HÉRITAGE | CÉDRIC EECKHOUT

Theatre 17,5€

Thursday 22 October · until 23 Oct

In Héritage, Cédric Eeckhout brings his mother Jo Libertiaux to the stage to tell her story, exploring themes of female emancipation and inheritance, in a show in French with Portuguese subtitles.

Synopsis Show in French with Portuguese subtitles. In Héritage, Cédric Eeckhout brings Jo Libertiaux, his mother, born in 1945. Free and independent, Jo built herself alone in a world dominated by men. In her, Cédric sees a fighter. Driven by a deep love for life, Jo tells her story, while her son reinvents and stages it, crossing themes such as female emancipation and economic, social and political history. Their voices intertwine: that of a divorced woman, mother of four children, who balanced work as a hairdresser with raising a family and who, now retired, became an actress; and that of her actor son, who identifies as queer and questions inheritance, masculinity and machismo. Between intimacy, emotion and humor, mother and son explore the legacy that passes from one generation to the next in a time marked by successive crises – climate, pandemic, political and social – but also by persistent forms of racism and sexism. Still, it is in the cracks of a world shaped by colonial and patriarchal traditions that new possibilities emerge. Among fragile, marginal or little-heard voices, the hope for a different future emerges. “Héritage crosses eras and also the mirror of the stage to question, through fair and generous writing, the ‘silent heroines’.” Marie Baudet / La Libre Belgique The presentation of this project was made possible thanks to the PROSPERO NEW platform, co-financed by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Artistic Team With Cédric Eeckhout, Jo Libertiaux and Pauline Sikirdji Text and Direction Cédric Eeckhout Assistance and Collaboration Eulalie Roux Dramaturgy Nils Haarmann Set and Costume Design Bastien Poncelet Wigs and Hair Edith Carpentier Technical Direction Olivier Arnoldy Lighting Design Antoine Fiori Lighting Operation Mehdi Igoud Sound Operation Benjamin Devillers Video Coralie Denooz Set Construction Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège Costume Making Ateliers du Théâtre de Liège Production Théâtre de Liège, DC&J Création Co-production Centro Cultural de Belém, Théâtre Varia, Théâtre Les Tanneurs, Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne CDN and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg Support Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique and Inver Tax Shelter Additional Information The Centro Cultural de Belém Foundation reserves the right to capture, store and use image, sound and voice recordings, for the purpose of dissemination and preservation of memory, both of its cultural and artistic activities and of its spaces. For any additional clarifications, use the email address Prices Stalls - €20 Wheelchair and Companion | Stalls ( - €17.50 Discounts CCB Card Unemployed Student Groups + 20PAX Over 65 years Under 30 years Person with Specific Needs Show Professional