Halloween is here. There’s the smell of coal in the air, there’s leaves on the ground, and the scarves are back. And as Sheriff Brackett once said, “it’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare”. But by scare, do you think he’s actually referring to that sinking feeling we all have now that reading week is over, and we’ve done nothing? Nonetheless, if you really want to get into the spirit of Halloween, head on to DU Players and Q Soc’s screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Wednesday.
The Rocky Horror Show debuted on the British stage in 1973 as a musical, and just two years later it was adapted into a film and renamed. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 musical horror-comedy science-fiction film. It’s a cult classic and a guaranteed good time. If you’re not convinced already, bear in mind that society members will be in full costume, creating an electrifying atmosphere by throwing things and shouting things. It’s like the musical version of Farmaphobia.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a long-running social phenomenon. When it was first released, movie critics were unimpressed, but it was the reaction of the audience that transformed it into the social phenomenon that it is today. The Rocky Horror Picture Show was screened every Friday night for over 20 years at the Classic Cinema in Harolds Cross, Dublin. Audience members would appear each Friday dressed in full costume and ready to do the Time Warp.
The film has also influenced one of the most influential books in the history of the modern bisexual rights movement entitled Bisexuality, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Me, by Elizabeth Reba Weise, a piece in a collection edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka’ahumanu entitled, Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out (1991).
DU Players and Q Soc may also do some live-action acting and both societies will be handing out cheat sheets, so you’ll know when and what to shout out. DU Players is famed for its immersive and engaging events as Ireland’s most active drama society. Q Soc have also famed itself as a place for LGBTQ students and their friends to hang out, meet like-minded people and have fun in a comfortable environment.
The event will be starting at 8pm in Players Theatre, Wednesday October 31st and it is free in for Players and Q Soc members, so make sure you’re a member of one or the other if you want to come along.
