22.3.2025
Gözde Atalay (TUR): NOMAD
What happens when a Turkish immigrant, Ayşe, meets policeman Eric and the Paper Creature, an absurd embodiment of bureaucracy?
What happens when a Turkish immigrant, Ayşe, meets policeman Eric and the Paper Creature, an absurd embodiment of bureaucracy?
NOMAD is a biographic physical theatre performance centred in the experiences of Ayşe, a Turkish female immigrant in Europe.
Tender and funny, it explores migration through the point of view of three characters – Ayşe, the heroine, and two institutional monsters, Eric (policeman/immigration officer) and the Paper Creature (and absurd embodiment of bureaucracy).
Whether work, marriage or refuge is the reason for migration, the period of waiting administrative limbo – which can last years – and the bureaucratic encounters that become the shared experience of all migrants.
Based in Gözde’s own journey as an immigrant in Europe.
Created and performed by Gözde Atalay
Directed by Carolina Ortega
Music by Periklis Liakakis
Produced by TUCAN RIOT & Mimosa Theatre Co.
Gözde Atalay as an artist:
“My work as an artist is at times mad in a creative feeling. It is often funny and playful. Tender and sensual. Intense and precise. It is foolish but also mystic and spiritual. It brings up the state of exploring the different layers of my body. Personal, cultural and collective.
My individuation process finds me floating inside a creative triangle. My work as a performer, a director and a physical theatre facilitator.
I am a multi-origin Turkish born artist. Currently based in Athens Greece, and collaborating in a number of international projects in various countries. Among others, Germany, France, England, Turkey and Russia.”
Ticket prices
26 € adult
16 € child
16 € pensioner
16 € discount ticket (student, unemployed, civil servant, conscript)
16 € theatre professional
Serial ticket: Buy an adult ticket for 3-6 different performances and get a 20% discount!
Location and accessibility
Turbine Hall is located at the Cable Factory (Kaapeliaukio 3, Helsinki, Finland), a well-known cultural centre. Read more about how to get there.
Festival Bar
Festival Bar is located next to the Hurjaruuth Stage (Cable Factory A staircase, 2nd floor foyer). Please note that we only accept card payments. Opening hours on the main page of the festival.
Turbine Hall facilities and services
Coatroom: There is a free self-service coatroom in the Turbine Hall. NB! Our theatre is not responsible for any items or clothes left in the coatroom.
Festival-bar: Festival-Bar is located next to the Hurjaruuth Stage (Cable Factory A staircase, 2nd floor foyer). Please note that we only accept card payments. Opening hours on the main page of the festival.
Toilet facilities: Small toilets are located nearby the Turbine Hall. In addition, Hurjaruuth’s own toilet facilities on the 2nd floor of the A staircase are available: There is an accessible toilet with childcare facilities and other unisex toilets.
More on accessibility: There is wheelchair seating available at the front of the audience (2 slots). We do not have an induction loop. Assistant seating available free of charge. We are a Disability Card service provider.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact our customer service!
Date
22.3.2025
Duration
Sat 22.3. at 18, about 55 min.
Tickets
26 / 16 €
Venue
Turbine Hall, Cable Factory
Suggested age
For adults (15+)
Other
Non-verbal.