Projects
A SONG WITH A TRAM IN IT (2023)
A one-act comedy cabaret
“A Song with a Tram in it”, is play written by Ferhan Şensoy in 1980 after German playwright Karl Valentin's text and staged at the iconic Ses Theatre in Istanbul in those years. Ferhan Şensoy was performing himself as Karl Valentin, starring with Hümeyra and Rasim Öztekin. Based on Karl Valentin's life story, one of the few performers not banned during World War II, the play satirises the political situation in Germany from a playwright's point of view, from 1914 until Hitler's rise to power.
Adapted and performed by Yavuz Pekman who started his professional acting career with Ferhan Şensoy, starring with Hande Ömürlü Yılmazer, the new version of "A Song with Tram in it" is being staged since November 2023 with Melis Şeşen/Cem Yılmazer’s original music.
Play photos by Toyga İçözü
İSTANBUL MON AMOUR - I AM ANIMAL (2022)
"Istanbul Mon Amour", was a special project of the International Istanbul Theatre Festival; designed by the renown director Işıl Kasapoğlu 40 years ago, adapted and produced by his theatre company Semaver Kumpanya, the project presented the changing culture, voices, people and animals of the city in a poetic background as an homage to Orhan Veli's poem. The performances took place in five separate sections in different venues : Starting at Süreyya Opera, the project continued in City Lines Ferry, then IMÇ, then Kanyon and ended at Galatasaray High School.
Our company, Anuşka'nın Atölyesi took part in the creative team of the second part of the project, namely "I am Animal" that started in the Süreyya Opera and continued in the City Lines Ferry. We also designed and produced original masks for the project.
Photos by Salih Üstündağ
MY FAIRY TALE (2022)
produced by ÇEK SANAT - for children over 4 years old and their families.
"My Fairy Tale" was produced in partnership with ÇEK Sanat (Contemporary Education Cooperative) and was staged in Bursa during 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 seasons.
"Good evening and welcome dear audience! We cannot thank you enough for the huge interest you showed to participate to our Fairy Tale Contest that will take place today on this stage. Sooo many people, may be hundreds applied saying "I also have an original tale!", it is unbelievable! However, we chose only three puppets among the applicants. Don't ask me why. Perfect! Nobody is asking, so we skip this part right away. Let me introduce you Didem from Didim, Buğra from Bursa and Mavi from Manisa. They will come and perform their tale and we will accompany them as much as we can. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our contestants!"
MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES (2021)
Co-produced with İKSV Alt Kat
"Mythological Stories" is designed as an online project consisting of six parts, each episod during 15/20 minutes. It was also presented as a live performance the same year in the International Theatre Festival and is being performed as 2 episodes (around 50 mins. in total) ever since. It is suitable for children over the age of 7 and their families to watch together.
Narrated by the goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite, "Mythological Stories" can be watched as a live performance or on İKSV Alt Kat's youtube channel.
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Pandora's Box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALX7r4PKtNA&t=14s
Trojan Horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZLi-jsjKPI
Ariadne's Thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uccVx8EQHb4&t=1s
Odysseus and the one-eyed giant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OawmpbEnyLY&list=PLuQa3KrjTxnQso5FssRdjKq_JSVk7C-Bq&index=2
King Midas and his golden touch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqu-U3JIL2Q&list=PLuQa3KrjTxnQso5FssRdjKq_JSVk7C-Bq&index=3
Zeus, Hades and Poseidon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGH42C_mhvQ&list=PLuQa3KrjTxnQso5FssRdjKq_JSVk7C-Bq&index
THE ADVENTURES OF LULU (2020)
Online project
The first episode of "The Adventures of Lulu" was broadcast live on youtube on 23rd April 2020, on the National Children's Day in Turkey as a part of the programme namely "Children's House" (ÇEVİ) created by the renown actress Demet Evgar to celebrate children's national day during pandemic.
Adapted from classical fairy tales and created with wooden puppets, "The Adventures of Lulu" is a pandemic-era project that lasted seven episodes.
You can watch the episodes in Anuşka'nın Atölyesi's youtube channel.
