Ten Grade 10 students escaped school one morning this week together with their German teacher. They made their way to the Heidelberg Theatre to watch a performance of “Tschick”, the stage version of Wolfgang Herrndorf’s acclaimed coming-of-age novel, which the students have read in class.

The three actors did a formidable job, each of them performing multiple roles and changing from one persona into the next effortlessly. On the tram back to school though we all agreed that it is almost impossible to do justice to this novel on stage and that we all preferred the book version. Not a bad outcome for lovers of literature!

Nonetheless the outing was enjoyed by all and will undoubtedly stimulate some interesting discussions in our next German lesson!

 ASe