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Poor Aunt Danni Theatre

Poor Aunt Danni

Thu, 4 Jun 2026 · 18:00
Compagnie Cecilia, Ghent
€16–24
"Every family has a black sheep. In our family, that was Aunt Danni. Tante Danni changed jobs fourteen times, didn't have a hole in her hand but a crater. She only bought houses with hidden defects, and every man in her life turned out to be manic or criminal time and time again. Throughout my childhood, I heard with everything I did wrong: 'Just like our Danni!' My parents let me become anything, except Aunt Danni. Their mission was clear: Janne had to be prepared. For everything. For absolutely everything that can go wrong in life." Theater maker Janne Desmet goes in search of why one person ends up as a winner Monopoly-style at the finish line, while another, bankrupt and penniless, has to skip a turn in jail. Arme tante Danni is a tragicomic performance about the urge to succeed, the search for the right to exist, and the longing for the moment someone says: You are here. From now on, everything will be fine. Duration: 170 min.
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Venue
Compagnie Cecilia
Dok Noord 4F/201, 9000 Ghent
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