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THE BLACK LUNG COMPANY SACHA BRYNING GARETH DAVIES THOMAS HENNING MARK LEONARD WINTER THOMAS WRIGHT DYLAN YOUNG SOUND DESIGNER AND MUSICIAN LIAM BARTON STAGE MANAGER EVA TANDY 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!! The Black Lung began as a tumour, nothing more, but festering rapidly in Collingwood’s bowels, this fluttering butterfly burst from its young melanoma into a raging cancerous dragon, claiming multiple awards from the Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals Richard Watts of 3RRR shrieked; “Genius! Sheer bloody genius!” For three months The Black Lung will tear the Tower Theatre asunder, developing and presenting their monstrous, manic and metatheatrical first work Avast and creating the all-new prequel, Avast II: The Welshman Cometh. Anticlimactic, brutal, and not just a little unsettling, these utterly enthralling creations are offered with a dedication to the spontaneity and actuality of theatre. Avast is a nautical word meaning “stop, or desist”, and this fact will plague your mind as you endure this merciless spectacle in two parts. A relentless assault on the senses, replete with excretes, cuss words and senseless boasting. Sound like a nice night in the theatre…? “INSANELY FAST PACED, ARTFULLY A RHYTHMIC, METATHEATRICAL – A BREATHTAKING COMBINATION OF PRECISION AND CHAOS …” REALTIME ”HIDEOUSLY MARRED BY IMMATURITY…” THE AGE SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HELEN MACPHERSON SMITH TRUST AND MYER FOUNDATION FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE TOWER THEATRE PROGRAM Other Season Two ‘08 shows Find out more Meet the artists: Time to Talk Ticket and session information SESSION TIMES TICKET PRICES Malthouse Education Teachers can make discounted bookings for their students to all Malthouse theatre season shows. See the School Bookings page. For more information contact Meg Upton, Education Program Manager, or Mark Doggett, Education Program Assistant on 03 9685 5165 or education@malthousetheatre.com.au Getting to the Malthouse FIND US Other information Avast and Avast II – The Welshman Cometh will be performed in the Tower Theatre. Tower Theatre seating is by general admission. |
PHOTOGRAPHY GARTH ORIANDER PICTURED THE BLACK LUNG |
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