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.

Place: Trafó Budapest

Address: 1094 Budapest, Liliom utca 41.