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«The Making of Pinocchio»
Cade & MacAskill

PerformanceTheatre

A humorous and cinematic play about love and transformation - sensitively and masterfully told through the magical story of a wooden puppet.

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  • Fri 27/0919:30

    Halle Ost

  • Sat 28/0919:30

    Halle Ost

In this production, the artist couple invites you to take a look behind the scenes. Credit: Tiu Makkonen / image manipulation: Bodara Gmbh
  • Audio description
  • Surtitles in DE and ENG
  • Relaxed Performance

Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill began developing «The Making of Pinocchio» in 2018 in response to Ivor MacAskill's own gender transition. They masterfully combine their own experiences with the fairytale-like story of the wooden puppet who wants to be a «real boy». And ask themselves the question: What does it take to tell your own story?

In their production, this Scotland-based artist duo invites you to take a look behind the scenes. The audience explores the creation process and at the same time the relationship between the two artists. The evening moves between fantasy and authenticity, humor and intimacy and can be seen both on stage and on screen at the same time.

 Accessibility

The work takes place as a Relaxed Performance in English spoken language with English and German surtitles. On both nights, there will be a live audio description in English for blind and visually impaired audience members, preceded by a touch tour (starting at 6:30 pm). For audience members with access needs, we offer an early boarding approx. 10 minutes before the start of the performance. There are no strobe lights, flashing lights, moments of complete darkness or fog. Detailed information on the accessibility of the performance will be available at
the Access Infopoint located in Stall 6.

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About the artists

Cade & MacAskill are Rosana Cade (they/them) and Ivor MacAskill (he/him): renowned queer artists and facilitators based in Glasgow, Scotland. Their work straddles the worlds of experimental contemporary theatre, live art, queer cabaret, film, children’s performance, site specific, and socially engaged practices. Their collaboration is born out of a shared love of subversive humour, experimentation with persona and text, playful theatricality, and the joy they find in improvising together. They also share a passion for LGBTQIA+ rights and culture. ​In their performances, Cade & MacAskill create strange, rich aesthetic worlds on stage, with unique sonic elements embedded into their work as part of an ongoing collaboration with sound artist and designer Yas Clarke.

  • Nudity: Ivor performs a dance where he is sometimes fully nude, at a distance from the audience. When Ivor is nude, audiences will see that he has had chest masculinisation surgery. There is also a short film clip where we see Ivor’s chest before surgery.

    Transphobia: The show briefly talks about transphobia, and sometimes explores the exploitation and misrepresentation of trans people’s lives and bodies.Sexual fantasies: Rosana describes a sexual fantasy between Pinocchio and the artistic director of the venue, which plays with the artistic director having power over Pinocchio and seducing him. All of the characters are consenting to being involved in sexual activity and experience pleasure. The nudity and sexual fantasy scenes are performed in a playful way.

    Rosana and Ivor have thought a lot about this performance. They are sharing their experiences and their bodies in ways they are comfortable with. They have also found ways to take care of themselves when they perform.

  • Artistic Direction:
    Rosana Cade & Ivor MacAskill
    Performance:
    Rosana Cade, Ivor MacAskill, Jo Hellier & Moa Johansson, Tim Spooner & Ray Gammon
    Stage, Prop and Costume Design:
    Tim Spooner
    Sound Design:
    Yas Clarke
    Sound/AV Technician and Show Operator:
    Riwa Saab
    Cameras:
    Jo Hellier & Moa Johansson
    Lighting Design:
    Jo Palmer
    Lighting Adaptation:
    Meghan Hodgson, Marty Langthorne
    Cinematography:
    Kirstin McMahon & Jo Hellier
    Production:
    Dr. Nora Laraki for Artsadmin
    Production Development:
    Mary Osborn for Artsadmin
    Production Management:
    Sorcha Stott-Strzala
    Assistant Stage Management:
    Rachel Gammon
    Outside Eye:
    Nic Green
    Movement Coach:
    Eleanor Perry
    Subtitles:
    Collective Text, Rosana Cade, Ivor MacAskill und Jamie Rea
    Subtitle Design:
    Yas Clarke & Daniel Hughes

  • A production by Artsadmin. Commissioned by Fierce Festival, Kampnagel, Tramway & Viernulvier with support from Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Battersea Arts Centre, LIFT and Take Me Somewhere. Funded by Creative Scotland, Arts Council England and Rudolf Augstein Foundation. Development process supported by The Work Room/Diane Torr Bursary, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, National Theatre of Scotland, Live Art Development Agency, Gessnerallee Zurich, Mousonturm Frankfurt, Forest Fringe, West Kowloon Cultural District & LGBT Health & Wellbeing Scotland.

Rosana Cade und Ivor MacAskill (left). Credit: Christa Holka

Credit: Tiu Makkonen

Copyright: Tiu Makkonen

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