Tim Monley

I have food. I have shelter. I have breath. I will make art today.

20 000 words into writing a story and I started counting words to see if I can make it long enough to be a novel. I’ve decided to stop that and just write the story. Feeling better already.

Watching Hi8 camcorder footage of waves from 1996. The waves are much the same these days.

Score this morning. Void 1, Tim 0. Got the day to catch up.

My radical political act for today is to not worry about it.

Interpreting feedback.
“It was a bit too long.”
I read this as the pacing being off or that some scenes weren’t as engaging enough. I look for scenes that aren’t moving the plot forward or require more urgency.
Sometimes the length is fine and adding more plot is what you need.

The Fae getting ready for the show

The current costume workshop. Five days till show day.

Thank you cardboard. How would we play test without it?

If the title doesn’t grab you, just leave it.

A bench somewhere.
Working at a festival site for a month. Need a good bench to get me through.

My friend’s injury. A new emoji. Also my mood, and the mood of my fellow optimists.

This isn’t chess. I’m just working out my blocking for a stage musical with chess pieces. Amazingly the pieces all made sense for each of the characters.

Our mental health plant. People find it calming.

Monster Siege: Slobber monsters(parents) attempt to steal rubber ducks from defenders(kids), who use pool spears to defend themselves.
Like a sporting match with a good dose of theatre and silliness thrown in.

ONBOARDING AS HERO’S JOURNEY Onboarding in the context of immersive work usually refers to the part of the audience journey that takes people from their arrival at the location to them being in the world of the show. This is o…

Had a go at mapping the audience journey onto the hero’s journey. It extends their emotional experience beyond the performance, making the actual show a feature of act 2.

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Meanwhile a bee Fae creature is playing with some humans at a festival.

Nothing like adding some lights and cables to an old piece of tech to make it sci fi.

“I told my Mum I wanted to decorate my room like this and she got me diagnosed with autism”
Quote from a customer.

One of The Fae playing with festival patrons. Engaging people with simple non verbal playfulness as the intro to a world where Fae creatures are attempting to make peace with humans.

Trying to work out how to turn the left overs from a train station/castle/pirate ship/Fae garden into some kind of sci-fi biotech lab.
Easy right!?

Obscure in Australia. No idea if it was big anywhere else.

Currently working on a show with insect Fae creatures who have come through the veil to make peace with humans. This is the spider Fae.

Oh no, I just watched episode one. Am I stuck on a loop road, should I be trying to get out!?

Pneumatic tubes were always one of those things I saw in films and wanted to play with. It’s been so fun watching players get to have that experience.
This is from The Portal, first escape room I worked on.

Giger-esk