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Movie and TV Quiz Thing Part 4 – No Drama like drama drama

Please note that this time it’s a Thursday (Oct6th).

Know your movies? Know your tv? Then pop along for a fun night out. Even if you don’t, with the likes of our video question round and other random rounds you should still enjoy yourself.
The aim of these will be to fund various creative ventures so if you have an arts project, theatre group, short film, film, web show, etc that is in need of some cash then maybe we can sort you out. Details on how to apply will follow.

This time it’s to fund No Drama Theatre’s next production Resurrection Blues by Arthur Miller.

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The quiz begins at 8pm in the Gin Palace. €10 per person. There will also be a raffle with amazing* prizes.
Come along, help something arty, try and win a quiz or just have fun.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a team ready beforehand as we can put you with a team. See? There’s even a social aspeact. What more could you want? Teams of 4 or 5.
NO USING IPHONES/SMART PHONES FOR ANSWERS. CHEATERS WILL BE STARED AT.
Mc will be Alan Rogers

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Also food is served there till 9.

*Amazing is subjective.

Having played hard-to-get by breaking up for the summer, No Drama Theatre is sun-tanned, sandy haired and ready to return to your lives, fuelled by renewed vitamin D reserves and Calypso’s.

Tomorrow evening (Tuesday August 9th) sees the return of the workshop madness with Brian Quinn taking the reins. As usual the workshop is open to all and newbies are always welcome so why not ask the guy from the meat counter in Tesco or the hot courier girl on the bike to accompany you?…….What could possibly go wrong?

6:45PM – 9PM Synge St. CBS, Synge St, Dublin 8

Your first workshop is frreeeee!!!

August 9th: (Brian Quinn)

First workshop back to recharge the juices. Not only will you be reacquainted with your fellow NoDramaMites but also reacquainted with drama exercises to include acting, miming, blocking, emoting, fishing, fencing and other things you didn’t think you could do. Look on this one as a “clearing off the cobwebs” workshop to get you back into the swing of things. Also, we’ll be discussing our upcoming production and audition schedule. Finally we shall take our place by the bar at Whelan’s for some well deserved wind down pints.

Beginners can hope to achieve: A lifetime of new friends.

Improvers should strive to achieve: Everyone else’s forgetfulness of their drunken antics “that night” before the summer break.

image 'Hello yourself' by t.magnum

No Drama Theatre at the Body & Soul festival, June 2011

HUGE round of applause to the cast of Heart Shaped Vinyl who ripped the Rose Garden apart at the Body and Soul Festival last weekend. People cried, people laughed and children asked their parents really awkward questions!

Now it’s time to clean off your festival wellies and straighten your ties for this year’s Shindig and Annual General Meeting…..

SHINDIG:

Date: Saturday 25^th June

Time: 7:30PM

Venue: Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Sq West, Dublin 1

A chance for over 25 No Drama Theatre members to show off their skills in roles they may or may not have tried before…acting, directing, and scriptwriting. A place where dreams are made and barriers are broken!

AGM:

Date: Tuesday 28th June

Time: 7PM

Venue: Synge Street CBS (Primary School Hall)

We’ve called in the heavies this year just in case there’s any egg throwing / heckling / storm outs so be warned that bags will be checked at the door!

Even though the AGM replaces the usual Tuesday night workshop, we encourage everyone to attend. It’s a great way to find out the nuts and bolts of No Drama Theatre… where we get our money, what we do with it and the direction we should be going in over the next twelve months. During the AGM the committee will review the year September ’10 to June ’11 and discuss any future plans so don’t be shy to raise your hand.

The Agenda is as follows:

1)      Reading of Notice Convening Meeting

2)      Apologies

3)      Minutes of 2010 AGM

4)      Secretary’s Report

5)      Chairman’s Report

6)      Finance Report

7)      Any Other Business

If you are unable to attend please inform us by contacting chairman@nodramatheatre.com no later than Sunday 26^th June.

Ever think there’s a soundtrack to your life?

The track you went on your first date to……

The track you broke your heart to……

Heart Shaped Vinyl by John Morton plays its way through the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s posing the question:

Do our lives direct these soundtracks….or do these soundtracks direct our lives???

Find out by meeting in The Rose Garden of Body & Soul Festival at 2PM on both Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June.

