“HUGE SHOW”
DREAMS COMPANY THEATRE AND ZODIAK CIRCUS (POLAND)
performance 5+ / 27.06 (Friday) 16:00 (50 min) / Antygrawitacja Stage, ul. Jodłowa 25
Trials and tribulations of joyful, though small, circus company and their excentric director, who decides to create the best show in the whole voivodship! Success is an uphill and serpentine road through practices, castings, sweat and tears, but there is a possibility of a triumph at the end… Dreams Company Theatre and Zodiak Circus are groups of artists from Szczecin involved in all forms of new circus activities, open-air and stage theatre, dance, creative movement, fire theatre, and circus pedagogy.
"FLENDER JETZ!"
FABIAN FLENDER (GERMANY)
erformance 10 + / 27.06 (Friday) 18.30 (50 min) / Kana Theater
Fabian Flender is one of the most skilled and experienced German new circus artists focused on the object theater. Graduate of Physical Studies at the University of Freiburg, in the years 1989-2000 actor of the Harlekin Freiburg Circus. His performances are characterized by absurd, minimalist humor, technical skill, and unconventional use of everyday objects. They are also at the same time inapparent, tender stories about the loneliness, fragility, and ridiculousness of a person entangled in the seemingly safe space of a home/room/ordinary life.
“KAJA RENKAS’ LEGENDS”
GILOTINE GALLERY (POLAND)
exhibition 10 + / 27.06 20:00 / Łąka Kany
We invite you to a multiverse of Kaja Renkas, full of original, beautiful characters, objects, and interactions. Each one of her works is a road to adventure and infinite, colorful stories. Kaja Renkas is a designer, graphic designer, illustrator, new media artist, and does screen painting. Graduated with honors from Art Academy in Katowice, where she studied functional graphics. Continued her studies at Silesian University in Art Department. Her works and aesthetics are noticed and valued in both Poland and worldwide. Kaja Renkas is an unique artist operating in a wide visual spectrum – she works with scenography, AR technology, and a poster. Gilotine Gallery will become a rabbit hole full of school, smart, colorful, and joyful tales. (Dawid Czajkowski, Gilotine Gallery Curator)
NIESAMOWITA SPRAWA (POLAND)
concert 16 + / 27.06 (Friday) 20:30 / Łąka Kany
Niesamowita Sprawa was created spontaneously a few years ago as a street duet playing authorial songs. The line-up of the group continuously changed and expanded to finally become a quintet connecting the sounds of string bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, accordion, and drums. In the past few years, the band played more than 100 concerts in very diverse places such as punk squats, bars, clubs, and big stages. Thanks to their universal music offer, they are approachable to a wide audience but don’t fall into a commercial cliché. The band is an award winner of Poznan contest ‘Gramy U Siebie 2021’ and Student Song Festival in Cracow 2023.
“MOON STORIES”
MAŁE MI PUPPETRY WALKING THEATRE (POLAND)
performance 3 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 10:30 (60 min) / Antygrawitacja Stage, ul. Jodłowa 25
The story shows five beautiful, philosophical stories drawn from various cultures: a Jewish tale, an African one, two from Indian mythology, and a story from far Nepal. Each illustrated with stunning scenography and dolls made by Katarzyna Samosia, asks universal questions and simultaneously answers them in a smart, funny, warm, and easy way. The character that connects everything together is Luna, Selene, Moon, Czandryma, Month… yes yes – our Księżyć (Moon in Polish). Małe Mi Theatre founded by Sława Tarkowska is a professional walking theatre proposing an offer for the youngest.
"BOATO!"
ANDREA MINEO (ITALY)
performance 4+ / 28.06 (Saturday) 15:30 (20 min) / pl. Solidarności
Andrea Mineo, a theatre enthusiast and practitioner, in his area, he has experience of children's theatre and experimental performance and Japanese butoh dance. In the performance BOATO! he uses illusionistic and circus techniques, builds a witty and light interaction with the audience, and introduces elements of grotesque and street theatre, all in a perverse way. Drawing inspiration from the protagonists of Italian comedy from the 60s (films by Nino Manfredi, Giancarlo Giannini, and Lina Wertmuller) he creates a parody of a Latin macho who discovers layers of delicacy and tenderness within himself.
LA BELLA TOUR (SPAIN)
performance 3 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 17:00 (45 min) / Żeromski Park Stage
A duo of actors referring to the tradition of clowning and the character/role of the clown as a universal cultural symbol. It is formed by Roi Borrailas (an actor and clown collaborating with the circus Deros, Roncalli group) and Guillermo Aranzana (a graduate of circus schools in Barcelona and Stockholm, member of groups such as Cirque du Soleil, Roncalli, Fira Tarrega, Circa.). Their action takes place in an abandoned circus, that was once filled with magic, acrobats, and lion tamers. Currently, only a pair of clowns remain in it. They try to preserve the legacy and make up for the chaos and transience creeping in there with their funny/sad performance.
“I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP”
ANIA BRODA AND THE BAND (POLAND)
concert / 28.06 (Saturday) 18:30 (60 min) / Kana Theatre
Musical pictures for younger and older about a wild fairy, black lion, and talking umbrella… to not sleep, swing in the clouds, cry, and laugh. Surrealistic, lyrical, and acoustic music of Ania Broda using voice, cello, piano, and charming drums to poems of Danuta Wawiłow, Dorota Gellner, Natalia Usenko, Teofil Lenartowicz, Włodzimierz Słobodnik, Witek Broda. Anna Broda has been singing, playing dulcimer and drums in Kapela Brodów for years. She writes songs, lullabies, and other musical miniatures. She’s inspired by beautiful poetry for children – especially the unpredictable and mysterious one where words give sound. In music, she looks for atmosphere, colors, secrets, and improbable stories that move imagination. Ania Broda co-creates bands such as: Bractwo Ubogich, Kapela Brodów and Sploty. In “I don’t want to sleep” she’ll perform along with Łukasz Złakowski, Kuba Sojka, Bożena Rodzeń-Jarosz.
