The performance is for viewers aged 10 and over.
The performance features loud music and sounds, uses strong lights (not strobe lights) and smoke effects.

“Heaven and Hell” is a moving family comedy full of fairy-tale elements.

In a familiar, earthly reality, we are able to spy on the inhabitants of Heaven and Hell who are usually invisible – archangels, devils, Saint Peter, the Virgin Mary, and even God himself! In a similar way to Dante's “Divine Comedy”, we meet Sinners and the Damned, as well as grumpy and overprotective parents. The dialogue sparkles with humour, and the story surprises not only the audience, but also the characters in the drama. Although Maria Wojtyszko's play touches upon the painful subject of losing loved ones, Jakub Krofta's deft staging provides light entertainment for the whole family.

The show features loud music and loud sounds, and uses strong lights (not strobe lights) and smoke effects.

This fairy tale about an unruly deceased woman could have ended in disaster. Making fun of death can be risky and requires good taste. However, the Wojtyszko and Krofta duo has never lacked this, and so Heaven and Hell, a story about a young mother working as a DJ who cannot come to terms with her death, especially since she has a young son to care for, exudes positive energy. Having died with unresolved grievances about life, she causes quite a mess in heaven and hell. She insults the saints and the damned. It is hard to keep up with her. Zuzanna Saporznikow’s portrayal of her demeanour is captivating in its authenticity.

Tomasz Miłkowski, Przegląd

How should you talk to children about the death of a loved one? How can we cope with loss? What happens when we die? What does the afterlife look like? Is God all-powerful and able to reverse fatal destiny? Should we be afraid of hell and devils? These questions and others arise in Maria Wojtyszko’s brilliant play Heaven and Hell, directed by Jakub Krofta at the National Theatre. This is another highly successful family production from this theatre. The creators attempt to allay the fears of the youngest audience members while also engaging adults who, when confronted with their children, tend to avoid the subject of death.

Malwina Głowacka, teatralny.pl

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