Saadet
Staged with the tabletop puppetry technique, “Saadet” tells the story of a woman through different periods of her life, allowing us to witness Saadet’s journey. The magical reality of the puppets offers a perspective on her life both from within and from outside.
Behind the seemingly ordinary days of a woman lie traces of her past, unfulfilled desires, and silences. A garbage bag swept by the wind on her balcony, a dusty picture frame, cobwebs, and the never-ending static of the television… all point to the shadows of personal memory and to our collective memory that is fading into oblivion. “Saadet” invites the audience to look at themselves through the eyes of the puppets on stage and to build bridges within their own memories through familiar habits.
The play takes the audience through Saadet’s personal journey, bearing witness to her loneliness, fears, small joys, and fading traces. At the same time, this journey addresses how, in the face of social events, the individual is rendered passive by an invisible higher authority within society, how memory is eroded, and how one gradually becomes estranged from oneself.
The presence of the puppets on stage not only makes the weight of time visible but also conveys the permeability between past and present. “Saadet” reveals the individual’s confrontation with the self through the multilayered language of puppetry, while inviting the audience to search for the traces of their own memory.
One moment, the puppet is in the puppeteer’s hand—and the next, it might be you…
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Written – Directed – Project Design: Hamit Mutlu
Supervisor: Süleyman Atanısev
Performers: Lale Ertiş Gençtürk, Hamit Mutlu
Puppet Design: Hamit Mutlu
Props Design and Realization: Süleyman Atanısev
Sound and Effects Design: R. Onur Duru
Costume Design: Aynur Çiçek
Puppet and Set Painter: Şeyda Canpolat
Electronics Design: Uğur Mutlu
Poster Design: Rahşan Akgül
Lighting Control: Ahmet Balta
50 minutes / One Act
Age Limit: 13+