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Mariah Mannae 🎬✍🏼
📍London / France
Writer, Director & Filmmaker.
Photo by @nicksumnerwright
Here are some notes I jotted down upon reuniting with my sisters this week 🌻
“Did anyone bring hairspray?”
“I bet mum’s got that Taft stuff she’s had since we were kids.”
“Can you fix my hair?”
“Have you eaten?”
“I can’t find my shoes.”
Ten years since we’ve all lived in a house together but somehow the pieces still fit- not perfectly, the edges are tattered and the surfaces scuffed but you can still decipher the picture. A small split level cottage in country Australia, three sisters growing up together. Two bunk beds, late night conversations and that pink nail polish stain on the carpet we hoped mum would never find. There’s the songs we used to listen to and the hand written diaries stuffed in the wardrobe. There’s the posters on the walls and the books long forgotten now. There’s this trend and that one and all the dreams we collected along the way. There’s the dolls and the hair extensions, the flared jeans and the half jackets too. All these things are now woven into the way we exist with each other. My younger sister is dressed in white, veil pinned in, hair curled and set and yet for a moment I can see her at five years old, red faced jumping on the trampoline seeing who can bounce higher. This is the secret language of sisters, I think to myself as time takes another memory for it’s keeping.
#writings #sisters #pugliaitaly #creativeliving
A workshop that I have wanted to host for so long is coming into fruition on June 10th at 7pm in collaboration with @everybody.reads bookshop. A creative writing evening for adults all on finding truth and authenticity in the work. This is going to be a really special evening for connection and community in the creative journey, for all those that have heard that inner calling in this life to explore what it means to be a writer ❤️
Tickets: https://www.mariahmannae.com/event-details/a-creative-writing-workshop-for-adults-on-authenticity?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio
#creativeliving #creativeprocess #writingjourney #writingworkshop #londonbookshops
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
From Italy, with love x 🥀
#puglia #italiancountryside #italiancountryhouse #italianvilla #weddingitalyphotographer
Hello,
I’m working on a piece of writing at the moment that has taken ten years in its process. It is a piece that has travelled with me from my small home town in Australia, to France, london and even to Italy. It has seen me through the beginning and ending of chapters, places and people. I have picked it up and put it away many a times, never quite understanding what it was asking of me. But as all important stories do, it has kept chipping away at me until I could no longer ignore it. I’m in quite an intense writing period with it, most likely for the rest of the year. I have thought about how this feels as a filmmaker, to not be as visible in that discipline for a while so I can invest time into it properly. I have too contemplated with what creative identity means for me and how it looks externally vs how it feels internally. I have also come to the understanding that I want to look at art from a place of awe, curiosity and observation- without necessarily seeking something from it. I recently watched a David Attenborough documentary and was enamoured by the way he could observe species without judgment or interference. The human experience is something I find endlessly fascinating and it is what I wish to pursue as focal point in my art. To create, I suppose, in an attempt to witness or by some good grace comprehend this life of ours. The world currently demands so much visibility from artists but at present I am discovering the great solitude, stillness and slowness it takes for me to write. These are some photos @nicksumnerwright took of me the other evening that I thought I would share. He is starting to photograph again and I have always loved seeing life through his lens. Creativity takes many shapes, especially if you are multifaceted in your craft, so that is where I am at in my creative journey at present. It it’s gruelling, compelling and humbling work to be the bearer of a story. So if I am quiet online, it is because I have the great honour of “grappling with a story” as author Heather Rose so beautifully said in writers session the other night.
