The Children of Noisy Village

Based on the text by Astrid Lindgren.

Co-financed by the City of Łódź.

Text rights: ADiT

“My name is Lisa. I am a girl. You can probably tell that from my name. I am seven years old and will soon be eight.” Almost every adult knows the opening lines of “The Children of Noisy Village”; every adult also envies the child who picks up Astrid Lindgren’s book for the first time.

Noisy Village is a tiny village located somewhere in the Swedish countryside. Tiny is even an overstatement; there are only three houses in it. In each one live children and their parents. But let us leave the adult world aside and focus on what is truly i m p o r t a n t. Lisa, Lasse, Bosse, Britta, Anna, and Olle are an exceptionally close-knit group of friends. In fact, they can hardly stand being without each other, although of course sometimes both the girls and the boys have their own ideas for play. But you can play in Noisy Village on practically every occasion and in hundreds of different ways, and each one seems better than the last!

Premiere: May 28, 2022

Creators

Translation: Irena Szuch-Wyszomirska
Adaptation: Anna Ilczuk
Direction: Jerzy Jan Połoński
Set design: Joanna Martyniuk
Music: Marcin Partyka
Stage movement: Konstancja Zegartowska

Cast

Małgorzata Krawczenko
Hanna Matusiak
Natalia Wieciech/Dominika Hudziec-Narkiewicz
Łukasz Bzura
Filip Wawrecki
Piotr Pasek

Additional materials

PP_dzieci_z_bullerbyn_ekranyDownload the performance guide

Gallery

An actor dressed in white with arms outstretched jumps from a tall stage structure, while the other actors observe from the background.
Two actresses and an actor dressed in white on stage during a dynamic, expressive scene from the performance "The Children of Noisy Village."
An actor partially covered by a light net or fabric reaches upward in blue stage lighting.
Two actresses sit next to each other by a window in the set, smiling and talking during the performance.
A group of actors in playful poses peek through a decorative frame, creating a comic scene.
Two actresses stand back to back, smiling and thoughtful, in costumes referencing the world of "The Children of Noisy Village."
A group of actors embrace on stage, while a man in suspenders stands nearby, observing the group hug and blocking from the audience an actor with his backside turned toward the viewers.
photos: Tomasz Ogrodowczyk, Natalia Szczepaniak

Trailer

trailer: Mateusz Dziworski

Poster

Poster for the performance "The Children of Noisy Village" by Teatr Pinokio in Łódź with an illustration of colorful houses and a tree.
poster: Agata Królak