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Theatre
90 Minutes
A Madman's Diary - (Gogol the Thief)
Metin Zakoğlu begins his interpretation of "A Madman's Diary" with the phrase "Gogol the Thief", and then things get complicated. Zakoğlu turns the audience into characters from the stories he claims are his but stolen: a man standing in the corner becomes a department head, a girl sitting in front becomes his girlfriend Sofya, and a confused woman on the side starts being seen as his maid Mavra. While you, the audience, came to watch an actor playing a madman, you encounter a real madman, and that's when the show really starts. It becomes hard to distinguish who is mad, who is sane, who is a spectator, and who is an actor. You find yourself caught between parts belonging to Gogol's stories and segments of Zakoğlu's show, laughing heartily one moment and inexplicably crying the next.
You will enjoy Metin Zakoğlu's interactive and modern take, a fresh alternative to his repetitive interpretations of Gogol.
Written by: Nikolay Gogol - Metin Zakoğlu
Adapted, Directed, Narrated by: Metin Zakoğlu
Duration: 90 minutes
Intermission: None or yes.