Thomas Henning (artist)

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Thomas Henning (born 26 January 1984) is an Australian writer, director, producer and artist working in theatre and film. He was co-founder and co-director of the Black Lung theatre company, known also as The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling firm along with Thomas Wright. [1] [2] From 2009 until 2010, Thomas Henning worked on several projects with Hayloft Theatre. From 2013 until 2020, Thomas Henning has worked on several projects with TerryandTheCuz productions. [3]

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In 2013 and 2014, Thomas Henning worked at Arte Moris, free art school in Timor-Leste, in the role of artist liaison. In 2014 Thomas Henning worked as dance producer for the art festival Arte Publiku. [4]

In 2015 Thomas Henning established the Malkriadu Cinema film collective in Timor-Leste, creating fiction film, music videos and experimental video art. [5]

In 2020 for the AsiaTOPA festival in Melbourne, Thomas Henning co-Produced and curated Huru Hara, a multidisciplinary arts installation and performance space at the Abbotsford Convent. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2015Hard HoldDirector, editor, producer
2015CrocodilesDirector, editor, producer
2015Salt ShakerDirector, editor
2015Hamrok ba Ran [10] Co-Director, Producer, Editor
2016Wasting TimeDirector, editor, Co-Producer
2017Ms Dhu [11] [12] Editor
2017Rai LivreDirector, editor, co-Producer
2018Liberdade [13] Director, co-producer
2018Ema Nudar Umanu [14] [15] Co-Director, Co-Writer, Co-Producer

Stage

YearTitleRole
2004-2008Avast I [16] [17] [18] Writer, director, Malthouse Theatre
2004SodDirector, actor
2005Dingy the FishCo-Writer, Actor
2006-2007RubevilleWriter, director, producer
2007SugarCo-writer, Actor
2007A Ramble Through the Wooded GlenWriter, director
2008Avast IICo-writer, Actor, Malthouse Theatre
2009Glasoon [19] Writer, director, producer, The Black Lung Theatre
20093x SistersActor, Contributing writer
2009The Only Child [20] Co-Writer
2011The BusinessActor
2013Doku Rai [21] [22] Co-writer, director, designer, the Black Lung Theatre
2010-2018Thyestes [23] Co-Writer, Actor
2019Light [24] [25] Writer, director

Events

YearTitleRole
2014Arte PublikuDance Producer
2020Huru Hara [26] Curator, Co-producer

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