It is the 24th of September 2024 in Ä°stanbul, and I'm finding my way through the curvy streets of Galata to reach Asmalı Sahne, an alternative-independent blackbox space that was estab…
Perhaps the 2024 production of La MaMa's Medea, under Zishan Ugurlu's direction and reimagining, is an ode to our times like Achille Mbembe's Brutalism (2024), in which he developed the conc…
To read PART I of this essay, go to this link.  The snake that Medea uses to make her potion, which is a real snake on stage, is worn by her as a necklace around her own neck " showi…
TiyatroTem (2001-2017) was established by Åžehsuvar AktaÅŸ (b. 1964) and AyÅŸe Selen (1955-2017) in 2000, and their first play, Lahana Sarma (Cabbage Rolls) premiered in 2001. This is …