Heyup Guys, As you may or may not know, last Thursday our society won Best Society in Ireland at the BICS's. one of the major thigs the judges commented on was the dept of our memberships, so thanks to all of you for making this another fanatastic year for DCU Drama. Proving that we are the best, this week we are jam packed full of stuff for you guys. Starting off with... AGM Results: With huge numbers running, this was one of the most hotly contested years in recent memory, congrats to all... and here is the DCU Drama committee 2008/2009 Chair-Ger Collis Vice-Chair-Declan McKeown Secretary-Sinead McDonald Treasurer-Conor Tweed PRO-Cian Markey ELO-Barry Cannon Sponsorship Officer-Ciara Buggy Tech Officer-Adam Murphy Training Officer-Pauric Carroll Webmaster-Ed Leamy Six Semesters: Ireland's First Student Feature Length. Tuesday and Thursday 7:30pm Wednesday 3:30pm 4 euro HG 23 (Nursing Building) DCU Drama is proud to invite its members to the screening of the first feature length student movie ever to be produced by an all student cast. Directed and written by former communication student; John McKeown, this is the result of over two years hard work by members of DCU drama. Come one, come all and be one of the first to see this ground breaking movie. DCU Annual Drama Awards: DaDa's: Nubar Thursday 7:30pm This week we will be having our annual Dada's, to celebrate the amazing work that has been done throughout the year. So tough to call so congrats to everyoe who got a nomination.Here they are; DADAs nominations 2008 *Best Actor:* - Dallan McCormick for Disco Pigs - Sean Dunne for Romeo and Juliet - Alan Flanagan for Mourning Calls - Sean Carroll for Forbidden - John Cannon for I Don't Blame You *Best Actress:* - Megan O'Riordan for Fame - Paula Lyne for Disco Pigs - Fiona Carty for Romeo and Juliet - Hazel Hayes for Theory of Everything - Niamh Maher for I Don't Blame You *Best Supporting Actor:* - Ger Collis for The Woods - Bob O'Mhurcu for The Woods - John Cannon for Theory of Everything - Alan McHale for Fame - Richard Ng for Romeo and Juliet - Cian Markey for Theory of Everything - Dave Grimes for Forbidden *Best Supporting Actress:* - Fiona Carty for Fame - Jenni Tweed for Theory of Everything - Yvonne Keane for Fame - Niamh Maher for The Woods - Megan O'Riordan for The Woods - Lyndsay McGregor for Romeo and Juliet *Best Comedic Male:* - Sean Kennedy for Aladdin - Barry Cannon for Epic Quest of Clyde - Brendan O'Rourke for The Woods - David Leon for Aladdin - Ger Collis for Aladdin - Cian Markey for Epic Quest of Clyde - Conor Lynch for Whose Line is it Anyway? - Damien Kavanagh for Fame - Ed Leamy for Play in a Day *Best Comedic Female:* - Christine Kelly for Aladdin - Dawn McDonough for Epic Quest of Clyde - Sarah Rooney for Aladdin - Naomi Linehan for Romeo and Juliet - Susan Doyle for Vagina Monologues - Christine Seitz for Elsie's Funeral - Niamh Maher for Mourning Calls *Best Male Vocal:* - Sean Kennedy for My Way - Alan McHale for Dancing Through Life - Barry Cannon for If You Were Gay - Damien Kavanagh for Can't Keep It Down - Kevin Stanton for Can't Smile Without You *Best Female Vocal:* - Megan O'Riordan for In L.A. - Fiona Carty for Play a Love Scene - Chloe Giacometti for Till We Run Out of Road - Dearbhla McCreesh for Fever - Mary Hayes for Foundations - Laura McCabe for Material Girl - Stevi Russell for Mabel's Prayer *Best Group Vocal:* - Brendan O'Rourke, Fiona Carty and Alan McHale for Avenue Q - Christine Kelly and Yvonne Keane for Teacher's Argument - Sean Kennedy and Christine Kelly for Somewhere Out There - Megan O'Riordan and Niamh Maher for The Woods - Shelley Ryan, Maeve McQuillan, Stevi Russell, Sinead McDonald and Cliona Russell for Spice Girls - Alan McHale, Brendan O'Rourke, Steve Grimes, Barry Cannon and John Cannon for Take That *Best Director:* - Steve Grimes for Fame - Catherine Carr for Romeo and Juliet - Pauric Carroll for The Woods - Conor Lynch for Epic Quest of Clyde - Alan Flanagan for Theory of Everything - Robin Cafolla for Forbidden - Joey Kavanagh for Disco Pigs - Olena Ripnick for Mourning Calls - Susan