Vianney Adriaens
Wipcoop & beyond
#WIPCOOP 2020
Three men want to leave the world with a message in the last moments of their fiercely debated lives. LAST WORDS is a theatrical monologue that brings together the meaningful last words of “death row criminal” Napoleon Beazley, Burkinese President Thomas Sankara and African American hip-hopper XXXTencacion. All three felt their end was approaching with certainty. All three wanted to give the world one more message in the final moments of their hotly debated lives.
Vianney Adriaens mixes the last words of these three iconic African men together into a raw, intense monologue about society and power, ambitions and illusions, love and hate. The lost African dream takes center stage and Adriaens masterfully switches between three charismatic characters.
Direction: Tom Kestens / Play: Vianney Adriaens / Coaching: Junior Mthombeni / Text & translation: Vianney Adriaens & Tom Kestens / Music: Vianney Adriaens & Tom Kestens / A production of Socha vzw / With the support of WIPCOOP/MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM
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