Minutes 30th January 2012

STaG Board Meeting 30/01/2012 In attendance: S. Gregson, G. Bennett-Lurie, H. Allan, I. McArthur, Erik Igelstrom, C. Goldstone, L. Monkman, D. Di Rollo H. Bolwell, A. Rutherford, W. Foote, L. Taylor, C. Felstead Apologies: D. Keenan, C. Beaumont Agenda 1) Cinders 2) The Girl with Red Hair 3) New Works 4) QMU Play 5) Social 6) AOB 1) Cinders A camera-man has been found and filming will take place on the 10th February so the girls’ costumes need to be sorted by then. There will be a trailer released on the youtube page (and embedded in the website) on the 21st February. The first 3 scenes should be blocked by the end of the week. A publicity meeting has been held and a musical flyering session will take place around the 11th March. This could also be filmed. I. McArthur will hold a flyering workshop with the cast to prepare them for this. Cast changes have been sorted however there remain some issues with cast members not turning up to rehearsals but G. Bennett-Lurie will email the relevant people to warn them this is not acceptable. A design team will be found by next week. The rights for the play are still being chased up and A. Rutherford is awaiting replies. Grants are still being investigated. 2) The Girl with Red Hair Going well – the directors are not too worried and are happy with the space. The tech run was fine. A door rota will be emailed out – those on the evening performances should be there by 6:30, those for the matinee should be there at 2pm. A. Rutherford will bring the booking sheet each evening. The posters and flyers should be ready by Tuesday and I. McArthur will flyer on the performance days. Posters will be put up by I. McArthur and H. Bolwell. Tickets are selling quickly which the board was pleased about. 3) New Works The fundraiser on Saturday was successful – approximately £200 was raised however this is not confirmed yet. L. Taylor will try to go to some rehearsals this week as she has not yet had time to do so. The poster is essentially finished, a debate ensued about placing more text on the poster but it is up to L. Taylor to decide following a 50/50 split from the board’s vote. The launch party plans are in progress – so far a date has been confirmed and the STaG room booked. The announcement party will be moved to the 22nd to avoid birthday clashes. There has been no word yet from the RicNic grant and a meeting with the SRC will be held on Wednesday to see about getting some money from them. 4) QMU Play “Cancelled – or rather, postponed” 5) Social A pub quiz was decided upon – it will be held on the 24th February in the STaG room. Some theatre trips are also being planned. 6) AOB H. Allan asked for an exec meeting to be scheduled as one has not been held this semester. Another studio slot has been scheduled – the deadline for applications will the th 11th February.