Art direction and poster design for a new staging of Terror by Ferdinand von Schirach. The play invites the audience to not only immerse themselves in an exciting story, but it also raises transcendental questions that have to do with humanity.
To lose a hundred lives, or seventy thousand? This, in a few words, is the moral dilemma presented by Ferdinand von Schirach in the play Terror. The conflict in the play arises when a military pilot following a plane hijacked by terrorists, who is heading towards a football arena full of 70,000 spectators, must decide between shooting down the hijacked plane, with its 164 innocent civilians passengers on board, or allowing the aircraft to continue on its fateful course.
This project was developed during my studies in dramaturgy and theatre at Lund University, Sweden.
In the visual concept that I envisioned for the production of this play, the audience would feel that they were part of something decisive, as soon as they enter the theatre.
After purchasing the ticket, each person would receive an email, asking them to attend the trial that will soon be held. At the theatre, everybody would receive a theatre programme in newspaper format, where the headlines in bold type warn that an important case is being brought to court.
The audience in this play does not have a passive role, but rather participates strongly in how the events will unfold, giving rise to a different ending for each presentation.
A background screen would act not only as a backdrop, but also as an integrating element by filming the audience live to reflect their reactions and integrate them into the trial as well as a narrative element to reveal how the audience judges through their mobile phones.
The artwork applied to theatre posters
