Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) City Theaters presents its play "War and Peace" to the Budapest audience within the framework of the 11 International Madach Theater Meetings (MITEM).
"War and Peace", written by Lev Tolstoy, adapted by Eva Mahkovic, translated by Aslı Önal and directed by Aleksandar Popovski, will be staged at the National Theater on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 18.00.
Theaters from 5 countries are participating in the 27 International Madach Theater Meeting, which will be held between 11 April and 30 April. Attila Vidnyanszky, the main organizer and founder of the festival, states that the most important aim of the festival is to rebuild the bridges destroyed by politics.
War and peace
Set between 1805 and 1820, "War and Peace", which also has a historical narrative feature, is about the Russian aristocracy, whose lives changed completely just before Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. While love relationships, family and living room life are depicted, war and its irreversible destruction continue. While War and Peace bears the characteristics of a historical narrative in many aspects, it is also an epic work that contains philosophical thoughts about life, beliefs, the purpose of human life, and includes political and sociological inferences. In the play, where wars and battles and historical figures such as Napoleon and Kutuzov form the background, love stories, personal weaknesses, family conflicts and losses create a panorama that extends from the society in general to each character in the play.
In the play, Ayşegül İşsever, Berfin Berber, Can Başak, Defne Gürmen Yüksel, Deran Özgen, Dilara Demirdüzen, Doğan Altınel, Ersin Bağcıoğlu, İlker Sami Kılıç, İpek Uğuz, Levent Üzümcü, Melisa Demirhan, Mesut Çırak, Murat Bavli, Mutlu Güney, Nevzat Sinan. Taştan, Ogeday Erkut, Osman Kaba, Salih Şimşek, Sefa Turan, Taha Karakaş, Yağmur Topçu are starring.