Mother Sea - Compagnie Cecilia

A boy walks along the surf and collects artifacts from the North Sea. Since his childhood he has been a beachcomber, fascinated by everything the sea coughs up and swallows. The sea reveals to him a treasure chest full of relics; a leaking lifebuoy, seeds from other continents, a sperm whale that urgently needs to be kept alive. The whole world with its beauty and destruction, its turbulent migration and climate, is drawn in one coastline for him. A mother walks along the surf and collects memories of her son. Since his childhood it has been clear that he thinks differently and lives differently. Will she be able to let him go into the wide world? Will he be able to let her go? Tom Goossens directs, Marijke Libert and Fred Libert write, Stephan Vanfleteren designs the scenography. Together with Marijke Pinoy they bring a performance that wants to be as sober as it is rich in images, in which the power of the smallest trinkets speaks. Mare Madre is both navel-gazing and staring at the horizon.