TERROR

What happens when terror dominates our everyday lives? What legal, moral and philosophical means does our society have in such an exceptional situation? Can human dignity be violated if it can supposedly save more people? A passenger plane with 146 people on board is hijacked by terrorists and hurtles towards a sold-out soccer stadium. Lars Koch, a major in the air force, is the only one who can prevent the attack. But can he shoot down the passenger plane and kill 146 people in the process if the terrorists don't give in? The clock is ticking and Lars Koch makes a decision. A few weeks later, he has to justify it in front of a lay jury. The jurors - in this case the audience - have to make a decision at the end of the trial.

TERROR is the first play by Ferdinand von Schirach. In his literary works, the criminal defense lawyer and author (Schuld, Verbrechen) focuses less on the perpetrators and more on their motives for committing a crime. With over two million books sold, he tops the international bestseller lists and has been awarded the Kleist Prize and the Berlin Bear, among others. The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph calls Ferdinand von Schirach "one of the most distinctive voices in European literature".