Blak Social is an Indigenous arts company dreamed into existence by Alethea Beetson (Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi and Wiradjuri). We currently work across music, performance and film.

Alethea Beetson established Blak Social after successfully founding a renowned Indigenous youth arts organisation, Digi Youth Arts, to continue creating spaces for the sovereign-led development and presentation of Indigenous stories and connected arts practice.

Blak Social’s previous and current work includes:
- BLAK DAY OUT 2024 ft. Emma Donovan, 3%, BADASSMUTHA and more
- Meet Your Maker at Brisbane Festival 2024
- Queen’s City at Brisbane Festival 2022
- Blak Friday (An Indiginised fright night at The Greaser 2022)
- Blak Narrative Music Videos: Volume one - A visual album written and directed by - Alethea Beetson for First Nations led band Selve
- Blak Social’s residency at The Tivoli Brisbane including:
- Blak Day Out 2022 ft. Shakaya, Barkaa, The Merindas, Alice Skye and more
- Blak Day Out 2023 ft. The Last Kinection, Birdz, Cloe Terare, DRMNGNOW, Kee’ahn, Djanaba and more

Please see full list of credits here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-ZU4dGhzOOtqozIX-nPXHFmdtHQ58tCBR3t_YJGyOB0/edit?gid=180140415#gid=180140415

Meet Your Maker places Indigenous people at the centre of pop culture in a uniquely accessible way. (For example: One Direction becomes Staunch Direction; The Muppets become The Cuzzies etc).

In addition to this, the show is a genre-busting one woman play that uses screen as cinema and character. A visual delight that reclaims films alongside creating a forward thinking sovereign aesthetic. Throughout the sole actor interacts with several characters on screen - giving representation to a wide range of First Nations people from Qld.

The show also has an original soundtrack - with songs yet to be released.

As the show includes 50 minutes of film footage this is able to be edited into show reels and other marketing material. There is also Q+A material with key Indigenous creatives that can be used to sell the show in different communities.

As the work premiered in 2024, there are photographs of the show that can be used, and there is existing marketing copy.

There is an original soundtrack with the first addition released.

There is an additional soundtrack yet to be released, that can be used as marketing (pending timing).

Dr Alethea Beetson, the sole live actor in Meet Your Maker, is an experienced writer, director, and workshop facilitator with 12 years experience. For her doctoral research Alethea created a framework to developing creative development methodologies for Indigenous performance. In addition to this Alethea is heavily involved in the music industry (She has previously worked as a music curator and programmer at BIGSOUND, Horizon Festival, Brisbane Festival and Yonder. Alethea is currently the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program lead for Spotify).

As part of a Meet Your Maker tour, Alethea will be able to undertake any of the following:

- Audience Q+ A sessions
- Guest lectures/speaking on Indigenous theatre and music
- Workshops with theatre makers and general public on creative development or telling personal stories or Indigenous theatre
- Workshops with Indigenous musicians on releasing music and engaging with the industry
- Workshops with musicians on releasing music

With additional team members added to the touring party the following could be offered:
- Indigenous storytelling through film
- Other film based engagement