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[Drama-alumni] New invitation from DCU Musical Fame
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13 Feb '08

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[Drama-alumni] Fwd: [Drama] Something old, something new, something borrowed and something epic...
by Roibeard O Mhurcu, SPC Chair 06/07 01 May '07

01 May '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephen Grimes <stephen.grimes5(a)gmail.com> Date: May 1, 2007 4:19 PM Subject: [Drama] Something old, something new, something borrowed and something epic... To: announce-drama(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie ------------------------------Hey peoples! Here commences the FINAL e-mail of DCU Drama Committee 2006/2007... (hold back the tears) =( Grab a cup of tea - it's a long one... =) * Producers & Directors for next year * Hoodies * DADA's results * Oh the memories! * Special Thanks ---------------------------------------- Producers & Directors DCU Drama are searching for anybody who would be interested in Directing or Producing any shows for next year. Examples include: The Musical, The Panto, A Shakespearean piece or just about anything you'd like to see put on!!! It's best to contact the new committee as soon as possible to let them know your interested as ALOT of work has to put into a Drama production. Contact committee(a)dcudrama.ie (Doesn't ALWAYS work though) and pantocity(a)gmail.com (Pauric's e-mail address, always works) if interested in ANY form of producing or directing. This is your chance to get involved so make sure to contact them ASAP! ---------------------------------------- Hoodies There are still some hoodies available (€35) and I will be around for the next few weeks so if you want one then call me on 085-7079768 and I'll get one to you! ---------------------------------------- DADAs winners 2006-2007 Hope everyone's recovered from the night of DADA's (Wipes eyes one last time...) Best Actor - Eoin O'Callaghan (Three Days of Rain) Best Actress - Naomi Linehan (Adam Ryan) Best Supporting Actor - Brendan O'Rourke (Iago) Best Supporting Actress - Victoria Lock (King Lear) Best Comedic Male - Mikey Robinson (The Full Monty) Best Comedic Female - Laura Whitmore (Adam Ryan) Best Male Vocal - Greg Fitzpatrick (Mustang Sally) Best Female Vocal - Megan O'Riordan (It's Oh So Quiet) Group Vocal - You Rule My World Reprise Best Director - Pauric Carroll (Back To Neverland) Best Producer - Susan Doyle and Alan Keegan (The Full Monty) Best Original Script - Alan Flanagan (Adam Ryan) Stormtroopers - Robin Cafolla, Yvonne Keane, Fiona Carty, LeeAnn Heneghan, Declan McKeown, Shane Reilly, Dearbhla McCreesh, Ian Barrett, Ciara Buggy, Pauraig Babington, Johanna O'Donnell, Colm McGuirk Behind the Scenes - Roisin Cooper, Jenni Tweed, Roibeard O Mhurcu, Lisa Muldowney, Robin Cafolla, John Cannon, Mark McGowran, Jason Fallon, Sarah Cramer, Declan McKeown, Alan McHale, Shane Cahill Rookie of the Year - Aisling O'Flanagan Set Design - The Full Monty Best Romantic/Heart-Warming Moment - Richard Ng and Jenni Tweed Best Musical Number - Wendy's Mom J-Lo Award - Lyndsey Fay (My Angry Vagina) Work in Progress Award - Six Semesters Best Costume - Back To Neverland (Celina Murphy and Roisin O'Sullivan) Best Techie - Mark McGowran Best Dancer - Alan McHale Best Upstager - Roibeard O Mhurcu Overexposure Award - The six guys in The Full Monty Outstanding Contribution Awards - Roibeard O Mhurcu, David Grimes, Eoin O'Callaghan, Lyndsey Fay, Roisin Cooper, Sarah Cramer, Yvette Poufong, Laura Whitmore, Gary Boylan, Mark Watson, Louise Guyett, Fiona Colhoun, Jessica Duggan, Dash Moodley, Jayann Maher, Molly Muldoon, Emma O'Brien, Shane Murphy, Joe Murray, John McKeown, Aisling O'Flanagan, Mark O'Brien, Alan Flanagan, Caroline Kelly, Eoghan Gaffney, Charlie von Metzratz, Taryn Hickey, Conor Farrell Best Partnership - Stephen Grimes and Joey Kavanagh Inaugural Award - Gary Furlong Several other unexpected awards were handed out on the night... The Caavan Award - Pauric Carroll The Ridiculously Talented Award - Lyndsey Fay The Fashionably Late Award- Liana Ni Cleirigh The Master of Improv Award - Conor Lynch The Rock Award - Susan Bourke The Actor Award - Eoin O'Callaghan The Harassment Award - Susan Doyle The Techie Monster Award - Alan