S.P.A.C.E. PLAYS

The Topics (Reasons for Going Into Space)

-My House, Europe (social dimension: f.ex. wealth, poverty, difficulties in life, prejudice, immigration) 

-Saving Our Planet (environmental dimension) 

-Founding A New World (democratic dimension: participation, human rights, gender equality) 

-Mission Impossible: Media (communicative dimension: use of Media, working with Media)

MY HOUSE, EUROPE

(Social dimension, wealth, poverty, difficulties in life, prejudice, immigration)

Student Writers

-Nefeli, Christina, Georgia, Lamprini and Iris from Greece (mentored by Stamatia Stamati)

-Isa, Claudio, Daniel, Carlos and Pedro from Portugal (mentored by Ana Cristina Ribeiro)

-Sezgin, Kaan ,Ezel, Hilal and Yaren from İzmir, Turkey (mentored by Mehtap Arıyan)

-Doğukan, Arda, Serpil, Reyyan and Betül from Aydın, Turkey (mentored by Sevde Tacır)

-Ufuk, Mevlüt, Aslınur, Doğukan and Efe from İzmir, Turkey (mentored by Duygu Alpan)

-Anna, Alina, Ihor, Zhanna and Andriana from Ukraine (mentored by Nadiia Holovchuk)

-Gülşen, Faik, Nazlıcan, Hamza and Hilmi Efe from İstanbul, Turkey (mentored by Ceyhan Sepetçi)

Characters: Vincent van Gogh - ET - Shakespeare - Abraham Lincoln - Galileo Galilei - Isaac Newton - Marie Curie

Vincent wakes up with more hope.

Last night he painted a Starry Night in the colors of Europe.

The painting flooded by shine, star motions, mind and heart movements.

He reflected on it all the fears, hopes and expectations for his planet.

It is time to change his life, to go along with others to the new world that awaits them.

He realizes that he will leave his homeland again, he will become an immigrant again, he will face difficulties again.

“Again”: This word haunts him.

He had traveled to many places and saw a lot of misery. Wealth and poverty together, hand in hand, racism, discrimination, violence of all kinds, men and women not yet found their place in the world, lack of education.

He feels for a moment panic as he thinks that all this ugliness can be transferred to the new planet, but his gaze falls on his painting.

His eyes are filled with light and life. Light and Life!

He promises to himself that he will use the power of the mind and the wings of the spirit to not allow rotten minds and attitudes to dominate the new world.

*Written by Nefeli, Christina, Georgia, Lamprini and Iris from Greece

Suddenly, a UFO lands on the ground of Vincent’s Starry Night painting. From inside the UFO, a lightful creature appears. His little finger is so powerfully lighted that all the painting is enlightened by bright positive colours. There is hope!

The New planet is going to be a better place! All the population, no matter their colour, race, gender or social position will be united to build an amazing, happy place to live in. 

E.T. felt like an immigrant when he visited Earth, but he met Elliot and built strong ties with children. They let him feel at home and all the adventures they lived together, made them believe that the world still had a chance. He has never forgotten Elliot’s words: “You could be happy here, I could take care of you. I wouldn’t let anybody hurt you. We could grow up together, E.T.!”

- Let’s do it in the New Planet? 

*Written by Isa, Claudio, Daniel, Carlos and Pedro from Portugal

On a summer night, Shakespeare was

trying to write a poem. But he had

nothing to write in his mind.Hunger,

misery, poverty hurt his heart

and seeing arrogance,injustice and

inequality made his heart an iceberg.

He felt himself deaf and mute.

An alien called E.T came near to the river by his UFO. Shakespeare couldn’t open his eyes because of the light of the UFO. Suddenly a magic powder was poured over Shakespeare. And he found himself on the edge of a river in a new planet and at that time he didn't know that the water of this river would inspire him. 

He looked around and realized how beautiful the place was, even the sun was shining differently, and even the flowers smelled beautifully. After a little touring, he drank a sip of water from the flowing river. Then the words began to fall out of his mouth, so that Romeo and Juliet scenario occurred on that night.

Nobody loved each other anymore in the world he lived in. To dream, a person must be asleep; Nobody knew whether he was in a dream or not on a midsummer night.

*Written by Sezgin, Kaan ,Ezel, Hilal and Yaren from İzmir, Turkey

Abraham Lincoln who was against racism and slavery was influenced by the works of W. Shakespeare. It was a turning point for him since he thought that he wasn’t alone in this world and there were other wise men living somewhere who thought in the same way as him. First of all, he tried to convince people to fight against discrimination and slavery but he couldn’t find any supporter. Then, he decided to find Shakespeare. They could fight against them together. When he found him, they began to defend human rights but they were exposed to maltreatment of people. On a day they gave up, a fairy came out of the lights and their

eyes were dazzled by this light. A. Lincoln and

W. Shakespeare couldn’t say a word because they

were astonished by the beauty of the fairy.

