Macbeth, EKIP Tiyatrosu

/ Üsküdar Tekel Sahnesi /

Macbeth         
Presented in Turkish  
Üsküdar Tekel Sahnesi (Theatre), Istanbul, Turkey   
May 25-27, 2016, as part of the IKSV Theatre Festival

Trailer from EKIP's Vimeo site.

EKIP Tiyatrosu
Writer: William Shakespeare
Translator: Sabahattin Eyüboğlu
Director: Bülent Emin Yarar

Creative Team (roles in Turkish):
Sahne Ve Kostüm Tasarimi: Başak Özdoğan
Işik Tasarimi: Cem Yılmazer
Kukla: Candan Seda Balaban
Orijinal Müzik: Orhan Enes Kuzu
Sahne Müzisyeni: Hüseyin Korkma
Hareket Düzeni: Dicle Doğan
Sahne Dövüşü: Tamer Serkan Subaşı
Asistan: Sevilay Ergüler
Işik Kumanda: Murat Bakır
Ses Kumanda: Cafer Hekim
Afiş: Savaş Çekiç
Sahne Fotoğraflari: Ali Güler
Stüdyo Fotoğraflari: Burak Bulut Yıldırım

Cast: Simel Aksünger, Serkan Altıntaş, Aziz Caner İnan, Murat Kapu, İsmail Sağır, Ayşegül Uraz, Cem Uslu

For More Information:
http://www.ekiptiyatrosu.com/oyunlar/sahnede/macbeth

http://tiyatro.iksv.org/tr/festivaller/225/program/485

 

 

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