A Big Pot, a Small Mouse


Premiere 2024
For children aged 2 and up
The performance lasts 30 minutes
Production by FRU-FRU and House of Children and Art

A Big Pot, a Small Mouse

A Big Pot, a Small Mouse is an intimate musical performance created as a blend of short poems, fairy tales, and counting rhymes by the popular Slovenian writer, poet, and storyteller Anja Štefan. The works presented in the performance are only a small part of her extensive body of work, collected in the anthology Svet je kakor ringa raja (Youth Book Publishing, 2015). Her poetry, with its refined sense of rhythm and rhyme, opens doors to fairy-tale worlds where everyday moments shine with a touch of magic and mystery.

In the performance A Big Pot, a Small Mouse, poetic verses come to life as melodies, while refined movement and visual transformations reveal the hidden layers of poetic worlds. A magical theatrical experience is created, in which words are given new, theatrical life. Young audiences will experience a journey through these fairy-tale worlds as a subtle intertwining of various artistic expressions. Poetry, music, movement, and visual art merge into a harmonious whole, leading them on an unforgettable journey full of imagination and wonder.

Premiere: September 20, 2024

Based on Poems and Stories by: ANJA ŠTEFAN • Direction: AJDA ROOSS • Visual Design, Set Construction, and Puppet Technology: ZALA KALAN • Music Composer: JANEZ DOVČ • Choreography: MOJCA ŠPIK • Lighting Design: IGOR REMETA • Set Element Construction: DAVID KLEMENČIČ, SANDRA BIRJUKOV, MARJAN KUNAVER • Performance and Animation: MOJCA ŠPIK and TEA VIDMAR • Producer: IRENA RAJH • Executive Producer: ANŽE VIRANT • Production: House of Children and Art and FRU-FRU Puppet Theatre