Warm Bees, Cold Deer or How to Get Rid of Children

Based on texts by Peter Wohlleben.

The trilogy by Peter Wohlleben allows the creators to build a family-oriented, multi-layered, and multi-threaded story about synergy, community, and responsibility for that community. A journey through the forest with actor-guides is a time when we can quiet the sounds of industrial Łódź and listen to the sounds of nature—to see that a trip to this realm can provide as many emotions as a flight to the Moon. After a visit to Teatr Pinokio in Łódź, an unassuming walk through the forest will never be the same again.

License for original works:

Das geheime Leben der Bäume / Das geheime Netzwerk der Natur / Das Seelenleben der Tiere by Peter Wohlleben © 2011 by Ludwig Verlag Muenchen, a division of Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH.

License for Polish translation:

“The Hidden Life of Trees” / “The Inner Life of Animals” / “The Secret Network of Nature” by Peter Wohlleben, translated by Ewa Kochanowska, licensed by Wydawnictwo Otwarte Sp. z o.o.

The performance uses the musical composition: “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” from the album The Sonny Side of Chér, by Sonny Bono, released in April 1966. in April 1966.

World premiere: September 30, 2023.

Creators

Adaptation: Łukasz Zaleski
Direction: Gabriel Gietzky
Set design: Grupa MIXER
Music: Marcin Nenko
Choreography: Szymon Michlewicz-Sowa
Lighting design: Karolina Gębska

Cast

Łukasz Batko
Łukasz Bzura
Krzysztof Ciesielski/Filip Wawrecki
Małgorzata Krawczenko
Żaneta Małkowska
Hanna Matusiak/Jagoda Zimała
Paweł Pacyna
Anna Sztuder-Mieszek
Natalia Wieciech/Nikola Czerniecka
Anna Woźniak-Płacek

Gallery

The photograph shows three actors against an abstract blue background. In the foreground, a singing actor is visible with outstretched arms. To his left, in the background, is an actor wearing pink glasses, dressed in a leafy green costume with deer antlers. To his right is an actress dressed in black and white with a white fluffy wig and large silver headphones draped around her neck.
An actor illuminated by blue-violet light wearing pink glasses, dressed in a majestic costume of blooming flowers. His arms are raised high and he appears to be fascinated by something.
An actor and two actresses in a green, forest setting. All dressed in long white robes. The actor on the left has a long, straight green beard. The actress in the center has white, fluffy hair, silver headphones on her ears, and her face painted white halfway. The actress on the right, in addition to white, has many abstract green elements on her costume resembling a mushroom structure.
Singing actors in abstract costumes against a blue background, illuminated from the right with warm, salmon-colored light.
photos: Tomasz Ogrodowczyk

Trailer

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Poster

Official poster for the performance "Warm Bees, Cold Deer or How to Get Rid of Children" at Teatr Pinokio in Łódź. It depicts a blue deer surrounded by blue light and plants on which yellow bees are sitting.
poster: Ada Jarzębowska