One Thousand and One Nights

Theatre

Ankara State Theatre

World-famous "1001 Nights Tales" is a shared heritage of a vast geography and humanity. Scheherazade narrates, and King Shahryar listens... This time, we follow the tales from Shahryar's perspective... We enter his world. But this world is dark, uncompromising, and harsh.

Written by: Anonymous
Adapted by: Christian Grau-Stef
Translated by: Doğan Ertener, Fatoş Urgancı
Directed by: Funda Mete
Set Design: Ruken Bakır
Costume Design: Özge Akarsu
Lighting Design: Şükrü Kırımoğlu
Music: İlke Ulaş Kuvanç
Choreography: Burçak Işımer
Script Consultant: Erdal Ozan Metin
Assistant Directors: Suat Karausta, Serap Kunak
Stage Manager: Aysel Erdoğan
Stagehand: Bayram Uçar, Devrim Kılıçözgürler
Lighting Operator: Mustafa Yıldırım
Prompter: Necmiye Özsümer
Set Managers: Sedat Devir
Props Manager: Uğur Olcay Ergün
Female Tailor: Nermin Demiral
Male Tailor: Celal Dursun
Wig Specialist: Bayram Sarı

Actors
Narrator: Funda Mete
Scheherazade: Bengü Metin
Shahryar: Selim Öztürk
Ifrit / King / Narrator: Cansu Arslan
Fisherman / Vizier: Serkan Gülsoy
Narrator / Shahmaran: Mihriban Rezzan Seyhan
Doctor Ruyan: Kaan Kızıldere
Hasip: Özgür Günay
Dunyazade / Narrator: Melis Şimşek
Shahzaman / Ifrit: Furkan Şahin
Ifrit: Yıldız Şanlı

Dancers
Cansu Arslan
Yıldız Venedik
Melis Şimşek
Özgür Günay
Serkan Gülsoy
Mehmethan Çekin
Yıldız Şanlı
Mustafa Rojdar Albayrak
Mihriban Rezzan Seyhan

Event Rules

Detailed information regarding ticket purchase, cancellation, refund, and exchange policies can be found through official ticket sales channels.
For events where student discounts are applicable, student tickets are valid only with a valid student ID and can be purchased from the AKM Box Office. The student ID must be presented to the event staff on the day of the event.
For events cancelled by Atatürk Cultural Center, the refund application period for tickets purchased from the box office is 15 days from the date of cancellation. Within this period, audience members must submit their refund requests at the AKM Box Office.
Age restrictions for our events are specified in the event rules. All attendees are required to have a valid ticket.
For Children’s Art Center workshops, the age group is specified separately. Guests whose ages do not fall within the indicated range will not be permitted to enter the workshop area. Tickets purchased for these workshops are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
AKM Management reserves the right to deny entry to individuals deemed unsuitable for the event, in which case a refund will be issued.
AKM reserves the right to make changes to its ticket purchase policies.

AKM reserves the right to change the event venue and time.
Guests are required to adhere to the specified seating arrangement. No seat changes are allowed during the event.
After the event starts, no audience member will be allowed into the hall.
Recording with cameras, photo cameras, mobile phones, etc. is prohibited during the concert. Recording devices will not be allowed in the venues.
You must be ready with your ticket at the event entrance at least 1 hour before the event start time.
AKM can make changes to event venues. The AKM management will prepare a seating plan that provides our audience with the closest seats to their ticket numbers in the new venue. Purchased tickets are non-refundable due to the change of venue.
It is prohibited to enter areas outside the designated spaces in the venues with food or beverages, to consume tobacco and tobacco products, or to use electronic cigarettes.
There is a paid parking lot inside AKM.

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