The collective of transgender entities The Feminalz began their collaboration in 2013 with the technoburlesque Image Snatchers, which continues to fill theatres, persistently and uniquely.
Over time, the collective has branched out into music production and the performance series Image Snatchers Present, in which they dive deep into one of their characters. After Matilda and Her Buns (2017) and The Lives and Deaths of H.P.D. (2019), it’s now time for Mad Jakale, who the Image Snatchers present in a film we haven’t seen yet.
Premiere: 9 December 2023
The performance is steeped in the starting points and interests of the title character and encompasses everything from drag kinging, musical theatre, show dancing and contemporary dance. The performance therefore flirts with technoburlesque – an invention of the collective that presents current social commentary and artistic incursions through a series of comic, drag and dance numbers.
At the same time, however, the matter of technoburlesque is treated much more flexibly, with scenes being fluidly extended or glued together on a deeper level. Throughout the ninety minutes, the common threads of affects, intensities and images commonly associated with masculinity are spun. Don’t expect from the technoburlesque Image Snatchers Present: Mad Jakale in a Film We Haven’t Seen any artistic forms that are external to the Feminalz, nor a search for its internal imperatives, but do expect a unique experience of a stage methodology we haven’t seen before.
Concept, direction, choreography: Maja Delak (Mad Jakale)
Created and performed by: Loup Abramovici (H.P.D.), Maja Delak (Mad Jakale), Leon Marič (GlitterAid), Daniel Petković (Dee Dee Void), Bela Pikalo (Belinda) / Veronika Valdés (Pendehita de Havana), Jan Rozman (Musée-Cunt), Metod Zupan (Gospod Magdalenca), Nataša Živković (Tristan Bargeld)
Music, video and audio realisation: Luka Prinčič (Crucial Pink)
Advising and visual contextualisation: Maja Smrekar
Scenography: Aljaž Rudolf, Deja Vrbnjak
Costumes: Tanja Pađan / Kiss the Future
Makeup and hair design: Tina Prpar
Video editing: Zlata Ziborova, Luka Prinčič
Light design and technical support: Janko Oven
Photos: Nada Žgank
Translations: Katja Kosi
Executive production: Sabrina Železnik, Maja Delak
Organisation and support: Tamara Pepelnik
Produced by: Emanat
Co-produced by: Kino Šiška, Centre for Urban Culture
In cooperation with: Bunker / Old Power Station
Supported by: Ministry of Culture of Slovenia and City of Ljubljana, Culture Department
Special thanks: Preschool Education, Grammar and Performing Arts Grammar School Ljubljana
