T-Boy is a trans teenager navigating the cis-gay community on the dating app Grindr. Faced with a reality that often perceives his body as non-masculine, T-Boy embarks on a turbulent journey through powerful monologues, music and choreography. At a moment when trans lives and bodies are increasingly subject to political scrutiny, legislation, and public debate, T-Boy on Grindr opens a conversation in which being trans is neither a revelation nor a problem, but a natural form of desire, intimacy and community.
The piece explores the norms that shape these experiences: How can queer people create spaces in which heteronormative notions of desire can be rewritten?
In his first solo, João d'Orey combines autofictional storytelling with music and dance, in collaboration with actress Malaya Stern Takeda, who makes her directorial debut with T-Boy on Grindr. Having already performed at Maxim Gorki Theater, Bangkok, New York, Prague and Athens, the show moves between digital intimacy and the question how queer and trans bodies are perceived and marginalised within a social, political and medical context.
- Malaya Stern Takeda Regie
- João d’Orey, Malaya Stern Takeda Text
- Ralph Heidel, João d’Orey Musik
- Steven Fast Choreografie
