November 2005 - drama-committee@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

[Drama-Committee] Fwd: Christmas party
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hi gang, I've been approached by MusicSoc who want to get into bed with us on this gig, and now MPS. As I officially have v.little to do with the organising of this party, I'm forwarding on this email from the MPS chair to y'all. Have fun! Bob ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sarah Neville <sarah.neville2(a)mail.dcu.ie> Date: Nov 28, 2005 9:48 PM Subject: Christmas party To: dramabob(a)gmail.com Hi Bob, I here that you guys are having your Christmas party the same day as us (7th December). We are having a screening for DCUtv in the new bar and then going into town to the Voodoo Lounge for a band and D.J. and an all round good time. Do you have a bar extension in DCU? If you don't and you don't have plans after the bar closes we would like to invite you all to Voodoo Lounge. I'm sure if you were coming late we could make some arrangement. What do you think? Sarah Chairperson Media Productions Society -- 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-Committee] Drama on Ice?
by Joey Kavanagh 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Seeing as it doesn't look like we're having a committee meeting this week, I thought I'd throw this idea out. I know '7up on Ice' do student nights and with group discounts it works out pretty cheap. Whatcha reckon? Joey

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[Drama-Committee] [Drama-rockyhorror] One Act Wonder Festival
by Joey Kavanagh 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Hey guys, I'm looking for a little bit of help with the One Act Wonder Festival in Pat's next week (check out the funky poster attached!). Basically I need somebody who is willing to act as an assistant stage-manager (i.e. glorified backstage person) Mon-Thursday from 7 - 10. If you never done anything like this before, that's really not a problem. It'll be great experience and you'll be working alongside fabulous people from DIT and St. Pat's as well as the inimitable Martin French. I also need 4 people who'll volunteer for front-of-house duties for *one* night. You'll basically have to sell tickets and programmes at the door and help people to their seats and you'll get to see all the plays on whatever night you're working - hurrah!! Finally, I also need people who'll commit to participating in the workshops (stage-fighting, Whose Line...& mystery workshop) next Thursday. They begin at 4 and will culminate with an on-stage performance at the end of the night before the awards ceremony and karaoke in 'The Cat & Cage'. Your participation would be really appreciated. Hope ye all have a nice weekend, Joey _______________________________________________ Drama-rockyhorror mailing list Drama-rockyhorror(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/drama-rockyhorror

