30.05.25 – 01.06.25, ik denk dat het ouder heet, master's project by Mira Cole, Seppe Somers and Robbe Embrechts, with Hanna Mensink and Winter De Cock

With ik denk dat het ouder heet, collectief modderspot (Mira Cole, Winter De Cock, Robbe Embrechts, Hanna Mensink & Seppe Somers) presents a theatre performance about parenthood.

In this youth performance (10+), the group creates an absurd world in which five characters try to build the ‘ideal’ parent together. By playing out different scenarios and ideas, they discover what they really expect from a parent – and whether the perfect parent actually exists.

In an ever-changing scenography, the characters re-enact memories they long for. They seek parental intimacy with each other. They give shape to each other's wishes and losses. Gradually, they discover how they themselves have become parents – for themselves, for each other, even for their own parents. They fill the void, see how it constantly reforms, and find parenthood in unexpected things: in the light, the wind, the cracks in the sofa, the dust swirling up from the vacuum cleaner.

With this performance, we want to offer a safety net. A place for thoughts, a touch, comfort and a laugh – for everyone who is growing up or has grown up without a parent figure.

Credits:

• makers & players: Mira Cole, Winter De Cock, Robbe Embrechts, Hanna Mensink, Seppe Somers
• guidance: Jan Steen, Freek Vielen, Gina Beuk
• lighting design and technics: Ramses Mensink
• scenography: Elena De Lie
• poster: Stella Brouwers
• image: Alies Torfs
• thanks to: Sumalin Gijsbrechts, Kristof Van Baarle, Bardia Mohammad, Frederik Le Roy, Madonna Lenaerts, Simon De Winne, kunstencentrum CAMPO, hetpaleis.