Theater-lovers will enjoy the 20th Istanbul Theater Festival held this year from May 3-28, which will host nine international and 23 local performances by theater companies. "The 20th International Theater Festival includes very important international productions in its program from Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Canada, the U.K., Switzerland, Iran and Portugal, as well as 23 domestic productions," said festival director Leman Yılmaz during a press conference announcing the festival. Yılmaz said that this year's festival would also feature 18 side events, including master classes and workshops with the participation of well-known guests and exhibitions, as well as open sessions.
Turkish actor Metin Akpınar, the founding partner of Turkey's first cabaret theater "Devekuşu" (1967), and Turkish actress Şahika Tekand, who developed her own acting method known as "Performative Staging and Acting," will receive honorary awards this year. Organizers added that the Berliner Ensemble, the theater company founded by Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht, would receive an award in May. Some of the highlights of this year's program are "The Kindly Ones," a co-production with Toneelgroep Amsterdam (performed in Dutch with Turkish subtitles); "Secret Face" (performed in English with Turkish subtitles); "Hate Radio" (performed in French and Kinyarwanda with Turkish subtitles); "Ham Havayi" (performed in Persian with Turkish subtitles); "Zululuzu" (performed in English, French and Portuguese with Turkish subtitles); "The Complete Deaths" (performed in English with Turkish subtitles); "The Crows" (performed in Kurdish and English with Turkish subtitles); and "The Bastard of Istanbul" (performed in Turkish with English subtitles).
As the festival will mark its 20th anniversary, festival organizers will publish a special book, which contains information on all the local and international productions performed at previous festivals.
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