RED PETER. Will an Ape Save the World? // House of Cropp + VUJO

"Red Peter. Will an Ape Save the World?" is a performance by House of Cropp + VUJO inspired by Franz Kafka's short story A Report to an Academy. Red Peter - the name the protagonist receives at his first encounter with humans - becomes the starting point for questions about the cost of daily conformity to "human" standards: careful observation, role-playing, repeating what we have registered as the norm.

The creators build a collective experience of de-evolution - a return to the ape as a gesture of liberation from desires and ambitions imposed by civilization. The performative act of naming the chimpanzee and his motivation to become a human man evoke the birth of a drag king: like Red Peter, a drag king learns to imitate and as a result convincingly perform humanity. The performance weaves together drag, queer experience, and laughter - scratching and slipping on a banana peel.

Scenario, direction, scenography: House of Cropp + VUJO
Performing: Evan Berliner, Marian Elektryk, Zenon Cierpiętnicki, VUJO
Costumes: Jakub Kostewicz, Marek Grzegorski
Music: Zakład Szewski Tomaszewski, Borys Szadkowski
Visualizations: Borys Szadkowski, Jakub Kostewicz
Sound design: Maciej Frycz
Lighting design: Jacek Broda
Communication and promotion: Aleksandra Puk, Aleksandra Kubik
Executive production: Aleksandra Puk
Visual identity: Kornelia Nowak
Teaser: Jakub Kostewicz
Production: Scena Robocza

Premiere: October 12, 2026
Showings: October 3-4, 2026, Studio Scena Robocza, ul. Wroniecka 6
Partners: notes na 6 tygodni, Lesstorie., Les Pegazy, Duma Magazyn

Funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund - a state-purpose fund. Funded by the budget of the city of Poznań #poznanwspiera