The logo of the post-migrant theatre Ballhaus Naunynstraße: a drawing of a dog’s head in profile, showing its teeth with its tongue hanging out. Next to the dog’s open mouth is a red star.

Ballhaus Naunynstraße

Mehmet Yılmaz

Mehmet Yılmaz

Mehmet Yılmaz studied acting at the Saarbrücken University of Music and Drama. In film, he appeared in Roland Emmerich’s Moon 44 and in Beyond the Sea by and with Kevin Spacey, among others. He has performed at the Schauspiel Stuttgart, Theater unterm Dach, BAT-Theater, Ulmer Theater, Stadttheater Ingolstadt, Stadttheater Heilbronn, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Stadttheater Heidelberg, Landestheater Esslingen and Ballhaus Naunynstraße, among others. In addition, he is a dubbing and audio play narrator for WDR, NDR, RBB, and Deutschlandradio, among others.
At Ballhaus Naunynstraße he has performed in the plays Café Europa vs. Dog Eat Dog, Der Besuch, Jenseits – Bist du schwul oder bist du Türke?, Das Märchen vom letzten Gedanken, Die Schwäne vom Schlachthof, Lö Bal Almanya, Warten auf Adam Spielman and in Schnee.