DCU DRAMA COMMITTEE MEETING
Agenda: Monday, September 17th, 2007
Plans for Orientation Week:
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11am to 4pm: set up stand in Hub
- the stand is just the table with flyers, sweets and the banner (if we can find a key to the store room)
- Fiona and Megan to buy sweets for the stand
- everyone wear their hoodies
- advertise Broadway at the stand: maybe put up a poster board with Broadway Baby and pictures on it
- maybe play music at the stand, but keep the videos till Clubs and Socs Day
- Yvonne to bring her scrapbook
- rota for the stand: Tuesday, 11am to 1pm: Conor, Megan and Fiona
1pm to 3pm : Alan, Pauric and Brendan
3pm to 4pm : Yvonne, Susan and Pauric
Wednesday, 11am to 1pm : Fiona, Yvonne and Conor
1pm to 3pm : Susan D? Marko?
3pm to 4pm : Marie Claire? Dallan?
Thursday, 11am to 1pm : Pauric, Susan and Conor
1pm to 3pm : Alan, Yvonne and Fiona
3pm to 4pm : Pauric and mystery guest!
- Tuesday, 4pm to 5pm: workshop
- Wednesday, 4pm to 5pm: workshop
- Conor to make posters for the workshops
- the workshops can't be done in the Venue because there are builders there
- we'll just meet at the Venue and then bring them somewhere else
- give drama badges to the people who go to the workshops
- everyone to flyer Larkfield tonight
- Manhunt on Thursday
- Conor to organise the sheets to be handed out
- start it at 2pm
- who's hiding: Pauric, Conor, Susan
- prizes: make the prize a Broadway ticket?
- no, just a bottle of wine and a drama badge
- debate about the free Broadway ticket
- pros: eye-catching idea, anyone who wants to go will buy a ticket
- cons: we may make a loss
- charge €5 per raffle ticket
- vote: 5 in favour, 1 against, 2 abstentions
- decided: we're offering a free place for Broadway, telling the students that flights, accommodation and tickets are all included
Finalised calendar:
- Pauric got told off by Shea about the Venue
- we're not allowed to make our sets in there anymore
- let's be nice to Shea
- Semester One
- Week 1: karaoke might not happen because the SU is doing it this week
- we'll see how it goes this week and maybe do it next Wednesday if it goes well
- just straight karaoke, no theme
- Pauric to ask Shea about availability of the NuBar
- Week 5: Rocky Horror on Tuesday 23rd, Halloween Ball on Wednesday 24th
- Week 8: Pauric to try to get the LOAFS for Thursday in the Old Bar
- Yvonne to try and get Play in a Day for Monday 12th instead of Tuesday 13th
- the Old Bar is open to society events, like the Venue
- Week 9: Comedy Week
- Week 10: Arts Week, Stars on Tuesday in the Venue
- Pauric to try to get comedy night for Thursday in the Old Bar
- is Week 10 usually the One Act Wonder Festival?
- Susan to email One Act Wonder people to find out what the story is with the festival this year
- Week 11: panto on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Pauric to double check that we have the Venue on the Monday too
- book the Slipper for the Christmas party on Thursday of Week 11
- or maybe do it in Week 12?
- need to talk to Games and RedBrick first
- Semester Two
- Week 0: Broadway Baby!
- Week 2: table quiz in the Old Bar on the Wednesday
- Pauric to double check the date of the table quiz
- Week 4: Romeo and Juliet and Vagina Monologues in the Helix
- we're pencilled in, but can only book officially three months in advance
- Scrubs the musical in Week 5 possibly: how would we get backing tracks?
- Week 11: Wednesday and Thursday for the Variety Show (Wednesday for tech)
- Week 12: DADAs on the Monday
Broadway:
- $5,226 is the cost of accommodation in the hostel
- Pauric and Jenni to try and meet up with Joey on Sunday at 6pm
Chair's address to committee:
- Drama needs to gain a better reputation, let's get rid of the idea of 'cliques'
- should get involved with more societies (maybe Style Soc could do costumes for shows…)
- punctuality and going to all the shows are important
- people need to tell others if they're stressed out
- we're gonna have a fantastic year! :)
AOB:
- nope!
Next meeting: 7:30pm , Monday, September 24th, 2007