Culture after Noon | Danni Heylen & Hans Van Cauwenberghe - Doodgraag

A war reporter has seen children die of hunger, seen people shot, and looked death in the eye several times himself, but nothing hits him as deeply as his mother's resolute choice for euthanasia. “A person wants to live with dignity, so a person also wants to die with dignity,” she says, while he struggles with disbelief, grief, and powerlessness. ‘Doodgraag’ is a raw, intimate, and true-to-life conversation between a son and his mother about loving life and loving death. About how close death only really comes when it enters your own home. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes disarmingly witty, always relentlessly honest. A special cast makes this production extra unique: Danni Heylen - as the mother - in a rarely seen, layered dramatic role. Hans Van Cauwenberghe - as the son - who endured the war, but not the gentle determination of his mother. This piece wants not only to move but also to spark the social conversation about euthanasia among a wide audience. Realized with the support of the tax shelter measure of the Belgian legislator via Flanders Tax Shelter and CC De Warande. Based on the book 'Memoirs full of life and death' by Patrick Van Gompel Toneeltekst Paul Govaerts and Patrick Van Gompel Regie Ignace Cornelissen Productie De Kwelm Coproducent De Nieuwe Bazaar