Das kunstseidene Mädchen

In the organizer's words:

The art-silken girl
A solo theater piece with Christina Wouters
Novel by Irmgard Keun
Stage version by Gottfried Greiffenhagen
Saturday, July 04, 2026, at 7:30 pm in the K+ Café of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
Admission: 19:00
Duration: 75 minutes
In good weather, the event will take place as an open-air performance in the café courtyard, in bad weather in the café.
Afterwards, we invite you to join us for a discussion and a drink in the café.
Admission: €18.00 per person
Tickets at: https://pretix.eu/wouters/daskunstseidenemaedchen/
All ticket proceeds will be donated to the Krefeld Women's Counseling Center after the event.
Play description:
I will become a shine. Do you want to know what a shine is?
18-year-old typist Doris leaves her home in the Rhineland and moves to Berlin to become a glamour. She dreams of a life as a celebrity and throws herself into the life of the cosmopolitan city. In her search for luxury, love and success, Doris is confronted with reality - with changing lovers and the fear of poverty.
Then she meets Ernst, with whom she can live for free. If it weren't for his ex-wife, to whom he is still attached...
The play is based on Irmgard Keun's contemporary novel, which was published in 1932 before the National Socialists came to power. The book was a great success in the Weimar Republic before it was banned by the Nazi regime in 1933. In addition to the social and economic difficulties of the time, it highlights the limited opportunities for women at the time, who were often dependent on relationships with men.
The novel was rediscovered at the end of the 1970s and remains a classic of modern literature to this day.
Director: Alla Bond
Costume: Angelika Pasch, Johanna Börner, Nele Rembold, Judith Beeser
Production assistance: Johanna Börner
Dramaturgical support: Kathrin Selakovic
Publisher: Felix Bloch Erben
Text: Based on the novel of the same name by Irmgard Keun, stage version by Gottfried Greiffenhagen
Musical support: Lennart Piepers
Performance accompaniment and make-up: Marylou Paech
Acting: Christina Wouters
Supported by: Stadtmarketing Krefeld, Krefeld Business, Wohnstätte Krefeld, Riesner Immobilien
Cooperation partners: Krefeld Women's Counseling Center, Krefeld NS Documentation Center
Venue:
K+ Café in the KWM by Flavia
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
Joseph-Beuys-Platz 1
47798 Krefeld... This content has been machine translated.