This Week at Zorlu PSM: 15-21 January

This week at Zorlu PSM, Sweden's revered and melancholic voice Katatonia prepares to take the stage on Saturday, 20 January at Zorlu PSM Turkcell Stage as part of the "Sky Void of Stars Tour", while Pınar Sabancı completes final preparations for her new episode of "What Should I Do to Say I Have Lived? - Ways to Make Life Beautiful" at Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage.

Meanwhile, Emir Yargın- Klas Pop eagerly awaits performing at the %100 Studio Stage on 19 January, while Cem Eroğlu takes the stage at touché on 18 January with the show "Doktor Bi Şi Di Cem".

 

ON THE TIP OF A MATCH // 15 JANUARY // %100 STUDIO // 20.30

Kerem, an office worker in his early thirties, enters into a long and deep reckoning with himself under the shadow of ambition for success, his childhood, and a past that arrives following a small disaster. On that cold Istanbul evening, with voices coming from inside his head that he no longer resists, his entire childhood spills to the ground like snowflakes. Kerem's life that night hangs on the tip of a match. On the Tip of a Match, brought to the theatre stage with the financial support of the T.R. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, written by Murat Mahmutyazıcıoğlu, directed by Kayhan Berkin, and performed by Rıza Kocaoğlu, meets its audience at %100 Studio throughout the season.

Door Opening: 20.00

Event: 20.30

Ticket Prices;

General Admission: TRY 242.00

Student: TRY 121.00

 

AMADEUS // 15 JANUARY // TURKCELL STAGE // 20.30

Written by Peter Shaffer, "Amadeus" tells the unique story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, unforgettable composers in world music history, and continues its new season performances. The play, which brings theatre lovers together through the direction of director Işıl Kasapoğlu in collaboration with Çolpan İlhan-Sadri Alışık Theatre and Piu Entertainment, features Selçuk Yöntem (Antonio Salieri), Tansu Biçer (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), and Dilan Çiçek Deniz (Constanze Weber) in leading roles. With a total crew of 55 people—35 in front of the stage and 20 behind it—Amadeus is one of the most talked-about productions of the season and sells out at every performance. It won awards in the fields of Marketing and Advertising thanks to its unique clickable typeface, making it the first and only theatre play to receive 6 "Crystal Apple" awards and 4 "Felis" awards, and it also won an award in the "Logo" category at the "ADC 100th Annual Awards" for international success. At the XX. Inter-Directors Audience Awards, Director Işıl Kasapoğlu won Best Director, Selçuk Yöntem won Continued Excellence, and Çolpan İlhan & Sadri Alışık Theatre and Piu Entertainment won Best Production across 3 categories.

Door Opening: 19.30

Event: 20.30

Ticket Prices:

Category 1 : TRY 895.00

Category 2 : TRY 645.00

Category 3 : TRY 575.00

Category 4 : TRY 445.00

Category 5 : TRY 345.00

DINÇER GÜNER ''ASTRO STAGE'' // 15 JANUARY // touché // 21.00

Renowned astrologer Dinçer Güner meets the audience at touché with his show titled "Astro Stage".

Door Opening: 19.30

Event: 21.00

Ticket Prices:

General Admission: TRY 297.00

THE BALD DIVA // 15-16-17 JANUARY // TURKCELL PLATINUM STAGE // 20.30

A drawing room of an English bourgeois family, furnished with English armchairs. An English evening. In the midst of ruin, Mr. and Mrs. Smith will receive Mr. and Mrs. Martin in their home with the last scraps of Englishness left in their hands. But what is the Fire Chief doing standing on Maid Mary's stool when there is not even the slightest spark of fire in the house? If they are around London, what is it that drives us mad? This alienation, what? The diva is actually bald, our reality, what time will it come? Whose interest is it to maintain this confusion? Let's not try to know. Let's leave everything as it is. (or not?) From the exceptional pen of Eugène Ionesco, this play, in which abstraction and absurdism are blended flawlessly, comes to Zorlu PSM as "The Bald Diva" throughout the season.

