Alchymy 2024
Saturday 20th July | 10am – 10pm
Alchymy is The North Wall’s annual new work festival shining a light on the talents of early-career theatre-makers and presenting bold new work.
The festival features fantastic work made by ArtsLab alumni and North Wall Creative Associates. Join us for entertainment, connections, and conversations – a day exploding with inspiring performances, panel discussions and workshops.
2024 Programme of Events
10:45am – 11:45 am: Youth Board presents Pick N Mix
12pm – 1:15pm: Creating Content Workshop: How to start writing with Jenna Fincken
1:45pm – 2:30pm: Panel Discussion: Keep calm and carry on? How do we look after ourselves in a fast-paced industry.
2:45pm – 3:45pm: SUPERREAL
4pm – 5:15pm: Producing workshop with Camille Koosyial
5:30pm – 6:15pm: Panel Discussion: To Edinburgh or not to Edinburgh? Taking a show to the festival
6:30pm – 7:30pm: Roann Hassani McCloskey: Who Murdered My Cat?
8pm – 9pm: International House of Vape
Goya Presents
SUPERREAL
Performance: 2.45 – 3.45pm
Alex is running away from everything. Rent, decisions, Milton Keynes.
Things are getting desperate, but when Alex gets lost in the never-ending nightclub by the railway station they discover a way out through a rabbit hole. As they tread the dangerous boundary between fantasy and reality, Alex must confront the scaffolding that holds up the world we live in. More painfully, they’ll have to confront themselves.
A musical rollercoaster, SUPERREAL is a spectacular new spin on the Lewis Carroll classic that asks big questions about gender identities, finding freedom and turning the world upside down. North Wall Creative Associate’s GOYA present work-in-progress sharing of a musical fantasia on queer themes.
Roann Hassani McCloskey: Who Murdered My Cat?
Performance: 6.30 – 7.30pm
BBC Writers room and popcorn prize shortlisted, Who Murdered My Cat? is back.
Multi award winning story-teller Roann Hassani McCloskey returns with her hilarious and inquisitive approach to comedy. Following sell-out shows at Vault Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre and touring the UK, Roann is over-sharing once again.
Not from the makers of Making a Murderer. Also not from the makers of Kidnapped in Plain Sight. How did Roann’s cat getting murdered make her want to delve into her past? Why do her memories leave her with so many questions? And questionable memories? All her family members are back in force in her second show, now with pets.
“Ask her to read a train timetable and she’d have her audience in stitches“. British Theatre Guide
International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience
Performance: 8 – 9pm
“Theatre is dying. The old models are defunct. Your audience ain’t interested. It’s time…to redefine.”
At an unprecedented price point and for a limited time only, you are radically invited to a conference that will change the trajectory of the theatre industry forever. In this world-altering presentation, corporate megastars International House of Vape lay out their concept for an ethical, sustainable and cash-rich future.
The traditional theatre experience is dead- long live the Vape!
Hot off the heels of their successful Edinburgh run, T. Brennan and J. Newton (The Wardrobe Ensemble) proudly present a visionary new performance collab. Combining biting satire, arresting imagery and excessive vaping, IHoV takes a sledgehammer to the theatre industry, examining the human cost of making art in a profit-driven world.
Tickets:
Individual events (performances and workshops/panels): £5, except International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience: £10. Book through website event pages above.
Alchymy 2024 Festival Pass: £20 BOOK NOW
Alchymy Festival Pass holders have free access to all events across the festival (workshops, panel discussions and performances including International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre Experience, but booking is still required for each event.
With thanks St Edward’s School for their generous support.
Alchymy has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
