Ludruk is a personal project from a trasgender community based in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Ludruk itself is a traditional theater art performance that has the aim of making the crowd laugh. 

In the past, women couldn’t go on stage in Indonesia, so the female characater from the drama story were represented by male actors with female costumes and female make-up. With the years, the transgender community have adopted the art performance of Ludruk to have a space of freedom where they can make up, dress as a woman while being accepted.

The theater were Ludruk is represented usually becomes a home for this community, choosing to live under the stage or in little cubicles around the theater building.

Ludruk is a home of freedom for the Transgender community in Indonesia. It is also a home of beauty and a home of love. A home for them to feel free being themselves.