"StOïk"
Les GüMs (France)
performance all audience (5 +) / 28.06 (Saturday) 20:30 (50 min) / Pleciuga Puppet Theatre
A performance based on minimalist surrealist humor, built around the relationship between a man and a woman. He is very tall and thin, while she is short, small, and energetic. Using elements of circus, acrobatics, singing, movement, and physical actions, using props and objects in a subversive and funny way, they create a series of funny etudes that make up a moving story about the closeness of differences. A simple, light, and comic universe. Les GüMs was founded in 2014 by Clémence Rouzier and Brian Henninot. The performance of StOïk has been performed over 350 times worldwide, and is currently being continued with Victor Hollebecq and Clémence Rouzier or Dominique Joannon.
They’re here.
Mister et Madam Nobody, with nothing. A simple scenic design.
They always make their best, to fail, better.
The greatness of everything to point out the smallness of nothing.
He’s tall, half way between Peter Crouch and M. Bean, with good intentions.
She’s small, full of energy and bitterness, but all of this is above her.
They’re close with each other and with the audience.
An absurd gestual world: nothing’s there, nothing IS there, everything’s there.
WBB DRUMLINE (POLAND)
drum-dance performance 10 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 22:00 (30 min) / Łąka Kany
WBB Drumline is a drum section of Wood and Brass Band orchestra from Goleniów. They perform both with an orchestra or on their own – often with a dance section. They own lots of success including second place in WAMSB World Championships 2024 in Rastede. Their show is full of energy combining various musical styles. Next to drum rhythms, the audience will hear known songs in new arrangements, filled with spectacular dance choreographies.
OPEN STAGE SHARE FIRE (POLAND)
10 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 22:30 / Łąka Kany
Share Fire – meaning Open Fire Stage is a bow to local fire masters, who will share their art during Saturday evening.
“CUBE”
ART OF THE BODY THEATRE (POLAND)
performance and games for kids from 6 months to 4 years old / 29.06 (Sunday) 10:30 (45 min) / Antygrawitacja Stage, ul. Jodłowa 25
Dialog with children’s perception using the potential of neurodiversity. Impressions, senses, gestures, pictures, sounds – those are the cubes the performance is created from. There is a cube and numbers in the center. Can a number have a nature? Can emotions? What does a specific number on the cube mean? What does it mean to you? Viewers of different ages and abilities can experience the show in their own way. The Art of the Body Theatre combines elements of pantomime, physical theatre, and interactive play. Using visual and movement signs, it addresses topics related to psychology, ecology, and nature. After the show (20') the actresses will lead games and animations with children.
"SPINSANE"
RACE HORSE COMPANY (FINLAND)
performance 8 + / 29.06 (Sunday) 15:30 (50 min) / Pl. Solidarności
The outdoor performance "Spinsane", taking place on a huge rotating structure ("wheel of death") touches on the topic of the "rat race" in an unconventional, interactive, humorous way - it evokes a metaphor of the eternal, aimless and senseless race that we undertake in life, as societies, and as individuals. At the same time, using high-altitude acrobatics and elements of cabaret and stand-up, the artists draw the audience into a subversive game in which anyone can be chosen for the Great Trial... The Race Horse group was founded in 2008, and its mission was to create an uncompromising and unique circus theater "without limits". Their performances are based on extraordinary acrobatic skills, aesthetics of chaos, dark humor, and surprise. Balancing real danger with comedic relief, Race Horse creates extremely physical acrobatic shows, which have had a significant impact on the understanding of a new circus in contemporary Finnish art.
“MOTHER OF THE WORLDS”
KATARZYNA JACKOWSKA ENEMUO, MATEUSZ SZEMRAJ, MARTA MAŚLANKA (POLAND)
narrative performance with live music 5+ / 29.06 (Sunday) 17:00 (50 min) / Kana Theatre
“Mother of the Worlds” is a poetic tale about a girl and a boy searching for their mother. Of how our planet became Mother Earth. And finally, about how every mother is a mother of the worlds, and every child is an inimitable world. Let’s accompany the protagonists and help them look in the woods, under mountains, between stars, and through water, all with the sounds of music. Little spectators and their guardians will hear stories, tales, songs, and counting rhymes told for centuries – so that everyone can live better on Earth, with the world and with each other. Creators: Katarzyna Jackowska-Enemuo: stories, vocal, accordion, ngoni, daf; Mateusz Szemraj: oud, bağlama; Marta Maślanka: dulcimer, bendir, daf, riq.
"GREGARIOUS"
SOON CIRCUS COMPANY (SWEDEN/CATALONIA)
performance 10+ – 29.06 (Sunday) 19:00 (45 min) / Żeromski Park Stage
The performance takes up the subject of rivalry and relationships in a funny, subversive and original way, building the plot around the theme of sports. On the one hand, it is attractive and full of dynamics (breathtaking acrobatics, technically demanding choreographies), and on the other hand, it is based on a minimalist, brilliant sense of humor, improvised dialogues, and credible emotions. Drawing inspiration from their own close friendship, the two artists created a "modern circus gem" that emanates energy, wit, and charm, while at the same time offering a fresh perspective on the emotional and personal dynamics that underlie sport. Soon Circus Company was created by two graduates of the Circus University in Stockholm: Nilas Kronlid and Manel Rosés. This is their first production, shown so far over 150 times in 15 countries.
