Teatr Groteska

Ugly Duckling

7 Nov — 8 Nov 2026
11:00 - 14:45
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ul. Skarbowa 2, Kraków

A performance based on the themes of the fairy tale by H. Ch. Andersen is created before the eyes of the audience and at the same time in the imagination of the author. In Andersen's house, all the household members walk on tiptoe, so as not to interfere with writing another fairy tale. You can't just write it. A fairy tale must be born on its own, or... hatched. And how to hatch - it is from the egg. If from an egg, then the main character of the fairy tale will be the Ugly Duckling. Our hero, who is not accepted just because he looks different, will go through many painful experiences before he turns from a gray chick into a beautiful swan. This natural order of things will become in the theater a source of poetic metaphor. Unkind people, hidden under the costumes of animal figures, will notice only the superficiality of the main character. Only wise and good swans will discover inner beauty in him.

About the event

A performance based on the themes of the fairy tale by H. Ch. Andersen is created before the eyes of the audience and at the same time in the imagination of the author. In Andersen's house, all the household members walk on tiptoe, so as not to interfere with writing another fairy tale. You can't just write it. A fairy tale must be born on its own, or... hatched. And how to hatch - it is from the egg. If from an egg, then the main character of the fairy tale will be the Ugly Duckling. Our hero, who is not accepted just because he looks different, will go through many painful experiences before he turns from a gray chick into a beautiful swan. This natural order of things will become in the theater a source of poetic metaphor. Unkind people, hidden under the costumes of animal figures, will notice only the superficiality of the main character. Only wise and good swans will discover inner beauty in him.

“Everyone can be rich as soon as he reaches for the cloud, everyone can be beautiful, it is enough that good blooms in him” - this is the moral of the play, which is a moving parable about the beauty in each of us.

Plastic dolls are created before the eyes of viewers from wicker baskets, cushions and colorful materials. The performance will undoubtedly delight viewers not only with clever content, but also with plastic. He operates with rich means of expression: a variety of dolls, masks, shadow theater, costumes.

“The world loves only the beautiful and the rich On my gray feathers it gets angry Tell a friend what you need to do to find at least a little love. The world loves only the beautiful and the rich It is angry at your gray feathers Eyes are blind, hearts petrified They know no pity for you.”

/excerpt from a song from the performance

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