Riding The Midnight Express with Billy Hayes

10/28/2025

04/08/2015

from Melbourne....

From the brutality of prison life to how Billy kept his sanity to his first few days of freedom, Riding the Midnight Express is a very powerful experience

03/30/2015

All the way from down-under in Australia!
theMusic.com.au : Recounting the tale of his incredible escape from a Turkish prison in 1975, Billy Hayes is unbelievably engaging and intriguing in Midnight Express.

http://themusic.com.au/comedy/reviews/2015/03/29/billy-hayes-micf-ali-schnabel

Recounting the tale of his incredible escape from a Turkish prison in 1975, Billy Hayes is unbelievably engaging and intriguing in Midnight Express. Starting from his arrest at Istanbul airport in 1970…

02/26/2015

From this upcoming Sunday's The New York Times Travel section:

From ‘Midnight Express’ to Discovering the Allure of Turkey

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/travel/from-midnight-express-to-discovering-the-allure-of-turkey.html?_r=0

The writer Billy Hayes, whose memoir about his 1970 arrest and imprisonment in Turkey cast a shadow on tourism there, now praises the country’s hospitality.

02/03/2015

From Rochester NY: CITY Newspaper reviews “Riding the Midnight Express” at Downstairs Cabaret

In the opening minute of Billy Hayes’ performance of “Riding the Midnight Express,” he talks about his crime of smuggling hashish out of Turkey in...

01/30/2015

Rochester NY: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has 10 things for you to do this weekend:

( #4. Hear a man recount the true story of his time in Turkish prison and his harrowing escape during Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes. )

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/lifestyle/2015/01/27/end-january-ten-things/22401909/

A poetry slam, the Globetrotters, a boat show and a "Downton Abbey" marathon are on hand.

11/14/2014

Ex-hippie Billy Hayes was busted for smuggling hash and thrown in a terrifying Turkish prison. He opens up about the bogus ‘Midnight Express’ and his riveting one-man show.

11/10/2014

Watch Billy Hayes discuss "Riding the Midnight Express" on Good Day New York! And don't miss Billy live on stage through November 30th only. For more information visit: http://ridingthemidnightexpress.com/.

Actor Billy Hayes stars in a one-man show called 'Riding The Midnight Express.'

10/28/2014

Billy discusses his spiritual awakening to Yoga with Dr. Alan Viau.

Billy Hayes recounts the riveting true story in his Off-Broadway show.

10/27/2014

"You’re always lonely, but you’re never alone…

Which is one reason I used to get up before dawn every morning and spread a blanket downstairs and do my yoga. I was so lucky to discover yoga when I did."

10/25/2014

"On the morning of October 2, 1975, I wake to a dark sky full of boiling clouds with a storm brewing for sure and down the cobblestone road to the harbor I see the early boats already are rocking and bobbing…this is the day!"