Avena graduated from The London School of Dramatic Art (LSDA) in July 09 to her first work with Interactive Theatre Australia in two shows for the Edinburgh Fringe- Fawlty Towers The Dining Experience and Richard Simms The Breakfast Experience. She returned to VoiceOver work with CKUK media, a performance in Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin and a Shakespearean Bardathon at The Scoop, SouthBank with WordWideMedia (Sept/Oct 09) Her first short was with Dir. Augusto Da Rocha- “Blood Of Remorse” November 09. She also co-formed The Flying Penguins with two other actresses, and their co-devised comedic piece “Fame or Fries” (Dir. Adam Morley) premiered at London’s Etcetera Theatre (Dec 09) before transferring to the Adelaide Fringe (Feb/March 2010), and is heading to Edinburgh this summer. She has just been cast in Poimandres Productions devised physical theatre piece- “Folk Tale Trilogy”, also heading to Edinburgh this year.