Hey commitee...
Here's the final announce drama -apologies for the delay - READ IT
THROUGHLY! make sure I haven't missed or forgotten anyone!
Especiallly the Special thanks section! Or if you don't like a blurb I wrote
on an event then SEND ME A NEW BLURB!
READ IT THROUGHLY!
Later
Steve
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Hey peoples!
Here commences the FINAL e-mail of DCU Drama Committee 2006/2007... (hold
back the tears) =(
Grab a cup of tea - it's a long one... =)
* Producers & Directors for next year
* Hoodies
* DADA's results
* Oh the memories!
* Special Thanks
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Producers & Directors
DCU Drama are searching for anybody who would be interested in Directing or
Producing any shows for next year. Examples include: The Musical, The Panto,
A Shakespearean piece or just about anything you'd like to see put on!!!
It's best to contact the new committee as soon as possible to let them know
your interested as ALOT of work has to put into a Drama production.
Contact committee(a)dcudrama.ie (Doesn't ALWAYS work though) and
pantocity(a)gmail.com (Pauric's e-mail address, always works) if interested in
ANY form of producing or directing. This is your chance to get involved so
make sure to contact them ASAP!
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Hoodies
There are still some hoodies available (€35) and I will be around for the
next few weeks so if you want one then call me on 085-7079768 and I'll get
one to you!
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DADAs winners 2006-2007
Hope everyone's recovered from the night of DADA's (Wipes eyes one last
time...)
Best Actor - Eoin O'Callaghan (Three Days of Rain)
Best Actress - Naomi Linehan (Adam Ryan)
Best Supporting Actor - Brendan O'Rourke (Iago)
Best Supporting Actress - Victoria Lock (King Lear)
Best Comedic Male - Mikey Robinson (The Full Monty)
Best Comedic Female - Laura Whitmore (Adam Ryan)
Best Male Vocal - Greg Fitzpatrick (Mustang Sally)
Best Female Vocal - Megan O'Riordan (It's Oh So Quiet)
Group Vocal - You Rule My World Reprise
Best Director - Pauric Carroll (Back To Neverland)
Best Producer - Susan Doyle and Alan Keegan (The Full Monty)
Best Original Script - Alan Flanagan (Adam Ryan)
Stormtroopers - Robin Cafolla, Yvonne Keane, Fiona Carty, LeeAnn Heneghan,
Declan McKeown, Shane Reilly, Dearbhla McCreesh, Ian Barrett, Ciara Buggy,
Pauraig Babington, Johanna O'Donnell, Colm McGuirk
Behind the Scenes - Roisin Cooper, Jenni Tweed, Roibeard O Mhurcu, Lisa
Muldowney, Robin Cafolla, John Cannon, Mark McGowran, Jason Fallon, Sarah
Cramer, Declan McKeown, Alan McHale, Shane Cahill
Rookie of the Year - Aisling O'Flanagan
Set Design - The Full Monty
Best Romantic/Heart-Warming Moment - Richard Ng and Jenni Tweed
Best Musical Number - Wendy's Mom
J-Lo Award - Lyndsey Fay (My Angry Vagina)
Work in Progress Award - Six Semesters
Best Costume - Back To Neverland (Celina Murphy and Roisin O'Sullivan)
Best Techie - Mark McGowran
Best Dancer - Alan McHale
Best Upstager - Roibeard O Mhurcu
Overexposure Award - The six guys in The Full Monty
Outstanding Contribution Awards - Roibeard O Mhurcu, David Grimes, Eoin
O'Callaghan, Lyndsey Fay, Roisin Cooper, Sarah Cramer, Yvette Poufong, Laura
Whitmore, Gary Boylan, Mark Watson, Louise Guyett, Fiona Colhoun, Jessica
Duggan, Dash Moodley, Jayann Maher, Molly Muldoon, Emma O'Brien, Shane
Murphy, Joe Murray, John McKeown, Aisling O'Flanagan, Mark O'Brien, Alan
Flanagan, Caroline Kelly, Eoghan Gaffney, Charlie von Metzratz, Taryn
Hickey, Conor Farrell
Best Partnership - Stephen Grimes and Joey Kavanagh
Inaugural Award - Gary Furlong
Several other unexpected awards were handed out on the night...
