MEHMET ERGEN
DIRECTOR
A Road Musical
A Road Musical
BIOgraphy
Born in Istanbul. From the young age, he studied ballet, opera and piano in Istanbul’s state and municipal conservatories. Studied acting in Bilsak along with History of Art at the University of Istanbul.
He has left all of these studies and moved to London to work as an actor and director.
Founder and the current artistic director of the Arcola Theatre, London; founder and the current artistic director of the Talimhane Tiyatrosu, Istanbul; co-founder and the first artistic director of the Southwark Playhouse, London (1993-1999);
first artistic director of Nilüfer Sanat; artistic director of Yeni Kusak Tiyatrosu at Akbank Sanat; associate producer at the Battersea Arts Centre (1999-2001); advisor and judge for BBC Radio drama; founder of Arcola’s opera season Grimeborn;
founder of the new writing festival: Oyun Yaz.
He has given talks gave workshops in London, Brussels ,Porto, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Ankara and Istanbul.
Mehmet also taught at University of Essex, Bilgi University, Istanbul Aydın University,
Anadolu University and Yedi Tepe Univeristy.
WORKS
Stop and Search
Truth
Clarion
Water’s Edge
Don Gill of Green Breeches
The Painter
Piano
Mare Rider
An Enemy of the People
It Felt Empty When the Heart…
Dumb Show
Noises Off
Yaban
Gagarin Way
Lieutenant of Inishmore
Pillowman
Betrayal
References to Salvador Dali…
Ashes to Ashes
One for the Road
Boy Gets Girl
The Shape of Things
The Nest
Fool for Love
Afterplay
Much Ado About Nothing
Roots
Silver Birch House
Chasing the Moment
Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising
Jitterbug
King Lear
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Macbeth
In the Jungle of the Cities
Exception and the Rule / Informer
Of Mice and Men
The Protagonist
Getting Out
Mandragola
Actors’ Nightmare
Icarus’s Mother / Chicago
All Men are Whores
The Just
Gabriel Gbadamosi
Florian Zeller
William Shakespeare
Mark Jagasia
Theresa Rebeck
Tirso de Molina
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Trevor Griffiths
Leyla Nazlı
Henrik Ibsen
Lucy Kirkwood
Joe Penhall
Michael Frayn
Berkun Oya / Yakup Kadri
Gregory Burke
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh
Harold Pinter
Jose Rivera
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Rebecca Gilman
Neil LaBute
Hans Xaver Kroetz
Sam Shepard
Brian Friel
William Shakespeare
Arnold Wesker
Leyla Nazlı
Jack Shepherd
Günter Grass
Bonnie Greer
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Bertold Brecht
Bertold Brecht
John Steinbeck
Kaiser & Weill
Martin Crimp
Nicolo Machievelli
Christopher Durang
Sam Shepard
David Mamet
Albert Camus
Arcola Theatre
Talimhane Tiyatrosu / Zorlu PSM
Teatro Alcala, Madrid / Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Talimhane Tiyatrosu
Theatre Royal, Bath / Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Talimhane Tiyatrosu
Riksteatern / Ballhaus Naunynstrasse / Arcola
Arcola Theatre
Talimhane Tiyatrosu
Talimhane Tiyatrosu
İzmit Şehir Tiyatrosu
Istanbul State Theatre
Halk Tiyatrosu
Kenter Tiyatrosu
Talimhane Tiyatrosu
Nilüfer Sanat
Akbank Sanat
Akbank Sanat
Akbank Sanat
Talimhane Tiyatrosu / Nilüfer Sanat
Akbank Sanat
Akbank Sanat
Akbank Sanat
Kenter Tiyatrosu
Tiyatro Anadolu
Tiyatro Anadolu
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Cork Opera House
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Southwark Playhouse
Day-Mer
Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse
Theatre Museum
Rose Theatre
Kings Head
White Bear Theatre
I was Looking at the Celing…
Fiddler on the Roof
Bliss
I Love You, You’re Perfect..
Sweet Smell of Success
The Cradle Will Rock
Seven Deadly Sins
Release the Beat
I Can Get It For You Wholesale
Treemonisha
Lost in the Stars
Dorian
The Cradle Will Rock
The Masque of Henry Purcell
John Adams / JUne Jordan
William Finn & James Lapine
Harnick & Bock
Simon Read / Cengiz Onural
Joe DiPitero
Marvin Hamlisch & John Guare
Marc Blitzstein
Brecht & Weill
Karl Lewkowicz & Judith Johnson
Jerome Weidman & Harold Rome
Scott Joplin
Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson
David Reeves
Marc Blitzstein
Maureen Duffy
Grimeborn Opera Festival
Arcola Theatre / UK Tour
Zorlu PSM
Dortmund / Hagen / Mullheim
Zorlu PSM
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Battersea Arts Centre
Battersea Arts Centre
Arts Theatre - West End
Battersea Arts Centre
Southwark Playhouse
Theatre Directing
Musical Directing
