Tue 05 05, 19:00

Gorki: T-BOY ON GRINDR

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T-Boy is a teenage trans boy looking for intimate connections with other gay men through the sex-app Grindr. After a short time, T-Boy realizes that his dates don’t see his body as »male«—a view that contradicts his own self-perception.

He asks: Is there pure desire that exists beyond gender and sexual identity? T-Boy embarks on his version of a queer hero's journey, developing different strategies to navigate the subcultural codes of the cis-gay community and finds himself confronted with the harsh reality of the stigmatization that trans bodies experience in a sociopolitical and medical context.

The performance is in English.

Direction: Malaya Stern Takeda

Cast: João d’Orey

Music: Ralph Heidel, João d’Orey

Choreography: Steven Fast

Dramaturgy: Murat Dikenci

Dramaturgic Advisor: Ivo Dreger

Gorki Theater is located in the historic Choral Academy on Unter den Linden, is Berlin’s smallest and most exquisite ensemble theatre. Founded in 1952, it has a long-standing reputation for its critical and dissident spirit, famously anticipating the 1989 peaceful revolution through its visionary productions. Today, twice named "Theatre of the Year," the Gorki serves as a vibrant public forum for a diverse European metropolis. With its contemporary repertoire, experimental Studio Я, and international company—including the Exile Ensemble—the theatre invites all citizens to explore the complexities of identity and human condition in a changing world, constantly asking the central question: "Who is 'we'?"

Big hall, standing