Closing Events of the Mahalla Festival.

Museum of Monologues Yuvakimyon

The Museum of Monologues weaves Istanbul stories and invites the audience on a mysterious and fascinating journey.

In the mesmerizing atmosphere of the historic Yuvakimyon Greek Girls’ High School, seven characters narrate tales connected to the city.

Come to follow the traces of the past in the collective memory of the city!

Project Director: Ahmet Sami Özbudak, Co-Director: Kerem Pilavci, Dramaturge: Münip Melih Korukçu

Actors: Burak Üzen, Burcu Halaçoğlu, Nurcan Şirin, Ahhan Şener, Deniz Türkali, Canan Atalay, Ayfer Dönmez

30.11.24, 15:00 – 17:00

Burcu Halaçoğlu in “1955”, written by Sema Elcim, directed by Kerem Pilavcı

Carmen

The world-famous British puppet artist Thomas Holden is in Beyoğlu in January 1881 with his play Carmen. The puppets are human-sized and very close to reality. Especially the puppet Carmen… Indeed, news spreads in the city that Carmen is not a puppet, but a real woman.

Photographer Onnik Efendi falls in love with Carmen. On the one hand, it is the eve of the declaration of the constitutional monarchy, and on the other, a love chase begins in which you don’t know which side you are on.

Writer and Director: Sinem Öztürk, Dramaturge: Nagihan Gürkan

Actors: Cengiz Samsun, Hakan Eratik, Mehmet Şerif Tozlu, Mahir Akgündoğdu

30.11.24, 18:00 – 19:00