The Stage Is Yours
Bring your performance to the Yücel Arts Center stage.
Theatre, dance, concerts, music, performance art or any other live stage production created for an audience... Yücel Arts Center is opening its stage to performing groups in order to support artistic production, without distinction between professional and amateur productions.
Groups whose applications are approved may use Yücel Arts Center free of venue hire charges for one performance and one rehearsal related to that performance, provided that the performance takes place by 31 December 2026.
Independent theatre companies, dance groups, music groups, student societies, performance collectives and other groups presenting live performances to an audience may apply. There is no age limit and both professional and amateur groups are eligible.
What does the free use include?
Under the campaign, groups may use the following spaces and facilities free of venue hire charges:
- Main hall
- Foyer areas
- Dressing rooms
- The venue’s electricity infrastructure
- Lighting, sound and climate-control equipment already available in the hall
The venue will be made available for a reasonable period required for the performance. One rehearsal related to the same production may also be held at the venue.
Important note on the scope: The campaign covers the use of the venue and equipment already available at Yücel Arts Center. Additional equipment, specialist technical services, additional personnel or other services that must be externally sourced are not included.
Tickets and audience allocation
The performing group may sell or distribute 200 tickets through channels of its choice. The performance may be ticketed or free of charge.
The remaining 42 seats are reserved for Yücel Cultural Foundation. The Foundation may offer these seats to its scholarship recipients, volunteers, partner organisations, trustees or guests invited as part of the promotion of its projects and activities.
For this reason, performances taking place under the campaign must be open to an audience. Fully private events are not eligible.
Application and assessment
- Submit your application. Each group may benefit from the campaign once only.
- Yücel Arts Center reviews the application. Applications are evaluated based on suitability for the venue, technical requirements, operational and safety considerations, content and calendar availability.
- Agree on a suitable performance date. Submitting an application does not constitute confirmation of venue use. Performance dates will be agreed according to Yücel Arts Center’s available calendar.
To benefit from the campaign, the performance must take place no later than 31 December 2026.