#writingcommunity #creativejournal #diary #creativejourney #writings
Hello,
I’m working on a piece of writing at the moment that has taken ten years in its process. It is a piece that has travelled with me from my small home town in Australia, to France, london and even to Italy. It has seen me through the beginning and ending of chapters, places and people. I have picked it up and put it away many a times, never quite understanding what it was asking of me. But as all important stories do, it has kept chipping away at me until I could no longer ignore it. I’m in quite an intense writing period with it, most likely for the rest of the year. I have thought about how this feels as a filmmaker, to not be as visible in that discipline for a while so I can invest time into it properly. I have too contemplated with what creative identity means for me and how it looks externally vs how it feels internally. I have also come to the understanding that I want to look at art from a place of awe, curiosity and observation- without necessarily seeking something from it. I recently watched a David Attenborough documentary and was enamoured by the way he could observe species without judgment or interference. The human experience is something I find endlessly fascinating and it is what I wish to pursue as focal point in my art. To create, I suppose, in an attempt to witness or by some good grace comprehend this life of ours. The world currently demands so much visibility from artists but at present I am discovering the great solitude, stillness and slowness it takes for me to write. These are some photos @nicksumnerwright took of me the other evening that I thought I would share. He is starting to photograph again and I have always loved seeing life through his lens. Creativity takes many shapes, especially if you are multifaceted in your craft, so that is where I am at in my creative journey at present. It it’s gruelling, compelling and humbling work to be the bearer of a story. So if I am quiet online, it is because I have the great honour of “grappling with a story” as author Heather Rose so beautifully said in writers session the other night.
#writingcommunity #creativejournal #diary #creativejourney #writings
Hello,
I’m working on a piece of writing at the moment that has taken ten years in its process. It is a piece that has travelled with me from my small home town in Australia, to France, london and even to Italy. It has seen me through the beginning and ending of chapters, places and people. I have picked it up and put it away many a times, never quite understanding what it was asking of me. But as all important stories do, it has kept chipping away at me until I could no longer ignore it. I’m in quite an intense writing period with it, most likely for the rest of the year. I have thought about how this feels as a filmmaker, to not be as visible in that discipline for a while so I can invest time into it properly. I have too contemplated with what creative identity means for me and how it looks externally vs how it feels internally. I have also come to the understanding that I want to look at art from a place of awe, curiosity and observation- without necessarily seeking something from it. I recently watched a David Attenborough documentary and was enamoured by the way he could observe species without judgment or interference. The human experience is something I find endlessly fascinating and it is what I wish to pursue as focal point in my art. To create, I suppose, in an attempt to witness or by some good grace comprehend this life of ours. The world currently demands so much visibility from artists but at present I am discovering the great solitude, stillness and slowness it takes for me to write. These are some photos @nicksumnerwright took of me the other evening that I thought I would share. He is starting to photograph again and I have always loved seeing life through his lens. Creativity takes many shapes, especially if you are multifaceted in your craft, so that is where I am at in my creative journey at present. It it’s gruelling, compelling and humbling work to be the bearer of a story. So if I am quiet online, it is because I have the great honour of “grappling with a story” as author Heather Rose so beautifully said in writers session the other night.
#writingcommunity #creativejournal #diary #creativejourney #writings
Hello,
I’m working on a piece of writing at the moment that has taken ten years in its process. It is a piece that has travelled with me from my small home town in Australia, to France, london and even to Italy. It has seen me through the beginning and ending of chapters, places and people. I have picked it up and put it away many a times, never quite understanding what it was asking of me. But as all important stories do, it has kept chipping away at me until I could no longer ignore it. I’m in quite an intense writing period with it, most likely for the rest of the year. I have thought about how this feels as a filmmaker, to not be as visible in that discipline for a while so I can invest time into it properly. I have too contemplated with what creative identity means for me and how it looks externally vs how it feels internally. I have also come to the understanding that I want to look at art from a place of awe, curiosity and observation- without necessarily seeking something from it. I recently watched a David Attenborough documentary and was enamoured by the way he could observe species without judgment or interference. The human experience is something I find endlessly fascinating and it is what I wish to pursue as focal point in my art. To create, I suppose, in an attempt to witness or by some good grace comprehend this life of ours. The world currently demands so much visibility from artists but at present I am discovering the great solitude, stillness and slowness it takes for me to write. These are some photos @nicksumnerwright took of me the other evening that I thought I would share. He is starting to photograph again and I have always loved seeing life through his lens. Creativity takes many shapes, especially if you are multifaceted in your craft, so that is where I am at in my creative journey at present. It it’s gruelling, compelling and humbling work to be the bearer of a story. So if I am quiet online, it is because I have the great honour of “grappling with a story” as author Heather Rose so beautifully said in writers session the other night.
