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Production still for "Human Interest Story". L-R: Stephanie Lake, Jessica Wong, Alisdair Macindoe, Talitha Maslin, Stuart Shugg, Harriet Ritchie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Human Interest Story

By Lucy Guerin

23 July 2010 – 01 August 2010 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

Commission Theatre Dance Co-Production

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.

Performed in 2011 as part of the Perth International Arts Festival (11-14 February) and at Belvoir St Theatre (31 August - 18 September).

Production still for "Human Interest Story". L-R: Talitha Maslin, Alisdair Macindoe. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Human Interest Story". L-R: Alisdair Macindoe (lying), Jessica Wong, Stuart Shugg, Talitha Maslin, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Human Interest Story". L-R: Stephanie Lake, Harriet Ritchie (back), Jessica Wong, Talitha Maslin, Alisdair Macindoe, Stuart Shugg. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Human Interest Story". L-R: Talitha Maslin, Alisdair Macindoe. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Human Interest Story". L-R: Alisdair Macindoe (lying), Jessica Wong, Stuart Shugg, Talitha Maslin, Stephanie Lake. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Human Interest Story". L-R: Stephanie Lake, Harriet Ritchie (back), Jessica Wong, Talitha Maslin, Alisdair Macindoe, Stuart Shugg. Photographer: Jeff Busby