Minutes 19th September 2011

Minutes: Monday 19th September 2011
In Attendance: C. Felstead, S. Gregson, L. Monkman, T. Pennock, E. Igelström, I. McArthur, A. Rutherford, C. Goldstone, D. Di Rollo, H. Allan, D. Keenan, L. Taylor, G. Bennett-Lurie

Agenda
1) New Talent
2) Much Ado
3) STaG Nights
4) Studio Slots
5) New Works
6) Stroke Association/ Arriva
7) Website
8) Theatre Trip Socials
9) Board Trip
10) AOB

1) New Talent
Auditions went well and lots of people turned up. They seemed happy with having a panel of 5 people to audition to. Casts have been emailed to directors and workshops will be held to determine parts. There will be a budget meeting at 2pm on Tuesday in the STaG room. A. Rutherford is thinking about tech possibilities and L. Taylor will get the dimmer rack by the 1st October. C. Felstead suggested another social for the casts which will be held on either the 30th September or the 2nd October in Coopers from 7.30pm. An after show party could be held at A. Rutherford’s flat but this is to be confirmed. E. Igelström will start memberising the casts as soon as possible. Publicity plans are mainly to poster unions and halls however the possibility of a mention on a radio show was also discussed. A Facebook event will be made closer to the time.


2) Much Ado
The venue has been booked from the 28th November – 3rd December and the shows will be on from Wednesday to Saturday. There are approximately 50 seats but this could be increased. L. Taylor will find out all the information about the box office and the advertising of the show on the space’s website. The total cost will be about £900. We are able to determine our own ticket prices for the show. We will try to get as much publicity and reviews as possible before the show starts. I. McArthur is writing a press release and a photoshoot will be held as soon as possible after casting for publicity photos. A budget meeting is being planned.

3) STaG Nights
L. Monkman has had a few responses so far regarding joining the committee. She is going to show the film Belleville Rendez-Vous on Thursday in the STaG room and then base discussion for the festival around it. There is a visit to the Flying Duck on the 28th September between 5pm and 7pm. L. Monkman is also applying for grants/funding for the shows.

4) Studio Slots
The STaG room as a theatre space was discussed and it was suggested a proposal deadline should be set for people to perform something. It will be like a full studio slot and will be a relatively small scale production due to the size of the STaG room. A vote was taken and the majority voted in favour of this. The deadline has been set at 14th October and the performance dates will be the 9th and 10th November. L. Taylor is writing the blurb for the newsletter.

5) New Works
L. Taylor will book The Space as the venue and provisional dates were set. The proposal deadline was suggested as being the 6th January and people will be informed by the 11th/12th January as to their success. The show week will be the 15th-18th February.

6) Stroke Association/ Arriva
The board is in favour of doing the Spooky stewarding. It will be advertised in the newsletter to gauge interest and after this H. Allan will organise meetings etc.
Arriva now want us to perform a small scale panto on a bus. The board wasn’t in favour of this as it is extremely different to the original idea that was suggested to us.

7) Website
Deadline for finished site is the 3rd October.

8) Theatre Trip Socials
C. Felstead will suggest a trip to see Kes to D. Keenan

9) Board Trip
Prices are expensive for anywhere more interesting than Stirling. C. Felstead will investigate the rules for the SRC bus test. A date change to the 4th November was suggested.

10) AOB
O’Couture has been suggested as a possible space. S. Gregson will go and look at it.
Freshers p/m will be next week.
QMU/SRC affiliation is being completed this week.
Mark Westbrook offered a free ‘masterclass’ to STaG which we may look into.