AustLit

'Human nature embodies every kind of extremity - the good, the bad, the ugly, the sublime. Inspired by a public conversation between Julian Burnside QC and Phillip Gourevitch, author of Standard Operating Procedure, "Rendition of the Soul" peers into the murky depths of the psyche to visit the unspeakable, the unfathomable, the unthinkable.

'Set in an almost fictional world in an almost fictional TV studio, this theatre work takes an unbiased look at coercive forms of interrogation during war-time. In these allegedly enlightened times, can we still justify the suspension of human rights for the "greater good"? Are the results really worth the "collateral damage"?'

Source: Gasworks Arts Park website, http://www.gasworks.org.au/
Sighted: 28/02/2011