Stage 3: At the Theater
What Käthe Kollwitz watched and listened to on stage
William Shakespeare “Hamlet”
Friedrich Schiller “Die Räuber” (The Robber)
Georg Büchner “Dantons Tod” (Danton’s Death)
Ernst Toller und Ernst Barlach
Stage 4: Staging the masses
Theater in the Arena
Productions by Max Reinhardt at the Schumann Circus and, after its renovation, at the Großes Schauspielhaus: “Oedipus Rex” and “The Oresteia”
Stage 5: Käthe Kollwitz and dance
Grete Wiesenthal modernizes dance, the Ballets Russes perform in Berlin, and Käthe Kollwitz’s nieces dance on European stages.
On stage
Käthe Kollwitz – Body in Space
School project day for primary schools from Year 4 onwards, secondary schools and after-school care centres
Duration: 180 minutes | 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost: €140 per class | up to 15 people €100
Only a few free appointments still available.
Käthe Kollwitz – Silent Strength
Käthe Kollwitz – Silent Strength
November 8, 2025 till January 18, 2026
This special exhibition presents rare drawings and proofs by Käthe Kollwitz from the important private collection of Cologne resident Ute Kahl. The focus is on those works that deal with the aspect of empathy in Käthe Kollwitz’s oeuvre, thus offering a new perspective on the artist’s work.