Bourke for Elsie's Funeral *Best Producer:* - John Cannon for Fame - Gary O'Donoghue for Epic Quest of Clyde - Marko McGowran for Theory of Everything and The Woods (2 shows in 24 hours) - Declan McKeown for Disco Pigs - Cian Markey for Romeo and Juliet - Megan O'Riordan and Alan McHale for Stars in Their Eyes - Niamh Maher for Aladdin *Best Original Script:* - Alan Flanagan for Theory of Everything - Robin Cafolla for Forbidden - Conor Lynch for Epic Quest of Clyde - Susan Bourke for Elsie's Funeral - Brendan O'Rourke for The Woods *Stormtroopers:* Only winners here – to be announced on the night! *Behind the Scenes:* Only winners here – to be announced on the night! *Rookie of the Year:* - Ed Leamy - Gary O'Donoghue - Cian Markey - Ger Collis - Barry Cannon - Adam Murphy - Sean Kennedy *Best Costume:* - Fame - Epic Quest of Clyde - The Woods - Theory of Everything - Spice Girls in Stars in Their Eyes *Best Techie:* - Declan McKeown - Marko McGowran - Alan Keegan - John Cannon *Best Dancer:* - Alan McHale for Fame - Niamh Maher for Fame - Stevi Russell for Fame - Megan O'Riordan for Fame - John Harney for Aladdin - Marie Claire Hoey for Vagina Monologues *Best Choreographer:* - Megan O'Riordan for Hairspray - Riona Flood for There She Goes - Phoebe Shannon for Who Wants To Live Forever? - Marie Claire Hoey for These Hands *Best Upstager:* - Yvonne Keane for Epic Quest of Clyde - Naomi Linehan for Theory of Everything - Brian Moloney for Epic Quest of Clyde - Alan McHale for Aladdin - Joey Kavanagh for Stars in Their Eyes - Joanne Halpin for Aladdin *Overexposure Award:* - Marko McGowran for what he revealed at the BICS - Sinead McDonald for Fame - Brendan O'Rourke for Aladdin - Aoife Kearney for Mourning Calls *Best Partnership:* - Susan Doyle and Yvonne Keane for Vagina Monologues - Megan O'Riordan and Niamh Maher for Aladdin - Liam Murphy and Susan McAlester for Elsie's Funeral - Pauric Carroll and Alan McHale for everything in general - Steve Grimes and John Cannon for Fame - Dallan McCormick and Paula Lyne for Disco Pigs *Inaugural Award:* Only one winner here – to be announced on the night! *Best Set Design:* - Jenni Tweed for Fame - Trudi McDonald and Conor Lynch for Aladdin - Alan McHale and Megan O'Riordan for Stars in Their Eyes - Pauric Carroll for The Woods - Alan Flanagan and Marko McGowran for Theory of Everything - Robin Cafolla for Forbidden *Most Touching Moment:* - Fiona Carty and Sean Dunne for the death scene in Romeo and Juliet - Dallan McCormick for Pig's monologue in Disco Pigs - Yvonne Keane and Cian Markey for when they make up in Theory of Everything - Ger Collis for the final scene in The Woods - the entire cast for Bring on Tomorrow in Fame - Brendan O'Rourke for Mercutio's death scene in Romeo and Juliet *Best Kiss:* - Alan McHale and Niamh Maher in Fame - Sean Kennedy and Fiona Carty in Fame - Damien Kavanagh and Mariosa Molloy in Fame - Fiona Carty and Sean Dunne for Romeo and Juliet - Megan O'Riordan and Brendan O'Rourke in Fame - John Cannon and Alan Flanagan for Theory of Everything - Sean Kennedy and Christine Kelly for Aladdin - Barry Cannon and Sarah Rooney in Epic Quest of Clyde - Yvonne Keane and entire cast for Epic Quest of Clyde - Yvonne Keane and Cian Markey in Theory of Everything - Dallan McCormick and Paula Lyne in Disco Pigs - Yvonne Keane and Alan Flanagan in Theory of Everything - Dave Grimes and Susan Doyle in Forbidden - Dave Grimes and Riona Flood in Forbidden - Susan Doyle and Sean Carroll in Forbidden *Best Musical Number:* - Hard Work in Fame - Hip to be Poor in Aladdin - Hairspray on Clubs and Socs Day - There She Goes in Fame - Is This the Way to Peking City in Aladdin *J-Lo Award:* - Sean Dunne for thinking Act 4 in Romeo and Juliet was a waste because he wasn't in it - David Leon for preparing so much and still not knowing when to go on - Sean Kennedy for never turning up on time - Megan O'Riordan for getting upset at the ISDA awards - Alan McHale for getting upset at the BICS …and we have some other awards to hand out on the night as well! J Thanks Guys, Pauric Carroll DCU Drama Chair 2007/2008