Comic is the magazine for the Comus Club (who are a sort of Dramsoc Alumi society).
Here’s what I wrote as the President of The Other Society
One could say that this past year has been a very busy one for The Other Society, although I guess that hasn’t changed. I should have been suspicious when the previous president decided to leave for France…
In the spring term last year The Other Society presented ‘Sexual Perversity In Chicago’ or SPIC as it became known. SPIC saw an interesting use of the concert hall with an in-the-round performance and a series of dubious acts on a double bed.
After the inevitable lull the summer term and vacations create, many in The Other Society may not have know what hit them as the last autumn term has been very busy. Miss Nia Stevens managed to organise a very successful series of acting workshops. A handful of professionals were convinced to come and give a workshop for very little money, much kudos should go to Nia for this, and dare I say it, a few pints too.
The crew kept themselves busy during Freshers’ week. It was hard work for all involved but we found it very rewarding…… when else does one get to play with so many toys.
Along with the acting workshops The Other Society has produced two plays this term. The first being an adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s ‘Maskerade’ by Stephen Briggs. Mr Tiereny produced some very fine set including flying walls (complete with doors) and a chandelier (which so impressed the Ents manager at the union it made a special guest appearance at the end of term carnival). Besides the set Maskerade seemed to use every trick in the book: pyrotechnics, much flying of scenery and even a puppet of Death of Rats. Not only was the technical side of the play bigger than most plays in recent history there appear to be approximately 50 million cast members, from whom Mike Wyer managed to produce fine performance from everyone.
The second play to be performed last December was ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams. Streetcar was performed in, the newly refurbished, Room 308 of the Huxley building. As the room was in use during the day for these curious things that they call lectures, the lights, set and everything else needed removing and replacing each evening in an hour, much like ‘Tender’ in 2002. As the play was so ‘portable’ it was decided that it would be nice to take such a “meaty�? text to a school and perform for free.
The Other Society is looking forward to another successful term this spring as yet another two plays are in the pipeline. In the concert hall we will be performing ‘A Little Hotel on the Side’ by Georges Feydeau and ‘Absent Friends’ by Alan Aykborne.
