Theater festival in Adana to kick off season

Organized with the cooperation of the Sabancı Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and State Theaters, the 19th State Theaters Sabancı International Adana Theater Festival will kick off in the southern Turkish province of Adana on March 27, World Theater Day. The event will feature national and international theater shows through April 30. 

According to a statement from the festival committee, the festival will present 12 Turkish and nine foreign plays. 

The opening of the festival will be made by the Istanbul State Theater's play "Giydirici" (The Dresser) at the Adana Hacı Ömer Sabancı Culture Center. 

The play, which draws attention from audiences every season, tells the story of a famous and old theater actor and his veteran dresser of a theater troupe, which did not abandon performing even under bombs during World War II. 

This year the festival will host "Romeo and Juliette" and "Anna and Admiral" from Russia, "The GagFather" from Spain, "Cherry Garden" from Georgia, "Old Clown Wanted" from Macedonia, "Antigone" from Serbia, and the children's play "Log House" from Italy. 

From Turkey, the festival will present the State Theaters' most successful plays, as well as private theaters including "Ermişler ya da Günahkarlar" (Mindgame) by the İzmir State Theaters, "Üç Kız Kardeş" (Three Sisters) by the Diyarbakır State Theater, "Gayrı Resmi Hürrem" (Unofficial Hürrem) by the Ankara State Theater, "Ivan Ivanoviç Var Mıydı, Yok Muydu?" (Did Ivan Ivanoviç Exist or Not?) by Theater Adam, "Ahududu" (Raspberry) by Theater Kare, "Parçacıklar" (Particles) by Pürtelaş, "Köpeklerin İsyan Günü" (The Rebellion Day of Dogs) by Theater Platform, and "Kim Var Orada-Muhsin Bey'in Son Hamleti" (Who's There? - The Last Hamlet of...

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