Wearing the DIRECTOR’s wellies is BRIAN QUINN

CAST:
SHANE ROBINSON
ELLEN HALLINEN
SASKIA CARROL
ALAN ROGERS
DENISE ROCHE
SHEILA DOOLEY
NEIL CURRAN
DAMIEN HOLMES

Here are some other reasons to look forward to Body & Soul Festival:

Dancing under the Stars.
Sparkling Conversations in the Hot Tub.
Gramophone Grooves.
Acoustic Sessions.
Electronic Symphonies.
Marshmallows on a Bonfire.
Glitter Balls.
Pop-Up Performances.
Lanterns.
Lakeside Massage.
Twinkling Pathways.
Violins in the Rose Garden.
Disco Yurts til Dawn.
Fireworks.
Candlelit Opera.
Four-Poster Picnics.
Masks.
Feathers.
Funky Parties in the Woods.
Tea Cups at Breakfast.

Weekend camping tickets only €99 available from www.bodyandsoul.ie

Shindig!

To those who have already registered their interest in taking part in June’s Shindig, we have extended the date by which you must have your cast, director and drama piece chosen by to midnight on Tuesday 24th (this Tuesday). This gives participants one last workshop in which to make friends and tie their team together. This is a very strict deadline and the director of each piece must email Brian at:bjpquinn2@hotmail.com with all relevant info to secure his/her group’s spot. In the interest of fairness everyone registered to take part must be cast first and only after this may any late arrivals be cast. N.B. make sure that all cast members have registered for the shin-dig, closing date was Midnight 8th May (i.e. refer to the list of registered members for the shin-dig)

No Drama Theatre's Production of Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh, Adapted by Keith Wyatt

17th – 21st May 2011
Doors 7:30PM, Show start 8PM sharp (please note traffic restrictions due to Queen’s visit).
T@36 Theatre The Teachers Club
36 Parnell Square West

Tickets : nodrama.eventbrite.com

Adapted by: Kevin Wyatt

Directed by: David McGowan

Assistant Director: David Fleming

Patrick O'Callaghan as Lloyd

Ecstasy, Three Tales of a Chemical Romance is Irvine Welsh’s most high profile work since Trainspotting. Released in the wave of publicity surrounding the film, it consists of three unconnected novellas. Adapted by Kevin Wyatt and directed by David McGowan, No Drama Theatre brings the third chapter, The Undefeated to the stage in the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square from the 17th to the 21st of May.

Resonant of many of Welsh’s other works, the story is set in Edinburgh against the backdrop of the early 90’s rave scene. It can be described as a sly, subtle romance between Heather, a young woman dissatisfied with the confines of her suburban life and Lloyd an aging club goer.

Edinburgh born Welsh is an acclaimed and often controversial contemporary novelist, best known for his novels Trainspotting and The Acid House. His work is often characterised by raw Scottish dialogue and a brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life. To date, Welsh has published seven novels and three collections of short stories as well as writing and directing several screenplays. Shooting for a film version of Welsh’s Ecstasy, Three Tales of a Chemical Romance has also begun and it is due for release later this year.

Warning: Strobe Lighting used.

Cast:

Declan Ryan as DJ

Patrick O’Callaghan – Lloyd
Tracey Diamond – Heather
Ruairi De Burca – Hugh, Woodsy, Nukes, Mr. Moir, Eric, Restaurateur
Angela Carlin – Marie, Moll, Veronica
Joe McCarthy – Ally, Drewsy, Vaughan, Mr. Case, Bill, Reverend
Brian, Robert, Mrs. McKensie
Caoimhe Cooke – Hazel
Ellen Nolan – Amber, Victim, Polis
And
Declan Ryan as The D.J.

Crew

Director Dave McGowan and Assistant Director Dave Fleming

Director – Dave McGowan
Assistant Director – David Fleming
Producer – Maria Dillon
Production Manager – Alan Rogers
Stage Manager – Rhiannon Dawson
Technical Director – Sheila Dooley
Set Designer – Tom Murphy
Props Coordinator – Maureen Burgess
Costume – Lynn Harnedy and Alan Rogers
Hair & Make-Up Coordinator – Ann Hogan
Hair & Make-Up Crew – Maria Dillon, Nicole Meehan, Sarah Maloney
Sound Designer – Christine Leonard
Lighting Designer – Shane Robinson
Lighting Assistant – Paula Madden
Graphic Designer – Gráinne O’Sullivan
House Manager – Brendan Dalton
Front of House – Rachel Byrne, Ellen Hallinan
Box Office – Alan Rogers
Stage Hands – Yvonne Durran, Sarah Bowie, Damien Holmes
Publicity Laura Jackson
and
Special thanks to Brian Quinn