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Yol Theatre

About the Production

A theatrical marathon on power, loyalty and the price of the road — told in five acts across a single, unbroken evening.

Set across five interconnected stations, the production traces a caravan of travellers who each carry a secret that will reshape the journey — and each other.

Duration

200 min

Type

Stage Theater

Language

Turkish

Subtitles

Dutch / English

Showtimes

Fri–Sun · 19:30

Venue

Theater Rotterdam, Witte de Withstraat

Rehearsal still · 4:3

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Production trailer · 16:9

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The Story

Yol Theatre

On a dusty highway cutting through the Anatolian steppe, five strangers board the same long-distance coach. Each carries a reason to leave — and a reason they cannot arrive.

When an unexpected roadblock forces the bus to stop at a remote caravanserai, alliances form and fracture overnight. A retired judge, a young conscript, a mother travelling alone and a charismatic stranger discover that the road has its own justice.

Act by act the production strips away pretence: power shifts, debts surface, and the travellers must decide who they are willing to become in order to continue.

*Yol Tiyatrosu* is a five-act stage marathon — performed without interruption — that explores migration, authority and the ties that bind communities together even as the landscape tears them apart.

What People Say

Reviews

Selim D.

Stage Quarterly

★★★★★

“An impressive marathon on the subject of power — staged with nerve and total control.”

Nergis A.

Theater Weekly

★★★★★

“A magnificent theatrical marathon on the ruthlessness of governance.”

Deniz K.

Culture Desk

★★★★★

“A Shakespearean weave of force and intrigue — gripping from the first station to the last.”

The Team

Cast & Crew

Directors

Gamze Islek

Samet Ozkurkcu

Cast

Zeynep Beyza Arslan

Ubeyde Ismail Dinc

Sema Pekesin

Rumeysa Bolel

Mustafa Selim Oztas

Muhammed Said Cakan

Merve Y.

Fatih Cemil Demir

Ferhat Ardic

Didem Kirici

Derya Gunduz

Abdulkadir Tufan

Technical

Berkay Hasanlar -- Lighting

Neva Bekciogullari -- Sound

Featured Performers

Actors

Portrait · 3:4

Aysenur Kara

The Runaway

Portrait · 3:4

Zeynep Sude

The Driver

Dilara Tuzin

Dilara brings a long history with the stage in Rotterdam, where her acting journey began. Under director Lance Tongeren she stepped into her first lead and has since worked across film and theatre — most recently in the De Vincet ensemble. A performer of rare range and quiet intensity.

Lead · The Woman

Behind the Scenes

Photo Gallery

Yol · scene 4

Yol · scene 1

Yol · scene 3

Yol · scene 2

Curtain call

Ensemble

Backstage