Tresenlesen

Tresenlesen is a cabaret duo comprising Frank Goosen and Jochen Malmsheimer. Established in 1992 in Bochum, the name originates from their initial performances in pubs. Malmsheimer credits his wife as the originator of the name. Although they parted ways in 2000, Goosen and Malmsheimer reunited amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Formation and Early Years In 1992, Jochen Malmsheimer, then training to be a bookseller, began reading works by Irish writer Flann O'Brien at Paddy's Irish Pub in Bochum.