JULY 23 - AUGUST 1

MALTHOUSE THEATRE AND LUCY GUERIN INC
IN ASSOCIATION WITH PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENT

HUMAN INTEREST STORY

CHOREOGRAPHED BY LUCY GUERIN
SET DESIGNER GIDEON OBARZANEK
REALISING DESIGNER ANNA CORDINGLEY
COSTUME DESIGNER PAULA LEVIS
LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL JACKSON
COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER JETHRO WOODWARD

PERFORMED BY STEPHANIE LAKE, ALISDAIR MACINDOE, TALITHA MASLIN, HARRIET RITCHIE, STUART SHUGG, JESSICA WONG

WITH SPECIAL NEWSCAST BY ANTON ENUS

MERLYN THEATRE
JULY 23 – AUGUST 1

“THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE.” Marshall McLuhan

Our world is saturated with news. Unceasing torrents of information transport us from battlefields and crime scenes in one moment, to celebrity homes and our own backyards the next. But how does the media’s unending flow of words and images shape us?

Through an explosive combination of imagery, gesture and sound, Human Interest Story explores our shared consumption of media news, one that punctuates our most domestic spaces and challenges our sympathies for those in distant places. With stunning inventiveness, Lucy Guerin confronts the personal impact of those global crises delivered daily to our doorsteps. In Guerin’s hands the distortions of time and distance evoked by the news transform into a dynamic, physical investigation of our comprehension of the modern world. Just like her tour de force, Structure and Sadness, Lucy Guerin’s almost surreal creations reveal to us what cannot yet be said.

Created with an outstanding ensemble of dancers and collaborators, including a design by Gideon Obarzanek (Mortal Engine) and lighting by Paul Jackson (The Threepenny Opera) and a very special newscast by Anton Enus (World News Australia - SBS), Human Interest Story has been commissioned by Malthouse Theatre and Perth International Arts Festival.

A MALTHOUSE THEATRE, LUCY GUERIN INC & PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL COMMISSION

THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH ARTS VICTORIA, INTERCONNECTIONS AND NEW WORK FOR FESTIVALS INITIATIVES MANAGED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S ARTS FUNDING AND ADVISORY BODY

IMAGE DEMONSTRATORS TAKE COVER FROM POLICE WATER CANON DURING A RALLY IN SANTIAGO, CHILE JUNE 16, 2008. PHOTO IVAN ALVARADO © PICTURE MEDIA/REUTERS