“SMASHED”
GANDINI JUGGLING (GREAT BRITAIN)
performance 10 + / 29.06 (Sunday) 20:30 (60 min) / Contemporary Theatre
“SMASHED” is a stage composition featuring nine actors, 100 red apples, and a soundtrack of popular songs from Tammy Wynette to Music Hall and Bach. A series of nostalgic film scenes depict conflicts, strained relationships, lost love, and afternoon tea. Inspired by the work of the great choreographer Pina Bausch, director Sean Gandini, and Kati Ylä-Hokkala they borrowed elements of her gestural choreography and combined them with intricate patterns and cascades of solo and group juggling.
This playful, imaginative, and characterful work resembles dance theatre and challenges stereotypical perceptions of contemporary juggling. “Here juggling becomes flights of inspired poetry, musical choreography with strong dance elements, the surrealism of mad comedy, the breathtaking skillful virtuosity, the drama of dark absurdity. Gandini opens windows in the mind.” (New York Times and Chief Dance Critic Alastair MaCualay).
Gandini is the most important and experienced new circus theatre company in Britain. They have performed over 6,000 times in 50 countries. They present their shows at the most prestigious festivals and venues. Their work is influenced by many disciplines and artists: composers, ballet choreographers, fashion designers, computer programmers, sound designers, set designers, and mathematicians. The group currently consists of 20 artists, focusing on exploring the boundaries of contemporary juggling, experimenting with movement, form, object, and scale. They also deal with theatre pedagogy.
NEIGHBORLY TOWN OF THE BORDERLAND
– WORKSHOPS / 28-29.06 (Saturday-Sunday) 12:00-03:00PM / Żeromski Park
Woodpecker area – Marta Król LoveLasy
– Saturday (open)
Carpentry workshop for kids and their parents where they can discover the magic of working with wood. It’s a chance of a lifetime to create something special with your own hands, simultaneously developing creativity and manual skills. Participants will have an access to a wide range of tools such as saws, drills, knives, sandpaper, hammers, and supplementary materials like glue, string, pegs, and many more. In a free and creative atmosphere, everyone will be able to create their own original work from wood which will become a proud memento.
Summer sensoadventure – Ada Stefańska
– Saturday (9months-3years)
Enrollment: Shantala.stargard@gmail.com
Workshops dedicated to parents with kids from 9 months to 3 years old. During workshops there will be games that will involve all the senses in a summer atmosphere. One of the elements of the workshops will be eatable smudge mass.
Clothes to change might be useful. Take a blanket with you.
Limited places. Number of people per group: 10 / 2 groups: 13:00 and 14:15
Music making for parents and kids – Lalanki Tosia Janczak
– Saturday (0-3 years)
Enrollment: Infopunkt
Music-animation workshop led by music educator Tosia Janczak (Lalanki). During class we’ll listen into beautiful sounds of an ukulele and play various drum instruments that fit small hands. There will also be fun with a juggling shawl, an animation shawl, and a sensory band. After class we will relax listening to chill sounds.
Please bring your own blanket. Limited places. Number of people: 2 groups (10 per group) / 12:00 and 13:00
Cyantopy – Ciotka Paprotka (auntie polypodium)
– Saturday (open)
Creative workshops that use natural materials: Cyantopy – painting with the sun. Participants will create postcards with a flower theme using exposing to the sun technique.
Akulele - Bartłomiej Orłowski
– Saturday (open)
Ukulele is a cool instrument – friendly, handy, and soundy, something with four strings to play. It’s not only an accompanying instrument but also a solo and rhythmic one. All in all – versatile, incredible tool for a process of music education. We invite everyone to the workshops! Those who play music, but also those who think they are not cut out for it, those who have never played an instrument, and those who have music in their soul!!! These are the workshops where feeling good is the most important! but where you also learn the basics: techniques of playing the ukulele, coordination of movement and singing, rhythm, and accompaniment.
Potter’s Wheel – Maciej Tumanowicz
– Saturday (open)
Maciej Tumanowicz, an instructor from the Youth Palace in Szczecin, will introduce those interested to the secrets and magic of creating cups, bowls, and jugs on a potter's wheel. Using precise and almost invisible movements during rolling, he will raise the level of concentration - and satisfaction.
30 points to the treasure – Field Game – ArtVentura Irmina Łachacz
– Staurday (open)
"30 points to the treasure" is an adventurous and challenging field game. Participants working in teams will be able to use their skills on the way to the treasure. During the game, you will need cleverness, agility, reaction time, vocal skills, knowledge of fairy tales, the ability to jump, dance, and many others. And all this to get a map to the treasure straight from the other fairy tale.
The first group of 12 people aged 9-10 will play at 12:00. The second group of 12 people aged 11-12 will play at 13:30.
Gruppo de Capoeira Angola
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
Capoeira is a part of the vibrant and rich Afro-Brazilian culture that is now practiced all over the world. While some think of dance, others of acrobatics, and others of martial arts, we focus on the fun, skill, and joy of the group. We invite you to immerse yourself in a world full of traditional rhythms, melodies, and texts, in the repertoire of new movements and forms of communication of the Capoeira group from Greifswald.
Klex
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
As an artist, she works in many different fields and techniques, but her favorite activity is giving young and old people the opportunity to show their creativity on their own. You can use both prepared motifs or your own ideas to create postcards and small graphics using linocut and stamp printing in her "pop-up" printing workshop.
