Musical Society

Best Society
Winner 2023/2024

Best Society Event
Winner 2023/2024 (2024 Full-Scale Musical 'Cats', 9th-13th April)

Best Video
Winner 2023/2024 (Mini Musical Festival 2023 - Act 1)

Best Poster
Winner 2023/2024 (Cats - Victoria)

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Awards Roll of Honour
2023/2024 MU Award: Best Society
2023/2024 MU Award: Best Society Event
2023/2024 MU Award: Best Video
2023/2024 MU Award: Best Poster
2021/2022 MU Award: Best Society
2021/2022 MU Award: Best Video
2021/2022 Board of Irish College Societies Award
2020/2021 MU Award: Best Poster
2020/2021 MU Award: Best Motivator
2019/2020 MU Award: Best Poster
2016/2017 MU Award: Best Video
Weekly Activities 12
Only logged in / active Musical Society members can book / attend these activities
‘& Juliet’ Rehearsal
Day:
Mondays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
45
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Rye Hall Lecture Theatre

Every Monday ‘& Juliet’ cast will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Rye Hall Lecture Theatre.
‘Cabaret’ Rehearsal
Day:
Mondays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
40
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Riverstown Hall

Every Monday the cast of ‘Cabaret’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Riverstown Hall. 

‘Waitress’ Rehearsal
Day:
Mondays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
35
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Classhall A, Arts Building

Every Monday the cast of ‘Waitress’ will rehearse for our Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Classhall A, Arts Building. 

‘Hadestown’ Rehearsal
Day:
Mondays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
35
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building

Every Monday the cast of ‘Hadestown’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building. 

‘Waitress’ Rehearsal
Day:
Tuesdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
45
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Rye Hall Lecture Theatre

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘Waitress’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Rye Hall Lecture Theatre.

‘Hadestown’ Rehearsal
Day:
Tuesdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
40
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Riverstown Hall

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘Hadestown’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Riverstown Hall. 

‘& Juliet’ Rehearsal
Day:
Tuesdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
35
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘& Juliet’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building.

‘Cabaret’ Rehearsal
Day:
Tuesdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
35
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Arts Building Classhall E

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘Cabaret’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Classhall E, Arts Building. 

‘Hadestown’ Rehearsal
Day:
Thursdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
40
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Riverstown Hall

Every Thursday the cast of ‘Hadestown’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Riverstown Hall. 

‘& Juliet’ Rehearsal
Day:
Thursdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
35
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building

Every Thursday the cast of ‘& Juliet’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Auxilia 2, Auxilia Builidng.

‘Waitress’ Rehearsal
Day:
Thursdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
35
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Classhall A, Arts Building

Every Thursday the cast of ‘Waitress’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Classhall A, Arts Building. 

‘Cabaret’ Rehearsal
Day:
Thursdays
Starts:
18:00
Ends:
22:00
 Max:
35
IN-PERSON
Activity
Location: Classhall E, Arts Building

Every Thursday the cast of ‘Cabaret’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Classhall E, Arts Building.

‘& Juliet’ Rehearsal

Day Mondays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 45 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Rye Hall Lecture Theatre

Every Monday ‘& Juliet’ cast will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Rye Hall Lecture Theatre.

‘Cabaret’ Rehearsal

Day Mondays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 40 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Riverstown Hall

Every Monday the cast of ‘Cabaret’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Riverstown Hall. 

‘Waitress’ Rehearsal

Day Mondays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 35 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Classhall A, Arts Building

Every Monday the cast of ‘Waitress’ will rehearse for our Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Classhall A, Arts Building. 

‘Hadestown’ Rehearsal

Day Mondays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 35 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building

Every Monday the cast of ‘Hadestown’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building. 

‘Waitress’ Rehearsal

Day Tuesdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 45 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Rye Hall Lecture Theatre

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘Waitress’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Rye Hall Lecture Theatre.

‘Hadestown’ Rehearsal

Day Tuesdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 40 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Riverstown Hall

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘Hadestown’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Riverstown Hall. 

