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
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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@dcudrama.ie (Doesn't ALWAYS work though) and
pantocity@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!
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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!
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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...
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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...
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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!!!
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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