Alistair Aitcheson / Mademoiselle Cafetière
@agaitcheson.bsky.social
🎭 Join my shows to dream, laugh, cause chaos and get creative!
✨ Drag clown and award-winning videogame programmer
🎈 Interactive + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
✨ Drag clown and award-winning videogame programmer
🎈 Interactive + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
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Thank you so much for having me @qgcon.bsky.social! Everyone was so up for joining in and I even got a standing ovation ✨😭✨
This weekend has been magical. A ray of hope, solidarity, courage and queer resistance at a time when it's sorely needed. Amazing and heartwarming work by everyone involved 🧡
This weekend has been magical. A ray of hope, solidarity, courage and queer resistance at a time when it's sorely needed. Amazing and heartwarming work by everyone involved 🧡
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
For me it's an easy answer. I got this when it came out, when I was 16. It's still one of my two favourite albums of all time
For me it's an easy answer. I got this when it came out, when I was 16. It's still one of my two favourite albums of all time
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
For me it's an easy answer. I got this when it came out, when I was 16. It's still one of my two favourite albums of all time
For me it's an easy answer. I got this when it came out, when I was 16. It's still one of my two favourite albums of all time
If you're in or near Nottingham I can highly recommend going to see the Kate MccGwire exhibition at Lakeside Arts Centre
Went this weekend and it was outstanding. Sculptures and paintings made entirely out of reclaimed feathers.
Went this weekend and it was outstanding. Sculptures and paintings made entirely out of reclaimed feathers.
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you're in or near Nottingham I can highly recommend going to see the Kate MccGwire exhibition at Lakeside Arts Centre
Went this weekend and it was outstanding. Sculptures and paintings made entirely out of reclaimed feathers.
Went this weekend and it was outstanding. Sculptures and paintings made entirely out of reclaimed feathers.
I call this spot Goat Rock because it's the best spot to sit and watch the goats.
Today Goat Rock had goats on it 😀
Today Goat Rock had goats on it 😀
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I call this spot Goat Rock because it's the best spot to sit and watch the goats.
Today Goat Rock had goats on it 😀
Today Goat Rock had goats on it 😀
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Come make this year’s Creators Retreat unlike any other!
IndieCade Developer Plus Members can RSVP now for the IndieCade Creators Retreat happening December 11-12th in Los Angeles.
#games #gamedev #indiecade #indiedev #gamedesign #education #indie #connection #creatorsretreat
IndieCade Developer Plus Members can RSVP now for the IndieCade Creators Retreat happening December 11-12th in Los Angeles.
#games #gamedev #indiecade #indiedev #gamedesign #education #indie #connection #creatorsretreat
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Come make this year’s Creators Retreat unlike any other!
IndieCade Developer Plus Members can RSVP now for the IndieCade Creators Retreat happening December 11-12th in Los Angeles.
#games #gamedev #indiecade #indiedev #gamedesign #education #indie #connection #creatorsretreat
IndieCade Developer Plus Members can RSVP now for the IndieCade Creators Retreat happening December 11-12th in Los Angeles.
#games #gamedev #indiecade #indiedev #gamedesign #education #indie #connection #creatorsretreat
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📢 NEXT FRIDAY - November 21 @ 2PM ET 📢
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📢 NEXT FRIDAY - November 21 @ 2PM ET 📢
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻 TreaAndrea Russworm talks about what the Black arts tradition can tell us about The Sims, broken systems, and utopian possibilities⚒️🏠🧑🏿💻
🎟️ TIX + Info: buff.ly/DDUsvVm
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
Ooh didn't spot these! There were photos from the curtain call too 😀✨
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ooh didn't spot these! There were photos from the curtain call too 😀✨
Got the photos from Scritch Cabaret of my adventures as Ariel the Little Mermaid!
The photographer really managed to capture my vibe in this one - I love it 😄
Photos by www.instagram.com/dlqisy?igsh=...