Door Opening: 20.00

Event: 20.30

Ticket Prices:

Category 1: TRY 693.00

Category 2: TRY 528.00

Category 3: TRY 385.00

RICHARD // 17 JANUARY // TURKCELL STAGE // 20.30

The year is 2012. The bones of King Richard III are found in a car park in Leicester. It will take a long time for forensic experts to examine and verify the bones. Around the same time, a small theatre in London, which mostly produces unconventional art productions, will stage Richard III upon request. Meanwhile, there is an identity-less criminal man who has sought refuge in the theatre and is being pursued by the police. The "Richard" who took refuge in the theatre first takes on the role of Richard in the play, then oversees putting the play on stage. Due to his "broken structure," he is opposed to the existing order, against the state and the theatre's structure. While gaining the support of tolerant and democratic artists on one hand, he disrupts the structure in the theatre on the other hand, coming into conflict with every institutional ethic and hierarchy of art, producing an unprecedented Richard production. Drawing inspiration from Drag Queen shows and fashion shows, he places non-actors in the play, destroying everything material and spiritual from the theatre's roof to people's private lives. The theatre is shaken by a catastrophe. Meanwhile, the Kingdom prepares for King Richard III's funeral ceremony. Okan Bayülgen looks at Shakespeare's Richard from the first quarter of this new century. Addressing it with the approaches of modern philosophers, he opens Shakespeare's historicization of Richard's reality to debate. While discussing estrangement, isolation, and savagery, an imaginary theatre company performs Shakespeare's Richard III again.

Door Opening: 19.30

Event: 20.30

Ticket Prices:

Advance Sale 1: TRY 350.00

Category 1: TRY 649.00

Category 2: TRY 517.00

Category 3: TRY 429.00

Category 4: TRY 330.00

Category 5: TRY 275.00

UNFORGETTABLES BY CEMIL "SINGS NAT KING COLE" // 17 JANUARY // touché // 21.00

Successful performer Cemil Sağyaşar takes the stage at touché on 17 January with his project "Unforgettables by Cemil Sağyaşar", which consists of unique and timeless songs ranging from unforgettable songs in world music to film melodies, from Frank Sinatra to Tom Jones, and from Nat King Cole to Andy Williams.

Door Opening: 19.30

Event: 21.00

Ticket Prices:

Front Row: TRY 363.00

General Admission: TRY 275.00

PINAR SABANCI - WHAT SHOULD I DO TO SAY I HAVE LIVED? - WAYS TO MAKE LIFE BEAUTIFUL // 18 JANUARY // TURKCELL PLATINUM STAGE // 20.30

The book "What Should I Do to Say I Have Lived?" by Muazzez İlmiye Çığ and Büşra Sanay is turning into Turkey's experience brand. What should we understand from life? How do we distance ourselves from relationships that harm us? Then, how do we plan our careers correctly or improve our quality of life? Pınar Sabancı asks, and Turkey's qualified voices—artists, psychologists and psychiatrists, experienced business people, athletes, journalists, and scientists—answer. "What Should I Do to Say I Have Lived? - Ways to Make Life Beautiful" with Pınar Sabancı comes to Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage.

Door Opening: 20.00

Event: 20.30

Ticket Prices:

Category 1 TRY 605.00

Category 2 TRY 550.00

Category 3 TRY 495.00

DOCTOR BI SHI DI CEM // 18 JANUARY // touché // 21.00

Cem Eroğlu takes the stage at touché at Zorlu PSM on 18 January with the show "Doctor Bi Shi Di Cem".

Door Opening: 19.30

Event: 21.00

Ticket Prices:

General Admission: TRY 330.00

THE MISER // 19 JANUARY // TURKCELL PLATINUM STAGE // 20.30

Semaver Theatre Company has been staging Molière's famous work "The Miser" with Tansu Biçer's interpretation and Serkan Keskin's much-discussed "Harpagon" performance for 7 seasons to a full house.

Door Opening: 20.00

Event: 20.30

Ticket Prices:

Category 1: TRY 572.00

Category 2: TRY 412.50

Student: TRY 220.00

EMIR YARGIN- CLASSIC POP // 19 JANUARY // %100 STUDIO // 21.00

Emir Yargın- Classic Pop on 19 January at Zorlu PSM %100 Studio Stage.

Door Opening: 20.30

Event: 21.00

Ticket Prices;

Advance Sale: TRY 363.00

FI SYMPHONIC // 19 JANUARY // TURKCELL STAGE // 21.00

Pushing boundaries… An exciting and magnificent stage that brings a dynamic, fresh breath to symphonic music comes to life at Zorlu PSM with Ferhat Göçer and İskender Paydaş… FI… The meeting of 2 friends seeking perfection in music… It offers you a feast that you have never tasted, heard, or seen with the sensory tools known so far

Door Opening: 20.30

Event: 21.00

Ticket Prices:

Category 1 : TRY 1,100.00

Category 2 : TRY 990.00

Category 3 : TRY 880.00

Category 4 : TRY 660.00

Category 5 : TRY 550.00

SINGLE CIRCLE PRESENTS: KEREM GÖRSEV TRIO // 19 JANUARY // touché // 21.00

Kerem Görsev, a leading figure in the jazz world, takes the stage at touché with his trio ensemble of Ozan Musluoğlu on double bass and Ferit Odman on drums, with the support of Single Circle.

