Calendar

All productions are presented with German surtitles or in German. There are introductions or audience discussions at almost all performances.

Program subject to change.

Wednesday

May 28, 2025

11:00 a.m.

À NOS MORTS (The Forgotten Liberators)

School presentation

Bürgerzentrum Nippes – Altenberger Hof
Mauenheimer Str. 92, 50733 Cologne

20:00

À NOS MORTS (The Forgotten Liberators)

Bürgerzentrum Nippes – Altenberger Hof
Mauenheimer Str. 92, 50733 Cologne

Thursday

May 29, 2025

5:00 pm

À NOS MORTS (The Forgotten Liberators)

Bürgerzentrum Nippes – Altenberger Hof
Mauenheimer Str. 92, 50733 Cologne

Saturday

June 07, 2025

3:00 p.m.

MASQUISARD

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum – Cultures of the World
Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Cologne

Sunday

June 08, 2025

3:00 p.m.

MASQUISARD

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum – Cultures of the World
Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Cologne

Wednesday

June 11, 2025

8:30 pm

OPENING SORCIÈRES / KIMPA VITA

Opening speech by Etienne Minoungou

Schauspiel Köln, Depot 2
Schanzenstraße 6-20, 51063 Cologne

10:30 p.m.

DJ FREEGAH

Schauspiel Köln, Garden
Schanzenstraße 6-20, 51063 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Thursday

June 12, 2025

16:00

DECOLONIZE THE STREETS | EN

Meeting point Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
Dreikönigenstraße 23, 50678 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

7:00 p.m.

SORCIÈRES / KIMPA VITA

Schauspiel Köln, Depot 2
Schanzenstraße 6-20, 51063 Cologne

21:00

SYCOMORE

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

10:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL BAR WITH VARINIA AKUA

King Georg
Sudermanstraße 2, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Friday

June 13, 2025

6:00 pm

SYCOMORE

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

8:30 pm

QUÉ IMPORTA EL ABISMO | WHAT DOES THE ABYSS MEAN?

Tanzfaktur, stage hall
Siegburger Str. 233W, 50679 Cologne

9:15 p.m.

ÉPIQUE ! (POUR YIKAKOU)

Tanzfaktur, Werkhalle
Siegburger Str. 233W, 50679 Cologne

10:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL BAR WITH JAM SESSION

King Georg
Sudermanstraße 2, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Saturday

June 14, 2025

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

VERNISSAGE NANDO NKRUMAH

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

3:00 p.m.

ALIENS

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

6:00 pm

QUÉ IMPORTA EL ABISMO | WHAT DOES THE ABYSS MEAN?

Tanzfaktur, stage hall
Siegburger Str. 233W, 50679 Cologne

6:45 pm

ÉPIQUE ! (POUR YIKAKOU)

Tanzfaktur, Werkhalle
Siegburger Str. 233W, 50679 Cologne

21:00

DE CE CÔTÉ | ON THIS SIDE

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

10:30 p.m.

FESTIVAL BAR WITH JAM SESSION

King Georg
Sudermanstraße 2, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Sunday

June 15, 2025

2:00 pm

DECOLONIZE THE STREETS | EN

Meeting point Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
Dreikönigenstraße 23, 50678 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

NANDO NKRUMAH

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

6:00 pm

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

7:00 p.m.

Odonien | Admission from 18:00
Hornstraße 85, 50823 Cologne

Monday

June 16, 2025

4:30 pm

BETWEEN THE LINES: THEATER TRANSLATION DECOLONIAL THINKING

Orangery Theater, Foyer
Volksgartenstraße 25, 50677 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

7:00 p.m.

BOOK PREMIERE ANTHOLOGY TRACES

Orangery Theater, stage
Volksgartenstraße 25, 50677 Cologne

22:00

VARINIA AKUA

Orangery Theater, garden
Volksgartenstraße 25, 50677 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Tuesday

June 17, 2025

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

NANDO NKRUMAH WITH SKETCH & CONNECT

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

6:30 pm

LE TREMBLEMENT DU MONDE | THE TREMBLING OF THE WORLD

Theater im Bauturm | 18:00 Introduction to Édouard Glissant
Aachener Str. 24-26, 50674 Cologne

21:00

HEWA RWANDA, LETTRE AUX ABSENTS

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

10:30 p.m.

FESTIVALBAR

King Georg
Sudermanstraße 2, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Wednesday

June 18, 2025

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

NANDO NKRUMAH

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

6:00 pm

DECOLONIZE THE STREETS | EN

Meeting point Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
Dreikönigenstraße 23, 50678 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

7:00 p.m.

HEWA RWANDA, LETTRE AUX ABSENTS

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

21:00

LE TREMBLEMENT DU MONDE | THE TREMBLING OF THE WORLD

Theater im Bauturm | 6 p.m. Introduction to Édouard Glissant
Aachener Str. 24-26, 50674 Cologne

Thursday

June 19, 2025

11:00 am – 6:00 pm

dialogFORUM

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

NANDO NKRUMAH

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

2:00 pm

MASQUISARD

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum – Cultures of the World
Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Cologne

7:00 p.m.

SILENCE

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

21:00

AFRICAN PARTY

Tanzfaktur, Werkhalle
Siegburger Str. 233W, 50679 Cologne

Friday

June 20, 2025

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

NANDO NKRUMAH

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

20:00

AFRICAN PARTY

Tanzfaktur, Werkhalle
Siegburger Str. 233W, 50679 Cologne

8:30 pm

ALL ABOUT TATTOO ART + COLLECTIVE TIBA

Oya Müllem
Buchheimer Str. 17, 51063 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Saturday

June 21, 2025

2:00 pm

MASQUISARD

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum – Cultures of the World
Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Cologne

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

NANDO NKRUMAH WITH SKETCH & CONNECT

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

16:00 – 20:00

DR CONGO FOCUS WITH COLTAN FEVER: CONNECTING PEOPLE

Theater im Bauturm
Aachener Str. 24-26, 50674 Cologne

21:00

ECOSYSTEM

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

10:30 p.m.

FESTIVALBAR

King Georg
Sudermanstraße 2, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

Sunday

June 22, 2025

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

SPOKEN-WORD WORKSHOP

Old fire station
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

NANDO NKRUMAH

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

16:00

IT’S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

We bid farewell to festival founder and director Gerhardt Haag

Old Fire Station, Hall
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

6:00 pm

ECOSYSTEM

Old Fire Station, stage
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

7:30 pm

TAKE THE STAGE

Old fire station, courtyard
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION

9:30 p.m.

SILENT DISCO with DJ FREEGAH

Festival finale

Old fire station, courtyard
Melchiorstraße 3, 50670 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION