CEEBS

Amie Batalibasi and I are thrilled to be supporting Betiel Beyin and Leigh Lule on their web series, CEEBS. Betiel and Leigh are very talented theatremakers and performers from Melbourne’s west. Their project CEEBS is a comedy about two best friends fresh out of high school, who learn they must take responsibility after causing a viral Twitter controversy that threatens to take down their beloved community centre and their lifelong friendship.

Earlier in March we filmed episodes for a prologue for CEEBS, with support from City of Melbourne’s Signal Arts, to be released on their IGTV channel later this year. Wyndham’s local Star Weekly covered the project, read full article here.

…Beyin and Lule, from Tarneit and Wyndham Vale respectively, met through a Western Edge Youth Art theatre program.

The friends, both 21, have worked with the Phoenix Youth Centre and Malthouse Theatre.

Their latest project, titled CEEBS, is an IGTV mini-series supported by Signal Arts, a creative arts studio for young people.

CEEBS follows the characters of Zion and Ruby, as they attempt to find another pal who is willing to be the third wheel in their relationship.

Both said they have enjoyed collaborating with each other for the project, along with producers Amie Batalibasi and Nikki Tran, cinematographer Ez Eldin Deng and actor/musician Yaw Dadzie.

The talented duo said their series was aimed at audiences including residents of the west, youth and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

“Looking at the Australian entertainment landscape, there is literally nobody who looks like us,” Lule said.

Beyin said she liked writing the characters and dialogue for CEEBS.

“We want to make a show about two young black girls from the west side, who are unapologetically themselves,” she said.

Details: See @signalarts or @ceebsproject on Instagram.

By Alesha Capone

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