Dennis Smith, SPECIAL TO BURLINGTON POST Jan 27, 2012 – 4:32 PM
Trevor Copp is no stranger to provocative theatre — previous play topics included two men ballroom dancing and a relationship involving a minor.
He’ll play a suicide bomber in The Last 15 Seconds, which opens on Friday, Feb. 3 at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre.
“It’s fascinating to probe what makes any human do that,” said Copp. “Expressing it as a Burlington resident was very intimidating for me.”
EDMONTON – If The Iron Lady is getting flack for making a brutal, culturally blind politician more “human” — mainly by having a great actor flesh out Thatcher’s third dimension, as great actors are wont to do — The Last 15 Seconds takes an even bigger risk…
Waterloo resident gives MT Space theatre a national profile with must-see play
Waterloo may be famous for its digital brainpower, but Majdi Bou-Matar is putting his adopted hometown on the map for something else — acclaimed contemporary theatre….
By John Coulbourn ,QMI Agency
First posted:
“1. The Last 15 Seconds: Kitchener-Waterloo’s MT Space’s compelling piece of movement theatre, about a suicide bomber and the man he killed, exploded on the Theatre Passe Muraille stage and was gone before most people realized it was there. Pity, both for a hugely talented company and for those who missed them.”
by Lynn on December 30, 2011
in The Passionate Playgoer
“THE LAST 15 SECONDS by MT Space from Kitchener and presented by Theatre Passe Muraille. My jaw dropped when I saw this. About a man who died in a suicide bombing whose spirit confronts the bomber. The imagination involved in this work was astonishing. So good was it that I will seek out MT Space whenever and wherever I can possibly find them.”
First Dance, a new play by Trevor Copp, Jeff Fox, and Lisa O’Connell explores the significance of a time-honoured ritual that for so many has no history.
‘First Dance’ is about a gay man getting married. It is three months after gay marriage becomes legal in Canada, and his friend and Professional Ballroom dance partner Jeff is helping him devise the first dance. Together, they set about creating a dance for a ritual that has no history.
Performances are August 18-20, 25-27, 8pm at the Burlington Student Theatre Centre and tickets are on sale now for $20 HERE.
At the season launch, Brenda Heatherington, the Executive Director of The Burlington Performing Arts Centre, announced that their 2011-2012 line up includes a Co-Production with Tottering Biped Theatre to present ‘The Last 15 Seconds!’
Stay tuned for ticket information!
The Trillium Foundation of Ontario is providing Tottering Biped Theatre a Grant to enable us to hire