The Last Ones
SHOW WITH INTERNATIONAL SIGN
“The worst kind of oppression is the one that isn’t visible to the eye, but the creeping, subtle oppression of low intensity that hides in the shadows, the one that disguises itself as goodwill and kindness.” Lars Otterstedt.
In the near future, the global economy collapses. The world descends into chaos, and a post-apocalyptic atmosphere dominates everywhere. To restore stability, the new world order decides that all costs must be eliminated. A radical new remedy has been developed, a mobile genetic scissor combined with reproductive embryos, to be administered to people with physical and mental disabilities. Everyone is given six months to voluntarily take the capsule before drones release the remedy in gas form... Today is the final day.
Across the world, capsules are taken. Wheelchair users start walking, the blind regain sight, and the deaf begin to hear. For many deaf people, the capsule becomes an inner struggle. Should they take part in rebuilding the global economy, or should they refuse to be stripped of their language, culture, and identity?
At the world’s last cultural festival for the deaf, four young people have decided to flee the forced medication. They steal an old truck, but end up stranded in a ditch on the edge of a forest.
Why have these four fled together? What do they have in common? Is there a traitor among them? Will they reach the old woman hiding deep in the woods and find refuge there? Will the drones hunting them down discover their hiding place, and complete the eradication of the deaf from the world ?
Playwright : Lars Otterstedt
With : Ronny Patrick Jacobsen, Aino Hakala, Romel Belcher, André Bjørn Røine Rugseth & Trine Våge
Directing : Josette Bushell-Mingo
Duration : 75 min
Production : TEATER MANU
(Norway)
The Last Ones
SHOW WITH INTERNATIONAL SIGN
“The worst kind of oppression is the one that isn’t visible to the eye, but the creeping, subtle oppression of low intensity that hides in the shadows, the one that disguises itself as goodwill and kindness.” Lars Otterstedt.
In the near future, the global economy collapses. The world descends into chaos, and a post-apocalyptic atmosphere dominates everywhere. To restore stability, the new world order decides that all costs must be eliminated. A radical new remedy has been developed, a mobile genetic scissor combined with reproductive embryos, to be administered to people with physical and mental disabilities. Everyone is given six months to voluntarily take the capsule before drones release the remedy in gas form... Today is the final day.
Across the world, capsules are taken. Wheelchair users start walking, the blind regain sight, and the deaf begin to hear. For many deaf people, the capsule becomes an inner struggle. Should they take part in rebuilding the global economy, or should they refuse to be stripped of their language, culture, and identity?
At the world’s last cultural festival for the deaf, four young people have decided to flee the forced medication. They steal an old truck, but end up stranded in a ditch on the edge of a forest.
Why have these four fled together? What do they have in common? Is there a traitor among them? Will they reach the old woman hiding deep in the woods and find refuge there? Will the drones hunting them down discover their hiding place, and complete the eradication of the deaf from the world ?
Playwright : Lars Otterstedt
With : Ronny Patrick Jacobsen, Aino Hakala, Romel Belcher, André Bjørn Røine Rugseth & Trine Våge
Directing : Josette Bushell-Mingo
Duration : 75 min
Production : TEATER MANU
(Norway)
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