Abzu

(2022 - )

In a small town far from the sea, where drought has dried up the trees, lives Ayşe Zuhal: a girl more curious about insects than flowers, who can never understand why the people around her find this ‘silly’, and who has therefore closed her ears to many things. One day she hears a song seeping from the drain in her bathroom. Following this strangely familiar song, she leans over the sink and, before she knows what is happening, whoosh! Like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, she tumbles down the water pipes. Searching for a way back home in this dark place that many find frightening, Ayşe Zuhal will encounter a mysterious world inhabited by countless creatures, discover the invisible ties that stretch from the pipes beneath her house to the whales in distant oceans, and come to know both herself and the world around her anew.

*The play is a single act, 55 minutes long. Suitable for audiences aged 8+.

Writer/DirectorSemih Ali Aksoy

Art Consultant/DramaturgCeren Özcan

Assistant Director/Lighting DesignNeslişah Canbaz

Set/Props DesignGül Onat

Poster DesignSalih Berk İlhan

MusicYunus Arif Kesmez

Make-up DesignCeren Özcan

CastGamze Karaca
Kaan Uğur
Semih Ali Aksoy
Seran Yazıcı
Yasemin Kır

Many thanks to Bahçe Galata, Fade Stage&Coffee, İrene Kültür Evi and ODTÜ Oyuncuları; to the friends we consulted during rehearsals, who came to our open rehearsal and opened our minds with their comments; to our families; and to the whole Boş Sahne team.