Fatherload

About the show:

David Labi spent years escaping across the globe. Now he’s sober, stuck and facing his greatest challenge: a baby. And it’s his.

His mission is simple: get his daughter from crèche to cot. But somewhere between flying couscous, bedtime and the urge to run away, his brain drags him through old addictions, Jewish inheritance, family trauma and the question he can’t escape: How do you raise a child when you’ve barely raised yourself?

Fatherload is a hilarious, vulnerable solo show about confronting what you’ve inherited – and deciding what not to pass on.

“Labi shows how male makers, too, are participating in a new culture of vulnerability and anti-patriarchal resistance. It’s precisely his struggle with this that makes this ‘manologue’ so spot-on and hilarious.”—De Standaard

Bio:

David Labi is an ethical storyteller using art and empathy to build more just and sustainable societies. Born in London, he was a fervent youth activist and ran workshops on diverse topics for thousands of youths. He studied literature at Cambridge University, before living in Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Berlin, and now Brussels. Along a varied storytelling career, David has edited top city magazines, published literary translations, written TV scripts, and made film, documentary, and theatre shown at Glastonbury and Edinburgh Fringe. David’s ethical storytelling agency Good Point helps clients develop powerful stories and producing creative material from animated videos to graphic novels.