Hi Committee!
Grab a cuppa and READ TO THE END.
There are a few things that have popped up this week since the meeting that we need to look into...
PAINT:
Right, as by now most of you should be aware, the SU is not happy with
the state of the floor of the Venue, after the painting of the set for
All My Sons. They've gone off and found a quote for 500 euro for
cleaning, which strikes me as just a touch too much.
Eoghan has proposed that he clean the floor on Tuesday next upon his
return from for'n parts, for a measly 20 bucks. I like this plan.
With that in mind, the first proposal that I have for the committee is
that Eoin O Callaghan (being the secretary) write to the lovely Sarah
Farrell and extend our offer to clean the Venue ourselves, at a
drastically reduced rate. Explain that we would rather clean up our own
mess than have an outside company do it and be charged.
MARIE-LOUISE:
Marie-Louise O Donnell, our erstwhile president (as some of you may
know) has left her position in the Helix and has returned to DCU to
lecture. She also has a grand vision and and a plan to put on a vocal
chorus-type show that was written by a student some years ago. The
student in question was a paraplegic and spent several years writing
this piece (his thesis) one letter at a time. It is an intriguing
proposal, and will require a chorus of about 50 and at least a year to
prepare. Marie-Louise is foaming at the mouth at the prospect of
organising this and has collared me on several occasions to wax lyrical
about this project.
I think it has the potential to be an absolutely unique production and
is the sort of thing that could catapult DCU Drama into the realms of
national exposure, which is never a bad thing...
Marie-Louise wants to get cracking on this as soon as possible. Because
of our heavy involvement with Merchant and the upcoming musical, we may
be stretched a little thin if we attempt to tackle this whale of a
project. Marie-Louise has been speaking to Elaine Bannon about the
project quite a bit, and has always had a good rapport with her. Elaine
herself has offered to drive the bus for us on this one, as she
realises that we're a bit swamped. Because of these factors, the second
proposal that I have this evening is:
That we contact Elaine and ask her (officially) to be the liaison with
Marie-Louise for this production. It is intruiging and we shouldn't let
it get past us.
DANIEL BEVAN & TAPE:
The Bevster texted me yesterday wanting to know what the story was with
getting the Helix and all manner of other stuff related to his play,
"Tape." If Dave, Eoin and Shane are available, I'd like to arrange a
meeting tomorrow at lunchtime, perhaps about 4pm (when I can give about
15 mins before running off to work). We need to sit down with Bev and
basically determine what he wants/needs and what we can realistically
give him. Budgetwise, Setwise etc. One of our missions is to produce
shows that members come to us with and this is no exception. It needs
to be made clear to Bev that no, we will not build him a Motel room in
the Space - it's pointless. The importance of sticking to a budget is
also paramount. And the cast of his show have to be DCU Drama members
AND DCU students, for insurance purposes. The show will need a
production team also.
Eoin, Dave, Shane? Available at 4pm Friday? Lemme know. Let's not let this drag on forever.
ST. MICHAEL'S HOUSE:
We loved it last year, so did they. If we're gonna do it this year, we
do it right. We need a producer and a team. Volunteers? We've got about
7 weeks.
THE MUSICAL:
...has been cast and 4 committee members are principals in the show.
Well done to all, but let's not let what happened last year happen
again this year (i.e. Drama screeching to a halt because the entire
committee were in the musical). We've got lots of other projects on the
boil, let's not forget that. Alan Kinsella is already making noises
about moving it to week 9 and this is a cataclysmically bad idea
because: we already have the Venue booked for week 8 AND week 9 clashes
with the Clubs & Socs Awards. Remember last year?
Style Soc have informed our producers that several of their models have
been cast and will be needed for fashion show rehearsals AND several
cast members are in Merchant and the ISDA-bound "All My Sons." ISDA is
the weekend before the musical opens. Great.
The producers want to call a cast meeting early next week to basically
remind the cast of their committment to the show. It's on in 5 and a
half weeks.
THAT BLOODY ROOM IN ALBERT COLLEGE AND OUR SET:
Martin Conry is officially harder to find than the soap in the bathtub.
There exists a room in Albert College for our use, but only 'til the
end of the year. We also have to move the set from its present
location. I reckon if we move the contents of the SPC equipment room to
Albert College (as the set itself will never get up the stairs over
there), we'll be able to fit the set into the SPC room. When I informed
the SPC chair of this, he was crestfallen. But I made it clear that it
was pointless trying to get the set up the narrow stairwells in Albert
College. So tough. Essentially, DCU Drama need our own room, somewhere
close to the Venue. Aaargh. We need to sort out volunteers for a big
Saturday moving job sometime soon.
NURSING PROGRAM:
Mary McGrath, head of the Nursing Faculty, contacted us over Christmas
and asked if DCU Drama could help out with their training, providing
actors who could simulate symptoms. This would put Drama in the
enviable position of contributing to the academic merit of a course in
DCU. They'll need some people around April/May and I think we should
jump at it. What say you guys?
BUI BOLG / ST. PATRICK'S DAY:
Our Wexford-based puppet friends need about 115 (yes, 115) volunteers
for paid work for the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Bui Bolg are headlining
the parade, and DCU Drama hava a chance to be part of that. Eoin is
working on the details as we speak.
I'm sure there's more, but you're probably all bored by now.
Later,
Bob
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