We are back with a new episode of the podcast and this time we feature our first IN STUDIO GUEST the talented Ally Morgan! Ally's show Not Today arrived at the 2022 Sydney Fringe Festival to stellar reviews and nominations and now we get all the behind the scenes stories on how it came to be.
Ally sits down in our powerhouse museum studio to discuss climate change activism, how lockdown forced her to be creative and how this eventually led to her writing her own one woman show. We also have the return of our new favourite game, One Minute Theatre Thoughts and Ally also performs one of her songs from Not Today just for the podcast!
This episode was produced by Echidna Audio (@echidnaaudio) and organised in coordination with Rogue Projects (@rogueprojects). Tickets for the performances of Not Today at Riverside Theatre Parramatta from 23-24th September can be booked at riversideparramatta.com.au or through this link.
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Not Today
It’s the one-woman cabaret that was meant to save the world from climate change.
It won’t, but it just might save us from ourselves.
26-year-old Ally Morgan is determined to save the world from climate change. How does she plan to do it? Through the power of THEATRE! The only problem is that she’s so anxious about climate change that she can’t actually write the life-changing show that will save the world through the power of theatre… See the problem?
So, when Ally finally books in to see a psychologist and a guided meditation miraculously transports her to a real-life theatre in front of YOU, she’s got no choice but to devise a one-woman show on the spot - right here, right now!
A little Minchin, a touch Gadsby, and bit Burnham, Not Today is a frank and funny trip inside the mind of an anxious millennial on a mission. On stage with her army of instruments and an entirely original score featuring 12 unforgettable songs, Ally may not quite save the world, but she’ll sure put on one hell of a show!
“We are here, and we will die someday, but not today.”
Show Highlights
3:30 - A bit about Ally
10:02 - Climate Change Anxiety and Activism
18:07 - How was Not Today made?
26:27 - Song Style Inspirations
29:50 - One Minute Theatre Thoughts with Ally Morgan
33:05 - Live Performance of 'Traffic'
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