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

[Drama-Committee] Meeting Tonight!!
by Eoin O' Callaghan 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Hi All, A Drama meeting is being held tonight in Meeting Room 2 in Clubs 'n' Socs from 7:30 onward. Sorry for short notice but had to wait to clarify a room and time, etc. Apologies to Atlas particularly!! Hope to see you all there in great form!! See you later. [eoc] "I'm a friend first, boss second...probably entertainer third." (David Brent) "Yeah. I think the Irish are going through a major image change. I mean, the old image of Leprechauns, shamrock, Guinness, horses running through council estates, toothless simpletons, people with eyebrows on their cheeks, badly tarmacced drives ? in this country, men in platform shoes being arrested for bombings, lots of rocks, and Beamish. I think people are saying ?yes, there?s more to Ireland than this?. A good slogan for the tourist board ? [adopts bad Irish accent] ?Dere?s more to Oireland dan dis.? Alan Partridge, the world's biggest E.L.O. fan.

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[Drama-Committee] Karaoke
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hi Gang, The old bar is free on wednesday next (2-5pm) for Karaoke, so I have booked it for drama! Yayness etc. The personable Shea tells me that there will be a "Pimps & Hos" night that night in the bar, so if Drama wanted to dress up for the karaoke and encourage others to do the same, that would make a lot of people happy. ...and we were all just dying for an excuse to dress up anyway...:) We are booked in (I watched him write it down) so let's get cracking!! Ideas, costumes, posters etc!! Bob. -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS1 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] Getting Attention anybody?
by Joe Kavanagh 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hey, Just wondering if anyone fancies going to see Martin French's play tonight (Friday) in Trinners? I think he'd really appreciate it if we gave him some support. He reckons we might have to book tickets in advance so could anyone interested just send me a quick mail pretty please. Joe

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[Drama-Committee] xg 14
by Shane Murphy 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Just a quick mail to let ya know that we have xg14 from 12-8 tomorrow

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[Drama-Committee] Tomorrow!!
by Joseph Murray 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

Hey all - we did what we could today - we have all the leaflets ready and about 40% of the bags done - we can go in from 12 tomorrow and finish them and if anyone's available we really need help with this!! Dave will be there and I was planning on being there but got a call (finally) for a job interview at 11am tomorrow - i'll get back soon as possible, but it was Dave who did that 40% so far, so I don't think it's fair for him to do the rest - definitely not on his own!! As i said, i'll do my best to get there but i haven't a clue when i'll be finished, so can everyone PLEASE try to be there if at all possible - and bring anyone you can - the more people we have doing this, the faster it will go!! Thanks guys!! Joe.

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[Drama-Committee] Help?!!
by Joseph Murray 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

One and all - if anyone's around (or nearby or whatever) dcu NOW, we're putting leaflets in bags and would much appreciate the help!! Thanks, Joe!!

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[Drama-Committee] Membership cards
by Joseph Kavanagh 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hey guys, Well, I eventually managed to get back in touch with Aoife from 'Spirit'. She said that they've no problem with giving our members free entry to the club but we'll have to include the 'Spirit' logo on our membership cards for this year (and it has to be bigger than the logo for any other night-club). She also said that she'd sort us out with some VIP passes whenever we need them (for prizes etc.) So, I'm gonna get in touch with Elaine and ask her what the story is with the membership cards (where we get them done, can we get a copy of last year's design) and hopefully one of you technically-minded guys will know how to incorporate the 'Spirit' logo. Also, I was thinking that maybe we could each e-mail a paragraph about ourselves to Charlie and get it up on the web-site cos the first years all have their Clubs & Socs handbooks last year and are probably checking out the site (cos I know I did last year.) Just an idea… Hope you're well, Joe

