Junior and Karlsson

According to Wikipedia as of December 2012, Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren is the world's 20th most translated author. The cartoon adaptation of her "Karlsson-on-the-Roof" story became popular in the USSR with its release in the 1970s. To this day, the adaptations are still celebrated as an integral part of the Russian cartoon industry, with Karlsson being recognised now as a national icon. And so stage adaptations became as popular.

For ages: 3 and up

Duration: 60 minutes

Plot: Junior is the most ordinary boy, from the most common Swedish family. He has Mom, Dad, and a brother and a sister. Junior is a family favorite and everyone indulges him as one may. Karlsson is a man in the prime of his life. He lives on the roof of the ordinary home on the ordinary treet in the city of Stockholm. He has a belly-button and a back-propeller. But one ordinary day everything went topsy-turvy. And on that day Karlssono got to know Junior ...