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The Princess Olympic Games
Based on the short stories from the book "Princesses with a Twist" by Piret Raud
Opening – 01.09.2026. (Small Auditorium)
Duration –
5+
In Russian.
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Creative team:
Director
Edgars Kaufelds
Composer
Raimonds Petrauskis
Set Designer
Marta Madara Grantiņa
Costumes Designer
Marta Madara Grantiņa
Light Designer
Laila Birģele
Translator
Lina Ovčiņņikova
Stage Manager
Anželika Demjančuk
The dramatization was created using the translation by Maima Grīnberga.
We all know what the Olympic Games are. But only a few know what the Princess Olympic Games are. They are competitions that cannot be won without princesses, luck, and a solid dose of imagination.
Yes, in the Princess Olympic Games, just like in the regular ones, there are different sports, there are participants, and they compete. But with princesses, it is all different. They have to be ready for anything. They don't know who they are competing against, they don't know where they are competing, but despite that, they are ready to compete. But when we say “they”, we actually mean professional princess sports participants who create special fighting princesses, invent all kinds of tactics, and lead these princesses through difficult battles.
Princess sports are different. Starting from the more classic ones – the Intelligent Beauty Contest, continuing with fast-falling-asleep long jump, underwater singing, and other sports that are popular with princesses. Each participant in the Princess Olympics can enter a maximum of four princesses for the competition. Meaning, they enter each of them for a specific sport and then hope that the most suitable princess will draw the most suitable competition for herself. But you can choose a different tactic - you can create one princess and hope that she will be the best all around.
We invite you to watch these funny and exciting competitions and, of course, cheer for the princesses and their coaches!
Piret Raud (born 1971) is Estonia’s most acclaimed contemporary children’s author and illustrator. A graduate of the graphic arts programme at the Estonian Academy of Arts, she began her career in illustration before discovering a passion for writing. Since then, she has become Estonia’s most widely translated children’s writer and one of its best-known literary voices.
Raud has written 21 books, including eight commissioned by publishers in Japan, France, and the United Kingdom. Her works have been translated into 20 languages, and she has illustrated more than 50 titles. Her books have earned widespread recognition both in Estonia and internationally. She was named to the IBBY Honour List as a writer in 2012 and as an illustrator in 2018, was featured in the White Ravens Catalogue in 2010 and 2013, and received the Order of the White Star, IV Class in 2016.
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