Motherbaby
Marieke&Sophia
- Sun 15.6 19:00 — 19:50 Budascoop
Theater
Spoken in English with Dutch surtitles
‘Everyone relates to a mother’, thinks theatre duo Marieke&Sophia. Together with actress and theatre-maker Kristien de Proost, they explore the mother-daughter relationship. As (young) women who will (or will not) one day become mothers, they discover their own expectations and fears around motherhood.
Through popular culture, they expose the brutal clichés surrounding the mother figure: From the Holy Mother-Madonna, through the evil stepmother to the maneater. What are we trying to hide when we burden the mother figure with our expectations of unconditional love? And why does she become the scapegoat when society fails?
The result of their research is Motherbaby, a ‘DIY musical’, in which the actors sing about the relationship between mother and child in all its contradictory facets. Accompanied by pianist and musician Alan van Rompuy, they intermix homemade songs – a kind of new lullaby or folk tale – with spoken text. Oscillating between suffocating love and tender aggression, they aim to break free from the constraints of these (societal) roles.
“In just a handful of sentences, the trio exposes the oppressive dynamics and destructive dependency between mothers and daughters.”
Credits
concept Marieke&Sophia play Marieke Schraepen, Sophia Bauer, Kristien De Proost dramaturgy Bauke Lievens music Alan Van Rompuy scenography Ferre Marnef light & sound Wout Clarysse light design Jamy Hollebeke costumes Lieselot Siddiki subtitles Dries Gijsels production KWP Kunstenwerkplaats coproduction Monty, kunstencentrum BUDA, workspacebrussels, CAMPO with the support of De Grote Post, Kaaitheater, Theater Aan Zee, Kunstencentrum nona with the financial support of van Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Thanks to Geert Belpaeme, Jonas Baeke