Don Kişot’suz Don Kişot
What if the characters get angry with the author and refuse to be in the book anymore!
Let Cervantes remain on his throne of classics; we are offering tickets to the most joyful rebellion in literary history!
We all know the story: the idealistic, mad knight wages war against windmills, endures repeated beatings, and sacrifices everything, including his own well-being, for the sake of the "Princess Dulcinea," whom he has never even met.
But what if the reality of that situation was completely different?
A world premiere in theatrical history: In this play, Don Quixote is not absent from the stage... He is there, but not in the way you might expect!
Sancho Panza, one of the most absurd and ascetic figures in literary history, recounts, one by one, the disastrous battles his master engages in, involving windmills, flocks of sheep, and wine skins. But to whom? To that practical, intelligent peasant girl, Dulcinea, for whom Don Quixote has lost his mind, yet who, in reality, is a simple woman with a rustic charm.
Can there be a Don Quixote story without Don Quixote? Yes, and it can be quite something!
Can a fictional character rebel against their author in a charming way and change their own destiny? Cervantes would probably roll his eyes, but yes; for the first time, the ideal and reality are meeting!
From barbershop basins transformed into helmets to aides dressing as women, and from giants drowning in a sea of wine after consuming spoonfuls of funeral halvah, the most glorious story in literature is being reimagined as a fast-paced adult comedy, told from a perspective never before explored.
With a warm smile and a gesture of respect for the great Cervantes, we invite all our audience to this performance where madness and intelligence, the classics and the absurd, collide on stage.
Author: Miguel de Cervantes
Translated by: Aysu Yazıcı
Gamification: Barbaros Uzunöner.
Dramaturg: Naz Çağlayan.
Cast: Melda Gür, Barbaros Uzunöner.
Decoration: Ayhan Tazeoğlu.
Costume: Can Kostüm.
Music Design: Nil Şahin.
Poster: Mehmet Yener.
