“Foot and Leg Factory” by Sermet Çağan is a dark satire about manipulation and control. In a prosperous land ruled by overlords, citizens live well on abundant wheat. But the rulers seeking profit from their stockpile of worthless “black seeds,” trick the people into trading away their wheat. Eating the seeds causes paralysis and the state offers a grotesque solution: a factory selling artificial feet and legs. The play exposes how authoritarian systems sell false solutions and exploit suffering. It’s a chilling reflection on power, greed, and the cost of compliance in a manipulated society.
An incisive, compelling political metaphor about abuse and manipulation.
MUSIC: Berkay Özideş CHOREOGRAPHY: Hicran Akın COSTUME DESIGN: Selda Uyan LIGHTING DESIGN: Muhammet Uzuner MAKE-UP DESIGN: Ela Güldüren, Özge Doğan POSTER DESIGN: Ali Can Elagöz
PLAY PHOTOGRAPHS: Aydan Çınar - Sanem Arslantürk
Song lyrics for "Dokuz Köy", "Cek Cak", "Kara Ekmek": Kıvanç Kılınç
CAST: Barış Kaan Güven, Boran Özsaygı, Ela Güldüren, Kerem Aktı, Mithat Seçinti, Nihal Parlak, Özge Doğan, Seren Köken, Serhat Güney, Yusuf Kısa
COSTUME IMPLEMENTATION:Selda Uyan, Gülnur Bulut LIGHT CONTROL: Nil İpek EFFECT CONTROL: Gözde Yıldız PRODUCERS: Cihangir Atölye Sahnesi and collective work
Duration: 1h 5min
Performance in Turkish, with translation into Romanian and English
Date of premiere: 29.11.2024
Original title: Ayak Bacak Fabrikası Turkey The Turkish Season
Program and Access
28 June,
23:00
Facultatea de Litere și Arte - Sala CAVAS (Str. Banatului, nr. 12)