
Lotus Media · Stage Production
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
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Lotus Media relies on the generosity of cultural funds, local businesses and individual supporters to bring independent Turkish-language theater to the Netherlands. Every contribution helps us keep tickets accessible and productions ambitious.
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The Story
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
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
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
Aysenur Kara
The Runaway
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
Yol · scene 4
Yol · scene 1
Yol · scene 3
Yol · scene 2
Curtain call
Ensemble
Backstage