Ahoy Gang, Right, we have a lot of shit to sort out and not a whole pile of time in which to do it. Updates: We have 330 officially registered new members of Drama, and they are ALL already on the mailing list. Sweet. I have to lodge the cash collected on C&S days today, after which I will let you know what the balance is like. We have to sort out exactly what we are going to do and say on EGM night, and who is going to say what and in which order. My suggestions: Each of us in turn introduces ourselves, and gives a brief explanation of their duties on Drama Committee. We give a detailed account of what we have planned for semester 1, and a brief over view of what is going to happen in semester 2. So far, as I understand it, here's what's going on in semester 1: Week 5: Thursday 27th October ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, in association with LGBT & the SU Halloween Ball, in the Venue. Ticket to the ball also grants you access to RHPS. This is something we have just worked out with the Union, the only condition is that we get it started before 10pm (!) I'm thinking 8 pm myself. We'll get a good crowd regardless, because the kids will come to the venue anyway. We have to encourage the kids to dress up in drag and go nuts. We need a production team - my suggestion is John Cannon and Jay Farrell, they have already secured a deal for us for a 16' screen and projector for just €250. We paid €550 last year. In terms of funding, the fact that we are doing this in association with the Union raises a few questions. How much do we apply for? I'm thinking 100% funding as we are not going to receive ANY money for this. Week 6: Tuesday 1st November SPINAL TAP night, in association with FilmSoc. John Cannon and Dave Grimes came to the committee with this suggestion, involving a screening of the movie, followed by a live performance by our very own Spinal Tap tribute band. We need to decide whether we hold this in the Venue, or T101, or the old bar, or what. I've asked John to sort out a budget to include gear hire, film rights, whatever. Week 8: all week: One act plays, possibly in the Interfaith for Arts week. Let's look at doing Aislinn's hamlet play and I have an idea to do a scene from The Breakfast Club. Needs casting, and a production team. Week 8: Thursday 17th November STARS IN THEIR EYES, in association with MPS. Our yearly Stars extravaganza! I've been in touch with Sarah Neville, the new chair of MPS, and she is itching to get into bed with us. MPS are a brand new committee, as all of the old school graduated last year - here's our chance to establish fresh and friendly links with MPS now that the old animosity is gone. Yayness! Week 9: Monday to Thursday (possible) 21 - 24th November ALL MY SONS, our Arthur Miller tour-de-force. Directed by Fiona Colhoun, she has already cast the show and will start rehearsals soon. Things to be sorted: We need a set designer, production team, venue and rehearsal schedule. I'm counting on Fiona to sort out the rehearsal schedule, the rest we need to look at. Week 10: 28th - 1st Dec ST PATS ONE ACT WONDER FESTIVAL: We have at least one (Aislinn's) show for this, and I'm hoping to do the Breakfast club piece for this too. I've suggested to Martin French that DCU plays NOT be scheduled for the Tuesday of that week, as the Socs ball is on that night. Week 11: 5th Dec - 10th THE PANTO - BABES IN THE WOOD. I want this to be a fresher project - give it to the 1st years and let them run with it. Week 12: 12th Dec - 17th XMAS BASH W/REDBRICK! We are officially in bed with redbrick on this one. We are looking at the New Bar/Venue, 2 or 3 bands, santa, candyfloss machine and randomness. Yay! THINGS TO GET ORGANISED FOR THE EGM: *Broadway trip: 1st 30 people to give me a €150 NON REFUNDABLE deposit get to go to New York. No Exceptions. There will be an announce drama email going out before that to let people know. Right now I am having difficulty in getting to pay for the damn flights, as they are over €10,000 and need to be paid with a credit card. I'm working on getting an overdraft from the bank, collecting €4500 on monday (30 x €150), lodging the lot and writing Elaine a cheque for 10,000 and letting her put the flights on her credit card. We don't have a whole pile of options here. *Auditions: We need to audition for: Stars, one Acts, the panto and put together a core team for the Rocky Horror. I'm suggesting getting all of this done at the EGM, create a shitload of sign up sheets including: Rocky Horror Stars in their Eyes One Act Plays - Hamlet One Act Plays - The Breakfast Club The Panto - Babes in the Wood Directing Producing Sound Lighting Costumes/Make up Acting Singing Dancing STORMTROOPERS I want to create mailing lists for all of these categories - call them drama-sound, drama-produce etc. We need to contact Aislinn to determine if she wants to direct her own play for the one act festival, and arts week. We need a director for the panto. We need a director for The Breakfast club piece. We need to form production teams for all of the above, and pass control onto them. The Committee will be overseeing all productions and we need a rep for all productions. Shane is the money, and obviously we need to keep an eye on that. Tasks: Joe and Joe: Create printed sign up sheets for all the categories listed above, three of each, staple the whole bloody lot together, and we will pass them around at the EGM and make people sign up for stuff. Having the sheets at the bottom of the room and asking people to come up and sign up is a pain in the ass. Just make sure that you get the sheets back!! Info wanted: Name, email address, phone number. Bob: create Broadway trip sign-up sheet (then duck). Contact the bank and beg for cash etc. Yayness. Dave: Contact Aislinn re: directing her play for the Arts week/One act play. Organise rooms for auditions all day wednesday if it suits Aislinn. I'd like to book xg15, xg14 and xg01 and possibly xg16 from 2pm til late wednesday. Different rooms for different auditions - Stars in one, Hamlet in another, Breakfast in another, Panto in another, rocky horror focus group in another. WHICH means that we need to sort out directors and rudimentary production teams for all shows BEFORE wed. Monday night at the new bar is a good time to approach those who signed up for directing/ producing etc and ask them which show they are interested in. I'm think Stephen Grimes to direct the panto... Shelly: get yer baps out. Just kidding. Help Dave in booking rooms and networking at the bar on monday night. We need to look at booking rooms as soon as possible, and i hope to announce ALL of these auditions on Monday night. We need to get these projects off the ground in a hurry, next week is week 3!!!! Charlie: I'm sending you photos from Clubs and Socs, please lash them up on the website, along with a blurb about the EGM, monday night 7pm in QG15. I'll include a reccommendation to check the website in our announce-drama email come sunday night. Eoin: Liaise with Dave and shelly in sorting out rooms and auditions. It's a big job, and we need to get this done NOW! Yayness. Eoghan: Workshops. We need to organise technical workshops - sound and lighting stuff. Dave knows people who want to help out with work shops and apparently Shea has offered to help out as well, although he has now fucked off on holidays for the entire week. yayness. Shane: Be my bitch and watch the money. I may need you to come to the bank manager with me :( If there's anything else, it's slipped my mind. We need action people, and we need it now!! Yours in yayness, Bob -- Roibeard O Mhurcu # 54144094 CS1 Class Rep. DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever). www.dcudrama.ie <http://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-