Welcome to the online home of the Liverpool University Drama Society, the current Society of the Year. Please visit our Getting Involved and Auditions sections to see the important dates over the next two weeks. Information there includes the introduction meeting, the social and the auditions. The society aims to produce 8 full scale productions each academic year, as well as taking a production up to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. On top of this we run free drama workshops every Tuesday in the McAusland Lounge 7pm – 9pm. The ethos of this student-run society is to produce professional productions, work in a fun environment and involve as many students as possible.
This year there will be more chances than ever to get involved in different capacities within the society. Alongside the workshops and the 4 productions that will be running in the first term, we are offering members the chance to produce Shoestring projects, as well as staging our second annual Halloween Ghost Tours. We’re also looking at ways to join in the Capital of Culture ’08 celebrations.
We feel we cater for all students with a complete range of experience, from National Youth Theatre members to students who have never acted before joining the society. Some of our members have gone on to pursue drama after leaving university, with previous members going on to drama schools such as Guildhall and Mountview. Furthermore, our alumni include Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances) and BAFTA-Award winning Anna Maxwell Martin (Bleak House). However, the society is not just for those who wish to pursue a career in drama with many of our members going on to a wide range of careers such as doctors, barristers, and clinical psychologists.
Last academic year was highly successful for us, bringing in our biggest ever audiences on record with our productions of: Claxons, Trumpets & Raspberries; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Crime & Punishment; The Tragical History of Dr Faustus; How Love Is Spelt; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Blasted; Wind In The Willows and Port. Followed by a critically acclaimed production of Moonlight at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008, the reviews of which are in our Media section. On top of this, we involved even more students than the previous year, in a variety of roles, from plain old acting, to marketing, to backstage work. We offered members a free workshop with the director of Shiverpool Ghost Tours and our weekly workshops got up and running. This has provided us with an excellent starting point for 2008-09 and we look forward to meeting all of the new faces who will help push this society forwards.
To join the society for this year, sign up at the BASE or now you can sign-up ONLINE! Just go to http://www.lgos.org/membership fill in your basic details, follow the instructions, and then scroll down and tick Drama Society. Membership costs just £5, and will allow you to take part in the society's activities, and getting you discount off the shows.
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