BU21

An Old Joint Stock Theatre production, in association with Matt Bond

 

'So you know how on the news these days there's just this endless stream of horrendous shit going down, like every single night? Suicide bombs, mass shootings, genocides, drone strikes, school massacres – it's like the end of the world or something... And you're kind of like – "Could I even cope if that stuff happened to me?"'

The passengers from BU21 fell from 4,500 feet. I looked it up on the internet, how long a fall from 4,500 feet takes. 22 seconds.

BU21 is based on real testimonies gathered from a variety of terrorist incidents including the 7/7 bombings, 9/11, the Paris attacks and the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack. It follows six young people in the wake of a fictitious attack in the heart of London. In turns terrifying, inspiring, brutal, heart-breaking and hilarious - is this our very near future?