The Last 15 Seconds
by MT Space Theatre
Using movement, dance, video, vocals, and text, this play explores the death of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustapha Akkad and his daughter Rima in Amman, Jordan in 2005. The work constructs an imagined physical and verbal dialogue between Akkad and suicide bomber Rawad Jassem Mohammed Aded, his killer. After several National and International tours, ‘The Last 15 Seconds’ is perhaps Canadian Theatre’s greatest examination on the nature of terrorism.
The Burlington Performing Arts Centre
440 Locust St.
Burlington, Ontario
Showtimes:
Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:30 PM
Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:30 PM
Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:00 PM
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News :: TBT teams up with Burlington’s Performing Arts Centre
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!’
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An upcoming play about gay marriage and ballroom dance aims to challenge the strict gender roles found in the world of ballroom, and explores how a gay couple adds a unique twist to one of society’s grandest traditions.
“I see [ballroom dance] as a final frontier for heterosexism, and my aim is to ensure there is no remaining space where a gay or alternative couple in any sense doesn’t feel welcome,” said Trevor Copp, creator of and performer in First Dance, which runs August 18-20 and 25-27 at the Burlington Student Theatre Centre…
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Illegal AND Real?
Artistic Director Trevor Copp went out to the streets during Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival and asked Burlingtonians: She was 12, he was 40. It was illegal, but could the love have been real?
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‘The Last 15 Seconds’ 4 out of 4 stars from the Toronto Star
The Last 15 Seconds
(out of 4)
Directed by Majdi Bou-Matar. Until April 16 at Theatre
Passe Muraille Mainspace, 16 Ryerson Ave. 416-504-7529.
The events described in The Last 15 Seconds, now at Theatre Passe Muraille, took place six years ago. But they could be ripped from today’s headlines.
A man and his wife gatecrash a wedding at a hotel in Ammam, Jordan; they both have explosives strapped around their waists.
