More Păcală than Tândală
The Musical Theater Ambassadors are waiting for you at a super show, an adventure full of cheer, where you will find texts adapted from the writings of Ion Luca Caragiale, Ion Creangă, Ioan Slavici, Costache Negruzzi, and Petre Dulfu.
Through the story of the two tricksters, Păcală and Tândală, children enter a purely Romanian universe and discover an archaic world unknown to them, using the humor specific to rural life, songs, and traditional folk expressions. The message of the performance is that, through brilliance, ingenuity, and humor, any problem can be solved – this is how our heroes accomplish everything they set out to do.
“More Păcală than Tândală” is a carousel of songs, dances, sayings, and jokes, all imprinted in our collective memory, so even the younger generation of children can recognize some elements that create the rural universe of the two pranksters.
The action takes place at the boundary between reality and the supernatural, in a space where fairy tales and stories are still kept alive: in the countryside. Among stacks of hay, with ritual masks, with music and celebration, a story is told around the fire by fantastic characters from another realm.
Recommended minimum age: 5 years
This performance is a production of the Musical Theater Ambassadors, the only theater for children and youth under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, which this year celebrates 5 years since its establishment.
We look forward to welcoming you in the world of the Musical Theater Ambassadors, where we have fun, sing, dance, and celebrate 5 fantastic years!