SAE is a multi disciplinary theatre project based on the timeless masterpiece “the time regulation institute” mixing film and theatre in an experimental way to create a hybrid experience. The play premiered in April 2022 and has been met with great critical acclaim. The play is produced by Saatler Kolektif, an independent artist initiative based in Istanbul. At its center is Hayri Irdal, an infectiously charming antihero who becomes entangled with an eccentric cast of characters—a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman Empire, a “clock whisperer”—at the Time Regulation Institute, a vast organization that employs a hilariously intricate system of fines for the purpose of changing all the clocks in Turkey to Western time. Recounted in sessions with his psychoanalyst, the story of Hayri Irdal’s absurdist misadventures plays out as a brilliant allegory of the collision of tradition and modernity, of East and West, infused with a poignant blend of hope for the promise of the future and nostalgia for a simpler time. Writer: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar Directed and Adapted by Serdar Biliş Performer: Serkan Keskin Stage and Costume Design: Gamze Kus Director of Photography : Ahmet Sesigurgil Music: Tulug Tırpan Multimedia Design and Production: Illusionist Lighting Design: Cem Yilmazer Line Producer Gülgün Dedeçam Sound Design: Izel Baybars, Ogün Kayıkçı, Basar Yurtcu Assistant Director: Serin Öztoprak, Ekremcan Arslandağ Text Editing: Ülkü Oktay Play Assistants: Ahmet Kahvecioğlu, Oğuzhan Altıntaş, Mert Yılmaz Yıldırım, Onur Erdemir, Berke Şenel Artist Assistant Sibel Altan Decor and Costume Supervisor: Onur Uğurlu Costume Supervisor Özlem Turgut Production: Saatler Kolektif : Ahmet Sesigürgil, Cem Yılmazer, Gamze Kuş, Illusionist, Orion, Pürtelaş, Serkan Keskin, Tulug Tırpan, Türkan Özilhan Tacir, 484 Urban Garden, Yagmur Dolkun Supporters BetaLand Audiovisual, Semaver Kumpanya, Fotosanayii, Mattestudio, Yasemin Özbudun