The Characters

Security Gaurd looking at a glowing ballot box while there is a news paper projection in the background. Live events in Mississauga.

Presiding Judge

A judge who also addresses the audience as an omnipresent narrator on the case.

Defendant

A fighter pilot who is a Major in the army with an interest in Law/Morality. He is studious and focused in his endeavours, with great pride and strong beliefs in his job.

Biegler

The Defence Counsel. A focused lawyer who is representing the defendant. With a distant towards court practices and a sarcastic sense of humour.

Nelson

A State Prosecutor. A sharp lawyer who representing the plaintiff. She is observant and dedicated to the facts.

Christian Lauterbach

The Witness. A Lieutenant Colonel who was the Duty Controller that day. He is goal oriented, technical and thinks favourably of the defendant.

Franziska Meiser

The Plaintiff. A mourning wife, single mother and nurse whose husband died aboard the flight.

Security Guard

A Guard that serves the court and keeps a close watch of the defendant, Lars Koch.

The playwright

Ferdinand von Schirach

Ferdinand von Schirach

Ferdinand von Schirach is a German lawyer and writer. He was born in 1964 in Munich, Germany. Von Schirach became an attorney in 1994, specializing in criminal law. He gained public attention in 2008 due to his involvement prosecuting the BND (German Federal Intelligence Service) during the”Liechtenstein Tax Affair”. He published his first short stories at the age of forty-five, and soon became one of Germany’s most successful authors. His books have been translated into over 35 languages, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Ferdinand von Schirach remains active in criminal law. His stories are often inspired by his experience and expertise as an attorney.

About the show: Terror

Half picture if black water and half picture is the lady justice image at the bottom of the screen for theatre show Terror, theatre tickets coming soon

Terror is a courtroom drama, written by one of the most successful German contemporary writers, Ferdinand von Schirach. The play questions the idea of a means justifying an end and warns against quantifying human life. The audience serves as a jury at the trial of a fighter jet pilot. He is accused of killing 164 passengers off a commercial airplane, hijacked by terrorists, heading towards a soccer stadium with 70,000 people. The end of the play depends on the verdict of the audience. Theatre tickets are available for purchase now.

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