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

[Drama-Committee] Join me on Bebo
by Shane Murphy 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

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[Drama-Committee] ISDA Meeting Today
by Joey Kavanagh 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

Hey guys, I'm not 100% sure if I'll make the meeting on Monday (I'll do my best though) so I just wanted to give ye a quick update on the situation with ISDA: 1. A constitutional amendment was approved today whereby, if any member college misses two or more meetings in a given academic year without sending apologies, they will forefeit there *automatic* right to a spot in the festival. Further applications to participate in that year's festival will be subject to review. This new rule is effective as of the 1st January 2006. 2. This year's festival looks set to take place the week after St. Patrick's week. We need to start looking for accomodation in Cork. Any ideas, Eoin? As ordinary members, we are entitled to one slot in the festival (All My Sons? Merchant of Venice? something else?). Executive members are entitled to two (although this will be subject to review at the next meeting) and any other available slots are then allocated by lottery. 3. UCD are holding an ISDA funded weekend workshop thingy on the 24th, 25th February. It should cost about €20 per person in total and sounds pretty good. Aoife from UCD is gonna forward us on the provisional details tomorrow. There's also gonna be an official ISDA careers-in-theatre themed day, more than likely on Saturday, the 18th of Feruary (which by my calculations is slap, bang between All My Sons and Merchant of Venice). 4. A new Treasurer was elected today - balding Ed from Trinners. 5. The next meeting is being held on the 28th of January (two days before Broadway :D) in Cork and it's asked that all colleges bring along their tech people (Eoghan? Jay?) as we'll be visiting the three venues for the festival and it'll be an opportunity to suss out the building specs. Hope ye're all enjoying your weekends, Joey

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[Drama-Committee] Meeting, Monday 7pm
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

NO EXCUSES! We haven't had a meeting in a month, and need to talk about a lot of stuff before we break up for the Christmas period. I realise that we're all busy as hell, myself included, but this simply has to be done. I'm counting on all of you to make it:) Yayness etc! Bob PS Eoin: Can you book a room? PPS: Bring food/tea... this could go on for a while. -- 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] (no subject)
by Jessica Ní Chonchúbhair 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Hi, This is a *very* long mail, but please read it. It we want the event to be a success, we gotta get things rolling! Results of meeting from last night: Redbrick, DCU Drama and Music Soc are collaborating for their Xmas party this year! We have three bands. We have a Santas Grotto. We have presents to get and wrap. We have decorations to buy and place. And we have posters to put up all over DCU! Singer song writer, and Who's line is it anyway. It'll be great craic, if we're organised we can pull it off!! Every society agreed to putting 150 in for stuff [100 presents, 50 for decorations]. __________________________ So, can every society put forward 2/3 people, who can come in to town on Sunday, spend 450 euro on decorations and presents, and then spend the day wrapping presents? Myself and Michelle from Redbrick are definitely going. So if you can text me or email me between now and then to let me know who's going, that'd be great. Also, if possible, have a cheque. It's going to be an effort to make sure the money doesnt get confused, so extra care has to be taken, considering there is three societies involved! ______________________________ On Wednesday the "Babez in the Hood" panto is on in the Venue. We have to decorate *on* that day. They finish in there at 7, we start at half eight. So its a good idea to get the decorations up before their last show. We need bodies, to create the grotto as well. Their show starts at 5. IT's a big room. IF we could have people there from 1-2ish decorating, taht'd be a start! Not only do we have to decorate, but we need to clear the stage so bands can get up there. Some of the background set can stay, but most of it has to go. And that has to be done while the bands are sound checkin... That's gonna be a busy half hour! New bar has to be decorated as well... so literally as many people as you can manage to muster from your committees and societies to help out would be great! _________________________ We have a bit of hassle with whether we can get the new bar or not, as MPS are having an event there between 8-10ish. Hopefully though we'll be able to use it after them. We were talking to Sarah, so she know's our plans anyway. Planned for the new bar we have singer songwriter and Whos line is it anyway. Completely impromtu. We are going to need someone from Drama able to run "Who's line is it anyway" and someone from Music soc organising Singer/songwriter stuff. Bands. We'll need the bands to be there *for* sevenish.. You'll all only have an hour and a half to sound check. Music Soc, tell your band. Drama, let CPC know. :) ____________________ I'd like to organise a meeting for monday, we need to co-ordinate properly. And we need to decide if we are going to in on the offer MPS gave us. Explaining the whole rigmarole of why were aren't going in on this event with them is too much hassle, however, they have given us the option, if we want it to go into town with them, when the bar closes at 11.30, to The Voodoo lounge. THey have bands organised, and its a late bar. Pros and cons to this are, DCU as late bars on the tues and thurs, before and after our event, so people might not want to go to town. We'd have to book a bus to take people in, at a risk of making a loss. However, we might fill a bus between the three societies and have a great night! Decision to be made on monday. If people can get back to me and let me know what time suits them, I can book a meeting room, and some decisions can be made. _________________________ Unforuntely I couldnt get the posters up today for a few different reason, but they are designed and lubbly. Can all the PRO's or someone else form the societies get together on Monday to put posters up? This is also a priority! ______________________ So, posters, presents, decorations. Bodies to do all these things! *sigh* Sorry for the long email, *please* get back to me, and forward it to the appropriate people on your cmtes! God I hope I didnt forget anything. Thanks, Jess -- Jesjes 0851422966 PRO

