"Smile and go forward!" is a modern adaptation of the folk tale "The Brave Sparrow and the Golden Apples", made by the actor and director Eduard Petru Jighirgiu. Following the initiatory path of the character from the fairy tale, the show combines dramatic elements with music and dance to create a unique theatrical experience.

Praslea becomes a symbolic representation of the contemporary teenager, who faces the different opinions of his parents, the envy and betrayal of his brothers, having to find his own inner balance in a world full of temptations. Arriving in the other realm, the hero fights evil, embodied by kites, but at the same time he must dominate his inner evil (distrust and hopelessness) through the awareness of love and his ability to forgive. Intertextuality, evident by the insertion of elements from Greek mythology or from "Romeo and Juliet", gives depth to the dramatic conflict.