Cédric Eeckhout

Country: Belgium
Company: Théâtre de Liège, DC&J Création

Biography

Cédric Eeckhout has worked as an actor on stage with Anne-Cécile Vandalem , Falk Richter (Rausch, Play loud), Thomas Ostermeier (La mouette, Retour à Reims), Christiane Jatahy (Ithaque), Gaia Saitta (Fear and Desire), Sanja Mitrovic (do you still love me), Mikaël Serre (les enfants du soleil) and, most recently, Mariano Pensotti (Ombre Vorace), among others. … in cinema with Rithy Panh, Laurent Tirard, Thomas Vinterberg and others…

“Héritage“ is his second show as author and director, following ‘the quest’, an English-language stand-up about the disintegration of Europe, in which his actual mother accompanied him on stage for the first time (”The quest” premiered in Belgium and was performed in Spain, Sweden, Romania, Hungary…).

He is also the director of the documentary “Jo”, which follows his mother’s life during their first creation, when she was caring for her husband, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.

Héritage

Written and Directed by: Cédric Eeckhout
Featuring: Cédric Eeckhout, Jo Libertiaux, Pauline Sikirdji
Language: French
Duration: 1h30
Venues: Théâtre de Liège (13–21 October 2023), Théâtre Les Tanneurs (6–15 December 2023), Théâtre Varia, Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne, Les Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg

Summary: Cédric Eeckhout brings his mother, Jo Libertiaux, born in 1945, onto the stage. A self-made woman in a man’s world, Jo embodies independence and resilience. Now retired from her career as a hairdresser, she has become an actress, performing alongside her son, who sees her as both a fighter and his heroine.

Together, they share their intertwined stories — hers as a single mother of four, (his as the person she raised) — addressing themes of female emancipation, transmission, and identity. Through a blend of emotion, humor, and tenderness, they explore what is passed from one generation to the next in a world marked by climate crisis, wars, and social upheavals.

Amid the fractures of a patriarchal legacy, their two voices — intimate and often unheard — resonate as hopeful signs of renewal, offering space for marginalized perspectives and new narratives to emerge.