Boris Senker: What Is Grandpa For at Mali Bembo

Wednesday, 26.08.2026. 20:00. h

Boris Senker’s What Is Grandpa For comes to Mali Bembo as a children’s play directed by Robert Raponja and produced by Teatar Fort Forno.

The performance takes place on 26 August 2026 at 20:00 on Tomaso Bembo Square in Bale. The cast includes Vlatka Rubil, Davor Tarbuk and Dominik Dolenc, and admission is free.

Grandpa, grandchildren and theatre inside theatre

In What Is Grandpa For, Boris Senker starts from a child’s question that is simple only at first glance. The play does not treat the grandfather as a decorative figure in a family story; he becomes the reason for a conversation between generations: what older people can give to children, how memory turns into play and why a story is no less real when it is created in front of the audience. In Robert Raponja’s direction, this material can move through quick changes of scene, humour and theatre inside theatre, so children’s attention is held not only by words but also by the rhythm of play. Earlier performances highlighted songs, music by Massimo Brajković and scenes in which familiar stories such as Hedgehog’s Home and Little Red Riding Hood appear as part of the stage world. For the 2026 Bale performance, Vlatka Rubil, Davor Tarbuk and Dominik Dolenc are announced, giving the play a small, clear ensemble in which each actor has to carry character, voice and shifts of situation.

Mali Bembo on Tomaso Bembo Square

Mali Bembo brings children’s theatre to the centre of Bale, and What Is Grandpa For closes this children’s sequence within this year’s Bembo Fest. Tomaso Bembo Square suits a family performance because the audience stays close to the actors and children watch play happening in the old town, not on a distant stage.

Accommodation in Bale

For What Is Grandpa For on Tomaso Bembo Square, staying in Bale is the simplest choice: you can walk to the performance without an evening drive or parking search. See the options here: accommodation in Bale.