Familie voor Beginners
In her new show Familie voor Beginners (Family for Beginners), Frencken makes no secret of her own wounds and moments of happiness. She also draws lessons from the ups and downs of world-famous families, from the Kennedys to the House of Orange. For there is only one thing worse than having a family: not having a family.
From intimate togetherness to murder and mayhem, from tender expressions of love to exploded families: nothing is as fascinating and confusing as family. Was writer Renate Dorrestein right when she lamented that ‘family is the smallest concentration camp in the world’?
Misery and woe on Christmas Day, comfort in sad times, the black sheep… Cabaret performer and singer Mylou Frencken has seen it all. This year, she trained to become a BABS, a Special Registrar of Civil Status. What wisdom does she pass on to brides and grooms? Who, according to her, is the best therapist for a family constellation? And what is the best custody arrangement with your mother-in-law?
Songs by Mylou Frencken (also known as the singing barmaid in the TV quiz Met het Mes op Tafel and initiator of the Haarlem Theater de Liefde) have been nominated several times for the Annie M.G. Schmidt Prize .