Circus Town FrikArt
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
Lots of hours of great fun that doesn’t bore, but shapes personality, develops passion, encourages sporty activities, and teaches correct body posture. In Circus Town children have an opportunity to learn secrets of circus art. The stands are simultaneously operated by professional animators trained to work with children, which is why we ensure maximum safety. Nice circus!
Circus Town includes: circus tent – the center of the town; enormous soap bubbles zone, along with bubbles generator; tightrope walking construction; juggling lessons; stilt walking lessons for both younger and older; Pedallo bikes; Rola Bola; skis to walk in pairs; a roller slide; 10 boards with arcade games; and a shooting range.
Circus Academy – Antygrawitacja Foundation
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
A colorful workshop space, based on elements of circus pedagogy, where everyone can try their hand at various circus art disciplines. The academy stimulates creativity and imagination, and at the same time encourages physical activity and overcoming your own barriers. Both young and old have the opportunity to face seemingly impossible things, which has a positive effect on the development of body coordination, and increases self-esteem and a sense of self-fulfillment. But above all, it is a great fun. Each discipline is supervised by trainers, which allows for simultaneous circus workshops. Participants have the opportunity to try their hand at all skills and find the one perfect for them. The workshops will be interspersed with short shows conducted by trainers.
“Your Tale” (ductile) – Hola from Ola
– Sunday (open)
Art workshops for children "Your Tale" are productive classes that will allow young participants to discover the world of art in a joyful and creative atmosphere. Children will have the opportunity to work with a variety of materials and techniques, such as drawing, painting, collage, or sculpture. Each workshop will be inspired by the theme of fairy tales, fables, and stories, developing children's imagination and encouraging creative thinking.
“Insect World” – Marta Król LoveLasy
– Sunday (open)
Have you ever seen a beetle’s leg or a dragonfly’s wing from up close? Or maybe you wondered what the eye of a bee looks like under the microscope? If yes then amazing, join our workshop and discover a fascinating world of insects! During this meeting, kids and adults will have a chance to see insects from a fresh perspective. We’ll look under the microscope to notice the smallest details of their body structure; we’ll learn unusual facts about their life and transformations and watch insect pieces. At the end – creative game! Those who wish, will paint plaster an insect creating their own unique souvenir.
Closeness Yoga – Jowita Modrzakowska
– Sunday (3+)
During these classes, the child and the guardian will spend time together, changing supportive exercises into a game full of parental closeness. Using elements of yoga, we will discover the world of nature and our own possibilities in an interesting way. Through play and various techniques of working with mindfulness, children will have the opportunity to notice their breathing and feelings in the body: what they are like, how they change, can we influence them? We will end the mini workshops with a pleasant rest to the sounds. Please bring your own blankets or mats.
12:00-12:45 family yoga
During these classes, the child and the guardian will spend time together, changing supportive exercises into a game full of parental closeness.
13:00-13:45 yoga and mindfulness for children (3+)
Yoga is a wonderful form of activity for children, teaching respect for themselves and others. It strengthens and stretches the body, and teaches motor coordination. During the classes, using elements of yoga, we will discover the world of nature and our own possibilities in an interesting way. Then we will cultivate peace and concentration, recognize breathing and sensations in the body. We will end the mini workshop with a pleasant rest accompanied by sounds.
Sensoceramics – Magdalena Kucharska
– Sunday (open)
Creative games with clay outdoors. With grass, leaves, sticks, feathers, birdsong, the rustle of trees. The workshops will be led by Magdalena Kucharska, who has been running art classes for children (especially the youngest ones) at the Youth Palace in Szczecin since 2001, encouraging them to create, paint and draw, mold and construct, experience and play. Sensoceramics directs attention not so much to the effect itself, but to the process, to what happens along the way.
Cutout animation fun – Agnieszka Czachorowska
– Sunday (open)
Animate a Dwarf – come and learn the basics of animation. During the workshops, we will create a dwarf, elf, or any other fairy character, which we will “enchant” and “bring to life”. The workshops will be led by a film and sound enthusiast, Agnieszka Czachorowska, a teacher at the Youth Palace in Szczecin, who combines art, science, and education, develops passion and creativity, and teaches cooperation.
Felting – Carolin Große
– Sunday (6+)
With warm soapy water, a little strength and, above all, patience, you can transform the soft fibers of sheep's wool into colorful felt objects: flowers, felt pens, dachshund eyes, cute monsters, coasters, or small bowls - whatever you want. Felting is an ancient craft - try your hand, create your own woolen works of art, and let your imagination run wild!
“Nook of Fairy Tales and Fables” – Indiana Wons
– Sunday (open)
Nook of Fairy Tales and Fables - is a workshop stand of street storyteller, Indiana Wons, who will take you on a journey full of illustrated stories. His bike is a traveling kamishibai illustration theater with Japanese origins. If you feel like listening, and learning what it means and how it's done, come! Indiana is here to help with relaxation, entertainment, and education.
The bestbest area – Głowa Mała
– Sunday (1+)
The bestbest zone is a friendly space for children from 1 year of age. Come to us! We will investigate what water sounds like, whether sand smells, and how many feet can fit on a coniferous path. We will sing, dance, and maybe even act out a scene! You are invited by Magda and Karolina from Głowa Mała Theatre.
