Çalgıcı Gülali Masalı

The young prince and princess of the kingdom of “Whatchamacallit”, raised to be model leaders, are one day carried off by a black smoke. Whatever the king and queen do, they cannot find their children. The country is dragged into a deadlock. In days when confusion and chaos have spread to every corner of the land, news from the palace gives the people hope again: the queen has had a new son. In honour of the new prince the people celebrate for forty days and forty nights and cry out with one voice: “Long live the future king!” But the young prince’s heart holds other things...

Çalgıcı Gülali is the story of a child caught between his passions and his responsibilities, who questions what it means to be strong while searching for a different way of growing up... As the Boatman of the Hearty Laugh says, “we have a story; if we don’t tell it, we will die” — we can’t wait for the day we meet!

“Who in this world wouldn’t want to be king?”

*The play is a single act, 75 minutes long.

*Although our play was made for adults, it is suitable for everyone aged 8 and over. :)

*Written with inspiration from the Russian folk tale “Prince Ivan and His Instrument”.

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Last updated: November 2026