Keegan The Handyman Award - John Cannon The Stripey Award - Joey Kavanagh The EPIC Award - Stephen Grimes The whole committee would like to say a massive thank you for these awards and for the recognition of all the hard work we put into the year. You made our night amazing, so thank you so much. I know I tried to say that on the night, but I had that thing in my eye... kept distracting me from what I had to say... yeah... ;) We love you guys... ------------------------------------------- The Time Of My Life Well, I thought it'd be nice if we have a little recap of what we've achieved this year... put the kettle on again there... Bagpacks - Having been left in a spot of bother with the Drama accounts last year, we'd like to give massive thanks to all those who helped out bagpacking during the summer. It was long and tedious and required us to travel the globe (Ireland being the globe in this situation) but had it not been for the work put in by our members, there wouldn't of been a Drama society this year. So thanks again to everybody! Manhunt - A new initiative set up to capture eager first years into the Drama net. 4 committee members hid on campus and clues were given as to their where abouts. Two apologies to make on this one- Firstly- Liana was living up to her title of Fashionable late and anyone who searched the Helix before 2:30pm was very unlikely to find her there!!! Secondly- Apologies to Gary Boylan who, in fact, found me first and I told him that only first years were allowed play (which was technically a fib...) Much peace and love.. Clubs & Socs Day - Committee and active Drama heads went out dressed in ridiculous costumes to get people to join drama. (John held people at sword-point...) Massive thanks to Bui Bolg for the loan of the puppets! EGM - This should stand for EPIC General Meeting- cus thats exactly what it was! Pauric Carroll was elected first year rep (dam that Caavan smile) and Susan Bourke was elected External Liaison Officer. I think I speak for the rest of the committee (and drama) when I say that these were two fantastic additions to the committee and this year wouldn't have been as much of a success without them. Rocky Horror Picture Show - Not gonna lie to you... I was tipsy at the event. Possibly the funnest event Drama host, this year with did it bigger and better than before thanks to Shea McNelis lending us the use of three massive cinema screens! Thanks SU! Lovely One Act Festival Show (LOAFS) - Well, this event was going to be a success from the title alone (which by the way, we spend the best part of an hour trying to work out) Entered with several amazing scripts (written by drama students) it was a massive success and hopefully will be an outlet for future drama script writers! The awards for the LOAFS were handed out on the Comedy Night... special thanks to all the judges! Stars in Their Eyes - Some amazing performances here! Congratulations to all the acts! The judges kept saying how hard it was to decide a winner and that it was the best production of Stars in Their Eyes they'd seen DCU Drama do! The night was won by none other than Greg Fitzpatrick with 'Mustang Sally.' Bitchin... Comedy Night - A new initiative set up this year with the help of Aislinn O'Loughlin who opened the night with a bit of stand up comedy. This was quickly followed by myself, Gary Furlong and Liana Ni Cleirigh performing songs from Avenue Q. Finally the night ended with a bit of improv "Whos line is it anyway?!" The night was a major success and hopefully it'll carry on over the years! One Act Wonder Festival - The shows from the LOAFS were taken to the One Act Wonder Festival, these included "Alone", "If this is the afterlife then I want my old job back", "Nobody famous", "Come and Go" and "An improvised Murder Mystery with the exception of the script." Susan Bourke came back with Best Original Script and other shows received various 'joke' awards! Congratulations to everyone who went down and congratulations to Susan on coordinating the event as ELO. West Side Story - A group of 20 drama heads headed to see this production lead by our first year rep (now chair) Pauric Carroll. (I'm going to honorably mention Aisling O'Flanagan for making sure Pauric and the other 18 people returned home alive.) Back to Neverland - After the success of last