Later on, they were awakened by the voice of the fairy. She said: “If you want justice, I’ll teleport you to a new planet. You’ll find whatever you want there and you’ll stay

away from every kind of evil

that happens in this world.

” They accepted this offer

with great pleasure and they

began their new life in the

new planet.

*Written by Doğukan, Arda, Serpil, Reyyan and Betül from Aydın, Turkey

While the astronomer Galileo Galilei is observing the sky with his telescope, he realizes that a UFO is approaching him. E.T. goes out from the UFO. E.T offers Galileo to come to the Peaceful Planet with him. He tells that life is more beautiful there.He says that the world is an unjust place. Galilei accepts this offer after thinking for a while. Galilei gets on the UFO with E.T. and sets off towards the Peaceful Planet. When he comes to the Peaceful Planet, he finds it very beautiful. 

The world is not such a place at all; it

is a place where justice, goodness,

help, loveliness. As Galilei is walking

around the new planet, she suddenly

sees Lincoln in front of him.

After seeing the planet, Galilei starts watching the stars with his telescope. When he is looking through the telescope, he discovers a new star. Galilei says he wants to go to Earth. E.T. "Okay." He takes Galilei to the Earth by ufo. Galilei says, "I will spread this peaceful new planet all over the world." When he comes to the world, he tells everyone, but nobody believes him.In order to prove this new planet, he invites people to look at this new planet through his telescope. When he shows the new planet to other people,nobody can see it. So he calls E.T. and asks, `` Why can't other people see this planet? '' E.T. Says, 'Because only the good-hearted people see this planet.' And Galileo hears this and thinks how other people will be good-hearted. Galileo, who thinks until late hours, says "I think I will succeed" and sleeps.

Galileo is very happy to hear that. He goes to people and says to them, "If you don't believe me, just be fair for 10 weeks,and then I will show you the new planet. People think and say, “Okay.” It's 10 weeks from now. Most people see that planet because they are fair for 10 weeks, but some cannot see it because they are not fair for 10 weeks. Then, E.T comes to them and asks Galileo, "Shall we take these fair people to the planet?" And Galileo says to him "okay". Then Galileo gathers people who are fair and honest, and says, "Let's get on the UFO to see the new planet. When they arrive on the planet, Galileo introduces the planet with E.T, then take them to Earth and people understand the importance of justice.

*Written by Ufuk, Mevlüt, Aslınur, Doğukan and Efe from İzmir, Turkey

Isaac Newton was one of that lucky people, who visited Peaceful Planet with Galileo and ET. He was so impressed and at the same time tired and even sad. Isaac was sad because he realized that when all good people would live on Peaceful Planet, who will

stay on the Earth?He liked our planet

very much. Newton went to his garden.

Isaac likes to walk there. He comes

to his favourite apple-tree and sits under it to have some rest. He fall asleep. Suddenly , an apple fall on his head, he woke up and understood that he has an idea how to save our planet from evil, hatred and injustice. And then no one wants to leave Earth. But Isaac needs someone else to help him.

*Written by Anna, Alina, Ihor, Zhanna and Andriana from Ukraine

This person was Marie Curie. She was also the only one E.T. did not discover. Marie Curie was a scientist known for her scientific work. She thought that people who were unfair and aggressive were not normal. And she was very right about it.

A new dimension was opened due to the fact that E.T. was constantly entering and exiting the world. Because of this dimension, radiation that would adversely affect the brain of people made them aggressive by spreading. When Marie Curie realized this, she had no material to cover that size. When E.T. came to get Marie Curie, Marie Curie's reaction surprised E.T. When he came to pick up other people, they were frightened. But Marie Curie was very normal and even angry. Marie Curie told her what E.T. did. E.T. left there regrettably. 

When he returned, he told Newton what happened. Newton said he wanted to talk to Marie Curie, and when he spoke to Marie Curie, they wanted to close this dimension together and make people go back to life, and they started to work to close this dimension. E.T. had given the necessary materials. Marie Curie and Newton managed to close this dimension.

People started to be fair again. The world had been a fair place and people on the other planet returned to the world again. Of course, they did not leave E.T. there. They called him to the world.

