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 to her “dearest darling beautiful saintly mother” A poet writes about her 'Mother, whose witches always, always Got baked into gingerbread' After the death of her daughter, the poet Sylvia Plath, Aurelia Plath publishes the book Letters Home, a collection of more than 700 letters they wrote to each other, in an attempt to regain the daughter she lost to the poet and to death. In the dialogue AURELIA SYLVIA VICTORIA MISERI MISERI MISERICORDIA, Elvis de Launay (accompanied by Wine Dierickx) brings mother and daughter back together and writes a roaring love letter in an attempt at rapprochement, reconciliation and rebirth. 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 a
