November 2004 - drama-committee@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

[Drama-committee] committee meal tonight
by Elaine 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi All It's still undecided as to wheither or not the play can go ahead tonight in the new bar but dave will be mailing us within the hour to let us know one way or another. I know its really short notice but having spoken to everyone (and ran my bill way way up) its the general consensus that tonight is the best night for everyone to have the meal. There is not one night that suits everyone and the closer to christmas and continual assessment exams we get the more likely people are going to cancel due to exam pressures and other commitments. Unfortunately Yvonne and Aoife can't make the meal but Aoife will try and get in to us before we wrap up and go home. We cant afford to cover all costs for the night so drama are covering the cost of the dinner in Luigi Malone's which is 30 Euro for a three course meal for each of us (its on their menu) but all drinks bought on the night will have to be covered by ourselves. If everyone got free drink for the night then we'd go broke! Anyone want to go halves on red wine with me??? There are nine of us going (including our SPC rep) so it should be a great night. They are expecting us all there for 9pm so does everyone want to meet at the bus stop for 8.15pm on ballymun rd? Gary...Ive told Joe that we're off to dinner tonight but if you want to try and make some of the rehersal then thats fine but we're starting without ya. (please dont go and make me look bad). It'll be nice to get a proper night out with you guys for a change, dont get me wrong, the play was fun but we couldn't really make conversation between scences (although some of you tried!!!). See ya all tonight Elaine

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[Drama-committee] Meal TONIGHT
by Claire O Neill 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

hey guys, just wondering if anyone has booked the table for tonight yet? if you have, can you mail the list so we all know, if no one replies by 3, i'll give them a call. i don't think i'll be free before then, so if someone else wants to give them a call, it'd be super! i think the phone number is on the link i sent last night. see you later Claire :)

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[Drama-committee] Meal
by Claire O'Neill 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hey guys, Elaine asked me to send this on to you. Our meal will be tomorrow *TUESDAY* November 30th at 9pm in Luigi Malones in Temple Bar. It seems that no night suits everyone, so we narrowed it down to tomorrow :) More information on the restauraunt can be found at http://www.luigimalones.com/LUIGIMALONES/l_dublin.htm See you guys tomorrow!! ~Claire 087 2942137

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[Drama-committee] t-shirt quotes
by Elaine 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

here's the quotes from MACE T-shirt printing co. Hi Elaine, Thanks for the call earlier. Here are some images of the proposed T-shirt and polo shirt Prices are as follows; § 185gm T-shirt @ 5 euro each (regular drama T-shirts) § 180gm Polo @ 9.50 euro each (CREW T-shirts are quoted printed on polo t-shirts, this will be changed as above to standard black T-shirts ) § Screen charge @ 30 euro per logo (if new artwork that's 30 Euro per batch of T-shirts.) § Delivery @ 20 euro Please note: Prices are based on a 2 colour print in 1 position Prices based on 120 T-shirts and 70 polo shirts that's a total of a whole lot of monies. Clare, can you look into getting a better deal through redbrick? I looked for 120 regular t-shirts, 30XL, 30L, 50rlg, and 10xs which I think is a fair break down (we were sooooo short of xl's last year come musical time as everyone in the crew want to buy one). Also, I asked for 20xl, 20lrg and 30 rgl crew t-shirts. The committee t-shirts aren't in there yet but he;s looking into them with embriodery instead of print as it might work out cheaper for a small batch that way.

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[Drama-committee] To Hell With The Knights
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

