The Madness of the Day

The Madness of the Day is an adaptation of the text of acclaimed French philosopher and writer Maurice Blanchot with the aim of transforming everything belonging to this world into a play. The fourth theatrical production of Studio 4 Istanbul questions the very nature of theatrical expression using the acting power of an actor and the strength of musical impression.

Text: Maurice Blanchot
Production: Studio 4 Istanbul
Production Year: 2006
Directed by: Onur Karaoğlu & Neşe Ceren Tosun
Music: Atakan ArıtürkLight Technician: Hıncal Doğan
Cast: Ünal Doğan
Duration of Play: 45 minutes
The play can be performed with English and French surtitles.

Performances:
French Institute of Istanbul, Henri Langlois Hall, November 2006 – May 2007
International Studenten Theater Festival, USVA, The Netherlands, 24-29 April 2007
Istanbul Municipal Theatre’s 23rd Youth Festival, Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage, Istanbul, May 2007

Faust – provocat!on

The very idea of the ‘quest’ in theatre and the reflection of it on stage is what Faust- provocat!on is all about: Studio 4 Istanbul’s original adaptation of Goethe’s text is a ‘re-interpretation’ of how all that is known, seen and felt on the stage can be transformed. This Faust is a provocative event taking place before the audience.

Text: J. W. Goethe
Adaptation: Godotnun Eğlence Üçlüsü
Production: Studio 4 Istanbul
Production Year: 2005Director: Onur Karaoğlu
Directing Assistance and Dramaturgy: Nese Ceren Tosun
Original Music: Barış Berker
Light and Music Technician: Amy Elliott, Deniz Buga, Nese Ceren Tosun
Photography: Deniz Buga, Graham McDonald
Poster Design: Eser Yazıcı
Surtitle Translation: Fatih Gençkal, Amy Elliott
Cast: Fatih Gençkal, Ünal Doğan, Onur Karaoğlu
Duration of Play: 60 minutes
The play can be performed with English subtitles.

Festivals and Performances:
International FaustFest2005, St. John the Divine Anglican Church Hall, Victoria B.C., Canada, May 2005
Istanbul Municipal Theatre’s 21st Youth Festival, Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage, Istanbul, May 2005
METU Theatre Festival, Architectural Amphitheatre, Ankara, April 2005
Galatasaray University, Espace Franchophope, Istanbul, April 2005
KargaArt, Istanbul, December 2005Istanbul Art Center, Istanbul, December 2005
GalataPerform, Istanbul, November 2005

Noah 2004

Noah 2004 was produced by Godotnun Eğlence Üçlüsü for the art project called Immigrar’t which took place in June 2004 in Barcelona, Spain. From the story of Noah, who pays the price of the malady of the world by being sent to a place he doesn’t know, over to that of R, who finds himself in the middle of a war going on in some place today, Noah 2004 tries to pose a critical view on the phenomena of immigration, alienation, peace and identity.

Production : Studio 4 Istanbul
Production Year : 2004
Original language : English
Written by : Onur Karaoğlu
Directed by : Godotnun Eğlence Üçlüsü
Performed by : Fatih Gençkal
Duration of Play : 25 minutes

Festivals:
Immigrar’t Project, Barcelona, Spain, Espai Jove de L’eixample, July 2004
3rd Ethos Ankara International Theatre Festival, Opening Play, December 2004

Ada (The Island)

As a product of long dramaturgic work, Godotnun Eğlence Üçlüsü has experimented in its first production a new staging that they call ‘the cinematic stand’ which aims at not taking the audience as the absolute center of the show. In this respect, the company intends to question the relationship between the actor and the audience in theatre along with the classical definition of theatrical acting.

Production : Studio 4 Istanbul / Godotnun Eğlence Üçlüsü
Production Year : 2004
Written by : Athol Fugard
Translated by : Yücel Erten
Directed by : Onur Karaoğlu
Directing assistance by: Nese Ceren Tosun
Cast : Ünal Doğan, Fatih Gençkal
Duration of Play : 75 minutes

Festivals and Performances:
3rd Ankara Ethos International Theatre Festival, Ankara, December 2004
METU Theatre Festival, Ankara, May 2004
21st Bosphorus Theatre Festival, Istanbul, June, 2004
Galatasaray Theatre Festival, Istanbul, May 2004
Agean University Theatre Days, Izmir, May 2004
Bilgi University, Theatre atBilgi, May 2004
Galatasaray University, Espace Francophone, April-December 2004
Marmara University, Faculty of Science and Literature Stage, May 2004
Kabataş Art Festival, Ahmet Taner Kışlalı Stage, April,2004