Ismene, Schwester von

In the organizer's words:

Her mother took her own life. Her father gouged out his own eyes. Her brothers murdered each other. Her sister defied the king and gave her life for it. And Ismene herself? Trapped in an intermediate world, she tells us her side of the story after 3000 years. The story of an abnormal family. A story far removed from heroic tales. The story of a woman who simply wanted to be normal. But this desire for normality forces Ismene into a paradoxical fate: to live the longest and be forgotten the quickest.

In this highly emotional and award-winning monologue by Dutch author Lot Vekemans, a figure forgotten by everyone has her say. She may not be a world-famous heroine, but she is much more than just the "sister of".