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[Drama-Committee] Hoodie Details/Offers NOT SPAM!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Right gang, Very quickly... T-shirt print in the Ilac Centre have offered us 29.50/hoodie with a PRINT (one colour) on the front, sleeve and back if we order 51 or more. Camden Clothing have offered us: (if we order more than 50) Embroidered two colour DCU Drama logo on front left breast PLUS embroidered "Make a scene" on left sleeve PLUS embroidered website on back: 35.50/hoodie OR about 30.00, depending on the size of the font used on the back. Embroidered two colour DCU Drama logo on front left breast PLUS embroidered "Make a scene" on left sleeve PLUS PRINTED website/logo on back: 28.20 /hoodie Same as above, but with everything printed (and only ONE colour): 23.50 /hoodie. That's going on the basis that what we want is the DCU Drama logo (as it appears on the website) on the front, with plain text on the sleeve and the back. Check out http://www.camdenclothing.com/sweatshirts.htm and what do you think of the "Cardinal Red 11C" colour? No one has used that 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-Committee] One Act Wonder Festival
by Joey Kavanagh 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Hey everybody, Right, was at the final 'One Act Wonder' meeting today before the festival kicks off (weep). Just a few things I thought ye should know. First of all, Martin French wanted it to be known that he was not impressed by the condition of his buzzer-thingy when it was returned to him. Apparently, he had explained how it was to be used when he gave it to us but he could tell straight away from looking at it that it hadn't been used properly. Oh, and the battery was missing (Eoghan and I had a look around the store room but couldn't find it). Right so, as you all know (I hope), the festival kicks off next Monday at 7:30 in St. Pat's. Both DCU shows are on the Monday (possibly Aisling's play to close the night?) along with entries from St. Pat's and DIT. DIT, St. Pat's & Mater Dei all have shows on both the Tuesday and Wednesday nights also. Workshops begin at 4pm on the Thursday. As Shane mentioned at the meeting on Monday, there will be another bout of 'Whose Line is it Anyway?' as well as a stage-combat workshop and random another workshop with Martin as facilitator. As well as the three pieces resulting from the workshops, there will be a few other random performances (including an excerpt from All My Sons). The awards ceremony is then set to begin at 9:30 with drinks and karaoke afterwards. Now, we're gonna need a few people to help out during the course of the week. Martin has requested one person from each of the three founder colleges to act as stage-manager/stage-assistant for the week. Ideally they'd have some experience of working backstage. First name that springs to my mind is Ashley, whatcha reckon? Also, we need a representative from DCU to for 'front of house' each night. I'll e-mail the storm-troopers for this. Any suggestions for who might be interested/persuaded? We also need to nominate somebody to participate in 'Whose Line' (perhaps somebody who hasn't already taken part) and possibly somebody else to host. Now, I was also asked about getting two lights on sticks (I'm pretty sure there's a more technical way of saying that...) for the awards ceremony. Would you be able to tell me anything about this Eoghan? I told them I'd look into it but I wasn't sure if it'd be viable. Most importantly, we need big crowds to come along (especially on the Monday night). Maybe we could have an early committee meeting and all head down afterwards? I'm going to e-mail the general membership now and let them know but it'd be cool if ye could all *really* push the festival over the next few days. Righto, to bed, to bed, Joey

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[Drama-Committee] Stuff in general...
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Ahoy gang, Just a few quick thoughts… (as if my emails are EVER quick…) We don't have much to do this week, as it was originally planned to be the week that All My Sons would be on. Oh well ☹ We still have the Production Workshop on Tuesday night at 8pm. Elaine is happy to do it but isn't pushed on the Venue – I'm thinking XG14 as we'll be in there rehearsing beforehand anyhoo. I'll include it in the announce-drama email and urge all potential and actual producers to go. It's vital that they do. I've been in contact with Karen Howley from MSW and they have an event planned for week 10 and would like us to get into bed with them. It's a murder mystery quiz thingy or something, and they wanna borrow a few constumes and perhaps get Drama members to join in the fun. I said that we'll put it out there and see who's interested – after all week 10 is One Act Wonder and Socs Ball week. They asked for 4 panto tickets for a prize and I said I didn't think it would be a problem. I personally am taking this week OFF from Drama (I'll be at rehearsals and the committee meeting but that's it) as I have fallen seriously behind academically to the extent that I have yet to start projects that are due next week. I trust you guys to pick up the slack ☺ Committee meeting at 7pm Monday, same bat time same bat channel?? Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie <http://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-Committee] DCU Open day!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi gang, This mail is going out to all of you that have expressed interest in helping out at our DCU Open Day activities (and some of you we're just hoping will help out) ... The fun and games begin at 10am Sat 19th (this Sat) and continue 'til 4pm. What we'd like to do is set up a stand in the HUB, much like the one we had for Clubs & Socs day - pretty much all of the bits needed are in the equipment room, apart from a DVD player (which I'll supply) and a TV set (which we need to source). Most of our committee are not available this weekend (myself included), so Eoghan is the man to contact at atlas(a)redbrick.dcu.ie to discuss tactics and stuff. We have two costumes from our friends at Bui Bolg (the massive puppets) and we need volunteers to wear them! We need everybody else to wear random costumes and entice the poor ickle potential freshers to join DCU Drama! and stuff. Thanks for your help, Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie <http://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-Committee] Trophies
by Joey Kavanagh 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Hey, Just to let ye know that I ordered trophies today for 'Stars' and the 'One Act Wonder' festival tomorrow from that place on Marlborough Street. A trophy for first and plaques for second and third for 'Stars'. Hope that's ok? This comes to a grand total of €35. Shane, would you be able to give Jay a cheque for this amount cos he's gonna pick them up tomorrow. Also, do we need to get seperate receipts for the One Act Wonder trophies for when you're claiming back? Joey

