MÜDAHALE
The event is performed in Turkish. It is not suitable for audiences who do not speak Turkish.
What if one day your closest friend told you that the reality you think you’ve built—your social relationships, your identity, even your sense of self—is no longer sustainable in the way you believe it to be?
What if your friend was never who you thought they were?
The play begins with two friends who have agreed to meet in a city square to protest a military intervention intended to bring another country under control. However, one of them fails to show up at the protest—and later that same evening, confesses to supporting the intervention. A is thrown into confusion upon witnessing a side of B they never believed existed. Has their friend always been like this, or has a new romantic relationship changed them?
As B begins to transform—becoming, in A’s eyes, a “less admirable” version of themselves—A feels compelled to intervene. But this attempt to “fix” their friend turns into an intrusion into B’s life under the guise of friendship. After this intervention, B tells A that they no longer want to continue the friendship.
Intervention examines how friendship is reshaped through the shadow of political intervention, following two friends, A and B, whose relationship evolves in fragmented moments. The play questions the cost of adapting to the modern world—whether belonging requires the loss of self.
It explores loneliness, fear of rejection, and the tension between endurance and disappearance, ultimately asking whose will prevails after mutual interventions between two friends.
The event is performed in Turkish. It is not suitable for audiences who do not speak Turkish.
What if one day your closest friend told you that the reality you think you’ve built—your social relationships, your identity, even your sense of self—is no longer sustainable in the way you believe it to be?
What if your friend was never who you thought they were?
The play begins with two friends who have agreed to meet in a city square to protest a military intervention intended to bring another country under control. However, one of them fails to show up at the protest—and later that same evening, confesses to supporting the intervention. A is thrown into confusion upon witnessing a side of B they never believed existed. Has their friend always been like this, or has a new romantic relationship changed them?
As B begins to transform—becoming, in A’s eyes, a “less admirable” version of themselves—A feels compelled to intervene. But this attempt to “fix” their friend turns into an intrusion into B’s life under the guise of friendship. After this intervention, B tells A that they no longer want to continue the friendship.
Intervention examines how friendship is reshaped through the shadow of political intervention, following two friends, A and B, whose relationship evolves in fragmented moments. The play questions the cost of adapting to the modern world—whether belonging requires the loss of self.
It explores loneliness, fear of rejection, and the tension between endurance and disappearance, ultimately asking whose will prevails after mutual interventions between two friends.
Written by Mike Bartlett
Translated by Gülay Gür
Text adaptation: Ceren Koç – Kerem Arslanoğlu
Production: Core Kolektif – Zeynep Balkan
Directed by: Kerem Arslanoğlu – Ceren Koç
Assistant Director: Zeynep Akpınar
Cast: Nazlı Bulum – Görkem Kasal
Poster Design: Cem Ekin Erçevik
Photography: Ayten Çelik
Lighting Implementation: Ahmet Bulut
Sound Design: Oğuzhan Akalın
Doors open at 20:00, and the event starts at 20:30.
Doors open at 20:00, and the event starts at 20:30.
The event is suitable for participants aged 13 and over. Audience members under the age of 13 are not permitted to attend the event.
Since food and beverages are sold in Zorlu PSM areas, it is forbidden to bring food and beverages into the event venue from outside.
It is forbidden to bring cameras and cameras into the event venue.
Smoking is strictly forbidden in the indoor areas of Zorlu PSM. Those who do not comply with this rule will be removed from the event area without warning and tickets will not be refunded.
Everyone who enters the event area is subject to a ticket with no upper and lower age limit.
The responsibility of the items not left in the cloakroom belongs to the owner.
Suitcases and large backpacks are not allowed in the event hall.
Zorlu PSM reserves the right to change the conditions of discounted ticket purchase.
Zorlu PSM reserves the right to change the venue and time of the event.
Student tickets are limited to capacity and valid with a student ID. Student ID must be presented to the staff on the day of the event.
Zorlu PSM reserves the right to refuse admission to the event venue by refunding the ticket fee.
Due to the density that may occur at Zorlu Center before the event time, it is recommended that our guests arriving with their own vehicles enter the area at least 1 hour before the event time in order not to waste time in the parking lot and valet. Thank you for your understanding.
During the event, light effects and visuals that may not be suitable for epilepsy patients are used.
Event wristbands must be worn at all times. Do not remove your wristband under any circumstances during the event. Do not lose your ticket.
A ticket, together with the wristband to be worn at the ticket cutting, entitles the holder to enter the event area between the hours determined by the organizer. Loss of the ticket and/or wristband, or any removal of the wristband from the wrist in any way will result in loss of the right of entry. Zorlu PSM or the organizer is not responsible for the loss of the ticket and/or wristband.
During the event, please keep your cell phones away from the lights and laser show lights.
