Photo by Jimmy Kets
Fatherload
Fatherhood, mental health, addiction – what could go right?
He spent years of his life chasing cheap thrills across the globe. Now, David is sober, stuck, and staring down his greatest challenge. A baby. And it's his.
Amid flying couscous, jets of vomit and a wet wipe landslide, David faces the big questions: how do you raise a child while still growing up yourself? How can you break cycles of intergenerational trauma? And what happens if you snort lines of milk formula?
Hilarious, moving, and brutally honest, Fatherload is a look at modern fatherhood – from a man hoping his baby will inherit more than his mistakes.
Fatherload is the new one-man show from David Labi, in development with Martha!Tentatief and Play The House Down. The premiere is slated for summer 2026 at the iconic Theatre aan Zee festival in Ostend.
If we make it to Edinburgh Fringe (pending funding) then we’ll be turning up on the Big in Belgium platform. Read more about Big in Belgium here.
PRESS ABOUT DAVID’S WORK
Review of Pieces of a Man by Wouter Hillaert (DUTCH – English translation here)
David was on Belgian TV! See a short video about him and his show on BRUZZ TV
Listen to an interview with him on Hectolitre FM
Two articles David wrote in the Brussels Times (BE) about Pieces of a Man (here and here)
An article he wrote in the Jewish Chronicle (UK) about Pieces of a Man