Ahoy campers! It gives me great pleasure to put you all out of your misery and announce the list of nominees and categories for this year's DCU Annual Drama Awards (DADAs) !! It's been a phenomenal year for DCU Drama, and I can tell you, it wasn't easy selecting winners from this pool of severely talented people! The glorious ceremony will take place in Matt Weldon's (aka The Slipper), across the road from the Ballymun Road entrance, upstairs, Monday 24th April (tonight) at 7pm SHARP. The DADAs will follow directly after the DCU Drama AGM, pt II! We still have to finish electing a committee, so get over to the Slipper at 7pm to cast your vote! The sooner the AGM is over, the sooner we can start the awards! Oh, and the best part of all? THREE EURO DRINKS! YES THAT'S RIGHT, THREE EURO DRINKS! See y'all at the Slipper, THE 2005 – 2006 DCU Drama DADAs …and the nominees are… STORMTROOPERS: No Nominees here! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Gary Furlong Conor Lynch Steve Grimes John Cannon Jay Fallon Doireann O Rourke Alan Keegan Kat Farrell Susan Doyle Ashley Dooley Martyn BEST COSTUME: Niamh Maher (Stars in their Eyes) ABBA (Stars in their Eyes) The Spice Girls (Stars in their Eyes) Charlie Von Metzradt (Rocky Horror) Joey Kavanagh (Rocky Horror) Shane Murphy (Rocky Horror) Roibeard O Mhurcu (Rocky Horror) The Merry Men (Babez in da Hood) Kat Farrell (Babez in da Hood) Mark O Brien (The Play's the Thing) BEST DANCER: Jayann Maher (Babez in da Hood) Jayann Maher (Guys & Dolls) Havana Dancers (Guys & Dolls) BackWoods Boys (Babez in da Hood) Dave Grimes (Guys & Dolls) Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) The Babez (Babez in da Hood) The Entire Cast Doing the Macarena (Babez in da Hood) OVEREXPOSURE AWARD: Conor Lynch (Flashing the Hot Box Dolls during Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong (for being in just about everything DCU Drama have done this year) The Hot Box Dolls (for stripping during "Take Back Your Mink" – Guys & Dolls) Steve Grimes (for Babez in da Hood) Jenni Tweed (for wearing practically nothing for the Rocky Horror Picture Show) BEST UPSTAGER / OVERACTING: Andrew O Connor (Stars in their Eyes) Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong & Roibeard O Mhurcu (Merchant of Venice) John Cannon (Babez in da Hood) Conor Lynch (Guys & Dolls) Chris Vella (for being Chris Vella) BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong (The Play's the Thing) Yvette Poufong & Aileen Murray (Babez in da Hood) Niamh Maher (Babez in da Hood) Gary Furlong (Babez in da Hood) Lyndsey Fay (Guys & Dolls) Conor Lynch (Guys & Dolls) Mark McGowran (Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong & Roibeard O Mhurcu (Merchant of Venice) The entire cast of "Whose Line is it Anyway…?" BEST TECHIE: Alan Keegan John Cannon Jay Fallon Eoghan Gaffney BEST KISS: Gary Furlong & Anna Lawlor (Babez in da Hood) Johnny Kelly & Bridget Barcoe (Merchant of Venice) Eoin O Callaghan & Laura Whitmore (All My Sons) Eoin O Callaghan & Doireann O Rourke (Guys & Dolls) JENNIFER LOPEZ AWARD: Dara Gilroy (for comments he made at the ISDAs) Roibeard O Mhurcu (for crying like a b*tch at the Clubs & Socs Awards) The DCU SU Electoral Committee (for stealing our stage!) BEHIND THE SCENES: No Nominees here either! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... SET DESIGN: Jenni Tweed (Babez in da Hood, Guys & Dolls) Fiona Colhoun (All My Sons) Michelle NiFhaircheallaigh (Stars in their Eyes) Nigel the knob-end (for general Nigel-ness) BEST PARTNERSHIP: John Cannon & Jay Fallon (Babez in da Hood) Cormac Fay & Gary Furlong (Guys & Dolls) Yvette Poufong & Aileen Murray (Babez in da Hood) Ashley Dooley Martyn & Kat Farrell (Backstage) Eoin O Callaghan & Siobhan Hickey (Merchant of Venice) Gary Furlong & Roibeard O Mhurcu (Merchant of Venice) Anna Lawlor & Emma Sothern (Broadway Baby!) Barry Bracken & Paddy Owens (Merchant of Venice) Dave Grimes & Gary Furlong (The Play's the Thing) BEST FEMALE VOCAL: Doireann O Rourke & Lyndsey Fay – Marry the Man Today (Guys & Dolls) Sarah Anne Bennett – What's Up? (Stars in their Eyes) Lyndsey Fay – Adelaide's Lament (Guys & Dolls) Anna Lawlor & Niamh Maher – Respect/Shoop Song (Babez in da Hood) Doireann O Rourke – If I Were A Bell (Guys & Dolls) BEST MALE VOCAL: Eoin O Callaghan (Luck be a Lady – Guys & Dolls) Gary Furlong (Anything for Love – Babez in da Hood) Gary Boylan (Wanna be like You – Babez in da Hood) Gary Furlong, Cormac Fay & Alan McHale (Fugue for Tinhorns – Guys & Dolls) The BackWoods Boys – I want it that Way (Babez in da Hood) Cast of "Whose Line" – You Raise Me Up (DCU 25th Anniversary Party) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Bridget Barcoe (Merchant of Venice) Jessica Duggan (Merchant of Venice) Niamh Maher (Babez in da Hood) Laura Whitmore (All My Sons) Liana O Cleirigh (All My Sons) Michelle Crawley (My Mother Said I Never Should) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Cormac Fay (Guys & Dolls) Dave Grimes (The Play's the Thing) Eoin O Callaghan (All My Sons) Joey Kavanagh (All My Sons) Dallan McCormick (The Breakfast Club) Steve Grimes (Merchant of Venice) Johnny Kelly (Merchant of Venice) John Cannon (Merchant of Venice) Gary Boylan (Babez in da Hood) BEST ACTRESS: Riona Flood (Merchant of Venice) Doireann O Rourke (Guys & Dolls) Lyndsey Fay (Guys & Dolls) Siobhan Hickey (All My Sons) Anna Lawlor (Babez in da Hood) Orla McGreal (My Mother Said I Never Should) BEST ACTOR: Gary Furlong (Babez in da Hood) Brendan O Rourke (Babez in da Hood) Shane Murphy (Merchant of Venice) Paul Kelly (Merchant of Venice) Eoin O Callaghan (Guys & Dolls) Steve Grimes (Guys & Dolls) Roibeard O Mhurcu (All My Sons) BEST PRODUCER: Jessica Duggan (Merchant of Venice ) John Cannon & Steve Grimes (Babez in da Hood) Fiona Colhoun (All My Sons) Conor Farrell & Laura Aspil (Guys & Dolls) Dave Grimes (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Dave Grimes, Jay Fallon & Jes O Connor (Stars in their Eyes) BEST DIRECTOR: Eoin O Callaghan & Siobhan Hickey (Merchant of Venice) Dee Jones (My Mother Said I Never Should) Fiona Colhoun (All My Sons) Roibeard O Mhurcu (The Breakfast Club) Aislinn O Loughlin (The Play's the Thing) Steve Grimes (Babez in da Hood) INAUGURAL AWARD: No Nominees here! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... GOLDEN TICKET: No Nominees here! Only winners, so you'll have to wait and see... See ya at the awards! -- 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-