February 2006 - drama-committee@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

[Drama-Committee] This Week: Clubs & Socs Day 2 & more...
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Ahoy all you intrepid DramaHeads! ALL MY SONS: ...was performed on three nights last week to great critical acclaim in the Venue. Fantastic performances were turned in by the entire cast, and the audience loved it. Given that Arthur Miller plays tend not to be the happiest, it was a testament to the talent of the cast and the vision of director Fiona Colhoun that the show was so well received... Loads of stuff going on this week... MUSICAL CALLBACKS: First off, well done to all those who came over to the auditions for this year's musical, "Guys and Dolls." The turnout was massive! Unfortunately, not all of those who tried out were successful in getting a callback. We would love to put all of you in the show, but that would necessitate a stage the size of Texas. Those of you who got a callback have already been informed via email. Those of you that did not, I'm sorry :( Callbacks will be held on Wednesday (15th) evening at 6.00pm in XG14. Good luck! THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: Ha! Just when you thought that you were safe from another DCU Drama production, we come out with a little Shakespeare! The Merchant of Venice will run during week 3 from Monday 20th - Thursday 23rd at 7.00pm in the Space, the Helix, with matinees at 2pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tickets are a bargain bin price of 5 euro for DCU Drama members and 7 euro for anybody else. After the runaway success of our production of Macbeth last year, "Merchant" promises to continue DCU Drama's budding infatuation with the great Bard of Avon. Don't miss it! Watch out for our ticket stand in the HUB this week! Speaking of ticket stands, we need volunteers to man the aforementioned ticket stands, and to help out with promotional duties during next week. Contact me at chair(a)dcudrama.ie or our directors and producer at sec(a)dcudrama.ie, hickeys6(a)mail.dcu.ie <selina.hickey6(a)mail.dcu.ie> and dugganj5(a)mail.dcu.ie <jessica.duggan5(a)mail.dcu.ie> to lend your expertise! CLUBS AND SOCS DAY II: THE REVENGE! Yup, that's right. As if you didn't have enough back in October, with Clubs and Socs Day, it's back! We'll be setting up our recruitment stand in the Venue on WEDNESDAY 15th and need a selection of rabid volunteers to come and help sign up the last few students in DCU who haven't already joined Drama. Drop me a line at chair(a)dcudrama.ie to lend a hand... WORKSHOPS: Bob will be holding an informal VOCAL PROJECTION AND DICTION workshop in the Space, the Helix at 1pm on Sunday the 19th. While this is primarily for the cast members of The Merchant of Venice, all who are interested are welcome to attend. Cost: FREE. This workshop will be invaluable to any budding actor - projection and diction are the two most important attributes you can have. You can know your lines backwards and have great presence and movement, but if no-one can hear you / understand what you're saying, you're outta luck. Another similar and larger workshop will be held in week 6 by our friends from the Gaiety School of Acting, prior to the Musical. Watch this space... We will also be holding a MAKEUP workshop in the next few weeks, again prior to the musical. One of our members, Liana, has kindly agreed to offer a quick course in stage makeup for anyone that is interested. Once more, watch this space! RedBrick Tech Week is coming, and because DCU Drama love getting into bed with RedBrick, we will be jointly offering LIGHTING and SOUND workshops for any budding techies out there. Come along and see how the magic works! Details soon. Enough! Have a great Rag Week folks! 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] Fwd: ISDA
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: UCC Dramat <dramat.ucc(a)gmail.com> Date: Feb 8, 2006 2:45 PM Subject: ISDA To: Janelle Eagleton Limerick <0438456(a)student.ul.ie>, UCD < isda(a)ucddramsoc.com>, Billy DIT <ditdrama(a)gmail.com>, isdasecretary(a)gmail.com, Ed TCD <tech(a)duplayers.com>, Lara Hickey TCD < treasurer(a)duplayers.com>, dramsoc_nuig(a)yahoo.ie, Paul O'Reagan Mary I < paul4oregan(a)yahoo.co.uk>, Bryan Tallaght <lennylen(a)gmail.com>, Bob DCU < dramabob(a)gmail.com>, Eoin O'Callaghan DCU <sec(a)dcudrama.ie>, Netanya DBS < netanyar(a)hotmail.com>, Joey Kavanagh DCU <elo(a)dcudrama.ie>, Joe Murrey DCU < pro(a)dcudrama.ie>, Diane Jennings DBS <dbsdramafilmsoc(a)yahoo.co.uk>, Denis Queens <dhunt02(a)qub.ac.uk>, St Pats <spddramasoc(a)yahoo.co.uk>, Rob UGC < robmcfeely(a)gmail.com> Hello all, We seem to have forgotten something along the way and that is the fact that (according to our own secretary anyway) a minimum of 21 days is required for rights to be accquired for most plays. this means that by my calculations we have to change the final submission date of all plays to the end of this month, to be safe i'm going to say the 23rd, to give enough time to the all societies to get the rights for any play that needs them. admittedly there is alwways a reasonable amount of original writing but these will also have to be submitted by then too so we can allocate slots fairly. For DIT's situation which is that you won't know on this date which plays you will be submitting, we'll need to know how many slots you'd hope to have anyway, this is the only exception that we're giving though. i hope this change of 5 days doesn't trouble any of you to much and i'm sorry for taking so long to realise this basic problem. Dara, Also, feel free to check out our website which is slowly but surely coming together. -- 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] Updated Hoodie excel sheet
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

36 hoodies given out, 2 paid for. Hmmm, we should probably work on that statistic 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] Broadway Baby!
by Roibeard O Mhurcu 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hi All, Just a quick note to say that we are all having a ball here in New York! (please try not to be jealous)... if we could, we'd have brought EVERY member of DCU Drama with us, although we might not have all fitted on the same plane :( There'll be loads of photos on the website soon and we'll tell y'all how we got on! COMING IN WEEK 1: ALL MY SONS: The Venue, the HUB, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Arthur Miller's tour-de-force, set in 1940's America - a fantastic show, not to be missed! MUSICAL AUDITIONS: Guys & Dolls! - *Tuesday 7th Feb XG14 & XG15 from 6.00pm-8.30pm* - *Wednesday 8th Feb CG02 & CG03 from 3.00pm-7.00pm* * * All the audition information is available at http://dcudrama.ie/musical2006/and on the forum boards at life.dcu.ie Can't wait to see you all there!!! More news as I get it, 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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