Murder with mindfulness: Crime comedy inspires in Ratingen!

Murder with mindfulness: Crime comedy inspires in Ratingen!

On January 14, 2025, the crime comedy "Mind Mords" after Karsten Dusse's bestselling novel will be performed in the town hall in Ratingen. The performance begins on Tuesday, January 21, at 8 p.m. and promises to become an entertaining experience.

The story of the play follows the main character Björn Diemel, a successful lawyer who urgently wants to improve his work-life balance. He is pushed by his wife to take part in a mindfulness seminar. The goals of the seminar are clear: to solve marriage problems, stand as a good father and find a healthy balance between work and private life. The seminar shows positive effects on Björn's job, but this happens in an unexpected and problematic way.

from the mindfulness seminar on crime history

björn faces a brutal client who puts him in a difficult situation, which causes him to remove this client in a “mindful” way. This area of ​​tension between mindfulness and murder is a central theme of the book series, which has quickly gained popularity since its publication in 2019. The first volume to be released in 2019 quickly took number 1 of the annual charts in the fiction segment and was continuously on the bestseller list of the mirror for over 40 weeks, such as localklick.eu reported.

The book series consists of five published volumes: "Mindful murders" (2019), "The child in me wants to murdered" (2020), "Murdered murder on the edge of the world" (2021), "Murdering in the here and now" (2022) and "Murder Murder by conscious nutrition" (2024). All books are also available as an audio book in the audible test, which makes it accessible to a wide audience. In addition, an eight-part series adaptation of the book series was announced, which is produced by Constantin Film and published on Netflix on October 31, 2024, according to Kino.de .

tickets and information

For the performance in the Ratingen town hall, tickets from 18 euros are available from the cultural office and at ticket agencies. Interested parties can also submit reservation requests on 02102 550-4104/05. With Martin Lindow and other actors, the piece will certainly attract many spectators and present the dazzling mix of thriller and humor.

How the series and the performances will run remains to be seen. But the combination of a captivating plot and the successful staging of Karsten Dusse's work makes the event a must for crime fans and everyone who wants to experience an entertaining evening.