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Simon Stone's Medea found a new home at Zorlu Performing Arts Center for the Istanbul Theatre Festival. The space hosted the cast and crew of this spectacular play and its smitten audience for two days.

'Forward, I pray, since we have come so far, And be it moon, or sun, or what you please. An if you please to call it a rush candle, Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me.'

'What family doesn't have its ups and downs?'

Istanbul Theatre Festival has collaborated with Golden Mask Performing Arts Festival and added Hamlet| Collage to its festival programme. This masterpiece of a production, directed and adapted by Robert Lepage, is brought to us in a cube and with a Hamlet who plays all the characters.

'And they asked me which heads should fall, and the harbour fell quiet as I answered 'All'.'

Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch... Indeed, I have. The theatre season has finally started here in Istanbul and it's always a good idea to start off with a musical. For those who believe so: Zorlu Performing Arts Center hosts Ghost the Musical until 28th of October.

Known for 'staging the world', Zorlu, presented us its first Broadway musical in Turkish back in the beginning of the year. A co-production between Zorlu and Talimhane, Fiddler on the Roof (Damdaki Kemanci) had a one night only performance on August 7 at the Harbiye Open Air Theatre.

Scotland's leading theatre critics awarded Rhinoceros, a co-production between the Edinburgh Lyceum and Istanbul's DOT theatre, in 4 categories.

After a sold-out season, The Seagull played its last performance of the year. The production, directed by Serdar Bilis, and adapted by Ahmet Sami Ozbudak, presents us a new and modern take of the timeless play that inspired countless writers with the problems it deals, and the closer look it gives to the human spirit.

The Royal Lyceum Theatre dominates Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) nominations again with a dozen nods, seven of which belongs to Rhinoceros, a co-production between the Edinburgh Lyceum and Istanbul's DOT theatre.

Istanbul State Theatre has recently added August: Osage County to its repertoire as we approach to the end of 2017-2018 season. Considered as one of the greatest American plays of the recent years, August: Osage County, focuses on the Weston family.

14 Mayis 2018'de Halic Kongre Merkezi'nde sahiplerini bulacak Afife Ödulleri'nin adaylari bugün yapilan basin toplantisinda duyuruldu. Yilin en cok konusulan produksiyonu Romeo ve Juliet 7 ayri dalda aday gosterildi.