In Beginnings, Frascati Producties presents the theatrical research of emerging talent. Each edition offers two young theatre makers one month to develop new work. In October, it’s the turn of Elvis de Launay and Daan Buringa. From Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 March, they will share a first glimpse of their research in a double bill. How sacred is the bond between mother and daughter? A daughter writes letters to her dearest darling beautiful saintly mother letters in which everything is fine and the sun is shining even when it is stormy In the dialogue MARIA AURELIA SYLVIA MISERI MISERI MISERICORDIA, Elvis de Launay examines the destructive desire to be a good girl, based on letters between poet Sylvia Plath and her mother Aurelia Plath. Theatre maker, actor and writer Elvis de Launay graduated from Arnhem Theatre School in 2024 with her performance Cowboy och Meisje. She has performed in Maas speelt Maas, Wunderbaum speelt live (online gaat het mis) and Mama Dada, for which she received a Theo d'Or nomination. In 2025, she created her first full-length performance, Zee-Tuin-Jarman, at Werkplaats Walhalla. Her writing is personal, exploratory, poetic and always nourished by a wide range of sources. Her sober stagings focus all attention on the narrative and the language, creating space for the viewer's imagination. Who is permitted to use which narrative? In Body in a Bag, Daan Buringa explores representation, appropriation, and moral conviction. When he is no longer the only wheelchair user in the room, his position shifts, raising questions about the relationship between visibility, recognition, and power. Through text, music and visual elements, he asks the questions: who is allowed to speak on behalf of whom? When does representation have an emancipatory effect and when does it become a means of power? And finally, when does a reflection on inclusion and visibility turn into judgement or control? Daan Buringa is a theatre maker and actor. He gradua
