4900 HUF3700 HUF - student, teacher, senior
Trafo passes are accepted
2025. March 16. 20:00
Further dates:
2025. March 17. 20:00
90'
THEATRE
English friendly
Main Hall
18+ The performance contains strong sound effects and nudity.
The programme is kindly supported by British Council.
Accompanying program
The Making of Pinocchio is presented as a relaxed performance. This means that the established rules of theatre etiquette will be relaxed: the audience will be able to move freely during the performance (leave the performance space and come back during the performance, changing seats if necessary), and there will be no strong light and sound effects. For those who feel triggered by some of the references in the show or experience an overwhelming emotional response and want to take a break or talk to someone afterwards or during the show, we provide services such as a quiet space and well-being practitioner. A digital edition of The Making of Pinocchio will be made available after the performance in Budapest, to interested viewers, so that those who are unable to attend the live theatre performance at Trafó can experience Cade & MacAskill's work.
The wellbeing practitioner services are not considered health care.
A true tale of love and transition told through the story of Pinocchio with amazing imagery. The Guardian says ‘the satire is gentle, but the politics are clear’, while its audience so far has called it ‘the queer love story of the year’!
In this hybrid of theatre and film, shot and edited all in one take, you are invited to go behind the scenes of Cade & MacAskill’s creative process and their relationship, and question what it takes to tell your truth.
Artists and lovers Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill have been creating The Making of Pinocchio since 2018, alongside and in response to Ivor’s gender transition. In this live performance of the work, their tender and complex autobiographical experience meets the magical story of the lying puppet who wants to be a ‘real boy’.
With an ingenious scenography designed by Tim Spooner, layered with sound by Yas Clarke, lights by Jo Palmer, and cinematography from Kirstin McMahon, the show employs split-screen, forced perspective, and intimate close ups to constantly shift between fantasy and authenticity, humor and intimacy, on stage and on screen.
The Making of Pinocchio joyfully embraces the importance of imagination in queer worldmaking and the idea of transness as a state of possibility that can trouble fixed perspectives and inspire change.
★★★★ ‘The wondrous trans tale of Pinocchio… A funny, clever and thoughtful two-hander, rich in playful imagery and direct-to-camera asides, about identity, definition and acceptance… The satire is gentle, but the politics are clear.’
The Guardian
★★★★ ‘More than anything, The Making of Pinocchio testifies to an evolving, continually transforming love between partners, a love for making things and oneself.’
The Stage
This “ravishingly beautiful’ (The Arts Desk) show is for anyone seeking to explore the sheer joy and limitless potential of queer imagination. Audiences called it ‘unmissable’, ‘breath-taking’, ‘phenomenal’, ‘showstopping’ and ‘the queer love story of the year’.
Nominated for the Off West End Awards’ Best IDEA Production (IDEA: Innovative / Devised / Experiential / Atypical)
The event is part of the LGBT History Month programme, which aims to showcase the presence of LGBT people in history, the LGBT past in Hungary and abroad, and the values created by minority members, while also playing an important role in building the LGBT community. For more information on the series of events, visit the LGBT History Month website and Facebook page.
Cade & MacAskill are Rosana Cade (they/them) and Ivor MacAskill (he/him): renowned queer artists and facilitators based in Glasgow, Scotland. Their work, together and individually, straddles the worlds of experimental contemporary theatre, live art, queercabaret, film, children’s performance, site-specific, and socially engaged practices.
Their collaboration is born from a shared love of subversive humor, 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. They create strange, rich aesthetic worlds on stage, with unique sonic elements embedded into their work due to ongoing collaboration with sound artist and designer Yas Clarke.
Since 2018 they have been working on The Making of Pinocchio, which was supported through residencies at Gessnerallee in Zurich and Mousonturm in Frankfurt, as well as The Diane Torr Award bursary.
https://www.cademacaskill.com/about
Created by Rosana Cade & Ivor MacAskill
Performed by Rosana Cade, Ivor MacAskill, Jo Hellier or Moa Johansson, Tim Spooneror, Ray Gammon
Set, Prop & Costume Designer: Tim SpoonerSound
Designer: Yas Clarke
Sound/AV Technician & Show Operator: Yas Clarke or Riwa Saab or PJ Davy
Cameras: Jo Hellier & Moa Johansson
Lighting Designer: Jo Palmer
Relighter: Meghan Hodgson or Marty Langthorne
Company Managers: Ray Gammon or Andre Neely
Cinematographer: Kirstin McMahon & Jo Hellier
Produced by Dr. Nora Laraki for Artsadmin
Creation produced by Mary Osborn for Artsadmin
Production Manager: Sorcha Stott-Strzala
Assistant Stage Manager: Ray Gammon
Outside Eye: Nic Green
Movement advisor: Eleanor Perry
Captioning: Collective Text, Rosana Cade, Ivor MacAskill & Jamie Rea
Caption Design: Yas Clarke & Daniel Hughes
Major sponsor: British Council. Supporters: Arts Council England, Artsadmin, Creative Scotland.
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