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The festival received the Honorary Patronage of the Mayor of Szczecin
The festival is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund
The festival is co-financed from the budget of the City of Szczecin
and the Self-Government of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The project "Inna Bajka. Neighborhood Border Town 2025" is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund (Small Projects Fund within the Cooperation Program Interreg VIA Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania/Brandenburg/Poland in the Euroregion Pomerania)
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poster: Kaja Renkas
“HUGE SHOW”
DREAMS COMPANY THEATRE AND ZODIAK CIRCUS (POLAND)
performance 5+ / 27.06 (Friday) 16:00 (50 min) / Antygrawitacja Stage, ul. Jodłowa 25
Trials and tribulations of joyful, though small, circus company and their excentric director, who decides to create the best show in the whole voivodship! Success is an uphill and serpentine road through practices, castings, sweat and tears, but there is a possibility of a triumph at the end… Dreams Company Theatre and Zodiak Circus are groups of artists from Szczecin involved in all forms of new circus activities, open-air and stage theatre, dance, creative movement, fire theatre, and circus pedagogy.
"FLENDER JETZ!"
FABIAN FLENDER (GERMANY)
erformance 10 + / 27.06 (Friday) 18.30 (50 min) / Kana Theater
Fabian Flender is one of the most skilled and experienced German new circus artists focused on the object theater. Graduate of Physical Studies at the University of Freiburg, in the years 1989-2000 actor of the Harlekin Freiburg Circus. His performances are characterized by absurd, minimalist humor, technical skill, and unconventional use of everyday objects. They are also at the same time inapparent, tender stories about the loneliness, fragility, and ridiculousness of a person entangled in the seemingly safe space of a home/room/ordinary life.
“KAJA RENKAS’ LEGENDS”
GILOTINE GALLERY (POLAND)
exhibition 10 + / 27.06 20:00 / Łąka Kany
We invite you to a multiverse of Kaja Renkas, full of original, beautiful characters, objects, and interactions. Each one of her works is a road to adventure and infinite, colorful stories. Kaja Renkas is a designer, graphic designer, illustrator, new media artist, and does screen painting. Graduated with honors from Art Academy in Katowice, where she studied functional graphics. Continued her studies at Silesian University in Art Department. Her works and aesthetics are noticed and valued in both Poland and worldwide. Kaja Renkas is an unique artist operating in a wide visual spectrum – she works with scenography, AR technology, and a poster. Gilotine Gallery will become a rabbit hole full of school, smart, colorful, and joyful tales. (Dawid Czajkowski, Gilotine Gallery Curator)
NIESAMOWITA SPRAWA (POLAND)
concert 16 + / 27.06 (Friday) 20:30 / Łąka Kany
Niesamowita Sprawa was created spontaneously a few years ago as a street duet playing authorial songs. The line-up of the group continuously changed and expanded to finally become a quintet connecting the sounds of string bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, accordion, and drums. In the past few years, the band played more than 100 concerts in very diverse places such as punk squats, bars, clubs, and big stages. Thanks to their universal music offer, they are approachable to a wide audience but don’t fall into a commercial cliché. The band is an award winner of Poznan contest ‘Gramy U Siebie 2021’ and Student Song Festival in Cracow 2023.
“MOON STORIES”
MAŁE MI PUPPETRY WALKING THEATRE (POLAND)
performance 3 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 10:30 (60 min) / Antygrawitacja Stage, ul. Jodłowa 25
The story shows five beautiful, philosophical stories drawn from various cultures: a Jewish tale, an African one, two from Indian mythology, and a story from far Nepal. Each illustrated with stunning scenography and dolls made by Katarzyna Samosia, asks universal questions and simultaneously answers them in a smart, funny, warm, and easy way. The character that connects everything together is Luna, Selene, Moon, Czandryma, Month… yes yes – our Księżyć (Moon in Polish). Małe Mi Theatre founded by Sława Tarkowska is a professional walking theatre proposing an offer for the youngest.
"BOATO!"
ANDREA MINEO (ITALY)
performance 4+ / 28.06 (Saturday) 15:30 (20 min) / pl. Solidarności
Andrea Mineo, a theatre enthusiast and practitioner, in his area, he has experience of children's theatre and experimental performance and Japanese butoh dance. In the performance BOATO! he uses illusionistic and circus techniques, builds a witty and light interaction with the audience, and introduces elements of grotesque and street theatre, all in a perverse way. Drawing inspiration from the protagonists of Italian comedy from the 60s (films by Nino Manfredi, Giancarlo Giannini, and Lina Wertmuller) he creates a parody of a Latin macho who discovers layers of delicacy and tenderness within himself.
LA BELLA TOUR (SPAIN)
performance 3 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 17:00 (45 min) / Żeromski Park Stage
A duo of actors referring to the tradition of clowning and the character/role of the clown as a universal cultural symbol. It is formed by Roi Borrailas (an actor and clown collaborating with the circus Deros, Roncalli group) and Guillermo Aranzana (a graduate of circus schools in Barcelona and Stockholm, member of groups such as Cirque du Soleil, Roncalli, Fira Tarrega, Circa.). Their action takes place in an abandoned circus, that was once filled with magic, acrobats, and lion tamers. Currently, only a pair of clowns remain in it. They try to preserve the legacy and make up for the chaos and transience creeping in there with their funny/sad performance.
“I DON’T WANT TO SLEEP”
ANIA BRODA AND THE BAND (POLAND)
concert / 28.06 (Saturday) 18:30 (60 min) / Kana Theatre
Musical pictures for younger and older about a wild fairy, black lion, and talking umbrella… to not sleep, swing in the clouds, cry, and laugh. Surrealistic, lyrical, and acoustic music of Ania Broda using voice, cello, piano, and charming drums to poems of Danuta Wawiłow, Dorota Gellner, Natalia Usenko, Teofil Lenartowicz, Włodzimierz Słobodnik, Witek Broda. Anna Broda has been singing, playing dulcimer and drums in Kapela Brodów for years. She writes songs, lullabies, and other musical miniatures. She’s inspired by beautiful poetry for children – especially the unpredictable and mysterious one where words give sound. In music, she looks for atmosphere, colors, secrets, and improbable stories that move imagination. Ania Broda co-creates bands such as: Bractwo Ubogich, Kapela Brodów and Sploty. In “I don’t want to sleep” she’ll perform along with Łukasz Złakowski, Kuba Sojka, Bożena Rodzeń-Jarosz.
