A lot of celebrities from Turkey are coming to the London Turkish Speakers Festival.

Some of the celebrities are as follows; Demet Evgar, Meltem Cumbul, Nurgul Yesilcay, Afra Saracoglu, Necmettin Cobanoglu and more. This festival started on Thursday 31st March and will continue until Sunday 3rd April.

 

Some of these celebrities made an  introduction speech and they were awarded at the Milfield Theatre yesterday (1st April 2022). Also, the play called 'Zaman Savrulurken' ('As Time Flies') had been performed which is directed by Saray Karakus. This year the main theme of the plays in the festival was determined as 'Mind and Mental Health Awareness', which is inspired by the pandemic conditions, as pandemic has had a significant impact on our lives.

 

Some of the plays and workshops that will be performed at the festival are as follows: 

 

  1.    2nd April 2022
  • Chicken Shed Theatre - at 20.00pm, the play called 'Bir Barda Bir Gece' ('One Night In a Bar") will be performed by the famous turkish celebrities Nurgul Yesilcay and Afra Saracoglu. 

2.    3rd April 2022

  • Chicken Shed Theatre (workshop) - at 16.00pm, the workshop called 'Ben Varim' ("I am in') will be running. This is mainly aimed at young people who are in the age group of 15-16-17.
  • A famous turkish celebrity Ferhat Gocer will be performing the play called 'Sabahattin Ali' at 20.00pm.

I would highly recommend readers to attend the remaining sessions or future sessions to come as it is a great experience and opportunity to learn about other cultures.