New Text Theater Festival 12
A PLACE OF FIRE (Play of the Year)
Author: Nejdet Serkan Sadıkoğlu
Director: Ayşe Draz
Actors: Adil Ömer Çetindağ, Arda Yeşillikçi, Elif Ongan Tekçe, Sedat Kalkavan
Visual Design: Rıza Efe Reis
Assistant Director: Umut Rışvanlı
Genre: Play Reading
New play texts that are written in the New Text Workshops is presented every year as part of the New Text Theater Festival which has been ongoing since 2006, as the festival leg of the New Text New Theater Project which has been implemented by GalataPerform since 2012 and continues its journey as Turkey's only theater festival focused on playwriting. Every year one text is chosen as a Play of the Year and an award is given. The award presentation of the play, will take place after the play reading which will be staged at Akbank Sanat this year with the support of Free Stage PPA.
About the play
A Family in the middle of dystopia…
Maybe they are ecstatic, they are not themselves, or maybe the reality they have been in for a long time has turned them into this state... Are they alive? What is life? How do we know that we are alive? Is living a struggle? Both yes and no.
In the midst of dystopia, would you fight or wait? Would you run away? Time? Why do we always think, "I wish we had spent more time with them" when we lose a loved one? Is it possible to ignore the truth and erase its existence over the years? From where?
About the director
Ayşe Draz, who continues her productions and research in the field of performance with a fluid identity, sometimes shows herself on stage, sometimes on the page, and sometimes behind the scenes. Draz completed her undergraduate studies in Theater, International Studies and Comparative Literature at Northwestern University, then spent a year at Bard College Berlin and completed her master's degree in devising at Middlesex University. In 2023, she received her doctorate degree from Istanbul University, Department of Dramaturgy and Theater Criticism, with her thesis titled 'Documentation in Performance Art'.
Draz, who was among the founders of Theater Hemhâl in 2018, has been the performing arts editor of Art Unlimited magazine since 2015, and is a member of the Theater Critics Association and AICA, continues her collaborations and productions with local and international artists from different disciplines with her various identities.
* The event will be held in Turkish. To attend this event, you can apply by using the "Register" button on this page and receive your event invitation via e-mail. Participation is limited to quota of 110 people.