PROGRAMS
TALK: Kurdish Resistance and the Dramaturgy of Fire
The Kurdish playwright and director Mirza Metin will answer questions after his talk, “Kurdish Resistance and the Dramaturgy of Fire” on the second day of our festival, November 14th.
BEYOND THE MASK - MENA
MENA - Middle Eastern and North African Theatre
EXAMINING CRISIS, IDENTITY AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE TIME OF COVID19.
SAT, OCT 17
Conversation with Mirza Metin @2-3pm
Moderated by Sinan Eczacibasi
Followed by the reading of his play DÎSKO NUMBER 5
Translated by Nicholas Glastonbury - Disko Number 5 is forthcoming from Egret Acting Editions.
TALK: Censorship and Self-Censorship in Kurdish Theater from Past to Present
Moderation: Sinem Derya Çetinkaya
Speakers: Mirza Metin, Berfin Emektar, Rugeş Kırıcı, Berfin Zenderlioğlu
MIN'S MONOLOG - PREMIERE
Written and directed by Mirza Metin
Performer: Hicran Demir
Producted by ŞermolaPerformans
Online Premiere: 25 January 2020
Live Premiere: 15.10.2020 // 20:00
Kulturbunker Köln
MEIN TRAUM MÜLHEIM
My dream of Mülheim
Workshop: Performatives Geschichtenerzählen
Workshop Leiter*In:
Mirza Metin (Autor und Regisseur)
Hicran Demir (Schauspielerin)
OUROBOROS
Written by Mirza Metin
Directing & Performance: Frank Heuel
Cooperation: fringe ensemble & Şermola Performans
Premiere 12. March 2020, theaterimballsaal Bonn
Weitere Vorstellungen
13., 14. March 2020, theaterimballsaal Bonn
02., 03. April 2020, theaterimballsaal Bonn
A production by fringe ensemble / Turkey GbR, Bonn and Şermola Performans, Istanbul
UNVOLLKOMMEN // EKSİK SEMAH
Written and directed by Mirza Metin
Performer: Hicran Demir
Producted by ŞermolaPerformans
Premiere: 25 January 2020 // 20:00 // Kulturbunker Köln
Weitere Vorstellungen in deutscher Sprache:
27 Februar 2020 // 20:00
12 März 2020 // 20:00
09 April 2020 // 20:00
23 April 2020 // 20:00
Weitere Vorstellungen in türkischer Sprache:
13 Februar 2020 // 20:00
05 März 2020 // 20:00
02 April 2020 // 20:00
16 April 2020 // 20:00
Details: www.sermolaperformans.de
THE FINEST ARABIA IN THE WORLD
Adapted from the poems of Turgut Uyar
by Cem Uslu
Directed by Mirza Metin
With Cem Uslu
Producted by Ekip Theatre
Premiere: 1 November 2017, kumbaracı50
- 15 March // 19:00
Başakşehir Kültür Merkezi Istanbul
- 25 March // 20:30
Kumbaraci50 Istanbul
Laertes, a Press for Literary Translation
A marvelous new portrait by Biba Kayewich of the Kurdish playwright, director, and actor, Mirza Metin, whose monodrama, Disko No. 5, is a forthcoming Egret Acting Edition in the process of being translated by Nick Glastonbury, to be included in an anthology of Turkish documentary drama, edited by Özlem Karadağ and Özge Ertem. With Sean Swanick . .
ANZİEHUNGSKRÄFTE (GRAVITY)
30 January // 20:00
01 February // 20:00
theaterimballsaal Bonn
Written by Mirza Metin
Directed by Frank Heuel
With Hicran Demir & David Fischer
Cooperation: fringe ensemble & Şermola Performans
New article: Kurdish Resistance and the Dramaturgy of Fire
Written by Mirza Metin
Translated by Lucy Wood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: Theatre Research International
13 November 2019
ACHT in Theater Nacht Cologne
02/10/2019 // 20:00-21:00-22:00-23:00-00:00
Producted by Şermola Performans
THEATRE NIGHT KÖLN EVENT
https://sermolaperformans.de/acht
Kultur Bunker KölnKulturbunker Köln-Mülheim e.V. Berliner Str. 20 51063 Köln
Anziehungskräfte in Berlin!