*Written by Gülşen, Faik, Nazlıcan, Hamza and Hilmi Efe from İstanbul, Turkey

Saving Our Planet

(Environmental dimension)

Student Writers

-Justyna, Milena, Filip, Alan and Jakub from Poland (mentored by Edyta Borowicz-Czuchryta)

-Dasha, Polina, Timur, Yanina, and Masha from Ukraine (mentored by Iryna Kravchenko)

-Sofia, Adriana, Simao, Joana and Joao Luz from Potugal (mentored by Mario Miguel Guedes)

-İdil, Yosun, Arif, Tolga and Ata from İstanbul, Turkey (mentored by Sedat Ölmez)

-Ömür, İlknur, Pelin, Yağmur and Dilara from Kayseri, Turkey (mentored by Asuman Coşkun)

-Nurgül, Aliye, Merve, Salih and Mukaddes from İzmir, Turkey (mentored by Nurdan Bayrak Akdemir)

-Nisa, Cemre, Oğuz, Azra and Ceylin form Eskişehir, Turkey (mentored by Selda Kul Baştürk)

Characters: Little Prince - Karlsson on the Roof - Greta Thunberg- Pinocchio - Cinderella - Wall-E - Gargamel and Smurfs

One morning Little Prince woke up early. He wanted to find the environment. His old friend had told him that people need to keep the environment clean. But to keep it clean, he had to find it first. Since it was Saturday, he had a lot of time to look.

When he left the bed in the morning, he decided to

look under the bed. It was dusty under there. But... he

did not realize the environment there. Little Prince

decided to open the window next. He looked through

the window and he saw some green trees covered with

the cloud of smoke. He noticed then a big factory

behind the trees. 

He took a breath but it didn't smell good. Then he saw that there are some men standing on the pavement, talking and smoking. Little Prince closed the window quickly and took the decision that he must go out to look for the environment.

*Written by Justyna, Milena, Filip, Alan and Jakub from Poland

Another similar story has happened to Karlsson-on-the-Roof. Do you remember this attractive, enthusiastic, kind and cheerful hero? By the way, do you remember his wonderful, lovely, tiny but cozy house? If people only know what a fun it is to live on the roof, there won’t be a single person left in their buildings! Every day starts for Karlsson with making his small bed, doing some exercises, having a delicious breakfast (which surely includes cakes, cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, candies with honey as well as jam), drinking hot chocolate to feel better and watering the plants.

One day, when Karlsson was watering the flowers

and watching his favourite ‘cartoon’ in the window

called “Hustle and bustle of people”, he saw his

friend Eric with an adorable puppy named Nicholson.

Karlsson knew that it couldn’t be boring with Eric, who never told tedious stories. But this time he was sad. Karlsson asked about the reason of his sadness. “We were walking with my dog The streets were full of rubbish! It was so scary to realise how dirty they were! There were no rubbish bins, so people dropped rubbish everywhere. Nowadays”, he continued,”we have a big problem with our environment and in 10 or 15 years we will probably live without air, water, plants but in the garbage! The awful truth is that we won’t see any animals, because they are losing their habitat, as growing cities make our peaceful countryside disappear.” They were sitting on Karlsson’s terrace, thinking and talking about the craziness of our life.



*Written by Dasha, Polina, Timur, Yanina, and Masha from Ukraine

Karlsoon decided to go and talk to his friend, Little Prince.

- Eric, I'm going to Little Prince's house, see you tomorrow. - said Karlsson, while heading there in order to discuss some issues concerning the environment.

Once there:

- Hello Karlsson - said Little Prince.

- Hello, Little Prince, I wanted to talk to you about the environment. - said Karlsson.

They went inside and started to discuss Environment (problems, possible ways to solve them, strategies to involve as much people as possible in this cause).

- I have an idea! said Little Prince. - We can go to the lab and talk with the environmentalist James Lovelock.

- Do you think he will receive us? – said Karlson

- I’m sure he will. – said Little Prince.

After agreeing, when walking to the laboratory, they come face to face with a demonstration where Greta Thunberg was making a speech.

 Uau!, said both, at the same time, while listening what Greta was sharing with the audience:

We are not alone! Every gesture we make, however small, can make a difference! - said Greta in her statement.

- Why don’t we go ask Greta if she knows where the Environment is? – asked Karlsson.

*Written by Sofia, Adriana, Simao, Joana and Joao Luz from Potugal

On the other hand there was him, Pinocchio. He was walking around his village and saying something about the environment such as "Environment will disappear in ten years." "Nobody will survive" "There will be natural disasters everywhere."

