Çirkin / Freak 2023 - Immersive Theatre Play

in Turkish - English surtitle - Lasts approx. 80’ w/o interval - Age Recommendation: 13+

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NXJbLgBdnc7L-jI_oUjtreLksgV43Wfv

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 Kailoğlu

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 it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.