27/09/2019 // 20:00
fringe ensemble & Şermola Performans
TAK BERLİN http://tak-berlin.de/spielplan
Prinzenstraße 85 F 10969 Berlin
28/09/2019 // 20:30
Producted by fringe ensemble & Şermola Performans
TAK BERLİN http://tak-berlin.de/spielplan
Prinzenstraße 85 F 10969 Berlin
DENGBÊJ MEETS BRECHT - WORKSHOP
Fr. 12. Juli 2019 um 20 Uhr / freier Eintritt
Hansa-Haus Bad Godesberg, Moltkestr. 41, 53173 Bonn
Künstlerische Leitung Mirza Metin / Mit Andreas Meidinger, David Fischer, Gıyasettin Uçun, Hicran Demir, Sevim Kesbir / Regie Mirza Metin / Assistenz Hicran Demir / Übersetzer Nihat Mert
The confrontation with the Kurdish narrative art Dengbêj, in which, according to an old epic tradition, secular folk songs are performed without instrumental accompaniment only with their own voice forms the starting point of a joint theatrical exploration with German and Kurdish actors in the fifth nexus workshop.Reflected on elements of Brecht’s epic theater, we will exchange perspectives on the traditions of narrative arts and develop something new from the friction of one with the other theatrical form and technique. This encounter, meeting on an equal footing, keeps us aware the ways of working together, in which everyone grants the other access to his theatrical tradition. The workshop will be led by Mirza Metin, who has already conducted a study on Dengbêj and the traditional Kurdish folk dances, focusing on movement, breathing and voice.
Presentation Dengbêj meets Brecht
Friday 12th July 2019/ 8 pm / Hansa-Haus Bad Godesberg
After the presentation, we invite you to a conversation. Translator: Nihat Mert.
ACHT
PREMIERE
05.07.2019 / 20:00
WEITERE VORSTELLUNG:
06.07.2019 / 20:00
URANIA THEATER
PLATENSTR. 32 50825 KÖLN
REZERVATION
01778050239
DÎSKO 5 NO'LU / DISKO NR.5
18 Mai 20:00 Uhr
19 Mai 18:00 Uhr
Ön satış/Vorkasse: 15 €
Gişe/Abendkasse: 17 €
Urania Theater
Platenstraße 32, 50825, Köln
Zêde agahî/Daha fazla bilgi/More information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/604540440020305/
IV. NEXUS WORKSHOP / PERFORMANCE (Kurdish German Theatre Network)
“AND THEN A STRANGER CAME IN”
Kurdish and German authors wrote monologues, Kurdish and German performers will perform.
27 April 2019, 20:00
Theaterimballsaal, Bonn
For details: www.nexus-theatre.net
KURDISH ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL-TORIN/ITALY Lecture and workshop about Kurdish traditional games
I will be in Torin (Italy) bettween 10th-14th April.
I will hold a lecture about a topic of my research "The Drmaturji of Fire - Exploring the Story of Kurdish Theatre’s Resistance". And the second part of my lecture will be a workshop about Kurdish traditional games, which we will play together. I want to thank Chalak Events and the festival team.
Organizers: L’iniziativa è promossa da Acmos, RetròScena
and Chalak Events
Details: https://www.facebook.com/CultureSconfinate/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
DÜNYANIN EN GÜZEL ARABİSTANI(THE FINEST ARABIA IN THE WORLD)
MAY
04 May 2019, 18:30
Moda Sahnesi - Istanbul
15 May 2019, 21:00
Kadıköy Boa Sahne - Istanbul
18 Mayl 2019, 21:00
Kumbaraci50 - Istanbul
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APRIL
20 April 2019, 20:30
Kumbaraci50 - Istanbul
11, 26 April 2019, 20:30
Kadıköy Boa Sahne - Istanbul
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MARCH
15 March 2019 Friday, 20.30
Kadıköy Boa Sahne - Istanbul
30 March 2019 Saturday, 18.00
Moda Sahnesi - Istanbul
Mor information: www.ekiptiyatrosu.com
LAST NEXUS WORKSHOP (1st to 3rd February 2019)
From last Nexus workshop: Maja Das Gupta, Helim Yûsiv, Ulrike Syha, Volker Lüdecke, Wajiha Said and Mirza Metin
Last workshop with Nexus (Kurdish-German Theatre Network). Lead by Mirza Metin, hosted by Fringe Ensemble / Bonn.
In the third nexus workshop, Kurdish and German authors are met. In preparation of the workshop, the authors wrote a monologue based on the sentence “and then a strange person came in”. The resulting Kurdish monologues are translated into German and the German monologues into Kurdish.
More information: www.nexus-theatre.net
MY OTHER WORK
NEXSUS
KURDISH EURODRAM
KURDISH EURODRAM
Kurdish and German Theatre Network
I work for the development of communication between the Kurdish and German theatre workers.
KURDISH EURODRAM
KURDISH EURODRAM
KURDISH EURODRAM
European Network for Drama in Translation
From last summer I became the coordinator of the Kurdish Committee of Eurodram. I started to work for the establishment of a new committee and the development of Kurdish playwriting.