Theater enthusiasts meet in Adana

Theater is making its annual return to Turkey's south, with the 17th State Theaters Sabanc? International Adana Theater Festival set to begin on World Theater Day on March 27.

The festival will offer the people of Adana an enjoyable program throughout the month with 24 plays, including 16 local and eight international plays.

The festival, which often attracts upward of 80,000 spectators year to year, will begin with the play "This Burdensome Thing We Call Life" by the Istanbul State Theaters and the Ankara Directorate of State Theaters at the Hac? Ömer Sabanc? Cultural Center.

The foreign plays that will be performed at this year's festival include Summer Nite Theater's "Marat / Sade" from the United States; the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center's "The Face of the Dog" from China; Demons Et Merveilles' "Lulu Nuit Banche" from France; Espetaculo da Dobrar's "Goda" from Portugal; the Skopje Turkish Theater's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from Macedonia; the Greek National Theater's "Cake" and the Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater's "Carmen TV" from Ukraine.

A number of Turkish theaters are also participating in the event, including the Istanbul State Theater with "This Burdensome Thing We Call Life;" the Trabzon State Theater with "Roulette;" the Sivas State Theater with "Blood Wedding;" the Ankara Art Theater with "Halktan Biri" and "Tesadüfen Kad?n Elizabeth;" Semaver Kumpanya with "Birds" and "Data;" Tiyatro Adam with "Arturo Ui'nin Önlenebilir T?rman???;" ?kinci Kat Tiyatro with "Fü;" the Çolpan ?lhan-Sadri Al???k Theater with "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and the Pürtela? Tiyatro with "War."

The festival plays will be staged at the Hac? Ömer Sabanc? Culture Center in Adana and at the Sabanc? University Performing Arts Center...