Writing on New Realities

New Text New Theatre Project

“Play Readings & Talk”

Galata Perform

Date and Time: November 23rd, 3:00 PM / 5:00 PM / 7:00 PM

Writing on New Realities

As part of the New Text New Theatre Project by GalataPerform, which has been ongoing since 2006, this year, a collaborative playwrighting project titled Writing on New Realities in partnership with Portugal’s A Turma Theatre will take place. Supported by the Portuguese Camões Institute, the project has been continuing since New Text Festival 12 in 2023. Playwrights from both the theatres working on the title of the project have written four different plays. Readings of two of these plays will be staged at Akbank Sanat on Saturday, November 23rd, at 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm, as part of the IO Theatre Festival program. Experience by Antonio Parra will be directed by Okan Urun, while Fume by Tiago Correia will be directed by Yeşim Özsoy as a staged reading. Additionally, at 7:00 pm on Saturday, November 23rd, a discussion on “New Realities” will take place with all the playwrights participating in the project.

In the second phase of the project, readings of two plays translated into Portuguese will take place in Porto: "Aksak Delirium" by GalataPerform’s founder, artistic director, writer, and director Yeşim Özsoy, and "I Fell Asleep Thinking About the Origins of Private Property in Front of the Television, Woke Up to the Sound of My Father" by dramaturg, translator, and writer Ferdi Çetin. In December, the readings will be held at Porto's National Theater (Teatro Nacional São João) hosted by A Turma Theater.

* To participate in the events within the program, you can create your registration by going to the detail page of the event you wish to attend and clicking the "Register" button on the page. Registrations for all events in the program will open on the relevant event detail pages on 18.11.2024 at 15:00, and the "Register" button will become visible. Participants who wish to attend all events must register separately for each one. All events held within the program are free of charge and limited to a capacity of 120 people.