Family - Louis Janssens

For the performance Family, theater maker Louis Janssens invited four players of different generations to be on stage with him. They tell stories, ask questions, and seek comfort, support, and recognition from each other. It is about how family ties connect us and how they inevitably determine our lives. About blood family and chosen family. About parents, children, growing up, and the fear of being left behind alone. The players are on stage as themselves, but seem to become each other's family more and more throughout the performance. Family is a poetic and recognizable text performance about the universal fact of family. Starting from a queer perspective, they tell a larger human story about having and seeking a family. Not everyone has children, but in the end, we are all children. “Family was one of the best performances of 2025 in the year-end lists of Knack Focus, Etcetera, and NRC!”, Knack Focus **** Regie Louis Janssens & Peter Seynaeve Tekst & acting Louis Janssens, Peter Seynaeve, Maureen Teeuwen, Mourad Baaiz & Francis Geeraert Lichtontwerp Shane Van Laer Techniek Fee Van Herck Productieleiding Lori Tuerlinckx Kijkstage Emma Claessens Productie Vzw Louis Coproductie Perpodium Met support of Monty, CAMPO, C o r s o, Kunstencentrum Nona, De Grote Post, Het Nationale Theater, Theaterfestival Boulevard, De Brakke Grond, DeAuteurs & De Vlaamse Overheid Dank Leonore Spee, Sara De Roo, Willemijn Zevenhuizen, Eva Dermul, Lies Van Loock, Simon Baetens, Elsemieke Scholte, Willem De Wolf & Tim Taveirne