years pantomime, we were determined to wow audiences with another fantastic show this year. The result was "Back to Neverland." Massive congratulations to Pauric Carroll and Aisling O'Flanagan for all their hard work in putting the show together. We raised €400 for St. Vincent de Paul Society and we also provided free entertainment to all the SVP kids (even if they were a pain in the...) All in all, the show was amazing and one of the main highlights of semester 1. Nightmare before Christmas - A group of 20 drama heads went to see Liana's directorial debut of "Nightmare Before Christmas" in the Mill Theatre. The production was amazing and the hopefully some of those child actors and actresses will be showing up soon enough to join the ranks of DCU Drama!!! Christmas Party - Held between Games Soc, Redbrick and ourselves in the Slipper the Christmas party was a memorable event. I think its fair to say everyone very much enjoyed the free mulled wine and mince pies and Santa was there again this year (thanks Bob) with more zany gifts for Drama heads. Broadway Baby 2 - We came... we saw... we CAME BACK!!! I think it's fair to say that Broadway was EPIC! So many memories of this trip that I can't name them all... I think the snowing outside the Stardust Diner describes the magic of the trip the best. Special thanks to Joey for all his help in organizing this trip, couldn't of done it without you. Three Days of Rain - After the massive success of "All my Sons," Fiona Colhoun came back to direct and star in the critically acclaimed "Three Days of Rain." Featuring memorable performances from Fiona, Roibeard O'Mhurchu and Eoin O'Callaghan (Winner of DADA's Best Actor) The show was produced by Joey Kavanagh and went on to receive a nomination in the ISDA's. Congratulations to everyone involved, it was an amazing production. Drown Drama - DCU Drama never rests - hearing of the SU aims to raise €30000 for charity, committee members instantly sacrificed themselves for charity. Stocks were set up in the old bar beer gardens and committee members and active society members lined up to have wet sponges thrown at them in exchange for money. (Genius idea there...) Special mention to Susan Bourke as the only female volunteer to get soaked! Over €300 was raised from the event... which is 2% of the amount actually raised!!! Personally I think thats a massive achievement for 2 hours and congratulations to the committee who organized this event, special thanks to everyone who volunteered themselves to be soaked! =) Table Quiz - We held our annual table quiz in the nuBar. For one of the first times in Drama history- the Table Quiz actually made a profit! But that wasn't its main function- the main thing was for some drama-heads to get together and have a good night! Iago - Without a doubt - one of the funniest shows put on by DCU Drama this year. Having a ranged cast of veteran Drama heads (Brendan O'Rourke, Gary Furlong, John Cannon, Roibeard O'Mhurchu, Catherine Carr, LyndsAy McGregor) and introducing some fresh talent to the Drama scene, (Richard Ng, Lisa Donoghue and Megan O'Riordan) Iago was a massive success! Special thanks to Aislinnn O'Loughlin for providing the script and to techie Marko McGowran for 'dropping' everything to aid the production. By the way... to all the cast... "I'm" keeping the bunny... Vagina Monologues - This show was amazing - who knew Vaginas had ANYTHING of interest to say?! (Awaits the feminist uproar) Seriously though- this show saw some amazing performances that had the audience laughing hysterically one minute then sitting in shock the next. Congratulations to Lyndsey Fay and Susan Doyle for producing this fantastic show. Also- an amazing €150 was raised for women's aid and the Vagina Monologues is probably one of the best events put on by DCU Drama this year... Integrated dance and drama workshop - Professional drama instructor Ciaran Gray came to DCU early in Semester 2 to hold a drama workshop that included dance, acting and improvisation. It was an evening of fun and games, and the workshop is especially memorable for its exhilarating 'Shake Your Tailfeather' dance! King Lear - Directed by Communications student Barry Bracken, King Lear was this year's foray into the world of Shakespeare. Performed in the Helix and featuring a very talented cast, the