The Smogovci return to Trešnje’s stage, with weekday shows now available

Neighborhood pranks, familiar humor and the spirit of old Pešćenica are returning to Trešnje Theatre. Smogovci, one of Croatia’s best-known stories for children and young people, is back on the repertory for the new season.

The play takes audiences to Zagreb’s Pešćenica in the early 1980s, where the Vragec family lives in a modest, overcrowded house. With their mother working in Germany, the brothers manage as best they can, build a new home and become caught up in a series of unexpected and comic mishaps.

The trouble escalates when two small-time local criminals, Crni Džek and Kumpić, accidentally kidnap a baby instead of a package containing valuables. Neighbors then join the search. The story’s themes of family, solidarity, growing up and neighborhood life remain familiar to new generations.

Rene Medvešek directed the urban comedy, based on Hrvoje Hitrec’s novel. The cast includes Jure Radnić, Toni Kukuljica, Matija Čigir, Paško Vukasović, Aleksandra Naumov, Lucija Rukavina, Dubravka Lelas, Silvio Mumelaš, Sanja Hrenar, Radovan Ruždjak, Kruno Bakota, Tvrtko Jurić, Ivana Bakarić, Krunoslav Klabučar and Daria Knez Rukavina.

The production is intended for audiences aged seven and older. The first performances are scheduled for Saturday, September 12, at 6 p.m., and Sunday, September 13, at 11 a.m. Weekday performances follow from Monday, September 14, through Thursday, September 17, at 10 a.m. A limited number of weekday tickets will be sold at Trešnje Theatre and online through Ulaznice.hr.