Lodewijk - Sofie Kramer

The baby is named Lodewijk and has been sleeping in a glass coffee pot for fifty years. Furthermore, she knows nothing. This mysterious baby confronts her with a painful memory: twelve years ago, she secretly underwent an abortion. Eye to eye with Lodewijk, she realizes that this secret wants to come out. In a black-comic, confronting stream of words, she breaks right through her shame, with Lodewijk as a silent antagonist. In her new solo performance, theater maker Sofie Kramer goes in search of hidden desires and ancient demons. Lodewijk is an exercise in letting go, a hypnotizing rite in which life and death dance a tender duet with each other. From a hyper-personal perspective, she asks questions about grief and the contradictory entanglement of life and death. What does it mean to bring a human into the world? What kind of world puts babies in coffee pots, for God's sake? Lodewijk, am I your mother now? KIEM superfan? Then you can attend all activities affordably and unlimitedly with our KIEM Festival Pass. You can buy a festival pass for weekend 1 (€35), weekend 2 (€35), or for both weekends (€50). With the code on the festival pass, you can then reserve a free ticket for every activity. Festival pass weekend 1 Festival pass weekend 2 Festival pass weekends 1 + 2