Theatre

Mesafe Sahne

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About Mesafe Sahne

Mesafe Sahne is a private theatre in the EMA Asma Bahçe shopping arcade in the Koru neighbourhood of Çankaya. According to its Bubilet venue page it is the second stage of the independent company Yakîn Tiyatro, opened in December 2024, with 206 seats, a large foyer and professional lighting and sound. Alongside Yakîn Tiyatro productions it hosts many visiting companies, and children plays are staged every weekend. The stage describes itself on Instagram as open to plays performed in less common forms, the kind that strike audiences as strange and leave them asking what they have just watched. The Biletinial programme for November and December 2026 is dense and varied. It includes Vera veya Nihilistler, Kırgınlar Evi, Übü, İvan İlyiçin Ölümü, Heybeliadada Bir Gece, Biri, Hiçbiri, Binlercesi, Kış Masalı, Körler, Hedda Gabler and Lysistratanın Elması, the musicals Ayaktakımı Arasında and Fındıkkıran, and weekend shows for children such as Profesör Baz ve Haylaz, Ben Bir Robot Muyum?, Üç Silahşörler, Don Kişot and Boxes, a children play in English. Kumarbaz is already scheduled for 23 January 2027. Tickets are sold through Biletinial and Bubilet. The venue contact number on Biletinial is 0532 507 77 06.

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