Reading by Thomas Höhne: "Oh, That Gap, That Horrible Gap" (Joachim Meyerhoff)

Get ready for an incredibly lively staged reading by Thomas Höhne, who takes you on a journey into the depths and madness of human life. Experience a reading full of wit, warmth, and bitter truth: **Thomas Höhne presents "Oh, That Gap, That Horrible Gap" (Joachim Meyerhoff) as a lively stage performance that pulls you right into the turmoil of human life.** The story follows a man who wants to become an actor and eventually moves in with his grandparents. Joachim is accepted into drama school in Munich and, since he can’t afford his own room, moves in with his grandparents in their upper-class villa in Nymphenburg. His grandmother was an actress herself and is a dazzling but aging diva. His grandfather is a retired philosophy professor. Strict, dignified, and nearly deaf. During the day at drama school, Joachim learns to “speak like Effi Briest as a hippopotamus” and to “smile with his nipples.” Evenings at his grandparents’ are marked by adventurous rituals in which alcohol plays no insignificant role. The contrast between his grandparents’ madness and his “search for himself” at acting school couldn’t be greater. And yet, despite everything, there is always this love—this (terrible) love for his grandparents. Joachim Meyerhoff combines art, comedy, and tragedy in a wonderfully entertaining way. A magnificent novel!