MXXXX'ing out!

The wonderful crew at MX Brisbane and their great photographer Jeff Camden spent some time with us in Winn Lane, among the bins and graffiti'd up staircase :)

AAANNNDDD here are the results...

Eloise Maree, Kat Henry and Michael Johnson in today's MX

 Wowee we have an attractive bunch'o peeps ;)

xo The Alley Cats

4ZZZ Meets Some Cool Cats

Our very own Eloise Maree and Maxine Mellor had an interview with Danny from 4ZZZ last week.

If you missed it, don't worry :) here's the sound bite for you!

Learn a little more about two of our playwrights, the plays and characters and our project/process in general :) not to mention Anywhere Theatre Festival

Thanks for having us Danny and 4ZZZ!

Don't forget to book tickets for all the other shows, AND if you missed out on our tickets keep checking back with us digitally to see if (or WHEN) our next show is going to be :D

xo The Alley Cats

Greasing the wheel

Wowee! Time has flown!

NOT ONLY have we been lost in a world full of rehearsals, but we've just received word that our shows have sold out (YIKES)

BUT don't fret just yet... a little birdie has told me there might be at least one more show left in it for us alley cats (rumour yet to be confirmed!)

Until then a little digital teasing to get you in the mood for whats to come this coming Monday and Tuesday:

Vodka Cranberry Soda (By Dan Evans) - Caitlin Dooley and Lucy Whyte get physical

Can't wait to see you in Winn Lane ;) be sure to get there early! We've got more planned then just your standard theatre show

xo The Alley Cats

GUEST BLOG: Part Two - By Eloise Maree

SO last time you read Part One of our playwright and producer Eloise Maree's tale. 


Well, to help with mid semester and monday procrastination, here's Part Two!

Part Two:


Then, just as a blink of an eye [which is unquestionably short] they found themselves grown up, middle-aged, as husbands and wives with jobs and children and they had forgotten they silly days of misspent youth. They had, after all, found their happiness. Their spirit was calmed and their lives were bound. They’d forgotten the sticky mornings of waking with strangers and quietly being sick in the toilet and spending hours preparing themselves for such glories.


In one way, they’d grown uptight... in another, they were free of the self-ridicule that becomes such meaningless chunder. Sometimes they were confused about how they ended up in such a place and had to remind themselves that it is what they wanted so long ago [but why?...their mind would drift]. And at times, persevering times they were, they would re-call their former glories. Alcohol would numb their minds and their bodies and once more they would be young- oh so young! With loud voices that over-pronounced their delicate feelings and dancing limbs that knocked and swayed. They would once more forbear the strip of clubs with wild young things, shacking their manes together on the floor and bellowing out forgotten favourites [that had since become vintage treasures]. For beyond the haze of booze, there was a pride which swelled through these nights. A pride which one may only find in those who refuse to face a reality. A glistening refusal of norms - the very norms that clutched and constricted their being; one that felt as if it lifted them beyond everything.


In fact, such nights were purely numbing them from the problems they faced. They were a band-aid over intangible grazes the not-quite grown-ups had refused to notice. But yet they drank, so they sang and how it drove their dance! Shackles of responsibility were not felled, but they were loosened and shaken. Sex, mania and booze were sucked into the soft spaces of their lungs. And such is the glory of that dark strip of colourful clubs.

Where the wild things are

You may or may not have already seen our sexy little something-something of a video.

Maybe I'm biased, but I found myself watching our teaser ad over and over!

A note to the cluey, this video gives clues as to what the shows are about :) take a guess at the four sets of people you'll encounter this May.

Here are some handy hints to help you out:

An Alleyway in Two Parts - Max Mellor
Michael Johnson
Dinny Dinsdale

Vodka Cranberry & Soda - Dan Evans
Caitlin Dooley
Athalia Foo



[untitled] - Daniel Maloney
Dan Eady
Genevive Butler

Bottom of the Glass - Eloise Maree
Benji Jackson

Don't forget to book your tickets! More info? Check it here

 

A HUGE thanks to all involved in our sunday afternoon video creating:

Eloise Maree, Claire Jarvis (director, cameraman AND editor in chief), Wendy Ma, Michael Johnson, Lachlan Richards, Jack Loel, Sarah Lawrence, Genevieve Butler, Dinny Dinsdale, Caitlin Moriarty and Ishrak :)

 

All Work and (all) no Play...

Can you work while you play? The answer is YES

No joke, we Alleycats achieve this on a daily basis! You may have noticed our Facebook and Twitter going a little mental this evening. Apologies if this interrupted your nights watching of Game of Thrones, 30 Rock or (heaven forbid) any of the numerous C grade reality shows I can't seem to tear my eyes away from!

You were right - we were getting up to no good. BUT we achieved a lot too because tonight was our second reading of the play drafts - and what a reading it was.

We re-met some splendid characters. Some had gone through a transformation for the better or the worse, some rambled with a little more sense, some made us laugh more and others cry more.

I can honestly say, however, that this mixed bag of characters who make up the Alleyway Project experience will not fail to meet you - eye to freaky eye.

Come meet them for yourselves. They don't bite.... usually.

Taking it to the Streets

Anywhere Theatre Festival organised a shoot with the Sunday Mail recently, starring a few festival picks (Alleyway Project included!)

We had so much fun wheeling each other around in trolleys, standing in the door ways of the alley's local businesses and looking legit(imately insane!)

 Wahoo! Look out for the shoot (which also includes 9 other shows for preview!) in U on Sunday in the Sunday Mail :D

AND check out some other shots from the day's shooting madness here!

Xo The Alleycats

GUEST BLOG: Part One - By Eloise Maree

Our dearest busy bee playwright, Eloise Maree, took some time out of her busy schedule to write a short story short skirts, clubs, free-flowing drinks and sticky mornings after.

My my, haven't we all been there before! Take a peak :) and wet your appetite for the next installment (coming soon!)

Part I

In a dark line of colourful clubs the youths spun and slouched on their mean heels with their painted faces, slurring expletives and grabbing at drinks. They sought a good time: to be happy and fabulous and liked: thus they wore their shiny new frocks and shoes and shirts and trousers. They dropped to their knees and spilt stomach acid on the pavement; they forgot how to walk and articulate, but they were there with their friends so they knew they were happy. 

And why did they drink so that their whole demeanour changed and their walk wonked? Why, because they wanted to be grown up with proper fun and proper fun and lovers – love! – life-long love with wondrous times in bed. They did not pause to consider that what they were doing surmounted to none of these things – no, they were convinced that they were having a great time and that all they were doing would lead to what they want. And what if any encumbering thoughts crept in, saying they felt silly and lonely and unattractive? Why, they drank more and forced their limbs to shake on the dance floor and laughed! with wet lips and cat-like eyes. For they had to be having a good time, all of them looked just as what they thought a good time appeared and at times the foggy misdemeanour felt wonderful. And so they laughed away their silly fears, proudly paraded their glossy new looks and vomited out the bad. 

(to be continued...)

Youth in Revolt

Ok so she might not be revolting or causing a scene of any kind, but she is being heard and helping give youth a voice in the arts :)

Our very own Eloise Maree was the MC for the Youth Statement Launch a few days ago and we couldn't be more proud!

  Ain't she a cutie?