conversations in ten questions 76: Malin Axelsson
The New Text Festival, organized by GalataPerform, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and which is Turkey's first and only playwriting festival, took place this year for the twelfth time between 24th November and 4th December 2023, focusing on the theme of "Real". At the festival, which creates an area where Turkish writers and directors meet with artists from abroad within the scope of Theater Beyond Borders, we continue from where we left off by publishing our conversations with international playwrights whose plays have been translated into Turkish and staged readings. Our next guest is Malin Axelsson. Playwright, writer and director Malin Axelsson was born in Stockholm in 1975. The plays of the author, who graduated from the Swedish University Film, Radio, Television and Theater Department in 2002, have been translated into German, French, Italian, Romanian and Norwegian. She has been working as Artistic Director at Riksteatern Youth Theater since 2021....