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Acky-Made was founded in 2006 by Canadian composer/playwright/actor Alex Eddington, as a blanket company for any self-productions of his own theatre scripts, as well as his self-published musical compositions. If Alex is Acky (and he is), then anything he creates is technically Acky-Made.
The company has produced two one-man shows, WOOL (2006) and The Fugue Code (2007) – both written by and starring Eddington – on the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit. In 2008, Acky-Made will present its first two-hander, Old Growth, in a trans-Canadian tour.
The people who run Acky-Made are Alex Eddington (Artistic Director) and anyone who co-invests in a project. In 2007, that was Alison Williams; in 2008 it is Aura Giles. Acky-Made hires other members of the creative team (like Alison Williams in 2008) as needed.
“Acky” is the name of Alex Eddington’s laptop, accordion, Volvo, and imaginary Leopard Gecko.
Up to this point, Acky-Made has been a self-funded venture. It depends entirely on ticket sales and personal donations.
(ackifesto)
Acky-Made aims to find new ways of
intersecting music and theatre in which both are equals, with the
eventual (idealistic) goal of erasing the distinctions between
them.
Acky-Made has noticed that being a composer and being a playwright are not all that different; it is the rehearsal processes that are divergent.
Acky-Made's work has no stylistic biases. Each project is separate, and arises out of the needs of its particular subject.
Acky-Made’s work is always
experimental.
Acky-Made believes that best experimental
work experiments first and foremost with new modes of connection with an
audience. A journey only matters if people want to go on it.
Acky-Made loves form, texture,
simultaneity, numbers, props, and onstage lighting!
Acky-Made will probably mount some
site-specific productions someday soon.
Acky-Made thinks that live theatre is
magical, but that actual magic makes it more so.
Acky-Made suspects that a play can be
larger on the inside than on the outside.
Acky-Made is certain that a creation is
larger than its creator.
Acky-Made disagrees that an artwork should
be something that can be understood at first viewing – but agrees that the
audience should want to come back.
Acky-Made doesn’t think it’s possible to
please everyone, and that controversy is a sign of
success.
Acky-Made knows that the best laughter is
a step away from despair.
Acky-Made proposes that not only can Art change the world, but that it must.
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