Since the 2025/26 season, Schauspiel Köln (SPL KLN) has been under the artistic direction of Kay Voges. Together with his team, he is bringing new artistic, political and digital impulses to the city. Schauspiel Köln sees itself not only as a stage, but as a place of social debate where art, journalism and the public meet.

With its programmatic focus on THEATER & JOURNALISM, Schauspiel Köln builds a bridge between investigative research and artistic representation. In collaboration with investigative newsrooms and collectives such as CORRECTIV and DOSSIER, it creates productions that address current social issues and explore new forms of storytelling. Journalistic research is brought to the stage, reaching audiences beyond traditional journalistic formats.

Schauspiel Köln stands for openness, attitude and dialogue. For a theater that constantly questions itself and is firmly rooted in the present. Or, as Kay Voges puts it in his “96 Theses”: “THEATER IS A PEACEKEEPING MEASURE.”

 NON-PROFIT STATUS 

Schauspiel Köln is part of Bühnen der Stadt Köln (Cologne Municipal Theatres), a municipal institution of the City of Cologne. Bühnen der Stadt Köln exclusively and directly pursues non-profit purposes, in particular the promotion of art and culture. The institution operates on a non-profit basis and is not intended to generate profits.