ABOUT ALA-TURKA

Arcola Turkish & Kurdish Theatre Group was born in 2001 when Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen led a series of workshops with young adult members of the Turkish and Kurdish community (aged 19-25).

These workshops developed into the first production, A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller, which played for one week. It was performed in Turkish and directed by Mehmet Ergen. This production proved highly successful and popular with the local community and spurred a number of participants to start professional careers in theatre.

Activities were put on hold until 2005 when Serdar Bilis led a second series of workshops resulting in a performance of Semerkant, an adaption by the group from Amin Maouluf. The second play was Les Justes by Albert Camus, which was directed by Ozgur Akbaba. It was performed every Sunday for 8 weeks in Autumn 2005 to sell-out audiences.

In 2007 the group worked under the direction of Arcola Executive Producer, Leyla Nazli, on a translation of Molieres Hypochondriac, Hastalik Hastasi, performed from April to June 2006 . In 2007 the group perfomed Gogol's Government Inspector, Mufettis, as part of the Arcola Theatre Orient Express Season.

Alaturka performed Cadi kazani (The Crucible) in 2008. The group then went on to devise small pieces around the theme of "Mother" which culminated in the show Anahatlar and was performed in June 2008. Further showings have continued throughout 2009.

For more information on the group search facebook for "Arcola Alaturka" or to join, please contact alaturka@arcolatheatre.com.

Funded by:

PAST PRODUCTIONS

UNDER THE PILLOW
A devised play about love, sex, dreams and secrets.
A One Act play in Turkish and English by Arcola Ala-Turka, directed by Serdar Billis.
12, 19, 26 April
3, 10, 17, 24 May

ANAHATLAR

Date - Tarih : 6th of July
Time- Saat : 5 pm- 6pm / 8pm -9pm

"Uzun göçlerimizin kisa hikayeleri..."

Kactigimiz ya da varmaya calistigimiz yer...

** Biletler tukendi :)
Siz bizim ozel davetlimizsiniz, sadece gelin ...

Aradiginizi bulamayacaksiniz!

***

Arcola Alaturka presents an evening of short devised performances all about the ‘Mother’.

Performed in English and Turkish.

Free, completely free!

------------

CADI KAZANI (Arthur Miller's The Crucible)

20th January - 2nd March 2008
Starting time 6da

Bir insan?n vicdan? ve yozlas,m?s,
otorite aras?nda verdigi savas,?m?
anlatan çag(das, bir s,aheser.

Saat 20,27 Ocak '08
Saat 3,10,17,24 S,ubat '08
Saat 2 Mart '08

Yöneten:
Serdar Billis

Oyuncular:
Abdullah Tercanl? - Nilgün Demir
Ays,egül Alt?n - Özgür Boz
Deniz Ünal - Refika Bak?r
Duygu Çelebi - Serpil Delice
Ece Öz - Sümbül Çelik
Feyzan Y?lmaz Sultan - Ganidag(l?
Gökmen Güvener - Tuncay Akp?nar
Haydar Köyel - Zeynep Demir

Sahne Tasar?m?:
Isabel Munoz-Newson

MUFETTIS (Gogol's The Government Inspector)

28th April - 20th May 2007
Starting time: 17:30: 29 April/Nisan, 13, 20 May/Mayis

Gogol's The Government Inspector, performed in Turkish, ridicules the extensive bureaucracy of government under a thoroughly corrupt system. Universal themes of human corruption and the folly of self-deception are explored through this drama of Russian life.

"What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourselves!"

------------

HASTALIK HASTASI (Moliére's Hypochondriac)

Her Pazar saat 6’da. Every Sunday

30 Nisan, 30 April,
7, 14, 21, 28 ,May?s, 7, 14, 21, 28 May
11, 18 ve 25 Haziran 2006. 11, 18, and 25 June 2006

Frans?z tiyatrosunun en komik yazar? Moliére’den

I.laç gibi oyun!

Argan, kendi kafas?nda olus,turdug(u hayali hastal?klar?n?n tutsag(?d?r. Art?k ne kendi ailesini ne de onu hasta oldug(una inand?ran s,arlatan doktorlar? idare edebilmektedir. Doktorlar Argan’?n s?rt?ndan para kazanmay? kafaya takm?s,lard?r. En yak?nlar? onu hasta olmad?g(?na ikna etmek için savas,?rlar. Kendi k?z? Angelique’i bile, s?rf kendisine sürekli bak?m yap?labilsin diye bir doktorla evlendirmeye çal?s,?r. K?z?n miras pes,inde kos,an üvey annesi de, babas?yla aras?n?n bozulmas?na yol açar.
Yanl?s,l?klar?n, yanl?s, anlamalar?n ve düzenbazl?klar?n birbirine kar?s,t?g(? bu komedi
seyirciye kahkaha dolu anlar yas,at?r.