Balloonists

Balloonists is a story for the youngest audience about why it’s worth to dream and think outside the box, but it’s also a wonderful encounter with puppet theatre.

Yes and No generally don’t get on, but this time (despite their differences) they decide to tell an extraordinary story. In a walled city no one has seen the outside world for years,and the evil Mayor supervises the work of the population with a watch in his hand. What will change in the life of the town when someone is born on the other side of the wall, someone who doesn’t care about any rules?

This is a story of a world from a bird’s eye view. The hero is a young boy who shouts “No!” as soon as he’s born. As he grows up, his proud attitude is more and more in conflict with the world around him. This negativity does, however, conceal a creative force. One night the boy rises above the Earth and in his dream journey he encounters a celestial town. Only those who are not afraid to have dreams and whose ideas have changed the world are allowed to enter. There he meets, for example, Marie Curie or Thomas Edison.

The structure of the show and the puppets are inspired by the work of the American director and scriptwriter, but also illustrator and animator, Tim Burton, famous for films such as Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, or Alice in Wonderland. The puppets were designed and constructed by the set designer and sculptor Justyna Bernadetta Banasiak, a graduate of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.