Saloua Hassani

How much can you continue to give as a mother? Is it even possible to love a child unconditionally, or do you ask/expect something in return as a mother?

Ga je weg. (Working title) is about the unconditional love between a mother and her child. The performance highlights the difficult situations between the two but also the importance of the own self-person of both a child and a mother.

When does a mother lose her own identity and is it selfish to desire it? As a mother, can you love your child unconditionally? Or is that something we as a society made up to put more pressure on mothers?

Saloua Hassani (she/her) is a master’s student at the LUCA School of Arts. She starred in Jihad van Liefde as a replacement for actress Amara Reta alongside Rashif El Kaoui. She also did an internship at the Toneelhuis for Jaouad Alloul’s production Venus in Libra. In 2023, she wrote and performed a solo for Madam Fortuna’s Roots and wings festival, in collaboration with the Zid theater in Amsterdam and accompanied by Mike van Alfen.

Concept & text & play: Saloua Hassani – Coaching: Rashif El Kaoui, Mike van Alfen, Justine Helleputte and Luka Boogaerts – With the support of MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM/WIPCOOP, STUK, fABULEUS.

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