The Caavan Award - Pauric Carroll
The Ridiculously Talented Award - Lyndsey Fay
The Fashionably Late Award- Liana Ni Cleirigh
The Master of Improv Award - Conor Lynch
The Rock Award - Susan Bourke
The Actor Award - Eoin O'Callaghan
The Harassment Award - Susan Doyle
The Techie Monster Award - Alan Keegan
The Handyman Award - John Cannon
The Stripey Award - Joey Kavanagh
The EPIC Award - Stephen Grimes
The whole committee would like to say a massive thank you for these awards
and for the recognition of all the hard work we put into the year. You made
our night amazing, so thank you so much. I know I tried to say that on the
night, but I had that thing in my eye... kept distracting me from what I had
to say... yeah... ;)
We love you guys...
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The Time Of My Life
Well, I thought it'd be nice if we have a little recap of what we've
achieved this year... put the kettle on again there...
Bagpacks - Having been left in a spot of bother with the Drama accounts last
year, we'd like to give massive thanks to all those who helped out
bagpacking during the summer. It was long and tedious and required us to
travel the globe (Ireland being the globe in this situation) but had it not
been for the work put in by our members, there wouldn't of been a Drama
society this year. So thanks again to everybody!
Manhunt - A new initiative set up to capture eager first years into the
Drama net. 4 committee members hid on campus and clues were given as to
there where abouts. Two apologies to make on this one- Firstly- Liana was
living up to her title of Fashionable late and anyone who searched the Helix
before 2:30pm was very unlikely to find her there!!! Secondly- Apologies to
Gary Boylan who, in fact, found me first and I told him that only first
years were allowed play (which was technically a fib...) Much peace and
love..
Clubs & Socs Day - Committee and active Drama heads went out dressed in
ridiculous costumes to get people to join drama. (John held people at
sword-point...) Massive thanks to Bui Bolg for the loan of the puppets!
EGM - This should stand for EPIC General Meeting- cus thats exactly what it
was! Pauric Carroll was elected first year rep (dam that Caavan smile) and
Susan Bourke was elected External Liaison Officer. I think I speak for the
rest of the committee (and drama) when I say that these were two fantastic
additions to the committee and this year wouldn't have been as much of a
success without them.
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Not gonna lie to you... I was tipsy at the
event. Possibly the funnest event Drama host, this year with did it bigger
and better than before thanks to Shea McNelis lending us the use of three
massive cinema screens! Thanks SU!
Lovely One Act Festival Show (LOAFS) - Well, this event was going to be a
success from the title alone (which by the way, we spend the best part of an
hour trying to work out) Entered with several amazing scripts (written by
drama students) it was a massive success and hopefully will be an outlet for
future drama script writers!
Stars in Their Eyes - Some amazing performances here! Congratulations to all
the acts! The judges kept saying how hard it was to decide a winner and that
it was the best production of Stars in Their Eyes they'd seen DCU Drama do!
The night was won by none other than Greg Fitzpatrick with 'Mustang Sally.'
Bitchin...
Comedy Night - A new initiative set up this year with the help of Aislinn
O'Loughlin who opened the night with a bit of stand up comedy. This was
quickly followed by myself, Gary Furlong and Liana Ni Cleirigh performing
songs from Avenue Q. Finally the night ended with a bit of improv "Whos line
is it anyway?!" The night was a major success and hopefully it'll carry on
over the years!
One Act Wonder Festival - The shows from the LOAFS were taken to the One Act
Wonder Festival, these included "Alone", "If this is the afterlife then I
want my old job back", "Nobody famous", "Come and Go" and "An improvised
Murder Mystery with the exception of the script." Susan Bourke came back
with Best Original Script and other shows received various 'joke' awards!