At first he scared people but as days passed by people

got used to him. They were not scared anymore and

everybody knows that he is lying again and his nose

was getting longer. One day he was spreading lies

again but this time an old man got up and said "Of you

and the others only keep talking like this, yes the things

you said will be true somehow. Do something for humanity instead of scaring people. Go and clean the forests from rubbish at least do that."

Those words hit Pinocchio

so hard. Since then he

started to clean everywhere

with others and stopped

lying. Because of his good

behaviours, fairy came and

changed his life from being

a puppet to a human

forever. 

*Written by İdil, Yosun, Arif, Tolga and Ata from İstanbul, Turkey

On the other hand there was a girl called Cinderella who lived with stepmother and stepsisters. Although Cinderella was very kind and helpful, her stepmother and sisters were evil. They didn’t like Cinderella and they behaved bad to her. They didn’t do any housework and they also didn’t careful about environment. They were selfish. All the housework were done by Cinderella. She cleaned the windows,mopped the floors,vacuumed the carpets, cooked the dinner etc.

She also loved animals and nature very much. When she looked around she saw rubbish everywhere and this made her sad. Everyday, after she finished the housework, she went out and collected the rubbish around.

She made a speech with people around her about environmental cleaning. She warned them and wanted to be more respectful towards the environment and animals.

One day, while she was collecting garbages in the forest she met with Pinocchio. Pinocchio asked her what she was doing here. They talked for hours and noticed that they both love environmental cleaning. So they decided to start a campaign.

*Written by Ömür, İlknur, Pelin, Yağmur and Dilara from Kayseri, Turkey

Pinocchio and Cinderella heard a sound while collecting garbage in the forest and they could not believe their eyes when they looked in the direction the sound was coming from. Because the sound they heard was from a robot that came to collect garbage before them.They were so happy to meet an environmentalist robot like them. Pinocchio and Cinderella went to meet their new friends and learned that their name was Wall-E. They talked to Wall-E about their campaign.

Wall-E was very happy to hear about the campaign and wanted to join the campaign. The aim of the campaign was to protect the environment and nature. They all immediately started to

 work.

Pinocchio collected garbages, Wall-E recycled them and Cinderella also planted trees. At that time, they saw a cloud of dust, and it was a huge spaceship carrying all the people who evacuated the Earth.Captain of the ship said:

When people saw that the Earth was so clean,they wanted to return to Earth again. Wall-E and his friends were very happy to have a clean environment.

*Written by Nurgül, Aliye, Merve, Salih and Mukaddes from İzmir, Turkey

But somewhere in the forest, there was something

wrong. The forest was getting dirtier. Wall- E, CindErella

and Pinocchio talked about the problem . They decided

on another campaign in the forest. For the campaign

they went to Smurfs’ village. Because they were honest,

hardworking and clean. They asked Papa Smurf for help.

Papa Smurf thought for a while and told them that

Gargamel was the reason of environmental problems. 

Because Gargamel always used harmful gases and wasted and polluted water. He always threw the rubbish around and never saved animals. So Cinderella, Pinocchio, Wall-E and Papa Smurf decided to visit Gargamel and give him a lesson.

They took a few Smurfs with them and they went to Gargamel’s castle. They put a lot of garbage around the castle and blocked the water to the castle. Gargamel ran out of the castle and couldn’t breathe because there wasn’t any fresh air. There was an awful odour because of the garbage. Gargamel ran into the house wanted to wash his face but there was no running water. He was angry and hopeless. Pinocchio, Wall-E, Cinderella and Smurfs and showed Gargamel some posters about environment. They said if Gargamel was careful about environment, there would be more trees, more water and more fresh air. Gargamel agreed, and promised not to be rude to the environment anymore. A few years later, the forest became cleaner.They lived happily together in the forest.

*Written by Nisa, Cemre, Oğuz, Azra and Ceylin form Eskişehir, Turkey

Founding

A New World

(Democratic dimension: participation, human rights, gender equality) 

Student Writers

-Andzelika, Vilte, Viktorija, Vytaute and Lauryna from Lithuania (mentored by Albina Abromaviciene)

-Sude, Necla, Öykü, Arda and Yezda from İzmir, Turkey (mentored by Elif Ayşe Kabasakal)

-Verda, Mehmet Ali, Çilem, Beril and Irmak from Denizli, Turkey (mentored by Pelin Bölükbaşı)

-Kauri, Kimon, Selina, Kaarel and Tauri from Estonia ( mentored by Enna Audova)

-Beyza, Elif, Mahinur, Muhammed Ali and Ezgi from Aydın, Turkey (mentored by Zeynep Ceren Çiftsüren)

