Welcome to The Making of Pinocchio -an up-close behind the scenes look at the quest to make Pinocchio the perfectly imperfect trans masc narrative of our times.
The Making of Pinocchio: Digital Edition was designed as a special one-off digital performance, filmed in one take at Tramway (Glasgow) and first streamed online at Take Me Somewhere Festival (May 2021).
In a forest of real wood and fake wood, and real fake wood, and fake real wood, join the cast, crew and creators as they construct Pinocchio over and over again, shaking the boundaries between possible and impossible, reality and fantasy. Turning wood into flesh, boys into donkeys, and making that nose grow… the tricks of the trade will be revealed before your very eyes.
Artists and lovers Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill have been making The Making of Pinocchio since 2018, alongside and in response to Ivor’s gender transition. Glimpsed through a fictionalised making process, the artists’ real autobiographical experience meets the magical story of the little lying puppet who wants to be a real boy.
Enter a world of wildly queer utopic imaginings, conjured in a click and lock landscape where everything can change, and everything can connect.
The Making of Pinocchio: Digital Edition was designed as a special one-off digital performance, filmed in one take at Tramway (Glasgow) and first streamed online at Take Me Somewhere Festival(May2021).
Artists
Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill
— Queer artists and facilitators
— The Making of Pinocchio, Battersea Arts Centre
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
The Making of Pinocchio is clever and absorbing, full of reflection and self-revelation, powerful visual imagery and movement.— The Scotsman
CREDITS
The Making of Pinocchio (Digital Edition) Cade & MacAskill
Performed and filmed in Tramway, Glasgow on 21st May 2021 and presented as part of Take Me Somewhere Festival. A Fierce, Kampnagel, Tramway and Vooruit co-comission.
Created and performed by Rosana Cade & Ivor MacAskill
Set Prop & Costume Designer: Tim Spooner
Sound Designer: Yas Clarke
Lighting Designer & Production Manager: Jo Palmer
Producer: Mary Osborn for Artsadmin
Cinematographer: Kirstin McMahon
Camera operator: Alex Storey Gordon Technician: Samuel Martin-Randerson & Sam Burnley
Assistant Stage Manager: Goose Masondo
Outside Eye: Nic Green
Creative Coach: Stacy Makishi
Video consultancy: Mamoru Iriguchi
