[Drama-Committee] Paint, Marie-Louise & other matters...

16 Feb 2006

      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

--
Roibeard O Mhurcu

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CS2 Class Rep.

DCU Drama, Chairman (Chairperson/Chairthing, y'know like, whatever).

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