New Text New Theatre Presents Mikhael Durnenkov, 11/15

Russian playwright Mikhael Durnenkov is coming to Istanbul on 15-18 November within the context of the "New Text New Theatre" project carried out by the modern theatre company "Ve Di?er ?eyler Toplulu?u" (And the Other Things Company) with the support of Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency.

Mikhael Durnenkov's award-winning play "TRASH!" will meet the audience as staged reading in the context of New Text New Theatre Project. The play is translated and directed by Ömer Akgüllü, a young director that finished his studies in St. Petersburg Theatre Academy Faculty of Theatre. The play is based on the question; "Can a deplorable man turn into a murderer or a hero?"
The staged reading of the play "TRASH!" will be on 15 November Sunday at 18.00 in Pera Museum.

Besides the staged reading, Mikhael Durnenkov will arrange a playwriting workshop with the participation of the playwrights of New Text New Theatre writers between the dates 17 - 18 November 2009.

Mikhael Durnenkov will also hold a playwright workshop on 17-18 November with the participation of playwrights joining in the "New Text New Theatre" project.

About "TRASH!"
This is a very humane modern story about the first love and mother love, about desperation and finding hope. On April 16, 2007 23-year-old student Cho Syn Hi from South Korea killed with a gun two people in the campus of Virginia University. Two hours later he shot 33 people and wounded 29 people in the academic building.

Mikhail Durnenkov saw a photo of Cho Syn Hi in Internet. He was surprised as the face of the young killer was so much undistinguished. It was a loser's face that can not be recognized in a crowd. This is how Durnenkov got the inspiration to write a play about a man that regards himself as trash, about a nowadays Raskolnikov, for whom a murder is not an attempt to save the world but an attempt to accomplish his personal identification, to take an Action and stop being trash for good.

This award winning play brings out a striking question: "Can a deplorable man turn into a murderer or a hero?"

About Mikhael Durnenkov
Mikhail Durnenkov was born in 1978 in the town of Tynda, the Amur Region. He worked as a watchman, metal worker, director, actor, engineer and TV journalist. He is currently a playwright and script writer.

Durnenkov wrote over 15 plays and film scripts and since 2001. He is a regular participant in the new writing festivals May Readings, Lubimovka and New Drama. In this context he's the leading playwright of New Drama with the plays the he wrote up with his brother.

He has taken part in theatre workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Baltic House, Verbatim in Gorky Leninskiye (held by British Council, Russia), in the Free Theatre, Sibaltera, and Eurasia Festivals, The Royal Court International Playwrights Residency, etc.

About the "New Text New Theatre"
"The "New Text New Theatre" Project is an international and long run project focusing on new play-writing techniques. Though focused on texts this Project was initiated for opening discussions among the critics and academicians as to what sorts of directing, acting, dramaturge and stage design should be required by new play texts.

The modern theatre company "Ve Di?er ?eyler Toplulu?u" (And the Other Things Company) founded in 2001 by the playwright, director and actress Ye?im ÖZSOY GÜLAN, engaged in the project for the purpose of introducing Turkish theatre in universal dimension. This project enlarges its scope between May and December 2009 by the support of Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency Theatre and Performing Arts Directorate.

This Project aims at inviting foreign playwrights to Istanbul and henceforth creating close encounters for Turkish playwrights in order to introduce, discuss new theater work.

In addition to the staged readings of the playwrights and the translation workshops which are in the context of the project, in the previous theatre season, 4 contemporary playwrights were invited, hosted and the plays of all playwrights were translated from their native language to Turkish and introduced to Turkish audience.

This season playwrights from Romania, Iran, Russia and Spain will be hosted in Istanbul to realize play readings and workshops will take place.

For more information:
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