A brief review of the One Act Wonder show at St. Pats: After a hectic few days of casting, rehearsals, running around in general, and of course swordplay choreography lessons from the mighty Yiannis, the brave players of DCU Drama took to the stage on Wednesday night last... The competition was quite stiff, with entries from DIT and ST. Pats themselves. The other plays included a clever re-enactment of the famous restaurant scene from "Reservoir Dogs", an exploration of the lesbian dating experience and no less than two different plays featuring the Devil himself ! We were up against it, no mistake. Set design was a new and interactive experience, with the guys coming up with new ideas even as we were about to go on. It confused the hell out of our newly appointed stage manager and prop monkey, the erstwhile Gary Boylan. With just one dress rehearsal (and that one fraught with strained nerves and frantic adjustments to lighting and sound effects) under our belts, we trooped downstairs to finish designing our costumes and building our helmets. It's amazing what you can do with a wastepaper basket, tinfoil, masking tape and a bit of spray paint (in a little under ten minutes...). The moment of truth arrived. The lights dimmed. Conor fired up the camcorder, in order to document our 20 minutes of fame. And what a twenty minutes ! In our hallowed twenty minutes in the spotlight: We used 5 swords, 2 axes, 2 wastepaper basket helmets, 1 glass of water (thanks Taryn !) 3 impromtu jousting lances, 1 genuine confession box, 2 logs (don't ask), 1 rubber severed arm, 1 foam rubber penis, 1 Tony Blair mask and 1 whole sheepskin. Dave played 6 different roles. Bob played 7, 8 if you count the fact that one of the characters was scihzophrenic. We squeezed in NINE different scenes. We managed to get AC/DC and Yngwie Malsteem onto the soundtrack of a medieval show. And Bush bombing the Iraqis. The rest, as they say, is history. It was alright on the night. Nobody flubbed their lines or missed their mark, and we raised a few laughs with easily the most original and humourous play of the night. FOR THE RECORD: Yiannis Kobatsiaris: Director Writer Co-producer "The Priest" David Grimes: Co-Producer "Drunken Knight 1" "French Knight" "Jousting Knight 1" "Swordfighting Knight 3" "Bjorn the Viking" "George W Bush" Bob O Mhurcu: Co-Producer "Drunken Knight 3" "English Knight" "Jousting Knight 2" "Swordfighting Knight 2" "Confession Knight" "Ding/Dong the Schizophrenic" "Iraqi Man" Shane Murphy: "Druken Knight 2" "The Announcer" "Swordfighting Knight 1" "Clog the Prophet" "Tony Blair" Taryn Hickey: "Damsel in Distress" "Iraqi Woman" Mike O' Keeffe: "Derig the Simply Big" "Gostro the Showoff" Aislinn O' Loughlin: "Princess Brunhilda the Fair-Enough" "Gostro the Showoff" (confusing, eh ?) Mark O' Brien: "The Narrator" Anto (?): "King Bruno the Questionable" "His Holiness the Pope" That's it, I'm going to bed. Bob Roibeard "Bob" O Mhurcu, Student # 54144094 "You there ! Bring me the Wall St. Journal ! You two ! Fight to the death !" - Stewie Griffin, the world's campest megalomaniac toddler -

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[Drama-committee] stuff
by Elaine 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

hi folks was talking to Marie Louise o donnell about the helix next week and without the ticket income expected with a large show or extra funding which at this stage we're not going to get we simply cant afford it. i am talking with kev about putting "To hell with the Knights" on in the new bar this week coming, can you let me know what kind of stage you'd need if you'd need one at all. the T-shirt thing, I need a reply ASAP or I'll just have to order them with your actual committee position on them. Fundraising, if no one is willing to bag pack then we need other ideas of how to come up with extra cash other wise there will be no money to spend on little luxuries such as the committee Christmas and end of year night out. PR....still nothing done since monday?!?! we need everyone to come up with ideas on how we can be more visual on campus and we need those fliers and posters eoin. Dave, will you either call the storm troopers or get the list to me, as far as I know there is a mailing list on redbrick.