Door Opening: 19.30

Event: 21.00

Ticket Prices:

General Admission: TRY 297.00

CROCODILE FIRE // 20 JANUARY // TURKCELL PLATINUM STAGE // 20.30

Crocodile Fire, featuring Funda Eryiğit and Hazar Ergüçlü in the lead roles, tells the turbulent story of two sisters living at opposite poles and their relationship with their fathers. Directed by Mehmet Ergen, the play was among the best productions at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival. 1989, Northern Ireland… In a loveless home, the surreal, grotesque story of a disabled father and a rebellious daughter Fianna (Hazar Ergüçlü) who has served 8 years in prison, alongside her religious sister Alannah (Funda Eryiğit), with a pace that never slows down for even a moment.

Door Opening: 20.00

Event: 20.30

Ticket Prices:

Category 1- 1st Discount Period: TRY 545.00

Category 2- 1st Discount Period: TRY 425.00

Category 3- 1st Discount Period: TRY 295.00

FIKRI KARAYEL JAZZ ENSEMBLE // 20 JANUARY // touché // 21.00

Fikri Karayel takes the stage at touché with his ensemble of valued musicians from the jazz scene.

Door Opening: 19.30

Event: 21.00

Ticket Prices:

Front Row: TRY 275.00

General Admission: TRY 363.00

With Dinner: TRY 1,870.00

%100 METAL PROUDLY PRESENTS: KATATONIA // 20 JANUARY // TURKCELL STAGE // 21.30

%100 Metal Proudly Presents: Sweden's revered and melancholic voice Katatonia will take the stage at Zorlu PSM Turkcell Stage on Saturday, 20 January as part of the "Sky Void of Stars Tour".

Door Opening: 20.00

Event: 21.30

Ticket Prices:

3rd Discount Period- General Admission: TRY 693.00

BABYJAZZ WITH ''CATCH'' // 21 JANUARY // %100 STUDIO // 14.00

BabyConcerts Presents BabyJazz: You are invited to the premiere of the new BabyJazz program "CATCH" at Zorlu PSM on 21 January. Are you ready to "catch" the notes with BabyJazz? In this new program, children will become familiar with the essential instruments of jazz—saxophone, double bass, guitar, and drums—as always, and will also listen to jazz arrangements of selected classical pieces alongside popular jazz standards. They will experience this unique adventure where they can move freely without having to sit down, enjoying not just the music but also dance performances and various surprises. In addition to the children's enjoyment, parents will also be at the center of entertainment in a comfortable setting with music that appeals to them.

The event will last approximately forty-five minutes. It is suitable for participation by babies, children, and families of 0+ years of all ages.

Door Opening: 13.30

Event: 14.00

Ticket Prices:

General Admission: TRY 440.00

LEVENT ERDEN AND THE LITERAL TRUTH // 21 JANUARY // touché // 17.00

He reinterprets the cult game "Who, Where, With What, and What's Happening?" from the technology-free era together with everyone who participates. The Literal Truth is the doubtful past of virtual reality. Never before heard, brand new every day, co-created stories that can never be told again…again…again…again… Levent Erden continues to create untold stories with the participants using methods left over from childhood at that very moment at touché.

Door Opening: 16.30

Event: 17.00

Ticket Prices:

Advance Sale: TRY 275.00

TERRORISM // 21 JANUARY // TURKCELL PLATINUM STAGE // 19.30

The play Terrorism depicts people filled with anxiety and resentment. The play begins with a bomb alarm at an airport. This is followed by a suicide and an explosion in the heart of the city. Already troubled people struggling with meaninglessness, inadequacy, and callousness become producers of violence themselves when enveloped by this violence at the social level. This situation progresses in a spiral. We believe that the play Terrorism, written by Russian authors the Presnyakov Brothers in 2000, is extremely topical in today's Turkey—unfortunately so.

Door Opening: 19.00

Event: 19.30

Ticket Prices:

Category 1: TRY 495.00

Category 2: TRY 440.00

Category 3: TRY 330.00