Räuber – Kooperation Studio Trafique und Schauspielschule der Keller | SOMMER KÖLN

A contemporary fragment by Friedrich Schiller

"I have great rights to be indignant, and I will assert them. Swim who can swim, and whoever is clumsy will sink!"

Schiller's eloquent images of envy and resentment seem astonishingly contemporary in 2026. A collective feeling of "insecurity" is spreading and fueling a new egoism. Moral principles, reason and applicable law are increasingly coming under pressure and losing their self-evident character.

Six drama students encounter Schiller's original text from their own perspective. They move through a world in upheaval: orders are crumbling, power is shifting and radical positions are increasingly being heard. Between the call for freedom and the fear of losing control, the drama becomes a mirror of a society in a state of emergency. And the pressing question arises: Who does the future belong to?

Director: Björn Gabriel
Play: Murielle Blomeyer, Max Rademacher, Katharina Speelmans, Max Sassinek, Claudio Tardio, Michelle Schneck

Duration: 65 minutes

Location: Bürgerzentrum Nippes

☀️ This event is part of SOMMER KÖLN 2026 - organized in cooperation with the SK Stiftung Kultur and the City of Cologne.
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All Summer Cologne events are free of charge and take place open air!