2023 | FUCKING TRUFFAUT | Bliadski Circus Queelective | Reszka Foundation , Maxim Gorki Theatre Berlin, Teatr Dramatyczny Warsaw

»Every film about war ends up being pro-war« (François Truffaut)

The performance Fucking Truffaut by Bliadski Circus Queelective developed for the Maxim Gorki Theatre, under the direction of the Ukrainian director Roza Sarkisian, asks questions such as: Can we still explore and discover new narratives of war discourse? Is critical art possible in times when all culture is put on a propaganda track? How to escape the circle of reproduction of artistic militaristic discourse? Does society need theater when kamikaze drones are flying overhead? To explore the answers to these questions, Bliadski Circus Queelective’s practice does not emerge from a discourse of trauma, but rather from a performance of possibilities. Thereby Queelective queers war discourses, experiences, and representations. The special guest of the evening will be Antonina Romanova – a Ukrainian queer artist and trans soldier – who will connect with Berlin via internet.

In English, Ukrainian with German surtitles

team

By and with Bliadski Circus Queelective Direction Roza Sarkisian Composition Alexandra Malatskovska Video Magda Mosiewicz & Antonina Romanova Costume Babcia, Kiju Klejzik & Vrona (Arek Koziński) Stage Kiju Klejzik Dramaturgy Krysia Bednarek Curation Dominika Mądry With Alexandra Malatskovska, Antonina Romanova, Babcia, Kiju Klejzik & Vrona (Arek Koziński)

Funded by the Reszka Foundation and the Capital City of Warsaw.
A coproduction with the Maxim Gorki Theatre Berlin and the Teatr Dramatyczny Warsaw.

Funded by the BERLINER KÜNSTLERPROGRAMM DES
DAAD WITH FUNDS FROM THE GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE (AA)

Poster: Nina Budzyńska

festivals

Im Rahmen des 6. Berliner Herbstsalon 2023 LOST – YOU GO SLAVIA https://www.gorki.de/en/lost
Festiwal Bliscy Nieznajomi | QueerFest 2024 https://teatr-polski.pl/festiwal-bliscy-nieznajomi-queerfest-2024-20-27-pazdziernika/

Ewa Bal, „Fucking Truffaut”. O wojnie w teatrze idiotycznym | 
Maria Jasińska, Czy zmęczona klacz wojny doniesie teatr do ziemi obiecanej?Julia Hoczyk, Wojenny kabaret | https://czaskultury.pl/artykul/wojenny-kabaret/

Photos: Karolina Jóźwiak