Culture, the week in Istanbul · Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Coetzee's 'Elizabeth Costello' reaches the stage for the first time at the Theatre Festival

Saim Güveloğlu adapts and directs J.M. Coetzee's 'Elizabeth Costello: Eight Lessons', about humans' relationship with animals, art and the intellectual's place in society. It plays November 4 and 5 at Paribu Art, marking the novel's first stage adaptation, as part of the 30th Istanbul Theatre Festival, with Tülin Özen among the cast.