Production company / Theatre:  Maska Ljubljana and AGRFT 

Original title of the performance: Jaz, David 

Title of the performance in English: I, David 

Country of origin: Slovenia

Duration (minutes): 120

Director: Gabrijel Lazić 

Playwright / Author: Gabrijel Lazić and Nastja Uršula Virk 

Full cast list: Eneja Štemberger, Muhamed Kulauzović, Kaja Petrovič, Luka Kotnik

• • Full artistic/creative team: 
  • Dramaturg: Nastja Uršula Virk
  • Composer: Sara Renar
  • Set designer: Lovro Ivančić
  • Costume designer: Lovro Ivančić
  • Lighting designer: Domen Lušin
  • Any additional key collaborators: Stella Dujmušić – graphic designer
  • Any additional key collaborators: Jelena Janković – photography 

• Short synopsis: If gender is a normative category – defined by civilisational expectations – then it also presupposes the existence of bodies beyond it: bodies that, in one way or another, do not fit into what is defined as normative. These bodies fall outside the discourse on what gender should be. At best, the dominant discourse still overlooks bodies beyond the norm; at worst, it pathologises and medicalises them. Violence against bodies that do not fit into the norm in one way or another is an everyday occurrence, which is also prominently featured in the true story of David Reimer. Through this story, “I, David” attempts to question the dominant binary perception of gender and the expectations that exist within the binary matrix of masculinity and femininity.