play was well received by its audiences, who praised the director's unusual interpretation of the space in the venue and the very innovative storm sequence in Act 3. ISDA - This year the ISDA's were all about the fun, fun, fun, fun, fun... and organization. The organization goes to Susan Bourke as ELO- congrats again! This year it was held in Queen's University Belfast. Both shows sent up by Drama were nominated for an ISDA award ("Three Days of Rain- Best Costume & Make-up" and "Iago - Brendan O'Rourke - Best Supporting Actor") and everyone throughly enjoyed themselves. Full Monty - This show was epic... can't really describe it anymore than that. Amazing performances from both cast and crew proven by the standing ovations ever night. Massive congratulations to Alan Keegan, Susan Doyle and Liana Ni Cleirigh for all their hard work in putting this show together. "Best Event Winner 06/07" sums up everything that needs to be said about this show. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. Special thanks to the tech guys who 'accidentally' turned on the house lights in the final strip... =) The Extraordinary Life and Unfortunate Death of Adam Ryan - Written by upcoming SU President Alan Flanagan, produced by drama legend Marko McGowran - Who Shot A.R.? was one of the most amazing shows drama had to offer this year! With murder, sex, drugs, prostitution and an ejaculatory dress, this show was spectacular. Amazing performances by all the cast - and a special mention to Nancy... AGM - New committee was elected - congratulations to Pauric Carrol (Chair), Alan McHale (Vice-Chair), Susan Bourke (Sec), Jennifer Tweed (Tres), Susan Doyle (PRO), Megan O'Riordan (ELO), Fiona Carty (Sponsorship), Alan Keegan (Tech), Yvonne Keane (Training) and Conor Lynch (Webmaster) - and GOOD LUCK next year! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Suck to be you! *grins* Variety show - Filled with songs, dirty dances, stripping Conor and a fantastic audience. The variety show was a fantastic event. Congratulations to Susan Bourke and Pauric for producing it and to John Cannon for helping out with the tech on the night. Also- thanks to the audience for singing along to 'Seasons of Love.' Much appreciated... DADA's - This night was without a doubt the best night of Drama 06/07. Thank you to everyone for making it so special and I'm so sorry to be seeing so many of you leave next year... so, uh, don't go... stay... here... with... me? *cries* That aside... it was an epic night... Thanks everyone... ------------------------------------ Special thanks - Music Soc for lending us their equipment - Style Soc for allowing us to flyer the Fashion Show - SPC for granting all that lovely money! - All the staff of the Clubs and Socs office - The Students Union and Shea McNelis - Bob for the drama video!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw83hrOfV_A - Jason Fallon for all his tech assistance! - Thanks (and apologies) to anyone we've forgotten!!! ------------------------------------ So... here we are... at the end... Don't really know what to say - well... I do... Firstly, I'm gonna miss spamming your accounts weekly - seriously, I enjoyed spamming you, it was FUN! *sinister smile* Secondly, good luck to next years committee - you're going to be great - I have 100% confidence in your abilities and I can't wait to see how it goes. Lastly on behalf of myself and the committee... we put everything into this year... we laughed, we fought, we cried... but not one of us regrets it. Thank you so much for being the most amazing group of people we've ever met. We wouldn't of worked as hard as we did, if it wasn't for the amazing people that make up this society. (That's you!) Thank you. It was epic, Steve -- Stephen Grimes AP2 Rep DCU Drama Chair 085 7079768 55456550 _______________________________________________ Announce-Drama mailing list Announce-Drama(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/announce-drama -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS3 Class Rep. (2006/07) SPC Chair (2006/07) BICS Board Member (2006/07) HUB Management Ctte (2006/07) Office of Student Life (2006/07) Jedi Council (A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far Away...) http://dramabob/bebo.com http://student.dcu.ie/~omhurcr2 http://life.dcu.ie/societies

