KÖLN, WAS HÄLT UNS ZUSAMMEN?

an event by Schauspiel Köln and studiobühneköln

At Schauspiel Köln

On February 13, 2025, Cologne City Council will decide on the budget for the next two years. The draft, which has been available since November 14, 2024, provides for massive cuts in the social and cultural sector. Youth work facilities, projects for the integration of refugees and violence prevention programs are just as affected by the planned cuts as the independent theater, dance and music scene. Cuts are to be made primarily in areas where working conditions are already precarious. The drastic cuts threaten the diversity and social cohesion of our city and its creative identity. This makes it all the more important to stand together in solidarity against the planned cuts - for a diverse and creative Cologne!

In conversation:
Eva-Maria Baumeister
(Member of the Board of the NRW State Office for Independent Performing Arts
and freelance director)
Manuel Moser
(Artistic Director of the COMEDIA Theater
and board member of the Cologne Association for the Performing Arts)
Claus-Ulrich Prölss
(Managing Director of the Cologne Refugee Council)
Ilkay Yılmaz
(First chairwoman of Interkultur e.V.)

Participating moderator:
Janina Benduski
(Board member of the Berlin Culture Conference and dramaturge)