The title of the work, “Blackout in Prinkipo Island ” promises us a magical journey to the Principalities of Constantinople in the 1930s. There, in the mansion of the Iasonidis family, a sudden, strong storm disturbs, in the worst way, the tranquility of the house. The resulting blackout confronts Police Inspector Mustafa Karadeniz, the family, as well as invited and “uninvited” visitors, with an intractable mystery. Will the Inspector, along with his assistant, Fariye Nazli, be able to solve it before there are more… murders?
Through the entertaining scenes of the show, the special aspects of life in cosmopolitan Istanbul come to life. For the characters in the work, information is drawn from the types, characters and habits of the time. The refined occupations of the host and the European sophistication of the ladies, in contrast to the linguistic idioms of the maids and the “oriental” Inspector of Police, compose a colorful mosaic, which highlights the cultural pluralism of a thriving society in the City, but also of the wider community. of the East in general.
Thus, a less prominent aspect of Asia Minor is highlighted, which is usually missing from the usual thematics of the theatrical repertoire. It is a historical imprint of a prosperous, optimistic, happy society, balanced between the European West and the East.