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[Drama-committee] t-shirts
by Elaine 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

hi all so we've voted on committee t-shirts, I cant get a quote for them until you all give me your chosen names. so far its looking like this.... Elaine, queen bee (not my decision) Lisa, Princess bee Aoife, forgien affairs (can be changed) Bob, Lacky Claire, Techie Gary, scrounger, beggar, pick pocket??? Dave, (where do we start...!) Eoin (queen bee is taken I'm afraid)??? Yvonne (bling-bling) ??? Brain, nerd, snarf-snarf, surfer dude, any other sugestions? What about the rest of you. I need a responce asap

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[Drama-committee] Drama Submission
by Eoghan McIlwaine 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

Mags - We are holding an event tonight in St. Pats. I'll try to get photos to you as soon as possible in the morning. Thanks, Eoghan ---------------------------------------------------------------------> Monty Python!! Ever sat down and thought deeply about what DCU really needs? An open swimming pool? A properly subsidised canteen? Well... yes, but we in the Drama Society have come up with an even better idea: A Monty Python day!!! And we're going to discuss it in XG14 on Tuesday 30th at 7pm if you'd like to share your ideas. Watch this space for more details! Need a job? Our sponsors Keelings are advertising for warehouse operatives in Ballymun: "If you can commit to work weekends, early mornings and late evenings (hours between 6.00 a.m. and 11.00 p.m.) we will give you great pay as well as subsidised canteen and free car parking." Earn up to €12.83 per hour. From 12th December to 2nd January 2005. To apply please phone Melisa on 01- 8837145 or apply online @ www.keelings.com Where's your Christmas Spirit? Anyone interested in helping us organise the fabulous DCU Drama Christmas party - whether it be decoration, entertainment or wrapping gifts, please come along on Monday at 7.30pm to the seminar room. Preferably in costume ;)

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[Drama-committee] Hey guys
by Claire O'Neill 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

hey guys, since i'm not sure if we're gonna have a committee meeting tonight, with the play and all, i have a couple of things to bring up: 1) the panto - we scored a script at the 11th hour (literally). myself and bob have copies that we can print off for people, altho the show still needs a producer (any volunteers?) 2) has anyone looked into getting the script and the rights for "sweet charity"? i don't mind doing it, but i want to make sure i'm not doubling up on anyone else :) 3) what's the story with the t-shirts? will we be getting them anytime soon? 4) can we include something in the next announce-drama mail about the monty python day? just to say that anyone interested in getting involved should contact me, just so i have an idea of what we can and can't do regarding numbers :) 5) does anyone have a problem with me booking Liam to do more lighting workshops? I've asked the people who came the first time, and they all seem to be keen to go thru more stuff, and i've had interest from other people that missed them the first time around. the second set of workshops will be taking place early semester 2, i know that Liam has booked a holiday for 2 weeks sometime next spring, so i want to make sure we can get the dates we want :) 6) anyone have any ideas when is a good time to reschedule the set design workshop? 7) finally, can i get one volunteer to help me make a list of all the stuff drama has in the storage room, and a list of all the stuff we need (so far, i have 2 padlocks on the list) see most of you later :) Claire 087 2942137

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[Drama-committee] Stones in his Pockets
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

Ahoy gang, I'm just looking to confirm numbers for the field trip on Monday night. I figure we'll meet at 6 - 6.15 at the venue and get the bus to town and on to Dun Laoighre from there. We want to be at the theatre for about 7.45. (I have no idea how long it takes to get to Dun Laoighre). As it stands, right now, ticket sales are as follows: Elaine: 2 Bob: 1 Gary: 1 Lisa: possibly 1, please confirm Eoghan: possibly 1, please confirm PS: Sorry I missed your night out on Saturday, Eoghan, I had to work... Hope you had a good time. Back to the list... Siobhan: 1 Laura Aspil: 1 Laura Whitmore: 1 Crazy Ana from Croatia: possibly 1, unconfirmed That's seven sales, with three possibles, out of 15 tix. Claire/Yvonne/Widger/Dave/Aoife, I either don't know or can't remember if you're interested in going, please let me know... If you're not I'll flog tickets to my classmates, but I'll give you guys preference. Yvonne, if you're not coming, I'll need to meet you on Monday afternoon to pick up a cheque for 229.50, 15 seats. Let me know ! the sooner the better ! Bob Roibeard "Bob" O Mhurcu, Student # 54144094 "You there ! Bring me the Wall St. Journal ! You two ! Fight to the death !" - Stewie Griffin, the world's campest megalomaniac toddler -

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