This week in Drama.... For those of you that have been waiting with baited breath for the announcement of the DADA Nominations, the long wait is finally over. The DADAs will take place at: 7.30, MONDAY NIGHT 25th, THE NEW BAR. Don't be late, or you'll miss out on the free food ! (lots of food). We are hoping to have a very special night, it's our way of saying thanks to all of our members who contributed to Drama this year - without them, we would have been lost... Right, enough waffle, here are the nominations (and the order in which the prizes will be given out).... STORMTROOPERS AWARD: Oops, we can't tell you that as there are no nominees, only winners. Wait and see! ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Aisling O Meachair Cormac Fay Michelle NiFhaircheallaigh Shane Murphy BEST COSTUME: Lyndsey Fay's Bra (Sweet Charity) Gary Boylan/Claire O Neill (Science on Stage) Gary Boylan/Cormac Fay/Joe Murray (Sweet Charity) The Fandango Girls (Sweet Charity) Glenn Phelan/Conor Farrell (Rocky Horror) Michelle NiFhaircheallaigh (Stars in their Eyes) Yvonne Tuohy (Stars in their Eyes) BEST DANCER: Cormac Fay (Sweet Charity) Laura Whitmore (Sweet Charity) Roisin Cooper (Karaoke Night) The Entire Rocky Horror audience BEST UPSTAGER /OVERACTING: Cormac Fay (Daddy's Assistant #1, Sweet Charity) Shane Murphy (Tony Blair, To Hell with the Knights) Joe Kavanagh (Manfred, Sweet Charity) David Grimes' nipples (Banquo, MacBeth) Eoin O Callaghan (as Mark Watson at the ISDAs) BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Claire O Neill (The Devil, Variety Show) Roibeard O Mhurcu (Porter, MacBeth) Anthony Kinehan (Science on Stage) Joe Kavanagh/Jessica Hyde (Mulder & Scully, Variety Show) Lyndsey Fay (Betsy, Sweet Charity) Gary Boylan (Daddy Brubek, Sweet Charity) BEST TECHIE: Eoghan Gaffney Claire O Neill Peter Denham Stephen Coyle Stephen Doyle JENNIFER LOPEZ AWARD: Audrey Duffy (Sweet Charity) Yvonne Tuohy (Sweet Charity) Cormac Fay (Sweet Charity) Claire "Not Now" O Neill (Sweet Charity) Iain Dowling (Sweet Charity) An Cumann Gaelach (Table Quiz) BEHIND THE SCENES: No nominees here either, only winners. Stay tuned! BEST PARTNERSHIP: David Grimes/Cormac Fay (Elevator Doors, Sweet Charity) Lyndsey Fay's left and right Boobs Roibeard O Mhurcu/David Grimes (Producers, MacBeth) Elaine Bannon/Claire O Neill (Producers, Sweet Charity) Joe Kavanagh/Jessica Hyde (Mulder & Scully, Variety Show) Roibeard O Mhurcu/Claire O Neill (Presenters, Stars in their Eyes) Mark Boyle/Charlene Barratt (Backstage, Sweet Charity) Peter Denham/Stephen Coyle (Sound, MacBeth) Jess & Shelly (General Mayhem) Roibeard O Mhurcu/Louise Guyett (Oscar & Charity, Sweet Charity) Mark Watson/Laura Whitmore (MacBeth & Lady MacBeth, MacBeth) BEST FEMALE VOCAL: Yvonne Tuohy ("My Immortal", Stars in their Eyes) Louise Guyett (several songs, Sweet Charity) Roisin Cooper ("I'm So Excited", Karaoke Night) Yvonne Tuohy/Laura Whitmore ("Dream a Dream", Sweet Charity) BEST MALE VOCAL: Breifne Earley ("Walkin' in Memphis", Stars in their Eyes) David Grimes ("Too Many Tomorrows",Sweet Charity) Bernard from the Helix (2 songs, Variety Show) Gary Boylan ("Rhythm of Life", Sweet Charity) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laura Aspil (Lennox, MacBeth) Yvonne Tuohy (Nickie, Sweet Charity) Laura Whitmore (Helene, Sweet Charity) Fiona Colhoun (Lady McDuff, MacBeth) Siobhan Hickey (Lady McDuff, MacBeth) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Anthony Kinehan (Science on Stage) Eoin O Callaghan (Malcolm, MacBeth) David Grimes (Banquo, MacBeth) Breifne Earley (Herman, Sweet Charity) BEST ACTRESS: Laura Whitmore (Lady MacBeth, MacBeth) Louise Guyett (Charity, Sweet Charity) BEST ACTOR: Mark Watson (MacBeth, MacBeth) Karl Podesta (Science on Stage) Roibeard O Mhurcu (Oscar, Sweet Charity) BEST PRODUCER: Claire O Neill/Elaine Bannon (Sweet Charity) Roibeard O Mhurcu/David Grimes (MacBeth) BEST DIRECTOR: Yiannis Kobatsiaris (To Hell with the Knights) Conor Farrell (MacBeth) Andy Moran (Science on Stage) INAUGURAL AWARD: Sssh, it's a secret. "MAKE A SCENE" AWARD: Breifne Earley Claire O Neill Riona Judge McCormack Medb Riordan Mags McAuliffe Paul May Yvonne Tuohy Aoife NicArghaill Adam Doherty ...and that's it. Congratulations to both of you who read all the way to the end of this monster email... SEE YOU AT THE DADAs ! The DCU Drama Committee :)