Amnesty International

The St John's branch of Amnesty is a friendly and passionate society within college. It really gives its members (and the college as a whole) a chance to make a difference to the individual lives of persecuted people all over the world. We look at Amnesty campaigns from England to China and would love as much support and as many ideas as possible!

President: Zahraa Abadi zahraa.abadi@durham.ac.uk 

Bailey Theatre Company

Durham Student Theatre (the overarching body for theatre at Durham University) is made up of a number of individual theatre companies. The Bailey Theatre Company is run by Johnians and has one of the best reputations for producing amazing theatre in the whole of Durham! Recent shows have been awarded 5* reviews and always sell ver well. These have included 'The Crucible', '4:48 Psychosis', 'Spring Awakening', 'After the End' and 'Dr. Faustus' which also won the award for Best Play at the Durham Oscars. We also co-took a new production 'Who's Afraid of the Brothers Grimm?' to the Edinburgh Festival which won a very rare 'Sell-Out Award' and received fantastic reviews.

The current exec is made up of Callum Cheatle (also Durham Student Theatre's Festivals Secretary), Greg Silverman (also Durham Student Theatre's treasurer), Tasha Cowley and Clare Bliss. They are always on hand if you have any questions about BTC or want to get involved. In 2010/2011 we want to continue and develop the incredible work that BTC is producing and for this we need your help! We need you to get involved in acting, directing, producing, stage management, the technical side, costume, props - whatever suits your interests! There's something here for you no-matter what you enjoy doing! Get involved in the exec, as a decicated member, as a dedicated audience member or in any capability that you want. Next year we are planning a separate production for each term, the end of year Summer Shakespeare (a fun event for all of collage held on Linton Lawn) and many socials and other events. Get involved in Johns' best society!

 The BTC Exec

Chair – Callum Cheatle

Oversees the running of BTC and the exec and acts as a point of contact for matters concerning BTC both from DST and college. The Chair calls and chairs meetings, and has the final say on any decisions needing to be made. They also ensure all exec members understand their duties and ensure they complete any tasks assigned to them. At the end of the term of office, the Chair is responsible for the handover to the next exec.

Vice-chair(s) - Natasha Cowley and Greg Silverman 

Supports the Chair in his/her responsibilities. Organises annual showcase to take place in late autumn or early spring term.

Secretary – (none)

Needs to be able to support the Chair and Vice Chair as well as helping with general decisions made by the entire exec. Additional requirements specific to the role are to organise exec meetings, write minutes of each meeting and circulate them to the rest of the exec and use the minutes as a record of decisions made and tasks given to members. The Secretary should also liaise with other members of the exec to check that they are happy with any tasks that they are given and to offer any further assistance.

Treasurer - (none)

Attends Finance Committee meetings to represent BTC and present any play budgets. Any budget proposals for plays must be approved by the BTC treasurer, who then presents them to the JJCR treasurer to approve.

Resources - (none)

In charge of props/set/costume/make-up in the BTC cupboard and available to help with costume, props and make-up for shows if needed. It is also their responsibility to keep the BTC archives up to date.

Publicity - (none)

Responsible for sorting out stash for the Exec, keeping the website page up to date and producing publicity for the Summer Shakespeare. They are also available to do publicity for any BTC show if required.

Tech Officer - Clare Bliss

Working with the Daylight Robbery rep to ensure the John’s lighting and sound equipment is in working order. Available to provide technical assistance to productions if required. Responsible for ensuring that there is at least one other person in the college who is able to sort out technical aspects of a play and train people to use the college’s technical equipment.

Past productions with reviews

Choirs

Chapel Choir Director: Shaun Turnbull shaun.turnbull@durham.ac.uk

College Choir Director: Henry Sleath h.g.sleath@dur.ac.uk

Christian Union (CU)

You might guess that there are quite a few Christians in John’s. The Christian Union is a place where we can all meet together, supporting and encouraging each other. You don’t have to be a Christian to come along, and you don’t have to come along if you are a Christian - hopefully any Christian will feel a part of the union of Christians regardless of level of activity.

So the main meeting is on a Monday night. We are linked to the whole University Christian Union (DICCU) - a bit like a subsidiary. It’s all inter-denominational and hopefully it’s all about Jesus. Feel free to email either of the two reps that like to pretend like we’re in charge.

Presidents: Katherine Higgins katherine.higgins@durham.ac.uk

                  Jonathan Green    jonathan.green@durham.ac.uk

                                               www.diccu.co.uk/st-johns

Dance

More information about this society will come up soon.

Presidents: Melissa Charters melissa.charters@dur.ac.uk
                  Sarah Williams sarah.williams@durham.ac.uk  

Daylight Robbery

Dave Munroe daylight-robbery@johnsjcr.org.uk (or d.j.munroe@dur.ac.uk)

Neighbours Society

Orchestra

The College Orchestra has not run for a number of years, mainly due to the fact that, as one of the smallest colleges in Durham, we have not had sufficient numbers to make it viable.  This does not mean, however, that it is not going to run this year!  There will be an orchestra sign-up sheet at the Freshers’ Fair, on the same table as the College Choir sign-up, which will ask for your name, contact details and instruments – following the Fair, a decision will be made as to whether an orchestra (or other ensemble!) is viable.  If you have any questions about the orchestra or choir, please do feel free to contact me:

President: Edward (Ted) Moore e.p.moore@dur.ac.uk  07851289165

Photographic Society

If you like to take pictures, then join Photosoc. With a well equipped darkroom and camera in college, workshops and opportunities to exhibit your work, it's your chance to become the next world-famous photographer.

If you're interested in learning how to use the dark room or anything else to do with photography, get in touch.

Jodie Barnes jodie-hannah.barnes@dur.ac.uk

Poker Society

The poker society consists of a group of people who play poker for fun. We meet once a week to play a casual game of poker. In the society we don't play poker for money. 

We welcome people of any level. If you haven't played before, we will teach you how to play.

Weekly game at 8pm Thursdays in the Cockerton room. We normally play two games, one from 8-10pm and antoerh one from 10-11.30 pm.

If you have any questions please contact me

Gunnar Ro g.o.i.ro@durham.ac.uk

Polo Society

President: Daniel Orton d.p.d.orton@durham.ac.uk

Ski and Snowboard club