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[Drama-Committee] X-mas Party
by Stephen Grimes 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Hey all, Just sending a message to say that there is no way i can help out with this X mas party, i've got way to much to do with the panto. Apologies in advance. Sorry for being a total useless fart! When is the next meeting by the way? Steve

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[Drama-Committee] Christmas Party
by Joey Kavanagh 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Sorry, I won't be around to help shopping tomorrow. I'll be available to help all day Wednesday from (2 o' clock) with the putting up of decorations and whatnot. Joey P.S. What's this about a meeting on Monday? What time is it at?

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[Drama-Committee] Everything... in all...
by Stephen Grimes 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Get a 18 wheeler truck full of tea for this son-of-a-bitch-of-an-e-mail. Warning- may cause drowsiness... it should say, DON'T MAKE ANY FUCKING PLANS! (except for panto...) Okay, this e-mail concerns cast and everybody else. I'm going to start with everybody else as i feel that they won't have the patience to read the entirety of this e-mail. (The cast are well fucking used to it...) SO... eleven topics to cover... 1.) Venue 2.) Costumes 3.) Set Design 4.) Props 5.) Sound 6.) Lighting 7.) Dance 8.) Promotion 9.) Songs 10.) Make up 11.) Rehearsals today... So lets start at the very beginning... 1.) VENUE Venue is booked for these showings and everybody who still wants to help in the panto MUST attend ALL these showings over the next few days... SUNDAY 4th- 10am to 10pm in the Venue, The Hub. ABSOLUTELY VITAL- ALL MUST ATTEND! MONDAY 5th- Show at 2pm- therefore be in Venue @ 9am (?) for set up and any last minute checks etc. 2nd Show at 7:30 therefore be in the Venue @ since last show. TUESDAY 6th- Show at 7:30 therefore be in the Venue @ 4pm. WEDNESDAY 7th- Show at 5:30 therefore be in the Venue @ 2pm. 2.) COSTUMES Costumes are going pretty well so far. Here's some costumes that need sorting (Johns in bed so I'm kinda 2nd guessing, but I'm pretty sure its fairly accurate...) ROBIN, LITTLE J, FRIAR, WILL, NURSE, SHERIFF- Costumes sorted. BLOCK, TACKLE- You need to acquire black tights and white shirts. John is purchasing the material for you tomorrow. FAIRY- Not sure what exactly John has found. Supposidly an old white dress that he plans on adding sparkles etc. TITTY, TOTTY, TUTTY, SEXUAL- Give your measurements to Anna asap. DAVE- I think you have that sorted? VILLAGERS- Old poor looking clothes and the like. GUARDS- Black everything. MOST IMPORTANT- It's a full dress rehearsal on Sunday so BRING ALL YOUR COSTUMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3.) SET DESIGN Okay, the amazing Jenny has saved us from impending doom by designing the best set i've ever seen in my life! The panels we are drawing on will be collected and delivered to the Venue for Saturday the 3rd (today) and from there she will be heading a crew of elite to draw up her designs etc. So any free to help out head on down asap! Paints and other items will be purchased/ stolen today also. Hopefully it'll be complete by sunday night. I IMPLORE EVERYBODY WHO CAN GO TO GO! PLEASE! Kathryn- I'll discuss what needs to be drawn on the A1 pad tomorrow, (sunday) thanks. Also, i suppose this qualifes as 'set design...' but could a group of people walk upstairs in the hub and... borrow a sofa for the set? It's sorta vital... 4.) PROPS Ok, Marwan the magnificant has promised to deliver to me some very valuable props- but we're still way short. What we vitally need out of the list are the following... - A large supersoaker - Something resembling bones - A fairys wand - bow and arrows (as many as possible) - A couple of Quarter Staffs - A few toy swords or other weapons - A brownie badge - A bag for holding money And some other things that aren't springing to mind right now... 5.) SOUND Hey Jay, what is the exact costs (exactly) also do you want someone (ashley) to be your mike equipper? Also don't forget to include batteries in the expenses. 4 shows 15 mikes (be safe, by more rather than less, try your contacts for a better deal!) John is gonna try have that desk in the Venue for Sunday. 6.) LIGHTING Hey John, I'll pobably see you before this but do you need anything else for the lighting? 