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The third and final part of the MINOUX theater triptych Mother-Father-Children

Playwright Minou Bosua uses music, song, documentary and plenty of humor to explore what becomes of parenting and parenting. After the comical and moving first two parts, Mother Must Not Die and Not the Fathers, it is now time to give the children a voice.

A child is made in the blink of an eye and you don't need qualifications to raise it. In fact, parents do nothing: they imitate what their fathers, mothers and nurturers taught them, or try very hard not to. According to the international rights of the child, there is a right to 'optimal development, growth and development'. Nice words, but what does this mean for parents' duties? What if they mean well in parenting but can't? Should we punish them, stop them, help them or forgive them?

Parental pardon is a theatrical court case in which passionate pleading and singing take place, with a children's choir, opera singers, Minou and many witnesses on screen. The libretto of this new "folk opera" is based on the experiences of (former) children's judges, youngsters (distraught or not) and parents (desperate or not). With new music by composers Sinem Altan and Robbert Klein, documentary footage by Maasja Ooms and colorful design by Bas Kosters. Parent pardon is a new opera about the second oldest profession in the world.

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