Avast and Avast II: The Welshman Cometh

Production still for "Avast/Avast II". L-R: Dylan Young, Thomas Henning, Mark Leonard Winter. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Avast and Avast II: The Welshman Cometh

By The Black Lung Theatre

12 November 2008 – 16 December 2008 Tower Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, Black Lung,

Devised Theatre Collaboration

From the North, he glimpsed a great column of dust rising. Again, the stink of carrion fresh from battle had saturated his clothes, a stench that would remain in them ever after. He was bone tired, sick of war, sick of its futility, sick of its pointless waste. It surrounded him. The screams and moans of the dead and the dying rang in his ears; their blood stained his mail and tunic. Nothing could tear his eyes, his mind away - until now! Yes, The Black Lung has come roaring from the bloodstained fields of Asgard, screeching in on the backs of harpies, to hurl blood and semen everywhere!!

 

"HIDEOUSLY MARRED BY IMMATURITY ..."

— The Age

Production still for "Avast/Avast II". Mark Leonard Winter. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Avast/Avast II". L-R: Thomas Henning, Mark Leonard Winter, Thomas Wright, Sascha Bryning, Gareth Davies. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Avast/Avast II". Thomas Wright (centre), Gareth Davies (far right). Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Avast/Avast II". Thomas Wright. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Avast/Avast II". Mark Leonard Winter. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Avast/Avast II". L-R: Thomas Henning, Mark Leonard Winter, Thomas Wright, Sascha Bryning, Gareth Davies. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Avast/Avast II". Thomas Wright (centre), Gareth Davies (far right). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Avast/Avast II". Thomas Wright. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Cast

Thomas Wright

Thomas Wright

Devisor, Devisor, Actor, Actor

Dylan Young

Dylan Young

Actor, Devisor, Devisor, Actor

Mark Leonard Winter

Mark Leonard Winter

Devisor, Actor, Actor, Devisor

Thomas Henning

Thomas Henning

Devisor, Actor, Actor, Devisor

Sacha Bryning

Sacha Bryning

Devisor, Actor, Devisor

Gareth Davies

Gareth Davies

Devisor, Devisor, Actor

Creatives

Eva Tandy

Eva Tandy

Stage Manager, Stage Manager

Liam Barton

Liam Barton

Musician, Sound Designer, Musician, Sound Designer

Govin Ruben

Govin Ruben

Lighting Designer, Lighting Designer

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to The Helen MacPherson Smith Trust and Myer Foundation for their generous support of the Tower Theatre Program.