Interested in taking a look behind the stage at the English Theatre? Even though most of the talk is in German, the visual part of seeing the staff at work makes up for this little drawback.
About five years ago, we we were regular behind-the-stage visitors at the English Theatre. Our then 10-year-old had a regular part (three to four times a week) in the musical Cabaret, playing a German boy named Wolfgang.
My husband and I took turns taking our son to the back of the theatre, sitting out the time from beginning to end. We usually ended up reading, doing some small talk, or watching the actors heading for the dressing room.
Occasionally, we both went to the theatre, with one of us sitting behind the stage – one parent accompanying a minor – and the other one watching the show.
While theatre life is interesting for outsiders, for the staff, it is a lot of hard work and requires good management.
The theatre itself is the biggest English theatre on the continent.
Playing right now: The Fox, based on D.H. Lawrence’s novella, is about two young English women on an isolated farm who have big plans for freedom, but the sudden arrival of Henry, a young soldier, disrupts their course.
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