Can there be a story about ordinary people? Would anyone be interested in the everyday trials, problems that are not very ‘literary’, foolish searches, or strange situations people find themselves in during their lives? Even though it seems insignificant, Anton Chekhov chose to

The successful young Russian director, Timofei Kulyabin, who has gained further admiration with every play he has staged, is brought to your screens with a brand-new adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s Children of the Sun. Kulyabin is an artist who is firmly committed to the power of i

A conversation with Can Kazaz on a sustainable stage, and the sustainability of music in the world A conversation with Can Kazaz, who continues his creative journey by putting music at the center of his life, with inspiration from nature, on a sustainable stage and the sust

In 2017, the choreographer Crystal Pite, who was a guest of the İstanbul Theatre Festival as part of Nederlands Dans Theater 1, had received a standing ovation that lasted several minutes for The Statement, and gained the deep admiration of the festival audience. While that unf

Four breath-taking works by four contemporary choreographers describing our present-day... Paris Opera and Ballet’s dance director Aurélie Dupont invited four international choreographers to create four brand new ballet pieces and presented the following question: What does the

Having achieved great success in their career which they started in a very early age, and having accompanied many masters of jazz and pop on stage and in the studio, the saxophonist brothers Anıl and Batu Şallıel appeal to a wide audience with their Şallıel Bros project, with w

Müziğini anlık değişimlere uğratabildiği ve bu değişimi yönetebildiği bir dünya yaratmayı amaçlayan Çağrı Sertel; analog synthler, drum machineler, elektronik keyboardlar ve akustik piyanodan oluşan özel bir kurgu oluşturdu. Hazırladığı setup’ta yer alan akustik piyanoyu effect

Copilot is mainly a film about love that deals with “guilt and love conflict,” as put by director Berrached. Its main character, Aslı, is a German of Turkish descent, and Saeed, to whom she falls in love with is a charismatic Lebanese migrant. When they meet in the mid-90s, it’

Named after a notion we have been hearing more and more frequently in the news during recent times, Ecocide is a film about the destruction of the environment. Even though the story is set in the future, recent events have shown us that we are not all that far from what is depi

Kompleks Füzyon is a dance installation. The performance is comprised in its entirety of the momentary interactions between the stage elements, dancers and musicians through the concept of the project.

Su İdil started singing during her junior high school years. She embarked on her professional career with the Pulawy Summer Workshop in Poland, for which she won a scholarship at the Nardis Young Jazz Vocalist Competition at the age of fifteen. Since then, she has taken stage i

A Swiss-Turkish citizen, Dilara Sakpınar started music at an early age, and graduated from the İstanbul Bilgi University Department of Music. She started her music career with the band 123, with whom she recorded four albums, and played many concerts in Turkey and around the wo