In Czechoslovakia during WWII, there were many prominent artists imprisoned in the concentration camp or "Ghetto Town" of Theresienstadt who secretly created cabarets, operas, paintings and poetry. Pavel, the rat, falls in love with the variety show and when all the other rats leave in search of food, he stays on, spellbound by the performances. He scrounges for food in the kitchen where he encounters the cook Sofia, a former Berlin cabaret artist. They teach each other how to survive through art and humor.

This show will incorporate puppetry and projections inspired by the cabaret, art and poetry created in the camps.

Pavel, the rat, is a bunraku style puppet minipulated by two puppeteers.