“Climbed up the mountain, stood straight, looked around, shouted. Tumbled down the rocks, colliding the rocks.”
― Yannis Ritsos
At “Sertab’s Musical”, we all witness the eminent mountain Sertab Erener have been climbing since twenty five years. On top, that mountain is so mighty to embrace the whole world by means of her humanity and determination.
What we witness is not solely her unique voyage but the companionship of all intersecting memories of our language and the conjunctive melodies since 1990’s. This musical was firstly dreamt by Sertab three years ago and the performance bonds the music, the poetry and the coreography to expose us not her songs only but the efflorescencing soul of maturating Sertab and the metamorphosis of her heavenly voice. What is more is to see how each one of us resemble listening to even one of her songs on any given day.
This musical is a call to evoke the spirit of the past to our present moment through the liveliness of the dance and since the very first show in 2016, the performance is continously refreshed and refined. Like a brand new day; the musical yields each spectator something different as well as remains each an individiual taste.
At Sertab’s Musical, Part One is about 1990’s and Part Two takes us to 2000’s and with seven professional dancers and seven genius musicians on stage, her songs turn into a visual storytelling miracle. Sertab dresses ten different costumes to meet the soul of the era of her repertoir of 37 songs during the show. Beyhan Murphy is the name behind coreography where as she designed each song a precise , vivacious and striking embodiment.
Manfesting “120 minutes; concert,performance and beyond”, Sertab’s Musical will be on various stages around Turkey all season long which is now a breathe taking musical spectacle thanks to everyone who believed
and supported.
Merve Alkan Sahin
CAST AND CREW
Art Director
Sertab Erener
Choreography & Stage Director
Beyhan Murphy
Lighting Design
Ken Billington
Lighting Design Assistant
Chris Hirst
Stage Design
Cihan Aşar – Sertab Erener
Music Director
Ozan Yılmaz
Costume Design
Pınar Aytaş
Flamenco Choreography
Işıl Reina Gomez
“Everyway That I Can” Original Choreography
Candaş Baş
MUSICIANS
Keyboard and Programing
Ozan Yılmaz
Guitar
Gültekin Kaçar – Evrim Aslan
Bass
Eser Ünsalan
Drums
Alpar Lü
Violin
Deniz İbrahimoğlu
Back Vocal
Zeynep Doruk
DANCE
Dancers
Emre Karaca – Alper Maragoz – Gül Batırbaygil – Beril Şenöz – Demet Aksular – Ferhat Güneş – Seçil Yenigün – Can Gökdoğan (Nil Batırbaygil- Berkcan Ceylan – Deniz Keskin – Mert Öztekin – Damla Ürk)
Dance and Stage Manager
Canberk Yıldız
PRODUCTION
Production Manager
Sedat Gündüz
Fon Tonmaister
Erim Arkman
Monitor Tonmaister
Aziz Berk Erten
Show Caller
Murat Ersan
Chief Stage Manager
Çağdaş Öğer
Artist Manager
Arife Baydere
Artist and Production Assistant
Miray Doğusel Yazıcı
Social Media Manager
Gürdeniz Bursalı
Artist Assistant
Fatma Kayıkçı
PR
Nurbanu Anter
Chief of Set Construction
Orhan Şimşek
Stage Manager Assistant
Büşra Tatar
Production Manager Assistant
Umur Yiğitgiray
Roadie
Batuhan Özden – Kaan Çapar
Costume Design Assistant
Verim Ülkü
Prop Assistant
Erdem Bayramdereli
Poster Design
Uğurcan Ataoğlu
Photographer
Serkan Kızılkaya
Hair (Sertab Erener)
Serkan Yıldırım
Make-up (Sertab Erener)
Erkan Uluç
Driver
Serdar Sağıroğlu