available are: Chair Vice-Chair Secretary Treasurer PRO Sponsorship Officer Tech Officer External Liaisons Officer Webmaster The current holders of these positions will be giving a brief talk on each position and what they entail at the meeting, so don't miss it! Come along and bring all of your friends (we need quorum!) BICS: Having won Best Society last Thursday, we are off to Cork to represent DCU at the Board of Irish College Societies awards this Thursday! We need your support, so come along to Cork with us! There are plenty of tickets available (although you'll have to fund your own travel & accommodation), and a hotel has already been block booked for us. The more DramaHeads we get to Cork, the better our chances of doing well! You know you want to.... I'm off to bed (early for a change), Bob, still recovering from Thursday night... -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] This Week: My Mother Said / AGM / BICS!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

Ahoy Campers! Now that our hangovers have worn off a bit (and the Best Society Cup is safely stashed under my bed), it's time to get back to business! MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD: This great play will be showing in the Venue Monday, Tuesday & Thursday nights at 8pm. Tickets are 5 euro or 4 euro for members! Don't miss it (that's an order).... DCU DRAMA AGM: Tuesday, 6pm, CG86 (the pit). Come and have your say! Vote on stuff! Elect a new committee! Do all of the above! Come along and bring all of your friends (we need quorum!) BICS: Having won Best Society last Thursday, we are off to Cork to represent DCU at the Board of Irish College Societies awards this Thursday! We need your support, so come along to Cork with us! There are plenty of tickets available (although you'll have to fund your own travel & accommodation), and a hotel has already been block booked for us. The more DramaHeads we get to Cork, the better our chances of doing well! You know you want to.... I'm off to bed (early for a change), Bob, still recovering from Thursday night... -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] Holy Crap! Best Fresher! Best Society!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

DCU Drama went bananas at the Clubs & Socs Awards last night in Clontarf Castle, winning Best Fresher (Stephen Grimes) and Best Society! Much hullabaloo followed the announcement by SPC chair Brian Smyth, as eager DramaHeads swamped the stage, hoisting the cup aloft. It's been a great year for Drama, and we have our members and alumni to thank. Without you, we are nothing. Thank You Thank You Thank You! PS: Don't forget "My Mother Said..." and our AGM next week! Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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[Drama-alumni] My Mother Said I Never Should / AGM Tues 11th, 6pm!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 05 Apr '06

05 Apr '06

Ahoy Gang, MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD: This fascinating all-female show will be on in the Venue next week at 8pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Admittance is 5 euro for non-members and a paltry 4 euro for members! It promises to be an excellent production, not to be missed :) DCU DRAMA AGM: Wanna be a part of DCU Drama's committee next year? Wanna have a say in what productions take place, and how they are done? Wanna bask in glory? Then come to the DCU Drama AGM on Tuesday 11th at 6pm, CG86 (the pit). We'll be electing a new committee, so it is vital that we get quorum at our AGM (currently about 35 members). You cannot afford to miss this opportunity! One of our members has proposed a constitutional change to DCU Drama, and I am including her proposal here as it needs to be advertised at least 3 working days before the AGM. I am also including a copy of DCU Drama's Constitution as an attachment! There are a few other constitutional changes proposed, including the creation of the position of Set Designer, which, depending on our membership, may need to be voted upon at the AGM. Here's a word from Elaine, who is proposing at least one change - see what you think! Hi Folks As you will see here from this constitution any proposed amendments being made to the constitution should be announced to the members at least three days before the meeting. That means tomorrow at the latest. I have a proposed amendment to section 4.4 I would like to add the position of Training officer to the committee. The role of the training officer would be defined in section 5 with the addition of section 5.6 The role of the training officer is to ensure that training is provided on all aspects of theatrical production throughout the year. They are also responsible for ensuring that there is a drama representative at any formal training provided to societies. I would like to give my reasons for the addition of this position from my own personal experiences on drama committee. I was treasurer for a year and I chaired the society for a year so I feel that I have a really good idea what drama needs to help it progress and grow. This year drama has put on many high profile events and it has made a lot of affiliations with other societies and groups both within and outside of DCU. I think this is fantastic for the growth of the society but I feel that the general week to week activities have been neglected and the achievements made this year are also the reasons that it has had some failings. There is nothing currently on offer for members to participate in on a week to week basis, no forum for people to make new friends, nothing for new members that join outside of clubs and socs days. Don't get me wrong, I understand that the committee has put in an awful lot of hard work this year. I know that every year the committee gets saturated with work and projects and productions and somethings are left undone and I feel that for drama to develop and progress another committee member is sorely needed. There are some positions are currently undefined. This could be made to the constitution next year perhaps but I feel that even if this were to happen in order for Drama to grow even further sub committees will have to be established and next years committee has an exciting time ahead of them. There are always more people looking to get on committee than there are positions. I feel that they should be on committee if they are willing to give the time and dedication it requires. Thank you for your time, see you all next Tuesday. Elaine See you all at the AGM! Bob :) PS we're off to see "My Mother Said..." afterwards, and then off to the Old Bar for 3 euro night! -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie "Joey, you ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? Ever hang around the gymnasium?" "Joey, do you like movies about... Gladiators?" -Capt. Clarence Oveur-

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