ISMENE, SCHWESTER VON

In the organizer's words:

After 3,000 years, she breaks the silence. In a place somewhere between life and death. Ismene - the survivor - tells the story of a very unusual family from her perspective. Her father Oedipus, who was also her brother, gouged out his eyes. Her mother Iocaste took her own life. Her older brothers Eteocles and Polyneikes slaughtered each other and her sister - whose name Ismene no longer wants to pronounce - defied a law of King Creon and paid for it with her life. - How did Ismene view these events? Why did she herself not act at the time? Is it reprehensible to long for a "completely normal life"? Who was she, the only survivor in her family, and how did her life continue? In her captivating monologue, Dutch author Lot Vekemans gives a voice to a figure forgotten by history. Ismene may not be a world-famous heroine, but she is much more than just "sister of".