Mr. Schröder brings everyday school life to the comedy stage, turning faculty meetings, students, parents, and the madness of the education system into material for sharp-witted stories.
Mr. Schröder is back! The state-certified German teacher is finally back on tour with his new solo show, “The Rest Is Homework.”
Mr. Schröder, the longest-serving young teacher and a human overhead projector, presents his new two-hour lesson, “The Rest Is Homework.” In it, he lights the way to a better future tense and gives us the teacher we all need. After all, school today is a 1,000-piece group puzzle. Solving it is like squaring the circle of a circle of chairs. Look forward to the silver lining on the horizon of expectations when he says: “Take out your tablets, log in, and join in. Even those in the back row! And if we don’t quite finish: The rest is homework!”
Johannes Schröder, also known as Mr. Schröder, is a trained German teacher and comedian/cabaret artist. What sounds like a contradiction is ultimately a humorous form of self-defense. After twelve years of teaching and a side job as a recess supervisor, Johannes Schröder set his sights on creating his own comedy and stage project. So in 2014, the German teacher moved from Offenburg to Toronto, Canada, where he learned the basics of punchlines at numerous comedy clubs. Back in his hometown of Berlin, he began writing his first solo show. With his debut, “World of Lehrkraft – A Trauma Comes True,” “Mr. Schröder” has now successfully toured Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
