Toyğun Orbay "The 21:15 Train

The play based on Toyğun Orbay’s work “The 21:15 Train” unfolds on a railway station platform. The stage features a ticket booth with a window facing the audience. Dim, yellowish lights from electric poles line the station. The clock shows 21:15. The play revolves around the conversation of two individuals waiting at the station. This is the only station where the train departs precisely at 21:15. A man waiting for the train tries to convince the woman that this is no ordinary train. The passengers are, in fact, people who have fulfilled their mission in life and are waiting for their turn to move to the afterlife. Through the lens of these two characters, the play explores feelings such as loneliness, love, passion, cruelty, greed, and similar human traits.

The station attendant, devoid of any spiritual depth, exists merely in a physical sense. From his very first lines, he subtly hints to all the "passengers" that this train is not an ordinary one and carries a unique mission. “This train never stops… No tickets are needed for this train…” But will the passengers understand his message?