Tarabumba! But the Circus...

Tickets included: 120/100 zł

Family packages:

2 adults plus a child - 30% discount on a child ticket

2 adults plus 2 children - 50% discount on the ticket for the second child

2 adults plus 3 children — third child ticket free*

Circus over circuses, or Tarabumba! But the Circus...

We invite you to an unusual theatrical, circus and musical show of the Groteska Theater in Krakow.

The narrator of this story is Bambino — a bit of a trickster, a bit of a poet, who escapes from Boredom. Not as ordinary as boredom during a long trip or on a rainy day, but the bigger one — which takes away the desire to act and the joy of experiencing everyday life. Bambino goes to the circus, which turns out to be no ordinary place. It is a circus in which each character has his own problem and his big dream: The elephant is afraid of the Mouse so much that he smashes everything around, although in fact he likes it very much. Lotta Pig loves to fly, but she is afraid that one day she will get stuck in a cannon and will no longer fly. The Fire Swallow, who used to be the star of the arena, is overwhelmed by the prose of life - today he indulges in cooking and a little misses the old magic of the circus.

In this way, a story is created about the fact that everyone has the right to feel, to experience, and sometimes to be afraid — and that through closeness and imagination, hope can be found. The show does not give ready-made answers, but it raises important questions — and encourages children to look for theirs. Older viewers will hear a gentle echo of the legendary Tarabumba Circus, younger ones will discover that the theater can be a place of joint fun, conversation and authentic emotions.

Tarabumba! But the Circus... is an invitation to travel together — through laughter and emotion, through strangeness and beauty. Because even if sometimes Boredom appears, somewhere nearby there is always a different, colorful world - full of adventures, feelings and dreams.

The performance is a contemporary variation on the first performance of the Grotesque Theatre from 1945 — the famous Tarabumba Circus directed by Władysław Jarema. But don't expect a historical story. Our show is a theatrical experience full of fantasy and color — created for children and their imagination, but also for adults who still remember what it is like to dream.

Scene for younger children

premiere: September 20, 2025 duration: 2 h 20 min. 1 break family performance for viewers from 7 to 100 years

Directed by: Magdalena Miklasz-Turna

Dolls: Olga Ryl-Krystianowska

Set design, costumes: Marta Śniosek-Masacz

Music: Anna Stela

Arrangements: Ignacy Matuszewski

Choreography: Marta Bury

Lighting design: Monika Stolarska

Assistant lighting director: Krzysztof Diedzic

Vocal consultation: Jarek Oberbek

Assistant Director: Lech Walicki

Produced by Anna Ratkowska-Filipowicz

Inspectors: Krzysztof Karś, Marek Stawowczyk

They occur:

Bambino: Paweł Kuźma

Boredom: Diana Jedrzejewska-Szumska

Circus Director: Jakub Popławski

Poodle:Paweł Mróz

Parrot: Adam Godlewski

Elephant: Lech Walicki

Horse: Michał Sienkiewicz (guest)

Viola: Małgorzata Hachlowska

Donkey: Zbigniew Kozłowski

Trainer I: Jarek Oberbek

Lion, Trainer II: Andrzej Kopczyk

Fire Swallow: Bartłomiej Olszewski

White Mouse, Cracow Malcontent: Katarzyna Kopczyk

Gray mouse: Dominika Guzek

Lotta Pig: Gabriela Oberbek

Ghost of the Clown: Maja Spychaj-Kubacka

Circus critic: Krzysztof Grygier

Stage: Iwona Olszewska-Watemborska

Book of Complaints and Grievances, White Mouse, Hand of the Fire Swallow, Lotty Pigs Raciczki: Jagoda Jasnowska

Cracow Malcontenta: Olga Przeklasa

Ballerina: Zuzanna Bah

Ballerina (puppet), Rear of the Elephant: Bartosz Watemborski

A family show for viewers from 7 to 100 years old.

*Family packages are sold exclusively at the KCK box office.