Theatre / Theatre · performance

Trauma Kink

Giuvlipen · Romanian Playwrights Theatre

2022
The suspension installation and performers in Trauma Kink, in blue and red stage light

Video

Trauma Kink · production excerptsView on Instagram

Trauma Kink is a show about how early traumas and those experienced as adults define our perception of intimacy and pleasure. The show opens the conversation about trauma in a natural way, through the stories of five artists who open up to the audience in a performative approach that blends confessional elements with fiction and hedonistic imagery. A performance about trauma and hedonism, beyond dictionary definitions, but above all about the power of vulnerability that heals.

Cast & creative team

Creative team

Direction and set designGabriel Sandu
TextMihaela Drăgan
CostumesPatricia Suciu
MusicAndy Hojda
Set design assistant and lighting designMiruna Croitoru
VideoAural Eye
Co-productionGiuvlipen, Romanian Playwrights Theatre

Cast

Arhanghela
Mihaela Drăgan
Zita Moldovan
Kitty Rhea
Răzvan Rotaru

Production
A co-production by Giuvlipen and the Romanian Playwrights Theatre.

Reviews & press

Nice Magazine

A Serving of Trauma and Kink: For Here or to Go?

Daily Magazine

Director Gabriel Sandu on Trauma Kink: “A Performance That Makes Us Vulnerable and Exposes Us All…”

Festivals & recognition