Terror — Lyric Hammersmith

Overview

Definitely kill 164 people, or potentially see casualties of up to 70,000? It's a choice no one wants to make, but what's the better option? And if you were faced with passing judgement on a man who chose the former over the latter, what would you decide?

At Terror, you can find out, with the international smash coming to Australia for the first time. In its exclusive Brisbane Festival-only run, the debut play by German defence lawyer and author Ferdinand von Schirach runs through the trial of a fighter pilot who thought he was thinking about the greater good. Audiences will be asked to vote on his sentence, with the creative team adhering to their choice. The narrative changes accordingly, and has been performed in more than 70 theatres around the world since 2015.

Image: Stephen Long.