Arcola Ala-Turka presents a double bill of Symbolist and Absurd masterpieces of European Theatre.

The Intruder by Maurice Maeterlinck is a ghost story in which a family is gathered to await the arrival of a sister of mercy to attend an ailing woman: the flickering light, the silence in the garden and the blind grandfather’s sense, that death has entered the room.

Dışardan Gelen. Bu hayalet hikayeside, bütün aile, hasta yatan bir kadına bakmaya gelecek rahibeyi beklemektedir. Titrek mum ışuğı, bahçedeki suskunluk ve kör dedenin hisleri, ölümün çoktan odaya girdiğinin habercisidir.

Cast: Gökmen Güvener, Ozan Atmaca, Olgu Kocakülah, Özlem Atik, Serpil Delice, Deniz Gezici and Hülya Ciereszko

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In Bald Prima Donna, a comedy by Eugène Ionesco, the Smiths are a traditional couple from London who have invited another couple, the Martins, over for a visit. They are joined later by the Smiths’ maid, Mary, and the local fire chief, who is also Mary’s lover. The two families engage in meaningless banter, telling stories which gradually descend into the Absurd.

Kel Şarkıcı absürt bir komedidir. Londralı muhafazakar Smiths çifti, başka bir çifti, Martins çiftini, evlerine davet eder. Yeni gelen çifte daha sonra, evin hizmetçisi, Mary ve mahallenin itfaiyecisi olan sevgilisi katılır. İki aile absürte dönüşen, anlamsız bir geyiğe başlar.

Cast: Buke Soyusinmez, Dursun Kuran, Ada Burke, Ozan Atmaca, Olgu Kocakülah and Serpil Delice

This production is in Turkish with English surtitles.

Supported by the Metropolitan Migration Foundation