THE EMPIRE BUILDERS - THEATRE HAYAL PERDESİ

THE EMPIRE BUILDERS

HAYAL PERDESİ

Written by
Boris Vian
Translated into Turkish by
Ayberk Erkay
Directed by
Aleksandar Popovski
Stage Design
Sven Jonke
Costume Design
Taciser Sevin
Costume Assistant
Marta Montevecchi
Lighting Design
Aleksandar Popovski
Music & Effect Design
Barış Manisalı
Choreography
Handan Ergiydiren
Assistant Director
Hümay Güldağ
Stage Realisation
Sırrı Topraktepe
Lighting & Effect Realisation
Selahattin Onan
Assistant
Melek Ata
Simultaneous Translation & Surtitles
Özge Özkan, İrem Arslan
Performers
Reha Özcan, Şebnem Köstem, Selin İşcan, Sevil Akı, Tuba Karabey, Nihat Alptekin
Thanks to
Nilüfer Sanat

What is it disturbing us? What does it we accept or deny during our lives? Where do our ambitions take us? What are we looking for? “Wizard of the words” Boris Vian’s last play, his sarcastic tragedy The Empire Builders, begins with such questions. A family living in a high-rise apartment flees from a mysterious groaning noise and escapes to the ever-narrowing upper floors. Without knowing even what is terrifying, every escape turns out to be a journey to solitude and moral breakdown. Designed by Selin İşcan with the stage direction of renowned Macedonian director Aleksandar Popovski, the play is produced by Hayal Perdesi for the 19. Istanbul Theatre Festival. Travelling through the darkest ambitions of the people who are dismissing the for the sake of their needs, the play reveals the denial of life until last confrontation, through tragicomic characters.