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BUKE ERKOC

Director Writer Dramaturge

Büke is an emerging theatremaker from Istanbul, based in London. She also translates some Canadian playwrights’ plays into Turkish.

Credits

Performer of Migrant Shakespeare,
adapted to stage by Seyyar Company at Edinburgh Fringe (Edinburgh/ London, UK) - 2024

Director & Performer of The Future Looks Bright,
written by Sebnem Isigüzel (London, UK) - 2024

Movement Director of From the People of our Neighbourhood , created by Berfin Ertan
(Istanbul, Türkiye) - 2023

Assistant Director of No For An Answer at Arcola Theatre, written by Marc Blitzstein and directed by Mehmet Ergen
July 2023 (London, UK)

Director of Hep Hâlâ Safak at DasDas Istanbul
Season of 2022 - 2023 (Istanbul, Turkey)

Director of Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes by Jordan Tannahill
September - December 2019 (Toronto, Canada)

Stage Manager of La Musica Deuxieme by Marguerite Duras, directed by Kemal Aydogan
August - September 2019 (Istanbul, Turkey)

Co-creator of House on Fire, directed by Martha Ross
December 2018 - March 2019 (Toronto, Canada)

Director of You are more Beautiful than Istanbul by Murat Mahmutyazıcıoğlu
September - December 2018 (Toronto, Canada)

Assistant Stage Manager in Incendies by Wajdi Mouawad, directed by Djanet Sears
January - March 2018 (Toronto, Canada)

*OTHER EXPERIENCES*

Intern to the Assistant Director in Racine Carrée du Verbe Être written and directed by Wajdi Mouawad
at Théâtre National La Colline
August - October 2022 (Paris, France)

Internship in MERE written and directed by Wajdi Mouawad at Théâtre National La Colline
September 2021 - December 2021 (Paris, France)

Training

Studies in Physical Play & Collective Creation at École Internationale Jacques Lecoq, Paris
October 2020 - June 2021

Master of Arts in Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies at the University of Toronto
September 2019 - October 2020

Bachelor of Arts in Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies at the University of Toronto
September 2015 - June 2019

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Live art
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
  • Languages
  • Movement Direction
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French, Turkish

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