Castrop-Rauxel (Friday 28 October)

The theatre in Hagen

Today I experience some German theatre, in German of course.

Andreas is an assistant director and actor with a theatre company here in Castrop-Rauxel. He is working today so we have a bit more of a look around the countryside then on the theatre bus to take the troup to a theatre in Hagen where they will play. I got a free seat in the theatre in a prime location but was in fear of the people next to me trying to engage polite conversation. They would discover that I couldn’t speak a word of German and wonder what the hell I was doing here. Fortunately nobody tried to talk to me. Andreas had explained the story to me beforehand. The play was very entertaining despite not understanding a word of dialogue, except ‘doomkuff’, at which stage I laughed. Nobody else did!

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