Last Fifteen Seconds

The Last 15 Seconds
By MT Space Theatre
Nov 18-19 at 8pm, Nov 20 at 2pm | Robinson Memorial Theatre, Chester New Hall, McMaster University | $20 adults/$10 students

This project explores terrorism starting with the tragic death of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustapha Akkad and his daughter Rima during a series of co-ordinated attacks in the Jordanian capital Amman in 2005. The work constructs an imagined physical and verbal dialogue between Mustapha Akkad and Rawad Abed, the suicide bomber who carried out the explosion that killed Akkad. The work looks at the imagined lives and memories of both the victim and his killer at the time of the explosion.  

“You must see ‘The Last 15 Seconds’…a pulsating, unforgettable piece of theatre” -Robert Crew, The Toronto Star