Ibrahim Halacoglu

Directing Graduate 2022

A theatre-maker from Istanbul, Ibrahim’s been professionally involved in theatre since 2010 predominantly as a performer, as well as a director, dramaturg, and playwright. A few years ago, he rediscovered theatre through meddah, an ancient form of Turkish/Ottoman storytelling. He developed a passion for revising traditional storytelling techniques to become a 21st century storyteller. His practice is quite eclectic but he currently focuses more on queering and contemporising the meddah. He is interested in combining autoethnography with postmodern narratives and metafiction. He truly believes that fiction can be used in art to make more sense of, or even authenticate, reality.

Since he comes from a performing background, his directing organically incorporates a special focus on the performer. He received training in multiple methods (Meisner, Eric Morris, Suzuki, Viewpoints).

He has recently finished his master’s degree in directing at the VCA.

2021 is his second year in Melbourne but he still uses google maps to go to even the most well-known landmarks.