Congratulations to everyone who went down and congratulations to Susan on
coordinating the event as ELO.
West Side Story - A group of 20 drama heads headed to see this production
lead by our first year rep (now chair) Pauric Carroll. (I'm going to
honorably mention Aisling O'Flanagan for making sure Pauric and the other 18
people returned home alive.)
Back to Neverland - After the success of last years pantomime, we were
determined to wow audiences with another fantastic show this year. The
result was "Back to Neverland." Massive congratulations to Pauric Carroll
and Aisling O'Flanagan for all their hard work in putting the show together.
We raised €400 for St. Vincent de Paul Society and we also provided free
entertainment to all the SVP kids (even if they were a pain in the...) All
in all, the show was amazing and one of the main highlights of semester 1.
Nightmare before Christmas - A group of 20 drama heads went to see Liana's
directorial debut of "Nightmare Before Christmas" in the Mill Theatre. The
production was amazing and the hopefully some of those child actors and
actresses will be showing up soon enough to join the ranks of DCU Drama!!!
Christmas Party - Held between Games Soc, Redbrick and ourselves in the
Slipper the Christmas party was a memorable event. I think its fair to say
everyone very much enjoyed the free mulled wine and mince pies and Santa was
there again this year (thanks Bob) with more zany gifts for Drama heads.
Broadway Baby 2 - We came... we saw... we CAME BACK!!! I think it's fair to
say that Broadway was EPIC! So many memories of this trip that I can't name
them all... I think the snowing outside the Stardust Diner describes the
magic of the trip the best. Special thanks to Joey for all his help in
organizing this trip, couldn't of done it without you.
Three Days of Rain - After the massive success of "All my Sons," Fiona
Calhoun came back to direct and star in the critically acclaimed "Three Days
of Rain." Featuring memorial performances from Fiona, Roibeard O'Mhurchu and
Eoin O'Callaghan (Winner of DADA's Best Actor) The show was produced by Joey
Kavanagh and went on to receive a nomination in the ISDA's. Congratulations
to everyone involved, it was an amazing production.
Drown Drama - DCU Drama never rests - hearing of the SU aims to raise €30000
for charity, committee members instantly sacrificed themselves for charity.
Stocks were set up in the old bar beer gardens and committee members and
active society members lined up to have wet sponges thrown at them in
exchange for money. (Genius idea there...) Special mention to Susan Bourke
as the only female volunteer to get soaked! Over €300 was raised from the
event... which is 2% of the amount actually raised!!! Personally I think
thats a massive achievement for 2 hours and congratulations to the committee
who organized this event, special thanks to everyone who volunteered
themselves to be soaked! =)
Table Quiz - We held our annual table quiz in the nuBar. For one of the
first times in Drama history- the Table Quiz actually made a profit! But
that wasn't its main function- the main thing was for some drama-heads to
get together and have a good night!
Iago - Without a doubt - one of the funniest shows put on by DCU Drama this
year. Having a ranged cast of veteran Drama heads (Brendan O'Rourke, Gary
Furlong, John Cannon, Roibeard O'Mhurchu, Catherine Carr, LyndsAy McGregor)
and introducing some fresh talent to the Drama scene, (Richard Ng, Lisa
Donoghue and Megan O'Riordan) Iago was a massive success! Special thanks to
Aislinnn O'Loughlin for providing the script and to techie Marko McGowran
for 'dropping' everything to aid the production. By the way... to all the
cast... "I'm" keeping the bunny...
Vagina Monologues - This show was amazing - who knew Vaginas had ANYTHING of
interest to say?! (Awaits the feminist uproar) Seriously though- this show
saw some amazing performances that had the audience laughing hysterically
one minute then sitting in shock the next. Also- an amazing €150 was raised
for women's aid and the Vagina Monologues is probably one of the best events
put on by DCU Drama this year...
