28.08.2024 12:20
Actor Levent Üzümcü has become the General Artistic Director of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality City Theatres. The actor, who will serve for 3 years, said, "I have come to do something better and more beautiful than what has been done so far."
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has determined the new General Art Director of the City Theaters (IzBBŞT). Actor Levent Üzümcü has been appointed to the position.
"I AM PURSUING A STRONG THEATER"
The Advisory Board, which includes important figures who have contributed to Turkish theater, evaluated the applications for the General Art Directorship of Izmir City Theaters and presented them to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay. As a result of the evaluations, theater artist Levent Üzümcü was appointed as the General Art Director. Levent Üzümcü, who will serve for 3 years, thanked those who deemed him worthy of this position and said in his speech, "I thank those who have chosen me for this position. We will do our best to establish a theater that will be worthy of Izmir city. In order to keep the theater alive, I am not only pursuing it from a technical aspect but also from a repertoire aspect. I have come here to create something better and more beautiful than what has been done so far."
"THE STRUGGLE OF ART'S BRIGHTNESS WITH DARKNESS WILL CONTINUE"
In a post from his account X, Üzümcü expressed his feelings and said, "I would also like to thank everyone who supported me on the occasion of my appointment as the General Art Director of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality City Theater. The struggle of art's brightness with darkness will continue. Art is stubborn in these lands. Let's protect it stubbornly. Thank you."