"StOïk"
Les GüMs (France)
performance all audience (5 +) / 28.06 (Saturday) 20:30 (50 min) / Pleciuga Puppet Theatre
A performance based on minimalist surrealist humor, built around the relationship between a man and a woman. He is very tall and thin, while she is short, small, and energetic. Using elements of circus, acrobatics, singing, movement, and physical actions, using props and objects in a subversive and funny way, they create a series of funny etudes that make up a moving story about the closeness of differences. A simple, light, and comic universe. Les GüMs was founded in 2014 by Clémence Rouzier and Brian Henninot. The performance of StOïk has been performed over 350 times worldwide, and is currently being continued with Victor Hollebecq and Clémence Rouzier or Dominique Joannon.
They’re here.
Mister et Madam Nobody, with nothing. A simple scenic design.
They always make their best, to fail, better.
The greatness of everything to point out the smallness of nothing.
He’s tall, half way between Peter Crouch and M. Bean, with good intentions.
She’s small, full of energy and bitterness, but all of this is above her.
They’re close with each other and with the audience.
An absurd gestual world: nothing’s there, nothing IS there, everything’s there.
WBB DRUMLINE (POLAND)
drum-dance performance 10 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 22:00 (30 min) / Łąka Kany
WBB Drumline is a drum section of Wood and Brass Band orchestra from Goleniów. They perform both with an orchestra or on their own – often with a dance section. They own lots of success including second place in WAMSB World Championships 2024 in Rastede. Their show is full of energy combining various musical styles. Next to drum rhythms, the audience will hear known songs in new arrangements, filled with spectacular dance choreographies.
OPEN STAGE SHARE FIRE (POLAND)
10 + / 28.06 (Saturday) 22:30 / Łąka Kany
Share Fire – meaning Open Fire Stage is a bow to local fire masters, who will share their art during Saturday evening.
“CUBE”
ART OF THE BODY THEATRE (POLAND)
performance and games for kids from 6 months to 4 years old / 29.06 (Sunday) 10:30 (45 min) / Antygrawitacja Stage, ul. Jodłowa 25
Dialog with children’s perception using the potential of neurodiversity. Impressions, senses, gestures, pictures, sounds – those are the cubes the performance is created from. There is a cube and numbers in the center. Can a number have a nature? Can emotions? What does a specific number on the cube mean? What does it mean to you? Viewers of different ages and abilities can experience the show in their own way. The Art of the Body Theatre combines elements of pantomime, physical theatre, and interactive play. Using visual and movement signs, it addresses topics related to psychology, ecology, and nature. After the show (20') the actresses will lead games and animations with children.
"SPINSANE"
RACE HORSE COMPANY (FINLAND)
performance 8 + / 29.06 (Sunday) 15:30 (50 min) / Pl. Solidarności
The outdoor performance "Spinsane", taking place on a huge rotating structure ("wheel of death") touches on the topic of the "rat race" in an unconventional, interactive, humorous way - it evokes a metaphor of the eternal, aimless and senseless race that we undertake in life, as societies, and as individuals. At the same time, using high-altitude acrobatics and elements of cabaret and stand-up, the artists draw the audience into a subversive game in which anyone can be chosen for the Great Trial... The Race Horse group was founded in 2008, and its mission was to create an uncompromising and unique circus theater "without limits". Their performances are based on extraordinary acrobatic skills, aesthetics of chaos, dark humor, and surprise. Balancing real danger with comedic relief, Race Horse creates extremely physical acrobatic shows, which have had a significant impact on the understanding of a new circus in contemporary Finnish art.
“MOTHER OF THE WORLDS”
KATARZYNA JACKOWSKA ENEMUO, MATEUSZ SZEMRAJ, MARTA MAŚLANKA (POLAND)
narrative performance with live music 5+ / 29.06 (Sunday) 17:00 (50 min) / Kana Theatre
“Mother of the Worlds” is a poetic tale about a girl and a boy searching for their mother. Of how our planet became Mother Earth. And finally, about how every mother is a mother of the worlds, and every child is an inimitable world. Let’s accompany the protagonists and help them look in the woods, under mountains, between stars, and through water, all with the sounds of music. Little spectators and their guardians will hear stories, tales, songs, and counting rhymes told for centuries – so that everyone can live better on Earth, with the world and with each other. Creators: Katarzyna Jackowska-Enemuo: stories, vocal, accordion, ngoni, daf; Mateusz Szemraj: oud, bağlama; Marta Maślanka: dulcimer, bendir, daf, riq.
"GREGARIOUS"
SOON CIRCUS COMPANY (SWEDEN/CATALONIA)
performance 10+ – 29.06 (Sunday) 19:00 (45 min) / Żeromski Park Stage
The performance takes up the subject of rivalry and relationships in a funny, subversive and original way, building the plot around the theme of sports. On the one hand, it is attractive and full of dynamics (breathtaking acrobatics, technically demanding choreographies), and on the other hand, it is based on a minimalist, brilliant sense of humor, improvised dialogues, and credible emotions. Drawing inspiration from their own close friendship, the two artists created a "modern circus gem" that emanates energy, wit, and charm, while at the same time offering a fresh perspective on the emotional and personal dynamics that underlie sport. Soon Circus Company was created by two graduates of the Circus University in Stockholm: Nilas Kronlid and Manel Rosés. This is their first production, shown so far over 150 times in 15 countries.