7.) DANCE Our gorgeous and talented dance co-ordinator Riona will be present throughout the rehearsals on Sunday. She may appear friendly and nice but she harbours the soul of a vicous wilder beast. You fuck up on that dance floor and she'll moon-walk all over ya. Is there anything you need me to do oh wise and ever-demanding Riona? ;-) 8.) PROMOTION Okay, our tickets sales to this moment are zero, zilch, zippo, nil, nadda, none. So that means we're gonna have to endorse the Fuck out of this on Monday or all our hard efforts and work will be meaningless. So Im going to ask a few of you a few favours. At any time is it possible for those NOT IN THE SHOW to man the tabes outside the venue and sell tickets. The 2pm show on Monday is now a €3 special to entice a larger audience. Two hours before the show I'm going to send the cast out in costume to convince people to go to the show. I will do this every night until we get a full house! But i need those people at the desks, any volunteers? (please please please!) 9.) SONGS Shelly (and Jay actually...) I've edited those songs and they sound excellent on the computer but the moment i put them on cd they skip to fuck. Is it because i set the burn speed to low or what? Any advice? Anyway, i've got every track done and i think the cast will need a bit of preping on Sunday. Thanks Shelly. 10.) MAKE UP I've fucked up in this department and don't have anything ready? Would it be possible for the female cast to do their own make up and then for them to show the males how to do it? Yeah? No? 11.) TODAYS 1st RUN THROUGH Okay, i'm doing this scene by scene... PROLOGUE- Fairy needs practice with the sfx (although it was your first time!) Fairy: you need to make conscience movements on stage. Either decide to stand rooted on the spot throughout OR move around, but move around with some purpose in mind. It just looks like your lost on stage a bit... Marion (Anna) shouldn't be on the stage. The babes and Maid Marion need to enter in the correct order according to Fairys speech. Fairy, you may acknowledge the casts existance onstage by looking at them or waving towards them. SCENE 1- For the kids cue- WAIT TILL THE NARRATOR SAYS IT! Villagers need to be LOUDER and PROJECT more! You don't have the luxury of radio mikes so speak out! Emma Sothern- more ridiculous, prance around more and LEARN THE SONG! Emma- as a guard when he tells you to Kill yourself just walk offstage. Also the guards should both stand with the same posture or stance. Both arms folded or neither folded. Sheriff- Slow it down a tad. You rushed into it today just a little to quick. Maid Marion- if you fuck up don't go.."NAH! MWAH! KA! NAH!" Just continue with the script or the audience will instantly notice your mistake. The dance for 'Wanna be one of Robins men' was completely out of time and it needs serious work. SCENE 2- Sheriff- more cape and hand actions (walk move etc. That holds throughout the panto) The babes completely screwed up their cues today- learn your cues and your lines. Maid Marion promteded the Sheriffs line when he made a mistake. Shouldn't be done! The audience won't respect it. SCENE 3- Bigger presence on stage fairy. See above. Where were Marion, AMdi marion and the babes today? READ YOUR CUES!!!!! Tackle- scratch your head more and feel free to act super dope. The robing the hood dance is looking alot better but still needs alot more work. Little J- if you forget your line don't make any jokes about penises... EVER! the 'green stockings' (with hand action) won't work unless you do it in unison. Robin- learn the timing for those songs SCENE 4- Sheriff- Louder on the 'don't cha' joke Tackle forgot the handshake with Sheriff. The lines for this scene were awful, you all need to re-review them and give em a run through. SCENE 5- Niamh was ready for the entrance of Marion- even though she couldn't see her as she came on from behind you. You have to act like you don't see her as it makes it more belivable. Again, finish your lines, don't drift off into a trance of nothingness.... Sheriff- more cape SCENE 6- A louder OW! outta Tackle ACT TWO PROLOGUE & SCENE 1 - THe lines here were so unbelivably shit. EVERYBODY KEPT FUCKING IT UP. So go out and learn this shit. Titty interrupted Friar before he was finished his sentence, just watch out for it. Men in tights needs practice as does the cue straight after for the next song. LINES AFTER WE ARE FAMILY were completely forgotten about! DON'T DO THIS! SCENE 2 - Slow down people Needs to be funnier SCENE 3- Cues for Dave and Marion at end- nonononononono!!!!!!! More reaction from Maid when Dave arrives. JUmp up and hug him and cry louder etc... SCENE 4- Don't check the pictures, its not that comical. just draw the duck, it's briliant! Robin- enter quicker and TAKE CHARGE OF THE MERRY MEN! Learn what oreder your lines comein that scene Hero- started badly Ended well SCENE 5- Sheriff- Clap for Block and Tackle Cues for being attacked! Learn what lines go where. Tackle... 'emphisis' on "It Lasks a satisfactory choesion..." SCENE 6- Needs to be redone with cast! SCENE 7- EXCELLENT! REally happy with it! stuff to review... Okay, im off to bed as my grammer is turning shit 3:10am.... argh! Sleep tight Steve

