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Bleeh...

Genre
For children
Female cast
Male cast
Original language of the play
Details
Text awarded in the CSD Competition
Original title
Bleee...

Swallowtail Butterfly (pl. Queen's page) is accused of infidelity for doubting the existence of the Queen. As a punishment, he is locked up in a bus terminal with all other outcasts from the world of arthropods. Among them, there is Daria - a pupa who's been locked for two years in a cocoon, which she does not want to leave because she is afraid of being a fat and nasty butterfly whom nobody will like. Victor shows up - the hull of a spider, with all his legs ripped off by people. Daria and Victor came there themselves, because they consider themselves worthless. There are also Antonio and Banderas, cockroach brothers, banished here for being filthy and stinky, and the wasp Mańka, who lost her sting. However, the most intriguing of all is Bleeh - a disgusting pile of dirt, dust, mud, fern and undefined secretions. Nobody knows who Blee is and what they are there for. Mostly they are silent, talking nonsense and depressed, but they seem to pay a special attention to the Swallowtail... The other arthropods do not trust the beautiful butterfly, thinking that he came to mock them. To give his miserable companions some sorely needed self-confidence, Swallowtail decides to organise a talent competition. It is a chance for arthropods to be liked and appreciated. They are preparing to perform: Bleeh sings a song by Edith Piaf, the cockroaches recite Romeo and Juliet, Mańka gives a flamenco show, Daria does a performance in the middle of the cocoon, Victor does impressions of everyone. The insects prepare the hall and sing a song of talented arthropods. Gradually, however, they find out that no one will come to the show and that Swallowtail has deceived them. The sad butterfly wants the Queen, in whom he lost faith, to come and comfort him. Bleeh suggests Pazi that the best audience is made up of the insects on the bus. Daria slides out of the cocoon as a beautiful butterfly, and Bleeh turns out to be the long lost Queen, who was in hiding because she couldn't stand that everyone was looking after her. The insects are beginning to see the bright side of their imperfections.

Malina Prześluga's play with songs about doubt and faith, overcoming complexes and finding beauty within oneself.