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[Drama-Committee] Orientation Week (again)
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Ahoy troopers, The end is night and I am counting down my last few days at work over here! Yayness! (nessnessnessness). There is much to do for orientation week to lure the unsuspecting ickle first years into our fold though. A few ideas that I had: Charlie, first off, great work sorting out those email addresses. Now we need to have them advertised on the website! And we need to update the website (still showing stuff about the DADAs). My thought is to have it ready BEFORE orientation week - have the opening page with a sort of "Hi and welcome back to another year of fun filled madness in DCU Drama! Or if you're new, then you're in for a treat!" or words to that effect. Talk about the great times that we had last year, links to photos of said great times, and promise more of the same for this year. Get together with Joe M (thanks Joe) and come up with a quality line of bullshit. Include a schedule of upcoming events on the opening page for orientation week, and constant updates thereafter... We need this done SOON, if we are gonna put the website on our flyer for the orientation packs, it'd want to be worth looking at! Speaking of those flyers, what do we have planned for them? I'm thinking a brief overview of the past triumphs we've had (best society in Ireland etc) along with snippets of the fun and games had by all last year. Emphasise the FUN aspect of DCU Drama, how it makes meeting new people easier bla bla bla. Say that acting is NOT necessary (for the stage shy) and we run many tech related workshops for those willing to help out etc. Include a schedule of upcoming events, like what we have planned for fresher's week and encourage suggestions. Make it eye catching too, as we all know how how much of the contents of those packs that the kids just throw away. Have we got volunteers to stuff the fresher's packs? That should be happening soon. It's all very well chatting about doing this stuff, but time is running out, and we need bodies! Orientation week speeches: when/where/who/what? That should sum up all that I need to know. I will be able to help out by thursday, but need to know what we have proposed to say, as I haven't done this sort of thing before (and we are NOT ad-libbing it). Posters! We need the campus destroyed with posters for the next 5 weeks. DCU Drama wants YOU! etc. Stickers! The trophy shop on Marlborough Street will make stickers for us at a great discount, but we gotta get the design to them. Elaine and I spoke to this guy last year and he is more than willing to help. We need those stickers for the orientation packs, the kids will put them up everywhere, and it's free advertising! Paper-clip them to the flyer, so that they don't get lost at the bottom of the bag. I hear that we wanna get the esteemed Martin French in on Friday for a session of drama games and madness. Excellent, I trust Dave is working on that one. We need to get a hold of Martin soon, before he gets wrapped up in St.Pat's type stuff. If he can't do it on Friday, see if we can organise another day OR see if we can get Alan Kinsella. Karaoke night! I hear that the SU has booked both bars for two weeks solid. Not good enough. If memory serves, the Drama karaoke last year went on BEFORE the music started, at about 5.30. This is still doable. They can't have bands in there all day. Don't give up so easily. There's a new events co-ordinator type person in the union, Shea something-or-other. Dave, I know how you love to lock horns with the union, please see what you can do about this. If we can get it organised (and even 4 or 5 in the afternoon, thursday, wouldn't be too bad - let's face it, the fresher's are going to spend the week in the bar anyway), we then need to sort out PRIZES! Shelly, where are ya?? Right, it's 9am, I gotta go to work. Guys, thanks for driving the bus all summer, now let's put it in fifith and get out on the fucking highway. Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS1 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] Meeting Monday
by David Grimes 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hey Folks! Meeting this Monday, 5pm to discuss musical related stuff. There will be a presentation too, and we'll go over designs for our fresher flyers! It was also come to my attention that the Fresher Karoke will have to be cancelled as the SU have booked out the Bars solid for the first two weeks and will fill them with events, so we're kinda screwed on that front. All to be discussed Monday, Clubs and Socs, with a bonus presentation from the erstwhile Conor Farrell and Laura Aspil! See you there, Dave ~Non Curo Hombre.. Si Mentrum non habet, non est Poema!~

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[Drama-Committee] cinema
by Conor 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

Well hey. Anyone wanna go to to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tomorrow night after the meeting (assuming it's over by then)?? I haven't seen it yet like. The latest I can see is Coolock at 7.30. Either that or we voyage out to Tallaght for a show at 8.10. What do ye think? -- Conor I'm a corporate executive, I keep things from happening.

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