Seyyar Company
Think you know the Bard? Think again!
10 Nov 2024
Migrant actors take on some of Shakespeare’s most iconic speeches! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before – ‘trippingly on the tongue’. They offer audiences a peep into the lives of the culturally marginalised. And they ask: what happens to the Bard when he is migrated to an alien environment?
Hamlet is a meat-packer, King Lear a construction worker, Caliban a hotel cleaner, Lady Macbeth a housewife looking after children and Shylock washes the dishes in a restaurant...
This is no one Bard: Shakespeare belongs to no one and he belongs to everyone.
Cast & Creatives
Cast
Jacques (As You Like It) PETEK KIRKBOĞA
Caliban (The Tempest) SEDA ÇELİK
King Lear (King Lear) SADİN WARGER
Hamlet (Hamlet) BÜKE ERKOÇ
Edmund (King Lear) EMRE GÜNDOĞDU
Prospero (The Tempest) ŞÜKRÜ DEMİR
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) GÜLİSTAN SARBAS
Witches (Macbeth) DİLEK YORULMAZ
(Singer HÜSEYİN ERDOĞAN)
Creatives
Directed and concept by NAZ YENİ
Devised and produced by SEYYAR COMPANY
Dramaturgy by STEPHANIE TILLOTSON
Lighting by DAVE BYRNE
Music by JAN ÇITAK
Stage manager and dramaturgy assistant MİNE ÜÇÜNCÜ
Production assistant BORA BIÇAKÇI
Technical support by ANDY SOUTHGATE
Image by BERRİN BUGAY LAWLER
Poster design by CAN AKSOY
Graphic design by FATMAGÜL ASLANER
Film editing ASLI TOKMAN
Marketing manager BÜKE ERKOÇ
Assistant director and photography by DİLEK YORULMAZ
Publicity assistant GÜLİSTAN SARBAS
Company manager SEDA ÇELİK
Art director SADİN WARGER
Sound NAZ YENİ
Reviews
'Migrant Shakespeare and Seyyar Theatre are a gift... Naz Yeni has created something truly wonderful.' - BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
48th in ‘80 Picks in Theatre in Edinburgh Fringe 2023’ - LOUREVIEWS
‘The acting is always good ... these people grasp the undercurrents so well. Overall there is plenty to like. It made me think.’ - FringeReview
‘The new settings are relatable to the viewer and draw us in... Beautiful musical excerpts of folk and other selections separate each scene, which add atmosphere to this imaginative show.’ - FringeReview
