Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage ( tr, Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Sahnesi) is a theatre venue in the Harbiye neighborhood of

Şişli Şişli () is one of the 39 districts of Istanbul, Turkey. Located on the European side of the city, it is bordered by Beşiktaş to the east, Sarıyer to the north, Eyüp and Kağıthane to the west, and Beyoğlu to the south. In 2009, Şi ...

district in

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, Turkey. It is owned by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and operated by its City Theatres (''Şehir Tiyatroları'') division. The theatre is named in honor of the Turkish stage actor and director

Muhsin Ertuğrul Muhsin Ertuğrul (28 February 1892 – 29 April 1979), also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director. Muhsin Ertuğrul, who had important contributions to both Turkish theatre and Turkish cinema, was born in İstanbul ...

(1892-1979). The Muhsin Ertuğrul theatre was initially opened in 1964. The old building at the same location was partly demolished to make place for a bigger and modern one. Groundbreaking took place on February 14, 2008. The construction cost 17 million, and the theatre was reopened on January 14, 2010. It is adjacent to

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, a multi-level complex, which was built to host the 2009 IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meeting. The old theatre had lowered its stage curtain after a performance of ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' (''Keşanlı Ali’s Epic''), a musical play by the renowned Turkish

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(1915-1986). It was also the same musical play that was staged on the reopening of the new theatre venue.

Facilities

The covered area of the new theatre building is double so big as of the old building. It has a foyer. The heatre has a rotating stage and an

orchestra pit An orchestra pit is the area in a theater (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage) in which musicians perform. Orchestral pits are utilized in forms of theatre that require music (such as opera and ballet) or in cases when incide ...

. Six dressing rooms for actors, two rehearsal rooms, and rooms for lighting and sound personnel are incorporated in the building. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 598. The theater is connected with Istanbul Congress Center, and with a passage to

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across the street, which is closed to traffic. A car park capable of 1,000 vehicles is available under the building.

Past productions

* ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' (''Keşanlı Ali’s Epic'') by

(2008, 2010) * ''Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz'' by

Aziz Nesin Aziz Nesin (; born Mehmet Nusret, 20 December 1915 – 6 July 1995) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, he had to adopt one after the Surname Law of ...

Musical (Dec 11-15, 2013) * ''Ali Baba ve Kırk Haramiler'' (''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'') by Can Doğan (Dec 14-15, 2013) * ''

Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponne ...

'' (''Kadınlar Da Savaşırsa'') by

Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states ...

(Dec 18-22, 2013) * ''Pırtlatan Bal'' by

Children's (Dec 21-29, 2013) * ''Şark Dişçisi'' by

Hagop Baronian Hagop Baronian (pronounced in Eastern Armenian as Hakob Paronyan, traditional spelling: Յակոբ Պարոնեան, reformed spelling: Հակոբ Պարոնյան, tr, Hagop Baronyan; 1843–1891) was an influential Ottoman Armenian writer, p ...

Musical (Dec 25-29, 2013)

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Facilities

Past productions

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