Current Projects
Hubcap Productions
in partnership with the
Asbestos Diseases Society and the University of Ballarat Arts Academy
presents
Dust
Breath Breathless Asbestos
A roving performance incorporating side show, ice sculpture, rock 'n' roll, film and a vortex of dust!
Featuring songs comoposed and performed by Mark Seymour, with a choir of 60 voices
Asbestos Dust. Between the headlines, the corporate line and the legal circus there's the breath. The breath to sing the stories.
Dust stirs up a storm with 60 voices - actors, community members, the Victorian Trade Union Choir, Ballarat Arts Academy performers and Mark Seymour
Dust - brought ot you by the team that made 'We Built This City'
'Dangerous. Touching, fascinating' The Age
Dust - come gasp at the goodness and the greatness within us.
A Night of Powerful Theatre
Dust is terrific in both senses of the word. It is a highly entertaining, deeply stimulating night of multimedia theatre and is also a terrifying insight into corporate greed and the pain and injustice experienced by countless people.
Chris Dickins Ballarat Courier
Season Two : Asbestos Awareness Week - November 2008 |
| Williamstown Hall: |
104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown (Melway ref 56 B 8) |
| When: |
Friday: 28th 8pm Performance |
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Saturday:29th Matinee 2pm; Evening 8pm |
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Sunday: 30th Matinee 2pm; Evening 6pm |
| Cost : |
Adult $22 / Concession/student $17 |
| Bookings: |
(03) 99322001 / Hobson's Bay Tickets |
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Written and Directed by Donna Jackson
Composer and Performer: Mark Seymour
Media Artist: Malcolm McKinnon
Musical Direction Tracy Bourne
Set Design Marg Horwell
Lighting Design Phil Lethlean
Choreography Peter Matthews
Production Rober McKenzie
Sound Design Jason Read
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"I'll do this until there is no breath in my body"
The late Bernie Banton
Ex-James Hardie employee suffered from asbestosis and mesothelioma
Dust celebrates the endurance, integrity, and courage of those affected by asbestos related diseases. It is a creative collaboration between these people and artists.
Dust springboards from the presence of asbestos in our daily lives: toothpaste, electric blankets, cooking utensils, industrial boilers, surgical thread, installation, ship lining, bricks, lagging, hair dryers, and cigarette filters- all at sometime contained asbestos. Asbestos-related diseases primarily attack the lungs: those afflicted struggle to breathe normally.
Breath is the artistic core of Dust. Breath carries our voice; tells our stories and is the foundation of song.
Somewhere is my breath
