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The Making of Pinocchio

Cade & MacAskill
Photo de Rosana Cade et Ivor MacAskill performant sur scène dans des costumes s'apparentant au personnage de Pinocchio Photo de Tickets
05 – 09.12.2024
The Making of Pinocchio
Cade & MacAskill
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The Cade & MacAskill company tell a story of love and transformation through the story of Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a ‘real’ little boy. In their mockcreative laboratory, the duo uses elements of the popular tale to explore the challenges and transformations that they themselves have undergone.

As part of the Semaine des Handicaps, organised by the Brussels City Council’s Equal Opportunities Department, a number of measures will be put in place to make shows accessible from 29 November to 6 December.

All performances of The Making of Pinocchio are designed as Relax performances. The usual rules will be relaxed to allow everyone to experience the event in their own way.

Photo de Rosana Cade et Ivor MacAskill performant sur scène dans des costumes s'apparentant au personnage de Pinocchio
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Photo de Rosana Cade sur scène.
Photo d'Ivor MacAskill sur scène.
Photo de Rosana Cade et Ivor MacAskill performant sur scène dans des costumes s'apparentant au personnage de Pinocchio

GREAT BRITAIN

Grande salle

From 16 years old

In English with French and English surtitles

Commissioned by Fierce FestivalKampnagelTramway & Viernulvier with support from Attenborough Centre for the Creative ArtsBattersea Arts CentreLIFT and Take Me Somewhere

Produced by Artsadmin

Funded by Creative ScotlandArts Council England and Rudolf Augstein Stiftung with development support from The Work Room/Diane Torr BursaryScottish Sculpture WorkshopNational Theatre of ScotlandLive Art Development AgencyGessneralleeMousonturmForest FringeWest Kowloon Cultural District and LGBT Health & Wellbeing Scotland

Created by Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill
Performed by Rosana CadeIvor MacAskillJo Hellier and Tim Spooner 
Set, prop and costume designer Tim Spooner
Sound designer Yas Clarke
Sound/AV technician and show operator Riwa Saab
Cameras Jo Hellier
Lighting designer Jo Palmer
Relighter Meghan Hodgson
Cinematographer Kirstin McMahon et Jo Hellier
Produced by Dr. Nora Laraki for Artsadmin
Creation produced by Mary Osborn for Artsadmin
Production manager Sorcha Stott-Strzala and Anna Smith
Company manager An* Neely
Outside eye Nic Green
Movement advisor Eleanor Perry
Captioning Collective TexTRosana CadeIvor MacAskill and Jamie Rea
Caption design Yas Clarke and Daniel Hughes

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Press Review

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.

Mark Fisher, THE GUARDIAN
24 May 2021

More than anything, The Making of Pinocchio testifies to an evolving, continually transforming love between partners, a love for making things and oneself.

Frey Kwa Hawking, THE STAGE
01 July 2022

Le duo donne ainsi naissance à une poésie souveraine, un univers enfantin, mais pas naïf, souvent humoristique, mais jamais niais.

Christian Saint-Pierre, LE DEVOIR
25 May 2023

Cet humour aux facettes multiples offre une soupape à un sujet à la fois profondément intime et foncièrement social, (...) et c’est justement le contraste entre cette légèreté et cette gravité qui crée la formidable puissance évocatrice de ce spectacle.

Caroline Mangerel, JEU. REVUE DE THÉÂTRE
23 May 2023