AFİFE
“To Be a Woman in This World”
“To be a woman in this world If you want to exist, you must burn. While burning, you must light the way for those who follow you, You must sacrifice yourself.”
Inspired generations of theatre artists and courageous women, Afife stands as a light and a symbol — like a lighthouse guiding the way through dark times. This is a contemporary interpretation of Afife’s rebellion against a system that forbade women from appearing on stage or being visible in public. Backstage of a multicultural theatre troupe in occupied Istanbul, whose front line is the stage curtain itself…
Duration: 120 minutes, one act.
The play Afife tells the story of an imaginary theatre company created with inspiration from the life story of Afife Jale.
Directed by: Serdar Biliş Written by: Selin Cankı Ceylan
Music: Tuluğ Tırpan Movement Design: Candaş Baş Set & Costume Design: Gamze Kuş Lighting Design: Cem Yılmazer Sound Design: Ozan Yılmaz Multimedia Design & Production: Illusionist Lyrics: Ilgın Kopuz and Sezen Aksu
Cast Demet Evgar Tilbe Saran Necip Memili Bora Akkaş İdil Sivritepe Bedir Bedir Atılgan Gümüş Orkuncan İzan Ekremcan Arslandağ Öykü Su Okur Bilge Çınar Basma Seiba
Ensemble, Dance & Choir: Dila Yağcı, Alize Çalık, Begüm Canbulatoğlu, Mert Aksu, Gökçe Aksu, İlayda Evgin, Hilal Sibel Pekel, Şiva Canbazoğlu, İsmet Köroğlu, Hande Ömürlü, Bengi Şiir Umutlu, Feride Hakim, Nilay Çelebi, Ahmet Kahvecioğlu
Musicians: Emre Günay, Sedat Utku Güçoğlu, Ekin Cengizkan, Ayberk Garagon, Emre Türkmen, Yavuz İsa Keskin, İlayda Gülümser, Ezgi Arda, Merve Türkmen, Onur Ermez, Yunus Hugül
Creative & Production Team
Assistant Directors: Hüseyin Tuncel, Serin Öztoprak, Buket Gülbeyaz Director’s Assistant: Ekin Deniz Görk Repetiteur: Mert Öztekin Stage & Costume Supervisor: Onur Uğurlu Camera Application: Deniz Savaş Ertan Production Manager: Çağan Öğüt Stage & Production Chief: Eyüp Çelik (484) Technical Supervisor: Melisa Yıldız Technical Assistant: Berkay Özcan
Stage Display Systems Design (Display Team): İlker Kerem Üstündağ Video Operators (Display Team): Alper Veli Sapaz, Emre Akın Neptun, Umut Batuhan Konan Illusionist Team – VFX Supervisor: Kutbettin Ecevit 3D Animation Supervisor: Furkan Alabaş Project Coordinator: Oya Zehra Erben CG Artists: Çiğdem Ecevit, Burcu Çavdar, Eyüp Ensar Mısır
Choir Conductor: Başak Doğan Armenian Translation Editor: Artun Gebenlioğlu Dialect Coaches (Hangardz): Yeğya Akgün, Tara Demircioğlu, Lara Narin Vocal Coach: Nilüfer Çelik Tonmeister: Gürkan Erdem Sound Operators: Arın Kamiloğlu, Barkın Sarıgül, Defne, Anıl Ulaş Özcan Sound Infrastructure & FX: Mert Yüksel Lighting Operators: Coşkun Çağlar Dere, Tolga Erdoğan, Seçkin Ok
Followspot Operators: Buket Doğan, Hüseyin Ege Kök, Doğa Çınar, Nilüfer Alptekin Noyan, Yaren, Yağmur Şakoğlu, Enes Akyıldız
Set Construction: Haşim Demir, Aykan Kaynarca, Murat Dereli, Mehmet Fatih Çelik Set Installation: Zeki Küçük, Mehmet Fatih Çelik, Kamil Vatansever, Özgür Meriç, Akın Güven Set Production: Antrepo, Hülya Genç, Özgür Genç Revolving Stage Operator: Onur Erdemir
Production Coordinators: Şevval Remziye Erdinç (484), Şevval Çakır (Zorlu PSM) Production Supervisor: Betül Sarıkavak (484) Production Assistants: Berke Şenel, Aren Camgöz, Sıla Doğançay Props Assistants: Havva Şahin, Derin Tuncel Costume Assistants: Gurbet Bayram, Nagehan Yıldırım, Mert Topal, Belce Şerifoğlu, Seval İşgören Physiotherapist: Habil Yenici
Makeup Team (Kryolan Professional Make Up): Senem Sena İnanır, Buse Serdar, Gizem Akosman, Rahşan Acar, Nilay Demir, Doğukan Aygıran, Başak Aslanhan Hair Team: Çağla Hazırcı, Çiğdem Sönmez, Öykü Özdoğan
Visual Communication Design: Özge Güven Press Relations: İletişim Deposu, Özlem Oğuz Social Media: Mehmet Eroğlu Legal Consultant: Av. Doğa Can Coşar Project Design: Serdar Biliş, Demet Evgar Production: Afife Theatre & Zorlu PSM Executive Producers: Elif Özge Maltepe (484), Cansu Kurada (Zorlu PSM)
The play Afife tells the story of an imaginary theatre troupe inspired by the life story of Afife Jale.
Special Thanks
Armenian Dialect Consultant: Bercuhi Berberyan Historical Consultants:
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ö. Alkan Prof. Dr. Seza Sinanlar Uslu