The city is full of brand-new art events in the new season! From theater to exhibitions, concerts to stage shows, here are June events in Istanbul.
THEATERS
“Hamiyet Bir Peyk Muzikali”, Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theater
Hamiyet is a woman living in a working-class neighborhood with her two children and husband and can only endure her poor life by taking refuge in a completely different world of imagination. Hamiyet, an important and valuable person in that world, is the songwriter of a music group and the apple of her eye. In those moments, she sings and dances freely, but most importantly, she never feels lonely. After the betrayals and disappointments, she experiences and witnesses in her real life, she loses touch with reality and eventually loses both her home and her dream friends. In contrast to all this, Hamiyet, who is memorialized by a boy who refuses to forget her, continues to live forever in Peyk songs.
Written by Deniz Madanoğlu and directed by Işıl Kasapoğlu, the play features Aslı İnandık, Bilgesu Kural and Cansu Bahadır. On June 6, book your ticket for the event that will take place at Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theater.
“Meçhul Paşa”, Trump Sahne
In Meşhul Paşa, where you will find yourself in a festive middle play, you will accompany the fairytale diary of the legendary humor newspaper Markopaşa. The story of Markopaşa, the country’s first political humor newspaper published by Aziz Nesin, Rıfat Ilgaz, Sabahattin Ali and cartoonist Mustafa Mim Uykusuz, the greatest writers of the period, is told. The play, which brings about emotional transitions, will meet its audience at Trump Stage on June 11 at 20.30.
“Eğlenceli Cinayetler Kumpanyası – Metres – 90’lar” Dada Salon Kabarett
Here is a play that will excite the lovers of interactive detective plays; Eğlenceli Cinayetler Kumpanyası‘s highly anticipated play, Metres – 90’lar inviting you to a dizzying night at the end of the 1990s, the play draws its audience in. In the middle of a very special night in the years, you are enchanted by the music of the period and unforgettable dance moves in a nightclub. In this nightclub, two couples with a common past meet and things get complicated as old memories are opened. But a hitman who is after one of them is also in the same venue. But who is he after? It is up to the audience to find the killer on a night when everyone lies and deceives each other.