Integrated dance and drama workshop - Professional drama instructor Ciaran
Gray came to DCU early in Semester 2 to hold a drama workshop that included
dance, acting and improvisation. It was an evening of fun and games, and the
workshop is especially memorable for its exhilarating 'Shake Your
Tailfeather' dance!
King Lear - Directed by Communications student Barry Bracken, King Lear was
this year's foray into the world of Shakespeare. Performed in the Helix and
featuring a very talented cast, the play was well received by its audiences,
who praised the director's unusual interpretation of the space in the venue
and the very innovative storm sequence in Act 3.
ISDA - This year the ISDA's were all about the fun, fun, fun, fun, fun...
and organization. The organization goes to Susan Bourke as ELO- congrats
again! This year it was held in Queen's University Belfast. Both shows sent
up by Drama were nominated for an ISDA award ("Three Days of Rain- Best
Costume & Make-up" and "Iago - Brendan O'Rourke - Best Supporting Actor")
and everyone throughly enjoyed themselves.
Full Monty - This show was epic... can't really describe it anymore than
that. Amazing performances from both cast and crew proven by the standing
ovations ever night. Massive congratulations to Alan Keegan, Susan Doyle and
Liana Ni Cleirigh for all there hard work in putting this show together. "Best
Event Winner 06/07" sums up everything that needs to be said about this
show. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. Special thanks to the tech
guys who 'accidentally' turned on the house lights in the final strip... =)
The Extraordinary Life and Unfortunate Death of Adam Ryan - Written by
upcoming SU President Alan Flanagan, produced by drama legend Marko McGowran
- Who Shot A.R.? was one of the most amazing shows drama had to offer this
year! With murder, sex, drugs, prostitution and an ejaculatory dress, this
show was spectacular. Amazing performances by all the cast - and a special
mention to Nancy...
AGM - New committee was elected - congratulations to Pauric Carrol (Chair),
Alan McHale (Vice-Chair), Susan Bourke (Sec), Jennifer Tweed (Tres), Susan
Doyle (PRO), Megan O'Riordan (ELO), Fiona Carty (Sponsorship), Alan Keegan
(Tech), Yvonne Keane (Training) and Conor Lynch (Webmaster) - and GOOD LUCK
next year! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Suck to be you! *grins*
Variety show - Filled with songs, dirty dances, stripping Conor and a
fantastic audience. The variety show was a fantastic event. Congratulations
to Susan Bourke and Pauric for producing it and to John Cannon for helping
out with the tech on the night. Also- thanks to the audience for singing
along to 'Seasons of Love.' Much appreciated...
DADA's - This night was without a doubt the best night of Drama 06/07. Thank
you to everyone for making it so special and I'm so sorry to be seeing so
many of you leave next year... so, uh, don't go... stay... here... with...
me? *cries* That aside... it was an epic night... Thanks everyone...
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Special thanks
- Music Soc for lending us their equipment
- Style Soc for allowing us to flyer the Fashion Show
- SPC for granting all that lovely money!
- All the staff of the Clubs and Socs office
- The Students Union and Shea McNelis
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So... here we are... at the end...
Don't really know what to say - well... I do...
Firstly, I'm gonna miss spamming your accounts weekly - seriously, I enjoyed
spamming you, it was FUN! *sinister smile*
Secondly, good luck to next years committee - you're going to be great - I
have 100% confidence in your abilities and I can't wait to see how it goes.
Lastly on behalf of myself and the committee... we put everything into this
year... we laughed, we fought, we cried... but not one of us regrets it.
Thank you so much for being the most amazing group of people we've ever met.
We wouldn't of worked as hard as we did, if it wasn't for the amazing people
that make up this society. (That's you!) Thank you.
It was epic,
Steve
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Stephen Grimes
AP2 Rep
DCU Drama Chair
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