Things got heated on Mount Olympus: The 5th-grade class’s musical “Olympic Games of the Gods”

“Wisdom is more important than beauty,” says Athena. But is that really true? Or is the one who knows how to party the best—like Dionysus, the party hero—actually better off? In the household of Zeus, the father of the gods, every child wants to be the best. So Zeus and his wife Hera encourage their offspring to compete in the Olympian Games. — There are delightful reactions and refreshing scenes as the young gods show off their talents. And inevitably, the audience will find themselves thinking of one or two people from their own lives who fit the bill.

Unflinchingly direct yet charming, the fifth-graders perform before a packed house in the Forum, as if they’d spent most of the past school year on stage. “We are who we are,” emphasize the students dressed in white in the chorus about the fierce conflict on Mount Olympus, packaged as a musical.

 

A Flagship Event

The play was a masterpiece by the youngest students at Steinmühle and, at the same time, a showcase event for the music department. Under the direction of Ulrike Wilmsmeyer (“Mrs. Musical”) and her colleagues Daniel Sans and Frank Wemme, the student musical “Götterolympiade” provided an entertaining evening for a packed house. Band 6, together with Frank Wemme, provided the musical accompaniment. Ines Vielhaben was responsible for poster design and recording. Sam Kempkes and his team, true to their team name, handled sound and lighting.

The most original scenes will soon be available on the kulturmühle.de platform.