Next Script Cabaret is tomorrow! hdfst.uk/e140635
The photographer really managed to capture my vibe in this one - I love it 😄
Photos by www.instagram.com/dlqisy?igsh=...
Next Script Cabaret is tomorrow! hdfst.uk/e140635
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Got the photos from Scritch Cabaret of my adventures as Ariel the Little Mermaid!
The photographer really managed to capture my vibe in this one - I love it 😄
Photos by www.instagram.com/dlqisy?igsh=...
Next Script Cabaret is tomorrow! hdfst.uk/e140635
The photographer really managed to capture my vibe in this one - I love it 😄
Photos by www.instagram.com/dlqisy?igsh=...
Next Script Cabaret is tomorrow! hdfst.uk/e140635
Reposted by Alistair Aitcheson / Mademoiselle Cafetière
The spam is over! We had a few intense weeks, but it’s totally worth it, not just the funds, but the messages and support we received mean the world to us! 🩷
The new Sickhouse is being built by and for its community 😘
The new Sickhouse is being built by and for its community 😘
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The spam is over! We had a few intense weeks, but it’s totally worth it, not just the funds, but the messages and support we received mean the world to us! 🩷
The new Sickhouse is being built by and for its community 😘
The new Sickhouse is being built by and for its community 😘
I put together a new showreel - please pass it on to anyone you think might be looking playful installations and interactive shows!
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...
Alistair Aitcheson - Playful Technology for Events
YouTube video by Alistair Aitcheson
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I put together a new showreel - please pass it on to anyone you think might be looking playful installations and interactive shows!
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...
Reposted by Alistair Aitcheson / Mademoiselle Cafetière
Today is the LAST DAY of our crowdfunding! So here’s Marie Janin, co-director of Sickhouse, to thank you and invite you all to the opening of the new Sickhouse!
The last chance to be part of our new building 🧱 go to Sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and get amazing rewards!
The last chance to be part of our new building 🧱 go to Sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and get amazing rewards!
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today is the LAST DAY of our crowdfunding! So here’s Marie Janin, co-director of Sickhouse, to thank you and invite you all to the opening of the new Sickhouse!
The last chance to be part of our new building 🧱 go to Sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and get amazing rewards!
The last chance to be part of our new building 🧱 go to Sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and get amazing rewards!
Reposted by Alistair Aitcheson / Mademoiselle Cafetière
Reminder that we extended our submission deadline — you have until tomorrow to submit your game to the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC 2026!
We'd love to see what you're up to!
We'd love to see what you're up to!
🚨 Hey, everyone! We are extending our submission deadline until Oct 31! 🚨
So there is week more to send games for consideration for the 2026 session of the Experimental Games Showcase.
Submission form and more info in our new website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
So there is week more to send games for consideration for the 2026 session of the Experimental Games Showcase.
Submission form and more info in our new website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
Experimental Games Showcase
SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE
www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reminder that we extended our submission deadline — you have until tomorrow to submit your game to the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC 2026!
We'd love to see what you're up to!
We'd love to see what you're up to!
Reposted by Alistair Aitcheson / Mademoiselle Cafetière
We can't believe it's already time for alt.ctrl.GDC 2026 submissions!
We're celebrating the 12th anniversary showcasing the best use of alternative controllers!
Built it? Time to change the game with it.
Apply: gdconf.com/alt-ctrl-gdc
#GDC2026 #altctrlGDC
We're celebrating the 12th anniversary showcasing the best use of alternative controllers!
Built it? Time to change the game with it.
Apply: gdconf.com/alt-ctrl-gdc
#GDC2026 #altctrlGDC
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We can't believe it's already time for alt.ctrl.GDC 2026 submissions!
We're celebrating the 12th anniversary showcasing the best use of alternative controllers!
Built it? Time to change the game with it.
Apply: gdconf.com/alt-ctrl-gdc
#GDC2026 #altctrlGDC
We're celebrating the 12th anniversary showcasing the best use of alternative controllers!
