Bodrum, village of Kıyı Kışlacık

The theatre is to the northeast of the hill on the Güllük peninsula. In 1835 the theatre was the best-preserved structure according to travellers of the time. In subsequent years, the marble benches and row end benches with lions’ claws were taken away by ship. No benches have remained in place apart from a few examples that have toppled into the orchestra pit. At the level of the diazoma of this two level theatre are cut stone stepped entrances from the east and the west. The sidewalls of the vaulted access tunnels running under the spectators’ benches to the diazoma are in good condition. The stonework on the supporting walls at the two ends of the rows of spectators’ seats resting on the slope are of high quality. The stage front and rooms behind it, as well as the marble columns between the niches on the wall facing the audience, are still in place. The theatre is estimated to have been built in around 100 BC.

The seating capacity of this twenty-eight-row theatre is estimated as being around 3,000 people.