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[Drama-Committee] In reference to my absence...
by Stephen Grimes 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Guys and doll... (can i see into the future? perhaps...) I know i've been absent from all the most recent of meetings (what with he panto and whatnot) but I've recieved soome e-mails about a wedsite or something.............. i don't know. The reason I don't know is because I haven't received any minutes! Would it be possible to get these send at the end of every meeting? I wish to keep track, but when one asks another what happened in the meeting it usually consists of "It's grand" and "neh... I'm too tired to discuss it now..." So could the minutes be passed on? Thanks Steve P.S. Semester 2 I will be present and accounting for! Apologies again. Thanks. Also-what is happening with this webite or the thingy thing?

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[Drama-Committee] Bloody Meeting.
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Right. We need to have a meeting, and soon AND we need 100% attendance for the first time this year. *prays for a miracle* So... Sunday night is no good, Panto rehearsals. Monday night is no good, Panto (and I gotta go to the launch of the DCU Strategy Plan in the Helix). I'm getting desperate here, there is much to be organised before we break up for Xmas, and I don't wanna spam the mailing list. Dave, you were talking about setting up a private forum, how is that going? Charlie, perhaps you can get in on that w/Dave? *screams and tears hair out* 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] Some little gems
by Stephen Grimes 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Funny Funny Shit!

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