MDT Gangster - Ankara DOB

About this event

Gangster is a modern dance production in two acts by Ankara State Opera and Ballet (Ankara Devlet Opera ve Balesi), performed in the Kırmızı Salon (Red Hall) of the Atatürk Sanat Merkezi, Çankaya Municipality's arts centre beside Eskişehir Yolu at the Bilkent junction. The performance on Wednesday 25 November 2026 starts at 20:00, and further performances are listed on 8 and 25 December 2026, also at 20:00. The story follows Dilinger, a clever and charismatic young man who blames the banks for the poverty that a great economic crisis has brought to his country. With his childhood friends Red, Nelson, Pete and Floyd he forms a gang and robs banks, and while the state declares him Public Enemy Number One, ordinary people see him as a folk hero. During one robbery the gang takes a hostage, Kate, and she and Dilinger are drawn to each other, to the fury of his girlfriend Rita, a cabaret performer. After an escape from the sheriff, a tango with Kate and a shoot-out with FBI agents that costs him his friends, Rita betrays him to the FBI, and Dilinger is shot in an ambush at the cabaret. Tickets are sold through Biletinial, linked from the Devlet Opera ve Balesi website.

• Devlet Opera ve Balesi - MDT Gangster production pageChecked 2026-11-11
• Ataturk Sanat Merkezi - official websiteChecked 2026-11-11
• Biletinial - Devlet Opera ve Balesi event calendarChecked 2026-11-11