Libretto: Mintai Tleubaev based on the English folk fairy tale

Choreography and staging: Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mintai Tleubaev

Musical director: Andrey Vasilevsky

Designer: Nikolai Rymzhanov

New version costume designer: Lyubov Sidelnikova

Conductors: Yuri Karavaev, Vitali Hryshchanka

Running time: 1 hour 10 minutes with one interval

Premiere: 2 April 1991

New version premiere: 3 Nevember 2024

Nif – Anton Kravchenko, Vladimir Ruda, Yury Kavaliou, Alexander Misiyuk

Nafa – Maryna Vezhnavets, Nadzeya Filipava, Irina Eromkina, Daria Chuvargina, Ksenia Prokopenko

Nuf – Dmitrii Uksusnikov, Leu Kamkou, Andrei Bariev, Siarhei Tutski

The Wolf – Denis Shpak, Anton Kravchenko, Ivan Kamyshov, Yury Kavaliou

The Squirrel –  Daria Chuvargina, Anastasiya Voloshko, Liudmila Khitrova, Anastasiya Bulavik, Apollinariya Kartavtseva

The Hedgehog – Konstantin Belokhvostik, Denis Shpak, Anton Kravchenko, Alexander Misiyuk

Act I

Three little pigs — brothers Nif, Nuf and their younger sister Nafa — lived happily and always got along well. One day, they decided to take a walk in the nearby forest. The little pigs walked for a long time until it began to get dark. As night fell, they huddled together and fell asleep.

Morning arrived, and everything began to come to life. The pig family woke up and saw tireless Ants carrying straw, a Squirrel gathering mushrooms and nuts for the winter, and a prickly Hedgehog bustling about. All of them were working together to build a new, warm house.

"Can we join you?" asked the piglets. "We would like to help you build a home together."

“Just don’t make any noise,” the Hedgehog warned them, “or the Wolf will hear you, and we’ll all be in trouble.”

Indeed, the Wolf was wandering through the forest. As always, he felt both extremely hungry and angry.

The work was in full swing; however, the little pigs soon grew weary of their labor. After all, it is far more enjoyable to have fun and lounge around! Ignoring the Hedgehog's warning, they began to run through the forest, chasing butterflies. The little pigs made so much noise that the Wolf heard them. He crawled out of the bushes, and upon seeing the plump, rosy-cheeked piglets, he stood frozen in surprise. Horrified, they hurried away from him, unable to find their way. The Wolf rushed after the piglets, crashing through the thorny bushes, howling wildly and snapping at them.

Act II

The sounds of the pursuit echoed to the edge of the forest, startling the builder friends. They immediately decided to help the guilty piglets out of trouble. As soon as the Wolf appeared, the Hedgehog charged at him, bristling with its quills, while the Ants swarmed out and the Squirrel bombarded him with a barrage of nuts and cones.

The Wolf fell into a trap, he was confused and frightened. The piglets, having caught their breath and regained their composure after the scare, realized that they had acted poorly by abandoning their friends and leaving them to do all the work.

The friends took pity on the Wolf and fed him some delicious porridge. Afterward, they all got down to work together.

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