“SMASHED”
GANDINI JUGGLING (GREAT BRITAIN)
performance 10 + / 29.06 (Sunday) 20:30 (60 min) / Contemporary Theatre
“SMASHED” is a stage composition featuring nine actors, 100 red apples, and a soundtrack of popular songs from Tammy Wynette to Music Hall and Bach. A series of nostalgic film scenes depict conflicts, strained relationships, lost love, and afternoon tea. Inspired by the work of the great choreographer Pina Bausch, director Sean Gandini, and Kati Ylä-Hokkala they borrowed elements of her gestural choreography and combined them with intricate patterns and cascades of solo and group juggling.
This playful, imaginative, and characterful work resembles dance theatre and challenges stereotypical perceptions of contemporary juggling. “Here juggling becomes flights of inspired poetry, musical choreography with strong dance elements, the surrealism of mad comedy, the breathtaking skillful virtuosity, the drama of dark absurdity. Gandini opens windows in the mind.” (New York Times and Chief Dance Critic Alastair MaCualay).
Gandini is the most important and experienced new circus theatre company in Britain. They have performed over 6,000 times in 50 countries. They present their shows at the most prestigious festivals and venues. Their work is influenced by many disciplines and artists: composers, ballet choreographers, fashion designers, computer programmers, sound designers, set designers, and mathematicians. The group currently consists of 20 artists, focusing on exploring the boundaries of contemporary juggling, experimenting with movement, form, object, and scale. They also deal with theatre pedagogy.
NEIGHBORLY TOWN OF THE BORDERLAND
– WORKSHOPS / 28-29.06 (Saturday-Sunday) 12:00-03:00PM / Żeromski Park
Woodpecker area – Marta Król LoveLasy
– Saturday (open)
Carpentry workshop for kids and their parents where they can discover the magic of working with wood. It’s a chance of a lifetime to create something special with your own hands, simultaneously developing creativity and manual skills. Participants will have an access to a wide range of tools such as saws, drills, knives, sandpaper, hammers, and supplementary materials like glue, string, pegs, and many more. In a free and creative atmosphere, everyone will be able to create their own original work from wood which will become a proud memento.
Summer sensoadventure – Ada Stefańska
– Saturday (9months-3years)
Enrollment: Shantala.stargard@gmail.com
Workshops dedicated to parents with kids from 9 months to 3 years old. During workshops there will be games that will involve all the senses in a summer atmosphere. One of the elements of the workshops will be eatable smudge mass.
Clothes to change might be useful. Take a blanket with you.
Limited places. Number of people per group: 10 / 2 groups: 13:00 and 14:15
Music making for parents and kids – Lalanki Tosia Janczak
– Saturday (0-3 years)
Enrollment: Infopunkt
Music-animation workshop led by music educator Tosia Janczak (Lalanki). During class we’ll listen into beautiful sounds of an ukulele and play various drum instruments that fit small hands. There will also be fun with a juggling shawl, an animation shawl, and a sensory band. After class we will relax listening to chill sounds.
Please bring your own blanket. Limited places. Number of people: 2 groups (10 per group) / 12:00 and 13:00
Cyantopy – Ciotka Paprotka (auntie polypodium)
– Saturday (open)
Creative workshops that use natural materials: Cyantopy – painting with the sun. Participants will create postcards with a flower theme using exposing to the sun technique.
Akulele - Bartłomiej Orłowski
– Saturday (open)
Ukulele is a cool instrument – friendly, handy, and soundy, something with four strings to play. It’s not only an accompanying instrument but also a solo and rhythmic one. All in all – versatile, incredible tool for a process of music education. We invite everyone to the workshops! Those who play music, but also those who think they are not cut out for it, those who have never played an instrument, and those who have music in their soul!!! These are the workshops where feeling good is the most important! but where you also learn the basics: techniques of playing the ukulele, coordination of movement and singing, rhythm, and accompaniment.
Potter’s Wheel – Maciej Tumanowicz
– Saturday (open)
Maciej Tumanowicz, an instructor from the Youth Palace in Szczecin, will introduce those interested to the secrets and magic of creating cups, bowls, and jugs on a potter's wheel. Using precise and almost invisible movements during rolling, he will raise the level of concentration - and satisfaction.
30 points to the treasure – Field Game – ArtVentura Irmina Łachacz
– Staurday (open)
"30 points to the treasure" is an adventurous and challenging field game. Participants working in teams will be able to use their skills on the way to the treasure. During the game, you will need cleverness, agility, reaction time, vocal skills, knowledge of fairy tales, the ability to jump, dance, and many others. And all this to get a map to the treasure straight from the other fairy tale.
The first group of 12 people aged 9-10 will play at 12:00. The second group of 12 people aged 11-12 will play at 13:30.
Gruppo de Capoeira Angola
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
Capoeira is a part of the vibrant and rich Afro-Brazilian culture that is now practiced all over the world. While some think of dance, others of acrobatics, and others of martial arts, we focus on the fun, skill, and joy of the group. We invite you to immerse yourself in a world full of traditional rhythms, melodies, and texts, in the repertoire of new movements and forms of communication of the Capoeira group from Greifswald.
Klex
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
As an artist, she works in many different fields and techniques, but her favorite activity is giving young and old people the opportunity to show their creativity on their own. You can use both prepared motifs or your own ideas to create postcards and small graphics using linocut and stamp printing in her "pop-up" printing workshop.
