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“No Drama Theatre” – Up and coming Dublin based Drama group, with a difference!

December 12th, 2008 4 comments

Ok so it’s a shameless plug but its deserved! And they did link to my blog so they deserve a mention.
No Drama Theatre

Back in June of this year, myself and another user from boards.ie, Niamh Cullen tried our best to form a Dublin based drama group with a difference after our efforts to find one failed poorly. We both had our minds set on a few criteria for a drama group:

* Stir clear of traditional Oirish plays which have been done over and over
* Avoid falling in the “Whats on this year in the Leaving Cert” trap
* Avoid groups dominated by old farts

Our first drama group meet up consisted of 4 people, 1 of which never returned. However through much persistence and online pushing, things started moving. We now have approximately 20 people who turn up every week and a committee.

So why plug this (shamelessly) now? Well a few reasons. First of all, our beta website went live. www.nodramatheatre.com This is due to the IT skills of Dave McGowan.

We have a forum on the boards.ie website where we update our goings on and the likes. The forum can be found here.

Our drama season is wrapping up for the Christmas but it ends on a high. We have cast our first production; a original piece one act written by Barry O’Donovan and his buddy (who’s name escapes me!) entitled Night At The Invasion.

We are kicking of again on January 6th and we plan to having an companion piece which will be performed on the same nights as Night At The Invasion. As things advance, I will keep you all up to date as to how it goes!

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The Day The Earth Stood Still – not for this shaggin’ movie it didn’t!

December 12th, 2008 No comments

Back in the 50′s, a little gem of a science fiction movie was released called, “The Day The Earth Stood Still”.  While highly dated now, it still is watchable and entertaining.  50 odd years have passed and Hollywood has given it another stab.

It’s shite.  Why oh why God?  Keanu Reeves is really turning into Steven Seagal with his one tone voice, 2 style facial expressions and the “dopey looking head on him”.  (Technical term)

The movie makes no sense at all.  It tries to give us a message but unlike the original, I’m still confused as to what the message is.  Treat the earth nice?  Stop fighting with each other?

If the aliens are so bloody advanced, how come they didn’t just visit the UN direct rather than dropping off for a scenic view of Central Park first?  Did they expect hu-mons do be lacking in hostility.

I could go on but I will.  Will Smith’s son had a part.  He probably had the best dialogue to work with.  His on screen mother, Jennifer Connolly isn’t black.  But a clever script doctoring and hey presto we can explain it.  That’s about the only clever thing about the script.

Ok so its not all bad.  Jennifer Connolly is pretty and the movie is less than 2 hours long.  You want something more positive than that?  Um ok.  Gort does look cool.  Although he does feck all really.

Is it worth a look?  Nah, give your money to beggars on roundabouts instead.

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