WORLD THEATRE DAY

Turkce icin buraya tiklayin Theatre has always been in my life. One of the first images of "theatre" for me is this photograph from 1962. It is from a high school production in Turkey. The "mother" with the white head-scarf is in fact, my mother. I must have been 7 or 8 when I first saw this photograph. I could almost sense the atmosphere in this picture. It was like magic, stuck in time, waiting to burst any moment.
I owe a lot to my mother and her involvement in theatre. She planted a seed in me that grew to make me a professional in theatre and teaching theatre, and I never looked back. And even though I celebrate theatre in everyday of my life, today is a special day for theatre. It is the 50th Anniversary of the World Theatre Day as celebrated by the International Theatre Institute UNESCO.
Each year a figure outstanding in theatre or a person outstanding in heart and spirit from another field, is invited to share his or her reflections on theatre and international harmony. What is known as the International Message is translated into more than 20 languages, read for tens of thousands of spectators before performances in theatres throughout the world and printed in hundreds of daily newspapers. The author this year is John Malkovich. And he says:
"I'm honored to have been asked by the International Theatre Institute ITI at UNESCO to give this greeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day. I will address my brief remarks to my fellow theatre workers, peers and comrades. May your work be compelling and original. May it be profound, touching, contemplative, and unique. May it help us to reflect on the question of what it means to be human, and may that reflection be blessed with heart, sincerity, candor, and grace. May you overcome adversity, censorship, poverty and nihilism, as many of you will most certainly be obliged to do. May you be blessed with the talent and rigor to teach us about the beating of the human heart in all its complexity, and the humility and curiosity to make it your life's work. And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, "how do we live?" Godspeed." - John Malkovich
If you are in theatre or if you are a part of my life, celebrate theatre with me today and spare a moment to think about the power of theatre and what it can do.

Dunya Tiyatrolar Gunu

Tiyatro, ben kendimi bildim bileli hayatimin bir parcasi oldu. Tiyatroya ait hatirladigim ilk resimlerden biri bu sagdaki fotograf. 1962 yilinda bir lise oyununda cekilmis. Beyaz basortulu "anne" o lisenin ogrencilerinden biri. Ve benim de annem. Bu fotografi ilk gordugumde adeta o anin tum detaylarini hissedebiliyor gibiydim. Tum boyutlar olanca canliliklari ile bu kareden adeta firlamak uzereydiler.

Oyunculugu meslek edinmemin tohumlarini attigi icin anneme cok sey borcluyum. Bilerek ya da bilmeyerek donusu olmayan bir yolda ilk adimlarimi attirdigi icin de kendisine minnettarim.

Tiyatroyu elbette hayatimin her gunu kutluyorum. Ancak bugun tiyatro icin ayrica onemli bir gun. 27 Mart Uluslararasi Dunya Tiyatrolar gunu. Bu yil 50.si kutlanan gunde tiyatronun onemli isimleri bir mesaj yayinliyorlar. Bu yilin mesaji unlu oyuncu John Malkovich'ten: "Dünya Tiyatro Günü’nün 50nci yıldönümünü kutlarken UNESCO’ya bağlı Uluslararası Tiyatro Enstitüsü ITI bir selam mesajı hazırlamamı isteyerek onurlandırdı beni. Tiyatro çalışanı meslektaşlara ve eşe dosta kısaca sesleneceğim. Emeğinizin ürünleri sarsıcı ve özgün olsun. Derin, dokunaklı, düşündürücü ve benzersiz olsun. İnsan olmanın anlamı üstüne kafa yormamızı desteklesin; düşüncelerimize yürek gücü, içtenlik, açık sözlülük ve incelik katsın. Dilerim güçlük, sansür, yoksulluk, nihilizm gibi engelleri aşabilesiniz. Eminim birçoğunuz mutlaka karşılaşacak hepsiyle. Umarım yeteneğiniz ve sebatınızla bize insan kalbinin çarpışındaki bütün çapraşıklığı öğretebilirsiniz. Umarım alçak gönüllülük ve araştırıcı bir ruhla bunu ömür boyu iş edinirsiniz. Dilerim en iyileriniz temel sorun olan “Nasıl yaşıyoruz?” sorusunu bir çerçeveye oturtmayı başarır. Çünkü ancak en iyiler -pek nadiren ve çok kısa süreyle- yapabilir bunu. Tanrı yardımcınız olsun. Ceviri : Refik Erduran"

Eger tiyatronun icinde iseniz, ya da benimle yollariniz kesisiyorsa, bugun tiyatro ve tiyatronun gucu ve olasiliklari icin bir aninizi ayirin. Tesekkurler.

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"5 Dances in 5 Days" Performance - March 25

I will be appearing the MDI Resident Gary Clarke's project in Topsy Turvy

This weekend on Sunday at 7:30pm.
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Workshop @ Actors Centre North

I will be teaching a workshop at Actors Centre North in Manchester in April.

The details are below. If you are interested, please e-mail: info@actorscentrenorth.org.

Acting Through Song.  Friday 13 April 1030-1730.  Fee: Members
£40 Non-Members £50
Venue: TBC (Near Piccadilly
Station Manchester)

The workshop focuses on the "Acting Through Song" process from beginning to the end, searching for the elements of a truthful musical theatre performance.
Rooted in the Acting Technique, the workshop aims to merge it with the technical demands of musicianship and singing, enabling participants to achieve a believable delivery of a musical theatre song. Ultimately, it aims to give a number of tools to the actor so that they can build an idiosyncratic process. It also aims to enable the participants to analyse any musical theatre number in detail to allow them to make technically appropriate yet believable choices. Ideal for the actor who has reservations about the genre, it focuses on thought process, connection and the employment of musical knowledge and technical skill to achieve a developed, intelligible performance that has truth. Participants are asked to bring a song that they are highly familiar with (not necessarily memorised) to work on.
The session operates in master-class format allowing the participants to
observe each other at work and to interact at a professional level.