Circus Town FrikArt
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
Lots of hours of great fun that doesn’t bore, but shapes personality, develops passion, encourages sporty activities, and teaches correct body posture. In Circus Town children have an opportunity to learn secrets of circus art. The stands are simultaneously operated by professional animators trained to work with children, which is why we ensure maximum safety. Nice circus!
Circus Town includes: circus tent – the center of the town; enormous soap bubbles zone, along with bubbles generator; tightrope walking construction; juggling lessons; stilt walking lessons for both younger and older; Pedallo bikes; Rola Bola; skis to walk in pairs; a roller slide; 10 boards with arcade games; and a shooting range.
Circus Academy – Antygrawitacja Foundation
– Saturday and Sunday (open)
A colorful workshop space, based on elements of circus pedagogy, where everyone can try their hand at various circus art disciplines. The academy stimulates creativity and imagination, and at the same time encourages physical activity and overcoming your own barriers. Both young and old have the opportunity to face seemingly impossible things, which has a positive effect on the development of body coordination, and increases self-esteem and a sense of self-fulfillment. But above all, it is a great fun. Each discipline is supervised by trainers, which allows for simultaneous circus workshops. Participants have the opportunity to try their hand at all skills and find the one perfect for them. The workshops will be interspersed with short shows conducted by trainers.
“Your Tale” (ductile) – Hola from Ola
– Sunday (open)
Art workshops for children "Your Tale" are productive classes that will allow young participants to discover the world of art in a joyful and creative atmosphere. Children will have the opportunity to work with a variety of materials and techniques, such as drawing, painting, collage, or sculpture. Each workshop will be inspired by the theme of fairy tales, fables, and stories, developing children's imagination and encouraging creative thinking.
“Insect World” – Marta Król LoveLasy
– Sunday (open)
Have you ever seen a beetle’s leg or a dragonfly’s wing from up close? Or maybe you wondered what the eye of a bee looks like under the microscope? If yes then amazing, join our workshop and discover a fascinating world of insects! During this meeting, kids and adults will have a chance to see insects from a fresh perspective. We’ll look under the microscope to notice the smallest details of their body structure; we’ll learn unusual facts about their life and transformations and watch insect pieces. At the end – creative game! Those who wish, will paint plaster an insect creating their own unique souvenir.
Closeness Yoga – Jowita Modrzakowska
– Sunday (3+)
During these classes, the child and the guardian will spend time together, changing supportive exercises into a game full of parental closeness. Using elements of yoga, we will discover the world of nature and our own possibilities in an interesting way. Through play and various techniques of working with mindfulness, children will have the opportunity to notice their breathing and feelings in the body: what they are like, how they change, can we influence them? We will end the mini workshops with a pleasant rest to the sounds. Please bring your own blankets or mats.
12:00-12:45 family yoga
During these classes, the child and the guardian will spend time together, changing supportive exercises into a game full of parental closeness.
13:00-13:45 yoga and mindfulness for children (3+)
Yoga is a wonderful form of activity for children, teaching respect for themselves and others. It strengthens and stretches the body, and teaches motor coordination. During the classes, using elements of yoga, we will discover the world of nature and our own possibilities in an interesting way. Then we will cultivate peace and concentration, recognize breathing and sensations in the body. We will end the mini workshop with a pleasant rest accompanied by sounds.
Sensoceramics – Magdalena Kucharska
– Sunday (open)
Creative games with clay outdoors. With grass, leaves, sticks, feathers, birdsong, the rustle of trees. The workshops will be led by Magdalena Kucharska, who has been running art classes for children (especially the youngest ones) at the Youth Palace in Szczecin since 2001, encouraging them to create, paint and draw, mold and construct, experience and play. Sensoceramics directs attention not so much to the effect itself, but to the process, to what happens along the way.
Cutout animation fun – Agnieszka Czachorowska
– Sunday (open)
Animate a Dwarf – come and learn the basics of animation. During the workshops, we will create a dwarf, elf, or any other fairy character, which we will “enchant” and “bring to life”. The workshops will be led by a film and sound enthusiast, Agnieszka Czachorowska, a teacher at the Youth Palace in Szczecin, who combines art, science, and education, develops passion and creativity, and teaches cooperation.
Felting – Carolin Große
– Sunday (6+)
With warm soapy water, a little strength and, above all, patience, you can transform the soft fibers of sheep's wool into colorful felt objects: flowers, felt pens, dachshund eyes, cute monsters, coasters, or small bowls - whatever you want. Felting is an ancient craft - try your hand, create your own woolen works of art, and let your imagination run wild!
“Nook of Fairy Tales and Fables” – Indiana Wons
– Sunday (open)
Nook of Fairy Tales and Fables - is a workshop stand of street storyteller, Indiana Wons, who will take you on a journey full of illustrated stories. His bike is a traveling kamishibai illustration theater with Japanese origins. If you feel like listening, and learning what it means and how it's done, come! Indiana is here to help with relaxation, entertainment, and education.
The bestbest area – Głowa Mała
– Sunday (1+)
The bestbest zone is a friendly space for children from 1 year of age. Come to us! We will investigate what water sounds like, whether sand smells, and how many feet can fit on a coniferous path. We will sing, dance, and maybe even act out a scene! You are invited by Magda and Karolina from Głowa Mała Theatre.
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The festival received the Honorary Patronage of the Mayor of Szczecin
The festival is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund
The festival is co-financed from the budget of the City of Szczecin
and the Self-Government of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The project "Inna Bajka. Neighborhood Border Town 2025" is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund (Small Projects Fund within the Cooperation Program Interreg VIA Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania/Brandenburg/Poland in the Euroregion Pomerania)
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poster: Kaja Renkas