-Saba, Jakob, Giorgi, Bacho and Avto from Georgia (mentored by Eka Chabukashvili)

-Rana, Nazlı, Zeynep, Doğu and Necmettin from Giresun, Turkey (mentored by Tuğba Sağlam)

-Anastasia from Greece (mentored by Amalia Chompi)

Characters: Master Yoda - Malefiz, Dumbledore, The Phoenix- Obi-Wan - Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor- Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Dalai Lama- Iron Man, Captain Amerika,Kenobi, Nelson mandela, Gandi- Venom

One hot sunny day, Master Yoda was lying under

a huge oak tree and having a nap in the tree’s

shadow. In his dream he appeared in a strange world.

It was the world with smiling people. They looked

self-confident and happy. Then Yoda asked a man

passing by: “Why are you so happy?’ Don’t you have

any problems?”. The man answered: “No, we don’t”.

“Why?” - asked Yoda, “what’s the secret of your

perfect world?” The man answered: “Our world is

called - Democraworld. Everyone, in our beliefs, is different, everyone is important. We are friends with everyone and do not fight with each other. Love and respect are the basic values that we follow every day”.

Everyone, in our beliefs, is different, everyone is important. We are friends with everyone and do not fight with each other. Love and respect are the basic values that we follow every day”.

At the same moment, Yoda woke up and was greatly impressed by the dream he had seen. The dream encouraged him to do his best and create a better world for everyone to live a happy life. He sprang on his feet and hurried to the local cafe to meet his mates. He couldn’t wait any more. He had to share his excellent plan with the other smart men. 

*Written by Andzelika, Vilte, Viktorija, Vytaute and Lauryna from Lithuania

While Malefiz was walking

around her garden, She

suddenly saw the “Phoenix”.

And she screamed “Oh my

Gosh, if The Phoenix appears to

us, that means it is the end of

the world. So “I must lock this

bird” she says and while she

was trying to catch it,

Dumbledore suddenly came out

and he screamed “Expelliarmus.

This is a defense magic.

“But it appeared to us, that is not good”, said Malefiz.

Dumbledore said “It is already the end of the world, there is no justice anymore, children are not happy in this world. Even magic is used for evil. Master Yoda is founding a new world. In that world there is no violence no crimes, no discrimination, no poverty,no hunger.

The Phoenix is the only power to take us there. Malefiz admitted and they set a long journey with the Phoenix.

*Written by Sude, Necla, Öykü, Arda and Yezda from İzmir, Turkey

One day his best friend Obi-Wan heard about this great mission. He said : “You are the chosen! I don't know if you have to destroy the Siths, but you are asked to build a new world! Everyone is sure that it will bring balance to power and not bring us to darkness! You are my leader, Master Yoda.

We are ready to do whatever falls on us in this way of justice. Gender equality and women's empowerment should be the most important element of our development task. As long as women and girls cannot contribute to their own communities

on an equal basis with men and

boys, we must know very well that

development in the new world you will

establish will not be fully realized. 

*Written by Verda, Mehmet Ali, Çilem, Beril and Irmak from Denizli, Turkey

At the same time Iron Man was travelling in the space looking for a component he needed for his new iron suit. At one moment he found Obi Wan Kenobi’s spaceship. Tony entered his ship and Kenobi said: “Hello, stranger. What are you doing here?” “Nothing special”, Iron Man answered, “I was just wandering in space looking for components.” Suddenly, Kenobi had an idea and so he asked: “What if you could help me to find...” “Find what?” asked Tony. Then Kenobi started to tell him about the plan to find a new world without hunger and disease. “I need to find people who can help me with that. Are you in?” at last he asked. Iron Man thought a bit and as he liked the idea, he replied “Yes, I can tell my partners in Avengers about this, I think they’ll help us too. ”Tony turned to the Earth. He entered the S.H.I.E.L.D. building and rushed to the others to tell them about the idea.

Thor was talking with the other Avengers. When he saw Iron Man he immediately asked, “Hey Tony, what’s going on?” “I found a stranger who wanted to find a new world without hunger and disease. Shall we help him?” replied Tony. When Captain America heard that, he said “I already have some ideas!” Thor was a little suspicious and he said: “Tony, do you trust him? I don’t think that somebody from the outer space is able to do so much good. But if you believe him, I won’t mind. So, what ideas do you have, Captain America?” Captain answered: “We can provide people with good education, so that everybody could learn skills to have good chances at the job market. We will also make sure that everyone gets the pay they deserve. That way we can alleviate poverty.”