A Story about a Boy and a Penguin

This visually and technologically superb puppet performance cordially invites the audience into its midst and takes place all around. It shows an unusual friendship which requires some common experiences, work, reading, traveling, searching and thinking, before it can recognize its own solidity. At first, the boy thinks that the annoying penguin simply got lost, so he tries everything to get him back home to the South Pole. And the penguin follows, always on his heels: into the lost and found office, the park, the library, the harbor, the workshop, and so on. After the task is successfully completed, the boy realizes that he had been wrong all along—the penguin never got lost, he chose him.

Suitable for children over 2 years of age.

adventure
friendship
journey
tolerance
trust

Awards and festivals

  • award for the best performance at the 26th Summer Puppet Pier, Maribor (Slovenija), August 2015
Director:
Zoran Petrovič
Performer:
Miha Bezeljak
Dramaturg:
Marek Turošík
Visual designer:
Primož Mihevc
Composer:
Lea Čehovin
Lighting designer:
Miljenko Knezoci
Sound designer:
Matej Modrinjak
Speech advisor:
Simon Šerbinek
Premiere:
21 August 2015, Maribor Puppet Theatre
Co-production:
Maribor Puppet Theatre, Mini Theatre and Moment