Alex & Eve (2015)

Interesting facts

Alex & Eve is a 2015 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Peter Andrikidis and written by Alex Lykos based on Lykos's 2006 play of the same name. The film adaptation was released in October 2015 by producer, Murray Fahey's distribution company, Magicbox Entertainment. The film centres around Greek Orthodox school teacher Alex, who falls in love with a Muslim lawyer from Lebanon, Eve. The stage production of the same name premiered in 2006 and finished in 2008, with sequels running until 2016. The film explores multiculturalism in Australia, as well as the importance of family, in a light-hearted manner.

Production/development

Alex & Eve was originally a romantic-comedic stage play, written by Alex Lykos and premiered in 2006. It made its first appearance on 12 July 2006 at the Sidetrack Shed Theatre in Marrickville, Sydney, to a low audience number on opening weekend. The play performed for two weeks from Wednesday to Sunday, in the one hundred seat venue, and extended the run when audience numbers began to increase.

Alex & Eve stage play was written in 2004, taking approximately eight to twelve months to develop the script. The original stage play was directed by Michael Block, and rehearsals took approximately two months.

Alex & Eve: The Wedding, made its first appearance in May 2009, originally scheduled for two weeks but played 17 performances to 6,500 people at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville, Sydney due to high demand. After sold out sessions at the Factory, Alex & Eve: The Wedding, performed at Enmore Theatre in Newtown, Sydney, with an audience of 1600 people, on 1 August 2009, These sessions continued to sell out shows resulting in the sequel of Alex &…

Alex & Eve: The Baby premiered on 11 August 2011 and ran until the 21 August 2011, at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville, Sydney This third stage play was the finale to the two previous stage plays. All shows at the Factory Theatre was sold out, resulting in the creation of Alex & Eve: The Complete Story.

Alex & Eve: The Complete Story premiered on 23 August 2016 in Sydney, running until the 27 August, and ran from 1 to 4 September 2016 in Melbourne. The play performed at the Lennox Theatre in Parramatta on 29 October 2016. The play expanded to Melbourne, playing at the Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture.Alex & Eve: The Complete Story incorporates the previous stage plays together into one show, from "six hours of theatre into two".

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