What if the stories we know were never fully told?
What if the Big Bad Wolf isn’t as frightening as we’ve always believed?
This witty and thought-provoking performance takes us into the world of familiar fairy tales from a completely different perspective – one that’s rarely heard. Through an encounter with the so-called Big “Bad” Wolf, we discover how prejudice and rumours can shape our opinions, and why it’s so important to hear the other side of the story.
This production was created as the final puppetry examination for the third year of the undergraduate Acting and Puppetry programme during the 2025/2026 academic year.
The Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek is the only artistic-teaching organisational unit of the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek. It started operating independently in the academic year 2004/2005 as the Academy of Arts in Osijek. Today, it has six departments. There are several undergraduate university study programmes, including Acting and Puppetry, and Design for Theatre, Film and Television (which includes puppet design and technology). The Academy of Arts and Culture has the only puppetry programme in Croatia (and neighbouring countries). At the Department of Theatre Arts, as part of the Acting and Puppetry study programme, students study both dramatic acting and puppetry and acquire a bachelor’s degree in acting and puppetry. Graduate university programmes include the Puppetry Animation study programme and Puppetry Directing study programme.
The Academy contributes to the cultural and artistic life of the city of Osijek by organizing various cultural and artistic events, such as the festivals Dioniz and Lutkokaz (Dioniz festival and Lutkokaz (an international puppetry revue – a meeting of puppetry academies and young puppeteers).). Acting and puppetry students successfully toured their puppet performances at festivals in the country and abroad (Slovakia, Russia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland and Italy). They are regular guests at PIF, where they showcase their undergraduate and graduate exam productions, new puppetry approaches, and stage performance innovations.
