Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Per­for­mance

„Mel­bourne Inter­na­tion­al The­atre Fes­ti­val“, Aus­tralia 2002

Cre­at­ed and direct­ed by Uwe Mengel

A whis­per, side-way glances, con­flict­ing sto­ries, uncov­ered secrets.
Wel­come to LIFELINE.
A young woman lays motion­less in a pool of blood. Four char­ac­ters inti­mate­ly con­nect­ed to her life sit and await your ques­tions. One of them is the mur­der­er, who open­ly admits to the killing.

Per­form­ers
Vanes­sa Case as Claire Tay­lor
Ming-Zou Hii as Li Ling Baines
Hamish Michael as Ryan Win­ter
Eva Parkin as Stel­la Sander­son
Kath­leen Mur­phy as Zhen Ling Baines

Pro­duc­tion
Designed by Amelia Attrill, Ellen Pan, Lucil­la Smith (Stu­dents from Bach­e­lor of Inte­ri­or Archi­tec­ture course, Fac­ul­ty of Art and Design, Monash Uni­ver­si­ty)
Project Coor­di­na­tor Sher­ri­dan Green
Tech­ni­cal Sup­port Rob Last
Tech­ni­cal Assis­tent Leonie Good­win
Sec­ondee Vic­to­ri­an Col­lege of the Arts
Risk Man­age­ment Bill Colby

Reviews
Real­Time: Life­line, Dez 2002
http://umengel.com/flash/reviews/realtime.html
TheAge: Mur­der they wrote, Oct.21,2002
http://umengel.com/flash/reviews/theage1.html
Robyn Archer’s Whis­per Num­ber 3, Mel­bourne 2002: A Con­tin­u­ing Series of Sneak Peaks at the Fes­ti­val
http://umengel.com/flash/reviews/robynarcher.html