2018/01 January - Drama Society

CONGRATULATIONS to Drama Society (Brighton) for winning Society of the Month for December. Here's what they had to say about the event they ran that bagged them the award.

#1 What was the objective of your event?

This was the society's first large-scale performance of the year, giving students to showcase their acting and technical abilities and the culmination of the last five months of hard work. Students have been working tirelessly over the last few months, putting in 9+ hours a week into rehearsals and set design, along with promoting and fundraising for production fees and royalties, along with raising funds in order to enter the annual Brighton Fringe Festival in May.

#2 When did your event take place?

1st December 2017

#3 Where did your event take place?

Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade Campus

#4 How many people came?

170

#5 How did the attendees participate?

Audience members.

#6 What did you learn?

To work as a cohesive team and keep on top of deadlines. The importance of having a reliable tech team and allowing each individual to put their creativity and ideas into the society.

#7 How does your event benefit students?

It gave students new and old to showcase their abilities and to experiment with different aspects of theatre production. On top of that, the intense build-up towards putting on the show has been a perfect way of building relationships between old and new students and giving freshers a family to feel a part of.