Design Workshop: Shadow Puppet

On April 23rd, National Sovereignty and Children's Day, in this workshop where traditional shadow puppetry techniques are learned, and fun shadow puppets are designed, children draw a sea creature they imagine in a jointed way inspired by Karagöz figures. At the end of the workshop, the children transform the figures, which they decorate with colored gelatins, pieces of tulle and their imagination into puppets using scissors and knives, and bring their imagination to the stage by animating the puppets they have designed on the shadow screen.

Instructor: Cengiz Özek Shadow Theatre 
Capacity: 20 people 
Duration: 60 minutes 

The event is free of charge; reservation is required. 
The event will take place at the Pera Museum. 

About Cengiz Özek 
Cengiz Özek, who synthesized his studies on traditional Turkish theatre “Karagöz” with modern theatre rules, brought a new perspective to the Turkish shadow theatre Karagöz with the plays “Garbage Monster”, “Enchanted Tree” and “Magic Lamp” written with a modern approach. He staged the children's play “My Little Star”, which he also wrote as a puppet play, with giant puppets and black theatre technique at Istanbul City Theatre. With his Karagöz plays, which he wrote himself, dealing with environmental problems, he performed nearly a thousand shows at puppet festivals organized on five continents, gave conferences, and organized production and performance workshops on Karagöz. Özek, who has won various awards such as “Best Play” and “Best Actor” in various countries for his works, continues to serve as the president of the “Istanbul Karagöz Puppet Foundation”, the general art director of the “International Istanbul Puppet Festival” and the preparations for the establishment of the “Istanbul Puppet Museum-Theatre”.