Schwester von

The story is based on the mythological figure of Ismene, sister of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus. It could also be called: the story of a forgotten woman.  The story of a woman who always lived in the shadow of her heroic, world-famous sister. A woman who thinks she has no right to exist because she has never done anything remarkable or memorable. A woman who is ashamed of what she is and how she has been. Because our heroes are people who do things and not people who leave things alone. Thousands of years after her death, she starts talking – somewhere where time no longer matters.

Sister Of is a monologue and is performed by Elsie de Brauw. In the Netherlands her performance was nominated for the Theo d’Or as Best Leading Actress. Author Lot Vekemans was also awarded the Van der Vies Prize for her monologue in which she creates the image of an anti-heroine: an icon for all the people who do not think in terms of grand ideals, but of smaller interests and desires. But are they any less heroic than those who stand on the barricades and fight with no fear of death?