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Showing posts with label society. Show all posts
Monday, November 21, 2016
Glencullen Dundrum Musical and Dramatic Society news play review and Musical on in March
Glencullen Dundrum Musical and Dramatic Society news play review and Musical on in March
Glencullen Dundrum Musical and Dramatic Society - Its a Wonderful Life play review
We had a very exciting start to December with the play Its a Wonderful Life in the Mill Theatre. Many will know and love Frank Capras famous film. Tony Palermos adaption for the stage was failtful to the classic film and lively and enterfaining for actors and for audience. Congratulations to all the production team, cast and back-stage crew. The show had many quick scene changes and proved challenging back-stage however the characters of Bedford Falls, NY leaped from the stage!
Brendan Phelan as George Bailey started as a very likeable and happy go lucky young man looking forward to exploring the world. As the play progressed with the death of his father and brother and pressure on the family business he played a very convincing role as his dreams gradually faded. The whole cast built the story of the towns-people as they lived their lives and at times struggled to break away from poverty. Georges happy family Ma, Pop and Uncle Billy was played by Mick Cahill, Fiona Doyle and Ronnie Hamilton. There were bank customers, bank employees, the taxi driver and Jimmy the bird! The wealthy owner of the most of the town and the other Bank Mr. Potter was played by Liam Corrigan. Happy events were mixed in with difficulties. There were some moments of fun when George met his future wife Mary (played by Maria Fitzgerald). The angels narrating the story added just the right amount of farcical humour. Sean T. Daly played a disproving Superintendent Angel and later dismounted the ladder from heaven to don the Polivemans uniform. The pace stepped up at a crisis point when Clarence the angel (played by Vince Breheny) rushed in without a plan to try and help George.
The town without George Bailey was an unfriendly place. George and Clarence had some frantic encounters escaping a fight in the bar, dodging trouble, being chased by police and meeting old friends who had changed much for the worse. The tension built up to a height when Clarence then brought George back to face his present difficulties. To the immense relief of the towns-people as well as the audience Georges friends and family rally around and the town is saved.
The show was very well attended each night with many familiar faces appearing in the audience and in the Mill Theatre bar afterwards for a chat.
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| Its a Wonderful Life cast on stage. We would like to re-assure all friends of Liam Corrigan that he is only in the wheelchair while acting as Mr Potter and does not (YET!!) require one!! :-) |
Glencullen Dundrum Musical and Dramatic Society – Anything Goes musical March 24-28
After such a great production we had a welcome break for Christmas but we are now straight into rehearsals for our Musical which will be on just before Easter on March 24th to 28th.
Our next production is the hilarious classic Anything Goes by Cole Porter. Anything Goes follows the madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy number 13, Moonface Martin aid Billy in his quest to win Hope.
Featuring popular songs such as Anything Goes, Youre the Top and I Get a Kick Out of You an evening of laughter and high kicking is in store from GDMDS! Tickets are priced at 20/18 euros and are available from the Mill Theatre box office (01) 296 9340 or www.milltheatre.ie.
http://www.milltheatre.ie/shows/anything-goes
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Monday, October 17, 2016
Glencullen Musical and Dramatic Society Miracle on 34th Street The Musical Dec 2012
Glencullen Musical and Dramatic Society Miracle on 34th Street The Musical Dec 2012
Doing some PR for GMDS.
Glencullen Musical and Dramatic Society
on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/6065036825/
on web: http://www.gmds.ie
We are doing the premiere amateur dramatic performance of Miracle on 34th Street The Musical in Ireland. We will be on-stage Dec 5 to 15th in The Mill Theatre.
Starting schedule:
We will be having reading next week evening of Thur the 6th in St. Tiernans school.
We have some musical introduction evening of Tue and Thur 11th and 13th, kids also on the Tue.
We will have auditions on the weekend Sat 15th OR Sun 16th (10 euros audition fee for non paid up members (deducted from membership on renewal)).
http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000042
Rehearsals are just starting for the next production of GMDS which is Miracle on 34th Street - The Musical. We are very excited to be bringing to you the very first performance of this musical in Ireland!
Miracle on 34th Street is a great Christmas show, recalling the magic of Christmas from childhood when Santa Claus was real. The show really brings back the excitement of Christmas and it is a nice antidote to the mayhem of Xmas shopping! We are putting together an action-packed show again this Season.
Our director Tom Ronayne has had a busy Summer on stage in an intense version of John B Keanes classic ‘Sharon’s Grave’ at the Mill Theatre in June with the Balally Players. Congratulations to all on a great production! Tom and crew are now preparing for a story in a very different setting.
Miracle On 34th Street tells the story of Doris and Susan Walker, a mother and daughter that are much too practical to believe in Santa Claus. Doris is in charge of Personnel at Macys Department Store in New York (circa 1947) and its Christmastime. The real Kris Kringle is hired to be Santa Claus for Macys and the spirit of Christmas comes up against the cynicism and materialism of the practical New York business people. Filled with humor, spectacle of New York at Christmas and Macy’s famous Thanksgiving Parade and beloved songs this joyous, heart-warming musical is pure family entertainment.
The Musical by Meredith Willson is based on the 20th Century Fox Picture with story by Valentine Davies and screenplay by George Seaton.
The Mill Theatre have had the builders in all August repairing the flood damage from last year. The stage is set. We are looking forward to seeing you all in rehearsals in St. Tiernans school or see you in the Mill Theatre in the first two weeks of December!
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