Built it? Time to change the game with it.
Apply: gdconf.com/alt-ctrl-gdc
#GDC2026 #altctrlGDC
Went to see Helios, the big sun, in Bristol Cathedral today.
What was interesting about it was that I was expecting it to make me feel small, but in reality it made me feel big.
Here's this thing that's meant to be impossibly far away, impossibly big, impossibly hot, that you can't even look at...
What was interesting about it was that I was expecting it to make me feel small, but in reality it made me feel big.
Here's this thing that's meant to be impossibly far away, impossibly big, impossibly hot, that you can't even look at...
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went to see Helios, the big sun, in Bristol Cathedral today.
What was interesting about it was that I was expecting it to make me feel small, but in reality it made me feel big.
Here's this thing that's meant to be impossibly far away, impossibly big, impossibly hot, that you can't even look at...
What was interesting about it was that I was expecting it to make me feel small, but in reality it made me feel big.
Here's this thing that's meant to be impossibly far away, impossibly big, impossibly hot, that you can't even look at...
Reposted by Alistair Aitcheson / Mademoiselle Cafetière
1 day left for last minute support for the crowdfunding campaign of @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social who run the Overkill Festival. They got a permanent space that needs a budget for renovation. Check it out - https://f.mtr.cool/ujcivmnlke #sickhouse #overkillfest #AMaze2025
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
1 day left for last minute support for the crowdfunding campaign of @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social who run the Overkill Festival. They got a permanent space that needs a budget for renovation. Check it out - https://f.mtr.cool/ujcivmnlke #sickhouse #overkillfest #AMaze2025
Who wants to play spot the clown? 😁
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Who wants to play spot the clown? 😁
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4 DAYS LEFT! Can we go beyond 100%? Of course we can!
It's a pleasure to have @pfquarta.bsky.social as a friend. If you don't know their projects yet, go check them out right now! But first, don't forget to contribute to our campaign!
Go to sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and support playful art 💙
It's a pleasure to have @pfquarta.bsky.social as a friend. If you don't know their projects yet, go check them out right now! But first, don't forget to contribute to our campaign!
Go to sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and support playful art 💙
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
4 DAYS LEFT! Can we go beyond 100%? Of course we can!
It's a pleasure to have @pfquarta.bsky.social as a friend. If you don't know their projects yet, go check them out right now! But first, don't forget to contribute to our campaign!
Go to sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and support playful art 💙
It's a pleasure to have @pfquarta.bsky.social as a friend. If you don't know their projects yet, go check them out right now! But first, don't forget to contribute to our campaign!
Go to sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and support playful art 💙
Reposted by Alistair Aitcheson / Mademoiselle Cafetière
Sickhouse is a community and event space that does some of the most innovative experimental games and playful arts programming that I know of.
Right now they're raising emergency funds to get rid of asbestos in their new venue and they could use your help!
Right now they're raising emergency funds to get rid of asbestos in their new venue and they could use your help!
4 DAYS LEFT! Can we go beyond 100%? Of course we can!
It's a pleasure to have @pfquarta.bsky.social as a friend. If you don't know their projects yet, go check them out right now! But first, don't forget to contribute to our campaign!
Go to sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and support playful art 💙
It's a pleasure to have @pfquarta.bsky.social as a friend. If you don't know their projects yet, go check them out right now! But first, don't forget to contribute to our campaign!
Go to sickhouse.creativefunding.nl and support playful art 💙
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sickhouse is a community and event space that does some of the most innovative experimental games and playful arts programming that I know of.
Right now they're raising emergency funds to get rid of asbestos in their new venue and they could use your help!
Right now they're raising emergency funds to get rid of asbestos in their new venue and they could use your help!
