Black Sea hosts theater fest
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Anatolia News Agency
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mayıs 01, 2009 00:00
TRABZON - Sixteen theater groups from almost as many countries are set to participate in the 10th International Black Sea Theater Festival, to start today and continue until 15 in Trabzon.
Organized by the State Theaters General Directorate, the festival is expected to draw groups from Bulgaria, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Moldavia, northern Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain and Turkey. At a press conference held Wednesday, the Trabzon State Theater, or TDT, director Fatih Dokgöz said the groups from Kazakhstan, northern Cyprus and Poland would be joining the festival for the first time. The group from Canada will not perform a play, but will host workshops at the festival.
The festival has drawn great interest and has "a serious viewer potential," said State Theaters Directorate Foreign Relations and Festival Representative Sükun Işıtan. "The audience members numbered nearly 3,500 in the first years of the festival," she said. "Last year, there were 4,700, and we aim to reach 6,000 this year. Their numbers have not decreased so far, but increased."
Işıtan said the International Black Sea Theater Festival was the second oldest organized by the State Theaters General Directorate, after the Adana Festival. "The Istanbul Festival, organized every two years, is the best-known festival in Turkey," she said. "But this festival host six groups from six countries at the most. We are hosting 15 [international] theater groups, so this is a big responsibility."
The festival has drawn great interest and has "a serious viewer potential," said State Theaters Directorate Foreign Relations and Festival Representative Sükun Işıtan. "The audience members numbered nearly 3,500 in the first years of the festival," she said. "Last year, there were 4,700, and we aim to reach 6,000 this year. Their numbers have not decreased so far, but increased."
Işıtan said the International Black Sea Theater Festival was the second oldest organized by the State Theaters General Directorate, after the Adana Festival. "The Istanbul Festival, organized every two years, is the best-known festival in Turkey," she said. "But this festival host six groups from six countries at the most. We are hosting 15 [international] theater groups, so this is a big responsibility."