#writingcommunity #creativejournal #diary #creativejourney #writings
Beautiful eve presenting at The British Theatre Academy Awards Show, it’s been such a privilege to direct for them this passed season X
#theatrelondon #directing #londontown
Beautiful eve presenting at The British Theatre Academy Awards Show, it’s been such a privilege to direct for them this passed season X
#theatrelondon #directing #londontown
We are thrilled to announce a brand new creative writing workshop for teens, led by @mariahmannae!
In this introductory workshop, we’ll explore genre, voice, and imagination through thoughtful literary discussion and engaging writing exercises. This will be a taster session, with the opportunity to register interest for regular sessions at a later date if you wish.
Mariah's classes have been entirely sold out for the past year, and we are excited to be opening the opportunity to a brand new group. We hope to see you there!
🗓️ Wednesday 17th June
⏰ 4:30-5:30pm
✍️ Ages 13-16
🎟️ Tickets available on The Alligator's Mouth website (link via our bio)
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
London❤️ very blessed to live in this beautiful city.
A month of writing, film, friends, food, moving & nature.#londontown #expatlifestyle #frenchfood #londonspring
We are absolutely delighted to share the details of our next term of Creative Writing, which will be hosted by the fantastic @mariahmannae this Summer!
If you would like to join us for 8 exciting weeks full of storytelling and world-building, head over to the link in our bio to book a space on Mariah's course for young writers. These courses have been completely sold out since last year and we are delighted to be welcoming familiar and new writers this Summer term.
One of these Summer groups has already SOLD OUT! You can check our website for remaining ticket availability and we recommend securing your space as soon as possible. We look forward to seeing you there!
🗓️ April-June 2026
⏰ Thursdays after school
✍️ Ages 7-12
🎟️ Tickets via bio/website (limited availability)
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
Thank you for the birthday wishes from Turkey ❤️
I began the last decade retiring from ballet living in my small hometown back in australia. I was grieving the life & career I thought was set in stone since I was 9 years old. I did not know in that same decade I would act in a film that premiered at Cannes or produce a feature that would win international awards. I did not know I would move to London and direct theatre, write films, do a residency in a French chateau, get accepted into Curtis brown creative: write a novel, start a creative business, public speak at events in the U.K, fall in love with my best friend and make a home half way across the world. I did not know that letting go of ‘the plan’ and allowing art & life to shape me would lead me to connect with so many incredible people across the globe and by default allow me to also peel back the layers and get to know myself. I knew it was the end of an identity as a professional ballet dancer; that I had once clung to so tightly. It has been a decade of surprises, of healing from extensive art trauma, it’s been learning to find my voice again, learning to be messy & imperfect, learning to take risks and learning what a successful, creative and authentic life looks like to me, personally. It’s been a decade of both deep love & grief and yet today I am reminded just how blessed I am to metabolise it all. To be in the midst of the rubble, being as brave as I can each day, to feel every inch of what it means to be human. X
New event announced!
We are very excited to announce a holiday workshop with Mariah Mannae here at The Alligator's Mouth! Mariah runs weekly creative writing sessions for young writers with us, and we are delighted to be running a standalone session for anyone who would like to join us this half term.
If you already participate in Mariah's classes, you are very welcome to join this holiday session, or this will be the perfect opportunity to try it out!
This session is ideal for ages 7-12 and gives young writers the chance to develop creativity, writing skills, and make friends with fellow writers in the group.
In this standalone session, you will work towards building your own short story, focusing on plot and imagination. You will leave the session with your own piece of writing, with the opportunity to share your work with the groups.
‼️CALLING ALL WRITERS 7-12 yrs! 📚My creative writing course is coming to @everybody.reads in Chiswick for a special holiday event on Feb 17th book here: https://www.mariahmannae.com/event-details/half-term-holiday-creative-writing-workshop-mariah-mannae limited tickets available so book in advance ✨ #chiswick #chiswickmums #chiswickkids #halftermactivities #halftermholidays
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