Onatti writes new exciting plays and uses different modern styles of theatre to make foreign languages accessible and mix language learning with entertainment.
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To achieve this we craft the spoken word to complement your teaching.
Das Gruselhaus
Play in German
Play touring from Jan - Easter 2026
When best friends get caught in a thunderstorm during a hike, they take shelter in a creepy, abandoned house deep in the woods.
At first, it seems like a perfect place to wait out the storm. But strange things start to happen: weird noises, furniture moves and there is a strange feeling about the place.
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Just as they start to regret sheltering there, a police officers knock on the door with some disturbing news: a prisoner has escaped nearby, and they must stay inside this house.
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Left on their own they try to figure out if the house really is haunted.
And then there's a knock knock on the door!
Every play is accompanied with worksheets.
These are available to download on this website.
They contain a synopsis of the play, some extracts from the written script and some useful words and phrases
LANGUAGE
This play is all in German and performed by 2 native German actors
AGE
Pitched at students aged 12 - 16 years olds who are learning German
LENTGH
This play is 45 mins long
PARTICIPATION
Some students from the audience will be encouraged to take on the roles of several characters in the play.
This is not pre-rehearsed. This adds a very entertaining and spontaneous element to Onatti's performances
Chadwell Heath Academy | Feb 2025
...fun, engaging, brilliant!
...THANK YOU Onatti from a pleased languages department at Chadwell Heath Academy. The actresses were very professional, very punctual, and lovely to talk to.​ Thank you again Onatti for organising these educational languages plays.
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St Helen's | March 2025
...brilliant
... I wanted to say thank you from the school for the brilliant German play. They were so good and the feedback has been really great from our pupils. They found the play really engaging and easy to understand.
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St Richard's Catholic Coll | Nov 2024
...A great performance
...our Year 9 loved it :) Thank you very much!
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Queen Elizabeth’s School | Jan 2025
...a great success
... Everybody loved it. The actors were great, they spoke very clearly and acted convincingly.
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