Slovakia Tour 2026
a contemporary circus performance
for those who have arrived, and for those who were already here
The show has already been seen by more than 2,700 spectators across Europe.
To live at home — and watch everything around you change.
Migration affects everyone.
Cases is an intense modern circus performance without words.
On stage — what its artists experienced on their own migration journey.
We believe tension grows where people don't know each other's stories.
And one real story makes another person easier to understand.
If you know what it's like to leave, you'll recognize yourself on stage.
If not — you'll recognize those who now live beside you.
Come and join.
The Artists of Cases
What do they have in their suitcases?
Arina In my suitcase I'd like to pack: my favorite lucky charm, the cup I like drinking from best, a big blanket, the painted brick wall I walk past every day, a cozy kitchen, the day my cheeks hurt from laughing so much, my friends, my favorite café, my family. "You have excess baggage," I'll hear at the airport. And I'll leave with just one backpack — toward a new chapter of life.
Georgii What matters in your "suitcase"? Memories, toys, feelings, shadows of the past, hopes for the future, living in the present — light or heavy? Can you handle it all, or is it better to let go and release it? Do you have to give up the past to move forward, or does it strangle you like a rope?
Vladimir When you're fleeing, you don't know what to take with you. You'd like to take everything and nothing. You don't pack the suitcase — your fear, panic and intuition pack it for you. Intuition matters most, because you don't know what you'll need on this unplanned journey. And a few weeks later, a ping-pong ball with messages written by someone important to you, now far away, might just save you. But if you managed to pack your suitcase in time, you're already lucky!
SUITCASES?
Share your story — about leaving, about arriving, or about what you see changing around you.
We are all listening.
One night only in each city
45 min · no words · modern circus · ages 10+
50% of tickets are paid (25 EUROS)
— to keep the project going.
50% are free for anyone under 26 — so everyone can come.
If you can buy a ticket, please do.
If you can’t and you’re under 26 — book for free.
Banská Bystrica
Dance Studio Theater
What the audience says
We work with children and adults, rooted in the methods of circus pedagogy. Cases is made by our professional troupe — artists who know what it means to leave and start over.
We know what it means to keep going when things stop being possible. So we keep building — this circus, this project, everywhere we can reach.
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