‘& Juliet’ Rehearsal

Day Tuesdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 35 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘& Juliet’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building.

‘Cabaret’ Rehearsal

Day Tuesdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 35 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Arts Building Classhall E

Every Tuesday the cast of ‘Cabaret’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical festival 2024 in Classhall E, Arts Building. 

‘Hadestown’ Rehearsal

Day Thursdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 40 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Riverstown Hall

Every Thursday the cast of ‘Hadestown’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Riverstown Hall. 

‘& Juliet’ Rehearsal

Day Thursdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 35 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Auxilia 2, Auxilia Building

Every Thursday the cast of ‘& Juliet’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Auxilia 2, Auxilia Builidng.

‘Waitress’ Rehearsal

Day Thursdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 35 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Classhall A, Arts Building

Every Thursday the cast of ‘Waitress’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Classhall A, Arts Building. 

‘Cabaret’ Rehearsal

Day Thursdays
From 18:00, to 22:00
Cost FREE
Max 35 attendees
Type IN-PERSON Activity

Location: Classhall E, Arts Building

Every Thursday the cast of ‘Cabaret’ will rehearse for the Mini Musical Festival 2024 in Classhall E, Arts Building.

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About Musical Society

We are Maynooth University Musical Society! Whether you have been performing onstage for years or you have never heard of musical theatre before, we have a place for you! Not all of our members sing and dance, we welcome members who want to be involved in every aspect of our productions both on and off stage. 

We produce several musical theatre shows each year, ranging from competitive and full-length musical productions, to shows that are just for one! We have performed full length musicals such as 'Grease'. 'Rent', 'Spring Awakening', 'All Shook Up', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Jesus Christ Superstar', 'Into the Woods' and 'Cats'. 

Our 2024 production of 'Cats' earned us 4 national awards at the Association of Irish Musical Societies Awards (AIMS), those being Best Choreography, Best Ensemble (Mungojerrie and Rumpleteaser), Best Chorus and 2nd Overall Best Show, as well as one additional nomination, Best Director (Gavin Murphy).

We also compete in the All Ireland Musical Theatre Intervarsities against other universities in Ireland. In 2021, our film adaptation of 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' won 6 awards including Best Overall Show at the All-Ireland Musical Theatre Intervarsity Competitions. In 2022, our production of 'The Prom' gained us a further 4 awards including Best Musical Number and 2nd Best Overall Show. Our 2023 submission of 'Legally Blonde' obtained an impressive 5 awards including Spirit of Inters, 2nd Best Overall Show and Best Performer (Colleen Doyle). In 2024, our cast and production team of 'Beetlejuice' took home an incredible 6 awards- 2nd Best Overall Show, Spirit of Inters, Best Direction, Best Storytelling, Best Number (That Beautiful Sound) and Best performer (Becky Casley). We are so proud to say that thanks to the extraordinary dedication and efforts from our production teams casts alike, MUMS have managed to obtain the most awards out of all the university societies at Intervarsities for the past 4 years. 

Busy timetable? No need to commit to one of our productions, drop into one of our day-to-day events anytime. We run weekly events in the evenings and during the day for our commuting members! These events include open mics, quizzes, tea and chats, team building, film nights and production watch nights, trips away (and abroad), and dance, singing and acting workshops open to everyone. We cannot wait to welcome you to MUMS!!

Current Committee 13
Chairperson KATIE-MAI MOONEY
Productions Chairperson JOE KEANE
Secretary CAOIMHE MOORE
Treasurer SARAID HARTNETT
Public Relations Officer (Design) ALISON KIERNAN WHELAN
Public Relations Officer (Media) BECKY CASLEY
Events Officer OISIN REYNOLDS
First Year Rep JOHN ROBERT BRENNAN
Inters Rep/ Vice Treasurer/ Vice Chairperson CAOLÁN JAMES MORIARTY
Ordinary Committee Member EABHA BRENNAN
Productions Liaison LYSANDER ELAMIN
Tech and Construction Officer AMBER-LILLY
Tech and Construction Officer TAYLOR PATRICK DENCH

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