The event is performed in Turkish. It is not suitable for audiences who do not speak Turkish.
An English bourgeois family in an English living room furnished with English armchairs. An English evening.
In the midst of collapse, Mr. and Mrs. Smith host Mr. and Mrs. Martin in what remains of their Englishness. But why is the Fire Chief sitting on Maid Mary’s stool when there is not even the slightest sign of a fire in the house?
If they are somewhere around London, who is driving us mad—who? So alienating—what? If the Diva is actually bald, when will our reality arrive? And who benefits from sustaining this confusion?
Let’s not try to understand it. Let’s leave everything as it is. (Or should we?)
The Bald Soprano, written by Eugène Ionesco, blends abstraction and absurdism in a uniquely precise way. It is staged throughout the season at Zorlu PSM under the title The Bald Diva, isn’t it?
Duration: 75 minutes, single act