@computerjames.itch.io heya :) Played Stealth at the Leftfield Collection today. Absolutely loved it! So silly, so imaginative, brilliant comic timing, nails the styles it parodies. Absolutely wonderful 😀✨
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@computerjames.itch.io heya :) Played Stealth at the Leftfield Collection today. Absolutely loved it! So silly, so imaginative, brilliant comic timing, nails the styles it parodies. Absolutely wonderful 😀✨
The Incredible Playable Show is 9 years old today! 🥳
I am also 9+ years old today
I remember before my first show I said "if it goes badly I'll just tell them it's my birthday"
I told them it was my birthday 😂
Off to EGX/MCM now to do the 9-years-matured version 😁✨
I am also 9+ years old today
I remember before my first show I said "if it goes badly I'll just tell them it's my birthday"
I told them it was my birthday 😂
Off to EGX/MCM now to do the 9-years-matured version 😁✨
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The Incredible Playable Show is 9 years old today! 🥳
I am also 9+ years old today
I remember before my first show I said "if it goes badly I'll just tell them it's my birthday"
I told them it was my birthday 😂
Off to EGX/MCM now to do the 9-years-matured version 😁✨
I am also 9+ years old today
I remember before my first show I said "if it goes badly I'll just tell them it's my birthday"
I told them it was my birthday 😂
Off to EGX/MCM now to do the 9-years-matured version 😁✨
Really proud of this podcast I recorded a few years ago.
It's about what connects surrealist artist Man Ray to glitch art.
youtu.be/fOXEFLeRTgM?...
"When the genius points at the moon the fool looks at the finger... I think the world could benefit from a better finger"
It's about what connects surrealist artist Man Ray to glitch art.
youtu.be/fOXEFLeRTgM?...
"When the genius points at the moon the fool looks at the finger... I think the world could benefit from a better finger"
Finger 2000 - The Incredible Playable Podcast - Episode 4
YouTube video by Alistair Aitcheson
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Really proud of this podcast I recorded a few years ago.
It's about what connects surrealist artist Man Ray to glitch art.
youtu.be/fOXEFLeRTgM?...
"When the genius points at the moon the fool looks at the finger... I think the world could benefit from a better finger"
It's about what connects surrealist artist Man Ray to glitch art.
youtu.be/fOXEFLeRTgM?...
"When the genius points at the moon the fool looks at the finger... I think the world could benefit from a better finger"
Someone on Instagram asked what all the kit looked like packed up, so here it is!
The whole thing weighs 20kg - luckily the suitcase has wheels 😄
The whole thing weighs 20kg - luckily the suitcase has wheels 😄
October 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Someone on Instagram asked what all the kit looked like packed up, so here it is!
The whole thing weighs 20kg - luckily the suitcase has wheels 😄
The whole thing weighs 20kg - luckily the suitcase has wheels 😄
This is nightmarish in a way I find genuinely beautiful.
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is nightmarish in a way I find genuinely beautiful.
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time to get your submissions in, folks!!
Submissions to the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are now OPEN through October 24, 2025! Please send us the weird shit you're working on! More info about the session and where to submit can be found on our NEW website here www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
Experimental Games Showcase
SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE
www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
time to get your submissions in, folks!!
A little guided tour of all the custom props and controllers I'll be using in The Incredible Playable Show this weekend :)
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A little guided tour of all the custom props and controllers I'll be using in The Incredible Playable Show this weekend :)
I love this wide-angle shot from my cabaret gig in Wales last weekend 😊
I got the audience to draw the great works of art on A3 boards during the interval, and then interpreted each of them as a dance during the act 😁
I got the audience to draw the great works of art on A3 boards during the interval, and then interpreted each of them as a dance during the act 😁
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I love this wide-angle shot from my cabaret gig in Wales last weekend 😊
I got the audience to draw the great works of art on A3 boards during the interval, and then interpreted each of them as a dance during the act 😁
I got the audience to draw the great works of art on A3 boards during the interval, and then interpreted each of them as a dance during the act 😁