I Shan't Perish Easily / Ben Kolay Ölmem

I SHAN’T PERISH EASILY

I SHAN’T PERISH EASILY
 
"I Shan't Perish Easily" is a poignant story of crossing lives, love, resistance and friendship which brought Cemal Sureya and Ahmed Arif together on to the stage for the first time.
 
two poets…
two lives…
one story…
 
On the one hand is Ahmed Arif; with only a single book published Ahmed Arif mastered our world of literature achieving a publication record of over 60 new volumes, and took his place amongst our most widely read poets.   
 
On the other hand is CEMAL SUREYA; expressing his struggles through the rebellious verses of his poetry;  emphasizing that each poem has its own life and story. He coined around 300 new Turkish words,  officially approved by Turkish Language Association.
 
Vedat Yildirim and Cansun Kucukturk, whom are amongst the founders of infamous ‘Kardes Turkuler’ and ‘Bajar’ music bands — are the composers of the music for the production and will perform it during the London premiers.
 
“whereas you, are my completing half — the piece over the water that completes me…”
 
These two giants of poetry will meet on the stage for the first time. What should one expect from this unique encounter? All you knew and could have imagined will be reshaped after this meeting.
 
“…we are possibly living the last of the bad days,
Perhaps we may live our first good days
There is something pungent in the air
Somewhere between the past and the future
Between sorrow and joy
Between anger and mercy …”
 
“note my life as it is…or maybe, it will go recorded as rumour…”
 
WRITER: Ali Has
DIRECTOR: Nesimi Kaygusuz
CAST : Cuneyt Yalaz, Goktay Tosun
MUSIC: Vedat Yıldırım , Cansun Küçüktürk
SOUND DESIGN: Cem Tuncer
LIGHTING DESIGN: Eren Celikdemir
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : Nimet İyigün
STAGE MANAGER: Gulistan Sarbas
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Duysal Tuncer
TRANSLATION: Aziz Kedi
SURTITLE: Tuğba Tırpan
PRODUCER: Dilek Yorulmaz
 
 
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO,
Zeynep Dalkıran, Ipek Ozel, Suna Alan, Sinem Ozlek, Secil Honeywill,Yeter Ozdemir.