Our Games for 2026-27

Joko's Birthday

The play, beginning with Joko, a wastewater depot worker, accepting the act of carrying others on his back, shows the audience how power normalizes violence, oppression, and inequality through consent.

One Act, 60 Minutes

Elephants and Ants

Adapted by Arzu Gamze Kılınç from Yaşar Kemal's novel "The Elephant Sultan and the Red-Bearded Lame Ant," "Elephants and Ants" is a powerful anti-imperialist manifesto brought to the stage.

One Act, 55 Minutes

Bartleby the Scrivener

From the financial center of a petrified world and the 19th century, what could Bartleby have to say to today's world?

Cihangir Atölye Stage is pursuing this question in its new theatre season…

One Act, 60 Minutes

Almost Equals

Isn't economics really boring?
It's full of complicated financial terms. Why do you think that is?
The financial system is deliberately complicated. We were deliberately intimidated.
Perhaps they don't want us to see something."

One Act, 80 Minutes

Leg and Foot Factory

The play, which points to the fact that as long as this system exists, the same cycle will repeat itself and the people will never be able to escape being oppressed and exploited, is one of the first examples of the social realist theater style that emerged after 1960.

One Act, 65 Minutes

The Servant of Two Masters Alaturka

Carlo Goldoni's classic comedy, one of the most performed worldwide for centuries, is now set in 19th-century Istanbul during the late Ottoman period, in a Turkish-style adaptation by Kıvanç Kılınç… A synthesis of Italian Commedia dell'Arte and Orta Oyunu (traditional Turkish folk theatre).

One Act, 80 Minutes

It won't be paid! We're not paying!

By addressing the daily lives and hardships of the working class, who are struggling with constant and disproportionate price increases, Fo criticizes the economic system, but also directs his criticism most strongly at the moderate opposition, creating a political comedy.

One Act, 105 Minutes

Saloz's Fable

The film critically examines, from the perspective of both the oppressors and the oppressed, the thirty-six-year rule of Antonio Salazar, who came to power in Portugal in 1932 amidst a heroic reception, and how this period transformed into a dictatorship, characterized by increasing oppression, violence, and exploitation.

One Act, 50 Minutes

7 minutes

Based on a true story, the play depicts a crucial decision-making process at a workers' union meeting in a textile factory. "7 Minutes" strikingly explores universal themes such as workers' rights, solidarity, individual responsibility, and collective conscience.

7 Minutes is played for free as a solidarity game for the benefit of trade unions or organizations that need solidarity.

One Act, 60 Minutes