Ferdo, the Giant Bird 3+

Andreja Peklar / 40 min

The performance Ferdo, the Giant Bird is based on a wordless picture book with the same title by Andreja Peklar. For the book, she received numerous Slovenian and international awards, including the Kristina Brenkova Award, the Hinko Smrekar Distinction. The picture book was also selected for the IBBY Honour List.

The author tells the story only through images, which allows young readers to read it in their own way. Within exceptional illustrations, without any written words, everyone can find their emphases and symbols.

The story is about Ferdo, a bird who is too big for the milieu in which he lives. But Ferdo does not notice that he differs from others. Moreover, he uses his differentness to help smaller than himself. He comes to the aid of chimney cleaners, assists in the construction of new buildings … He is happy to help anyone who needs his differentness. Tired and thirsty, he unintentionally drinks the whole pond. People and animals get angry; they quickly forget about his good deeds and banish him from their town. Lonely Ferdo wanders the world alone, and then he meets a tiny bird who helps him to fill the empty pond …

Ferdo, the Giant Bird is a story full of symbols and a story about hugeness and smallness, generosity and selfishness, and about the joy awakened by mutual help.

In the staging, directress Katja Povše presents her vision of the story through the eyes of the Vagabond. The Vagabond nostalgically remembers the old days, marked by a giant bird above the trees, children's laughter in the park and scoops of unforgettable ice cream …

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Crew and cast

Directress and author of the dramatisation Katja Povše


Visual designer Andreja Peklar


Performer Vesna Vončina


Authors of the text Katja Povše and Vesna Vončina

Dramaturge Tanja Lužar

Speech advisor Metka Damjan

Composers Gregor Zemljič and Nina Šardi

Costume designers Andreja Peklar and Mojca Bernjak

Lighting designer Miljenko Knezoci

Sound designer Jure Auguštiner

Puppet technologists and puppet makers Darka Erdelji, Aleksander Andželović and Andreja Peklar

Stage technologists and set makers Lucijan Jošt, Nina Šabeder and Branko Caserman

Costume manufacturers Mojca Bernjak and Nina Šabeder


Premiere — 10. October 2020

On tour abroad

18. November 2023
k & k, St. Johann i. R., Austria

24. October 2023
Internationale Puppentheatertage Mistelbach, Mistelbach, Austria

23. October 2023
Internationale Puppentheatertage Mistelbach, Mistelbach, Austria

22. October 2023
Dschungel, Vienna, Austria

7. May 2023
Wies, Austria

11. October 2022
Festival Take Part in Art, Warsaw

25. September 2022
Mostar

26. May 2022
Karlovac, Croatia

18. May 2022
Theater for children, Kragujevac, Serbia

12. March 2022
Wels, Austria

17. September 2021
Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina