Ivor MacAskill

Ivor MacAskill (he / they) is a queer, trans, neurodivergent live artist and theatre-maker based in Glasgow, UK. He creates award-winning original performances and encounters for both children and adults, inspired by Nature and the human animal. His work is experimental, but through the use of absurdity and humour, is accessible and entertaining, aiming to make the familiar strange. He is one half of The Polar Bears with Fiona Manson and their celebrated works for young children have been touring internationally since 2011. And he is one half of Cade & MacAskill. Ivor’s main current project is The Making of Pinocchio, created with Rosana Cade which is touring internationally. He has been commissioned by National Theatre of Scotland, Creative Scotland, The Arches, The Unicorn, The Yard, Southbank Centre and Tramway and has toured to Lincoln Center, New York; A.S.K. in Shanghai and Beijing; Awesome Festival, Perth. In 2015-2017, Ivor was supported by Imaginate as a research artist leading on Gendersaurus Rex, a major project exploring gender, sexuality, queerness and difference in children’s performance, which then led to him being the lead artist on the EU-funded PUSH project.