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Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh
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'"Avast" is The Black Lung Theatre's monstrous, manic and metatheatrical first part of the saga; a relentless assault on the senses - a nightmare of insincerity and fraternal hatred made flesh, replete with excretes cuss words and senseless boasting.

"Avast - The Welsman Cometh'' - 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!' Source: www.malthousetheatre.com.au (Sighted 26/11/08).

Notes

  • 'Avast' was first performed at the 2005 Melbourne Fringe for Oubykh Theatre and resurrected by The Black Lung Theatre Company.

Production Details

  • Created and produced by The Black Lung Theatre Company at The Tower Theatre, malthouse Complex, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, Melbourne, 'Avast' - 15 November - 6 December 2008 and 'Avast II - The Welshman Cometh' 12 November - 6 December 2008. Director: Thomas henning.

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First known date: 2008
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Works about this Work

Putting Mental into Experimental Theatre Robin Usher , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2008; (p. 15)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
Black Lung Inflated and Waiting to Exhale Martin Ball , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 November 2008; (p. 16)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
Breathing Life, Wit into Postmodern Pastiche Cameron Woodhead , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 November 2008; (p. 16)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
Take a Deep Breath and Dive In Alison Croggon , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 November 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
Take a Deep Breath and Dive In Alison Croggon , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 November 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
Breathing Life, Wit into Postmodern Pastiche Cameron Woodhead , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 November 2008; (p. 16)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
Black Lung Inflated and Waiting to Exhale Martin Ball , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 November 2008; (p. 16)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
Putting Mental into Experimental Theatre Robin Usher , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2008; (p. 15)
— Review of Avast & Avast II - The Welshman Cometh Thomas Henning , 2008 single work drama
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