Virginie Despentes makes theater a political forum. The novelist tries her hand at theater with Woke, offering “consolation” and resistance to the “rise of the extreme right” The play is scheduled in Lille for five evenings, until Saturday.

The piece is ultimately titled Woke, reclaiming as an identity what conservatives have used as a slur to refer to feminists, anti-racists and other "leftists" A tour is currently being developed.