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[Drama-Committee] Minutes, 14-11-05!! Yayness etc.
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Enjoy! Stars in their Eyes: Budget details… Reps for every show needed in writing now! One Act: Rep = Joe K Panto: Rep = Eoin O' Callaghan All My Sons= Shane Redbrick/Drama Xmas Party= Atlas Musical= Bob Merchant of Venice= Dave My Mother Said I Never Should= Charlie Tape= Joe Murray ISDA= Joe K Table Quiz= Bob Dada's= Committee Tech workshops to be cancelled for the moment: due to the possibility of new tech stuff arriving. New noticeboards? Drama will be fined for posters for Stars…being on walls! Has to be reiterated that we cannot put posters on walls or glass or windows… 300 euro prize kitty…trophy and 100 bucks for first, trophies for second and third. Set to be okay…Drama storage room to help with design. Socs Ball tickets…one left. The problem is that very few people have coughed up…has to be addressed sooner rather than later. Phonecalls? Ditto the Broadway situation. Workshops: Production workshops and set design workshops to be provided by DLI?? Possibly hosted by Elaine? Get everyone involved in production for this year to attend. Next Tuesday…Agreed by committee. One Act Wonder: Trophies: place on Marlboro Street. Karaoke machine to be borrowed for St. Pats. The Cat and Cage is the post event watering hole, Dave to look into a Miller promotion for that night. DCU purchasing the four main trophies for the night…Meeting on at Trinity on Friday…Shane to represent DRAMA at this meeting. Possible preview of All My Sons at the non-competing end of the festival. Possibilty of Whose Line…for the workshop aspect of the festival. DCU responsible for making the tickets for the One Act… Musical: Contact Baldoyle, "we're an amateur student drama society and we're putting this show on…blah blah blah. Would you mind if we put it on?" Alan Kinsella interested in Guys and Dolls, although would've preferred to do Alice. Lennox and Conor attended and proposed that Guys and Dolls should be our musical…We agreed: to certain circumstances. Directors: Alan is keen, but maybe the musical should be opened up to other suggestions…? Iain as choreographer again? Riona Flood? Musical directors: suggestions? Musical and vocal directors proposed as an idea. Dave has a lead for a musical director, to handle both vocals and music…Dave to investigate this possibility. Arts Week: Whose Line Is It Anyway? Agreed for Wednesday at 3pm, in the New Bar. Posters for every drama production taking place need to be up, A4 posters: simple yet effective. Alan's short film: Wants DRAMA to promote it via e-mail, etc. Auditions to be held on Wednesday and Thursday at 6pm in CG 05 and 06. DCU Open Day: Saturday all day. 600 quid up for grabs to be divided by a number of societies. Let's make a scene! AOB: SVP: DRAMA to help with disadvantaged children. Putting on workshops and giving the children a good time!! Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS2 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie <http://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-Committee] Stars in Their Eyes
by Joey Kavanagh 14 Nov '05

14 Nov '05

Okey dokey, ABBA have been in search of costumes and Clown Around have quoted us €55 (€110 but €55 refunded when costume returned) PER COSTUME. So, that'd be €220 altogether. We realise that this is probably way too much for one act (and we plan to haggle the price somewhat), but I was wondering approximately how much Drama would be willing to pay towards the costumes. Can somebody please let us know a.s.a.p? It's just that tomorrow's the only chance we're gonna have to sort out our costumes. If any of the other acts need costumes we might be able to do a deal with some company. Also, is there going to be a programme for the show (even just an A4 sheet with the running order on it) cos, if so, we can put the costume company's logo on that and try and get a discount of the gear. Anybody in the know, please get back to me ASAP, Joey

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