Çirkin / Freak 2023 - Immersive Theatre Play
in Turkish - English surtitle - Lasts approx. 80’ w/o interval - Age Recommendation: 13+
This immersive theatre combining narration with digital installation tells the story of a surrealistic betrayal that spans centuries and it offers an innovative experience to the audiences. Seamlessly blending the acting methods and direction inspired by many different theatrical styles with contemporary theater instruments, the play creates a unique aesthetic that pairs ancient mythology and fairy tales with cutting-edge technology. Nihal Yalçın and Onur Berk Arslanoğlu star in the play, written by Firuze Engin, and directed by Güray Dinçol.
While the bickering of two characters, who are thrown out of time, takes place in the narrative universe on the stage, fragments of the story from the past are watched in the interactive image universe on the walls. The play combines an acting structure and direction inspired by many different theatrical styles with contemporary theater instruments. It creates a unique stage language that combines its fairytale and mythical universe with the possibilities of technology. The play is designed to appeal to adults and young adults as a blend of Balkan-Thracian Gypsy mythology, Anatolian fairy tales, Persian, Caucasian and Armenian culture and the fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Playwright: Firuze Engin Director: Güray Dinçol Performers: Nihal Yalçın, Onur Berk Arslanoğlu Creative Producer: Yağmur Dolkun Stage & Production Design: Veli Kahraman Immersive Art Directors: Lalin Akalan, Amir Ahmadoglu Immersive Production: xtopia Music: Ahmet Kenan Bilgic Choreographer: Büşra Firidin Costume Design: Candan Seda Balaban Lighting Design: Cem Yılmazer Sound Design: Turgut Mavuk Makeup and Hair Design: Sezen Yeniçeri Can Assistant Director: Aslı Ekici Light Operator: Can Çelik Sound Operator: Arın Kamiloğlu Video Operator: Seda Yilmaz, Gökhan Gülçebi Production Administrator: Eyüp Çelik Director Assistant : Mislina Kurtuldu Production Coordinator: Sevval Erdinç, Sıla Kenar Stage Manager: Umut Rışvanlı Stage Design Assistant: Lidya Delfin Eraslan Costume Design Assistant: İsmet Efe Arslan Visual Design: Ozge Guven Photography: Murat Kahya Stage Photography: Salih Üstündağ Making off Documentary: Rıza Efe Reis, Efe Subaşı
Co-Production : BKM, Institute of Time, Betaland Audiovisual, xtopia, Comfortnoise
Premiered at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival
Funded with a production support fund through the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Istanbul.
Won the Kaleidoscope Fund - Transformation Development Award
