Theatre Tempo


Theater Tempo has been producing theater for children since 1984. Theater Tempo's most important goal is to produce plays in which children can play an active part and that will enrich their creative world. Attaching importance to traditional forms such as the art of the Meddah (see note under play “Snow-White Rabbit”) , and the Turkish shadow show Karagoz (see our section on the “ Karagoz Show”) , Theater Tempo believes it has a duty to include in its repertoire all puppet techniques that are relevant to its field, to perfect itself in these techniques and to introduce them to the audience.

Theater Tempo endeavors to produce theater at international standards and the reactions it has received at festivals has proved that it has succeeded in doing so. A few years ago Theater Tempo opened Turkey 's first established Karagoz and puppet theater in a rented site, which later had to be closed. Tempo is now traviling to schools and cities.

Since 1990 Theater Tempo has also been regularly producing children's programs for Turkish Television - TRT. At present their program ' OYKU ATOLYESI ' (The Story Workshop) is broadcasted on TRT-1 every Monday and TRT-INT every Tuesday. The program is prepared by Tempo's Artistic Director Haluk Yuce and Music Consultant Assoc. Prof. Nedim Yildiz. The program addresses children between 7-12 years old and its aim is to have the children create stories through movement and thus set their creativity in motion.

Theater Tempo has received a special award given by the Art Association . And in 2006 Tempo received the year's Theater Award given by the Ankara Group of the Theater Critics Union .


NEWS FROM THEATRE TEMPO

Theatre Tempo is going to attend to the International Puppet Festival between 10th and 15th October, 2008 in Moscow, Russia. Theatre Tempo will perform puppet and shadow play 'Karagöz- The Witches and Indian Fakir'.

Theatre Tempo is collaborating with a German writer, Anja Tuckermann for a new play. The play will be created as a project with puppets aimed for young audience. Within this project, Anja Tuckermann playtext depends on her diaries that she kept during her interviews with young people and aims university students and adults as audience.

The second youth play project of TEMPOfor the 2008-2009 theatre season, is based on a Turkish legend. The play called 'To Fly is Freedom' is written by Ahmet Önel, which depends on the "flying" adventure of Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi. The musics are composed by Nedim Yıldız and directed by Haluk Yüce.

During the last theatre season Theatre TEMPO participated international theatre festivals in Egypt and Moldovia with 'Karagöz- The Witches and Indian Fakir'.