A Western

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Event A Western
Venue Basement Metro Arts, Brisbane, QLD
Umbrella Event Brisbane Festival 2013
First Date 10 September 2013
Opening Date 10 September 2013
Last Date 28 September 2013
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Join UK artists Action Hero in the Basement bar and take part in an up-close, chaotic, half-arsed remake of the classic Western. “We want to make a Western. We have a cowboy hat and some ketchup. We want the scene where our hero walks into the bar and everyone stops talking. We want the scene where the whore begs to be loved. We want to cheat at cards. We want blood and guns.

Everyone will have a moustache. All the bad guys laugh. Dust blows across a deserted street. Music.” Action Hero is Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse. They are UK-based artists working in Bristol making live ar
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Performance Art
Subjects Films
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gemma Paintin
James Stenhouse
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality England
Further Information Basement at Metro Arts was temporarily transformed into a bar as part of the 2013 Brisbane Festival.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Production Company Action Hero's website
Programme Brisbane Festival 2013 programme
Web Archived Brisbane Festival website
Event Identifier 107963
Dataset AusStage