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27 Mar '07

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RE: [Drama-alumni] reconnecting
by Sandra 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

Hey all! :) I am living in Essex - running a music department at a secondary school. It's very exciting fast paced and hectic work - with concerts performances and competitions at least once a month. Looks like I will be taking over the whole expressive arts faculty within the next 6 months which means Im running music, drama and art which is going to be even more hectic. I bought a house about 3 months ago and it's all very scary, Im just following in Dereks footsteps - he was just trying the whole buying a house thing out first just to let me know you see hehe. Anyone who wants to come visit is more than welcome! :) Sandra > >Even after we have left DCU the drama soc are still causing people headaches >:-) > > > >Hope everyone is well! > > > > _____ > >>From: drama-alumni-bounces(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie >[mailto:drama-alumni-bounces@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie] On Behalf Of Cliona >Casserly >Sent: 25 January 2007 13:01 >To: Lyndsay McGregor >Cc: cat turley; Andrew Moran; Ciara Gogarty; padraig.kilbride2(a)mail.dcu.ie; >Neil Hardy; Louise Foxe; Anne Lavelle; Elaine Bannon; Anthony - Yahoo; >Williams,Derek; Drama-alumni(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie; >aideen.gallagher3(a)mail.dcu.ie; Christian O Carroll; Eoin; Damien McLoughlin; >fergus.maloney(a)gmail.com; Jenny O'Brien; Laura Ryder >Subject: Re: [Drama-alumni] reconnecting > > > >To stop all the Why am I on this list emails that are clogging up everyones >mailboxes. > > > >It seems to be coming from the drama alumni list, chances are you were part >of drama in DCU at some stage. > > > >If you do not wish to be, please unsubscribe following the link below. > > > >http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/drama-alumni ><http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/drama-alumni> > > >Hi to everyone :) > > > >On 1/25/07, Lyndsay McGregor <lyndsaymcgregor(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >...why am I on this list?! > >On 1/25/07, Kevin Delaney <kevmagic(a)gmail.com > wrote: > >Hey guys, > >Now i know I'm the absolute worst person in the world for keeping contact >but I was just thinking how for a good while we did manage to keep a bit of >an email chat type thing going. >Nothing exciting but I do remember many a Friday drinking session coming out >of it > >Being so far away it's easy for me to forget to keep in contact and all that >stuff and over the past few weeks i've been a bit worried that you end up >drifting apart and not keeping in touch with people. > >So anyway i'm being a bit proactive. I've pulled as many email addresses out >of my contact list as I can find, some are probably old and out of date but >we can work on it. >Hit reply all, say hello and let us all know what you're up to. > >For my part in case you didn't know. >I'm living in New Zealand at the moment, promoting student events and >lifestyle in a small city that has 30000 students. >I run some events, edit a website, support students to do stuff and do lots >of other weird things but nothing too exciting. >Me and eimear have been here for over a year. Eimear works in Massey >University working on Clubs and Socs development. she's basically the SPC, >SCC and Ian Russell all rolled into one for those who know what i'm talking >about. > >We're not staying here forever, we're trying to figure out what to do next >so if you are looking for a free bed in nz you better book your flights >quick. > >I can't think of anything else. Just wanted to say hello. > >btw i don't think fergus's email is correct and i've know i've forgotten >some people so add them if you like > >Kev > > > >-- >Kevin Delaney > >Work: 0064 6 350 1832 >Home: 0064 6 355 1830 >Mobile: 0064 27 455 9600 (New Zealand) >Mobile: 00353 86 6010434 (Ireland) > > > >_______________________________________________ >Drama-alumni mailing list >Drama-alumni(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie >http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/drama-alumni ><http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/drama-alumni> > > > > > > >-- >God sent me to piss the world off > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Drama-alumni mailing list >Drama-alumni(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie >http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/drama-alumni > > > > > http://www.iol.ie

