Mord im Orientexpress

In the organizer's words:

With "Murder on the Orient Express", Agatha Christie created an almost iconic crime novel that became world-famous not only because of its brilliant plot and has thrilled millions of readers to this day.

British author Agatha Christie created two of the most famous investigator characters in crime fiction. With Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, she created a monument to herself during her lifetime and inspired generations of readers with her sophisticated criminal cases. At least as important as the often brilliantly thought-out plots are the often exotic locations of the novels and the characters, especially the eccentric or unusual investigators. But Agatha Christie was also always associated with the theater, writing, among other things, the most successful and longest-running play in the world: "The Mousetrap". However, one of her best-known novels, "Murder on the Orient Express", has only recently been published in an authorized stage version written by the well-known American author Ken Ludwig. Very close to the original, an electrifying theatrical version has been created in which the comic accents are not neglected. However, the focus is on one of the most fascinating characters of the genre: Hercule Poirot.

The year is 1934: master detective Hercule Poirot is on vacation in Istanbul when he receives a telegram ordering him back to London and Poirot seizes the opportunity to travel to England on the legendary Orient Express. A number of illustrious passengers travel with him on the three-day train journey: a beautiful countess, a Russian princess and her young nurse, an extremely communicative American woman, a secret couple and an American businessman and his nervous assistant. While the train struggles through a snowstorm and is finally brought to a halt by a snowdrift in no man's land in the Balkans, a murder takes place. In the absence of police support, Hercule Poirot begins to investigate on his own. It soon becomes clear that this crime was planned long in advance, but who is behind it? False leads, dubious witness statements and misleading evidence cannot prevent one thing from happening: Hercule Poirot solving the case ...