Karol, a musical about the life of Karol Wojtyla, who became Pope John Paul II. in 1978, will be premiered on 27 February 2017 in the Tauron Arena in Krakow, southern Poland. The music is by Filip Siejka, script and song lyrics, are from Michał Kaczmarczyk. Over 500 tickets have been sold in the first week of online bookings. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the Archbishop of Krakow, who was the pope’s personal secretary, is an honorary patron of the production.