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[Drama-alumni] reconnecting
by Kevin Delaney 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Hey guys, Now i know I'm the absolute worst person in the world for keeping contact but I was just thinking how for a good while we did manage to keep a bit of an email chat type thing going. Nothing exciting but I do remember many a Friday drinking session coming out of it Being so far away it's easy for me to forget to keep in contact and all that stuff and over the past few weeks i've been a bit worried that you end up drifting apart and not keeping in touch with people. So anyway i'm being a bit proactive. I've pulled as many email addresses out of my contact list as I can find, some are probably old and out of date but we can work on it. Hit reply all, say hello and let us all know what you're up to. For my part in case you didn't know. I'm living in New Zealand at the moment, promoting student events and lifestyle in a small city that has 30000 students. I run some events, edit a website, support students to do stuff and do lots of other weird things but nothing too exciting. Me and eimear have been here for over a year. Eimear works in Massey University working on Clubs and Socs development. she's basically the SPC, SCC and Ian Russell all rolled into one for those who know what i'm talking about. We're not staying here forever, we're trying to figure out what to do next so if you are looking for a free bed in nz you better book your flights quick. I can't think of anything else. Just wanted to say hello. btw i don't think fergus's email is correct and i've know i've forgotten some people so add them if you like Kev -- Kevin Delaney Work: 0064 6 350 1832 Home: 0064 6 355 1830 Mobile: 0064 27 455 9600 (New Zealand) Mobile: 00353 86 6010434 (Ireland)

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[Drama-alumni] Unsubscribing...
by DCU Drama Treasurer 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Hey guys, It seems that quite a few people were added to this list in error back in September. Should you wish to unsubscribe, please click on this link: http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/drama-alumni Scroll down and you should see the following: " To unsubscribe from Drama-alumni, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options enter your subscription email address:" Stick in your e-mail and, hey presto, no more alumni e-mails. Oh, and the opportunist in me would like to notify all alumni of DCU Drama's upcoming production of Richard Greenberg's acclaimed play, 'Three Days of Rain'. It's running in The Helix from the 5th to the 8th of February and details can be found here: http://www.thehelix.ie/2007_season1/three_days_of_rain.htm Later all, Joey -- msn: joeykavanagh(a)gmail.com ph: 085 7322 505

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[Drama-alumni] Actor Urgently Required!!
by Sarah K Martin 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

La Touche Players present "Cause Célebre" by Terence Rattigan in Bank of Ireland Arts Centre 18-22 July. One of the leads has had to pull out and needs to urgently be replaced - like today or tomorrow! A male that could pass for 17 is needed immediately. Please call Noel McCarthy (director) on 087-2213105 and mention that I gave you the number. Or if you want more info, give me a call on 087-2791905. Thanks for listening, *sarah* 087 2791905

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[Drama-alumni] Guys & Dolls DVD Goodness!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hi all, Due to much demand we now have (limited) copies of this years wonderful musical Guys & Dolls on DVD . The DVD costs a mere 7euro and comes nicely packaged in a DVD case with inlay. The DVD has been made to a very high standard and includes scene selections and credits. So if anybody would like a copy please send an email with the subject: Guys & Dolls DVD to cormac.fay(a)gmail.com <http://cormac%2Efay@gmail.com/>, and included your name and a contact number and we'll organise a DVD for you. Don't miss out! Yayness! 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] Buy a DCU Drama Keyring! Go On!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 01 May '06

01 May '06

Yup, this email does exactly what it says on the tin. Granny Drama, Elaine Bannon, will be selling the hugely groovy and very much sought-after DCU Drama keyrings in the Clubs & Socs Office tomorrow (Tuesday) from 12 noon! They're a bargain basement 3 euro apiece, and ALL the cool kids want one. So get to Clubs & Socs tomorrow to snag one! 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] 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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