Istanbul City Theatres (İBB Şehir Tiyatroları)

From 1 to 4 October the City Theatres will stage:

  • “Bir Ziyaret” at Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage
  • “Gözlerimi Kaparım Vazifemi Yaparım” at Kağıthane Sadabad Stage
  • “Geçmişin Gölgesi” at Üsküdar Musahipzade Celal Stage
  • “Yenilmez” at Ümraniye Stage
  • “Maviydi Bisikletim” at Beylikdüzü Rasim Öztekin Stage

“Uçurtmanın Kuyruğu” will also be staged on 4 October at Beylikdüzü Rasim Öztekin Stage.

Istanbul State Theatre

  • “Les Misérables” at the AKM Theatre Hall – today and tomorrow
  • “Radyo-yu Hümayun” at Küçükçekmece State Theatre Stage – 1–4 October
  • “İki Kişilik Hırgür” at Mecidiyeköy Studio Stage
  • “Frankenstein (32 Kısım Tekmili Birden)” at Fatih Municipality Culture and Art Centre
  • “Büyük Romulus” at Mecidiyeköy Grand Stage – 1–5 October

Istanbul Culture Road Festival

The festival opens tonight with “Swan Lake” performed by the Bolshoi Ballet and Orchestra. Other events include:

  • “Mana Makamı” by the Istanbul Meydan Meşkleri Ensemble at the Taksim Mosque Culture and Art Centre
  • “Makamların Yolculuğu” with soloist İrem Şamlı Seymenoğlu at Kalyon Culture Centre
  • Andrea Vanzo concert at the AKM Türk Telekom Opera Hall – 1 October
  • “Napoliten” concert by the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (İDOB) at the AKM Theatre Hall – 1 October
  • “Ensemble Ümit Yılmaz” and “Jazz to Musiki” concerts at Atlas 1948 Cinema

Other notable concerts:

  • “Sevgiliye Selam” at the AKM Theatre Hall
  • “Saz ve Söz ile” by the Istanbul Historical Turkish Music Ensemble at the Taksim Mosque Multi-Purpose Hall
  • Ekin Uzunlar concert on 2 October at AKM

Open-air concerts at Galataport Clock Tower Square

  • 1 October: Haluk Levent
  • 2 October: Oğuzhan Koç
  • 3 October: Suzan Kardeş and Serkan Çağrı
  • 4 October: Murat Boz
  • 5 October: Fatma Turgut

7th Istanbul International Folk Music Festival (2–4 October)

  • Opening with “Mahzuni Şerif Meets the Symphony” conducted by Eray İnal at the AKM Türk Telekom Opera Hall
  • Mahzuni Şerif’s works performed by Emre Altuğ, Uğur Aslan, Yiğit Mahzuni, Elif Buse Doğan and Yavuz Bingöl
  • Talk on folk music with Yavuz Bingöl – 2 October
  • “Orta Anadolu Müzikali” on 3 October at the AKM Theatre Hall
  • Natalia Doco performance on 4 October
  • Talk by Serkan Çağrı, “Türk Müziğinin Köklü Geçmişinden Günümüze”, on 4 October

Exhibitions

  • “Salvador Dalí: Masterpieces of Surrealism” at AKM Gallery
  • “Henri Matisse: Towards the Simplification of Forms” at the AKM Multi-Purpose Hall
  • “Five Wonders of the Şakir Pasha Family” at AKM
  • Steve McCurry’s “The Haunted Eye” at MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Centre
  • “I Am Still Alive”, with works by Maisara Baroud, Khaled Hourani, Nabil Anani and Sliman Mansour, at Polat Piyalepaşa Çarşı

Projection-mapping shows will also be held:

  • “Fethin Rüyası” at the Maiden’s Tower
  • “Zaferin Işığı” at the Tophane Square Fountain
  • “Galata Düşleri” at Galata Tower