- members past and present during civic reception. On Thursday 7 November 2024, members, former members, family and friends came together to celebrate a remarkable milestone. 100 years of Dundee Dramatic Society. A civic reception was held to commemorate this momentous occasion. - Chairperson Gillian Hunter with the Lord Provost I’m both thankful and proud … Continue reading Civic Reception marks 100 years of DDS
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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF DDS
Wow I cannot believe we are into our centenary year! 2024 marks our 100 year celebration. Dundee Dramatic Society was founded by a group of like minded individuals in November 1924 and has for the last 100 years been putting on shows (the majority of the time from our home at The Little Theatre). This … Continue reading CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF DDS
A stage full of weapons! Deathtrap
Another successful play for DDS. Deathtrap played to almost full houses and the audiences loved it. The twists and turns kept them guessing and the actors did an amazing job of bringing their characters to life. This has been an amazing play to direct. One of our shortest rehearsal periods and we smashed it out … Continue reading A stage full of weapons! Deathtrap
Exiting the station! Time for another one…
Saturday was the final performance of The Girl on the Train. Director Jacob Harrison wanted to try something new, use sound, light and projection together to help tell the story, and it worked very well. It was exciting to use new equipment to tell a story in a different way and it sounded like our … Continue reading Exiting the station! Time for another one…
The Girl on The Train – Casting Success!
John Parkin and Sharon Reilly reading their scene (photo by Gill Hunter) We are delighted that so many people came to our casting for The Girl on the Train. There was a great mix of newcomers and current members and everyone did amazingly well. Our casting committee had a tough decision and we are delighted … Continue reading The Girl on The Train – Casting Success!
Casting Success! ‘The Unexpected Guest’
Laurie Yates and Jamie Flynn tread the boards during casting! Wow, what an amazing turnout for our first open casting in a while. There was a lovely mix of old members, new members and potential members and every single one of them put on a brilliant performance. The casting committee had some very difficult decisions … Continue reading Casting Success! ‘The Unexpected Guest’
Another year over!
It felt so good to be back in the theatre, performing once more. Our prolonged closure over lockdown was hard for a lot of us who spend so much of our free time involved in creative pursuits. It was also lovely to see some of our audiences return. We know that the new covid variant … Continue reading Another year over!
New members night fun
What a brilliant night we had. It was wonderful to have 14 potential new members come along to see what we do. We introduced ourselves, they looked around the theatre, we all watched a little bit of our rehearsal for Lockdown in Little Grimley, and finished off the night with a little quiz and chat … Continue reading New members night fun