Alison is an intensely personal, interdisciplinary, multimedia post-musical theatre piece that dives into the crumbling innerworld of its creator and the madness of the modern outerworld. Inspired by Alice in Wonderland, it blends dance, visuals, video game animation, literature, poetry, acting, and film into a surreal exploration of mental health, societal dysfunction, and the loss of control. Through Alison’s journey, the show confronts the crushing weight of living in a world where suffering is constant, protests are silenced, and survival feels like a treadmill that’s always set too fast. The piece examines how society pits us against each other, fighting battles we don’t fully understand, while ignoring the deeper forces pulling the strings. With its deeply personal storytelling and visceral staging, Alison invites audiences into a world of fractured reality and uncomfortable truths.

Keely Westwood is a composer, producer, and self-proclaimed chaos enthusiast, creating unique, existential, emotionally charged electronic and orchestral compositions for her own new media/post-musical theatre productions. A touch dramatic and delightfully weird, Keely’s creative world is one of letters unsent and stories untold. She doesn’t shy away from exploring the strange, slimy, sticky mess at the depths of her soul, existential dread, and the great unknown. In addition to her own theatre productions, Westwood has also composed and helped artistically shape various other widely ranging projects, from interdisciplinary exhibition works to spatial audio design, fashion runway soundscapes and even arranging compositions for live crickets. Often impassioned, occasionally funny, and always deeply herself (or perhaps, not at all…), Keely invites audiences into her ongoing search for meaning through sound, stories, and maybe a little bit of chaos.

Jip Tannenbaum visuals
Sem Allush lightinstallation
Marilou Fortune dance
Pablo Sanchez technician

Conservatorium van Amsterdam in collaboration with New Music NOW